Spring is your best opportunity to catch a new personal best bass. The big fish are up shallow looking for food and getting ready to spawn. The key to consistently catching big fish is finding the baitfish. If you find the food, you’ll find the biggest bass. In today’s video we discuss the 7 baits that you should have ready to go for those big prespawn bass.
Underwater footage gives us amazing insights into the underwater world. Its amazing how fast these fish move, how aggressively bite and conversely, how quickly they lose interest. Watch closely so you can identify the “triggers” that caused these fish to feed.
Always ensure that you have a bladed bait (A-rig, spinnerbait, underspin), or flashy bait (Jerkbait, Fluke, Squarebill, Glide Bait) ready to go during the Spring. Keep an eye out for subtle swirls, shoreline cover moving, or flashes in the water to alert you to the presence of baitfish. Find the bait is more than half the battle. Once you’ve located bait, the bass are sure to follow!
Below is a breakdown of the baits in the video as well as the baits we recommend for each category.
Spinnerbait…
Revenge Deep Runner: http://bit.ly/2oSfWd6
(Blue Shad, Shad, Purple Metallic)
-Nichols Motherlode: http://bit.ly/2ynNe6n
(Blue Crystal Shad, Silver Flake Shad, Bombshell Shad)
-River2Sea Bling: http://bit.ly/2diSwqq
(Abalone Shad, I know it)
Alabama Rig (A-Rig)…
-Umbrella Flash Mob Jr: http://bit.ly/2bgDGNu
-G Funk Cali Rig: http://bit.ly/2nD76fw
-Matt Allen Swimbait Head (1/8 oz): http://bit.ly/29RrTYN
-River2Sea D-Walker: http://bit.ly/2NwqBmz
-Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper: http://bit.ly/2bf1uEn
Underspin…
Owner Flashy Swimmer 1/4 oz 5/0: http://bit.ly/2e8O4Y7
Keitech 4.8 Fat Swing Impact Swimbait: http://bit.ly/2ab7s8v
Soft Jerkbait…
Zoom Super Fluke: http://bit.ly/2aqys0H
Reaction Innovations Shiver Glide: http://bit.ly/2DUwrtM
Gamakatsu 4/0 Superline Hook: http://bit.ly/2ac92XG
Jerkbait…
Shallow- Lucky Craft Flash Pointer: http://bit.ly/2aHz588
(American Shad, Aurora Black, Crystal Pro Blue)
Medium- Jackall Rerange: http://bit.ly/2ge0qED
(Hasu, Silver Shad, Holo Minnow)
Deep- Megabass Vision 110+1: http://bit.ly/2iGYOCX
(HT Ito Tennesse Shad, M Shad, Ozark Shad)
Glide Bait…
S-Waver 168: http://bit.ly/2aiu8Sh
(Light Trout, Warden Hitch)
Squarebill Crankbait…
-Lucky Craft 1.5/2.5: http://bit.ly/2BGxKPa
(American Shad, Live Threadfin Shad)
River2Sea Biggie: http://bit.ly/2ahCzvo
(Abalone Shad, Gizzard Shad)
6h Sense Crush 100: http://bit.ly/2HbaCGT
(4k Shad, Threadfin Flash, Shad Greens)
Overall Combo that will throw “most” of these baits…
Rod- 7’2″ Medium Heavy Zodias: http://bit.ly/2cgmMAe
Reel- Curado 150 DC HG: http://bit.ly/2yHtsp4
Line- 50 lb Power Pro Maxcuatro: http://bit.ly/2clBRiQ
Leader- 15 lb Maxima Ultragreen: http://bit.ly/2ae97J9
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Matt I dare you to cut your hair!
Which baits will work good in ponds now???
Can't wait for the waters to warm up!
Never fished with jerk baitscant wait for ice to leave
Maybe share some info on spring striper fishing! As always Great vid THANKS!
why don’t you guys fish tournaments?
I catch a bunch on chatter baits and jerk baits in the spring. I can't wait! Everything is still frozen here in Michigan. Lol
we still have 25+ inces of ice up here. lol
:))
Great vide ready to rip some spring bass chasing bait fish 💥👊🏽💥 had a good experience last year at success lake in Porterville California the ticket was a 3/8 keitech on a football jig before they hit the ground ,the fish were on it🤙🏽can wait for it this year ..breaking PBs2019 !
Can’t wait for tomorrow’s video!
Also Matt what time of the year is the business for guide trips?
If that makes sense .
Excellent Video guys!
I agree. While I do like all the lure types ya mentioned for spring time staging/spawning fish, I notice the hard jerk bait IF it can be used ( because it's NOT weedless at all ) in the majority of situations just seems to attract more and even bigger fish. But not "always"………some days they don't even want a hard jerk bait…….and that's the mystery we call "fishing". But more often than not, they do seem to prefer a hard jerk bait here in central Florida. I think it may be due to the fact it is a hard bait, it displaces more water, or pressure waves that the bass pick up on via their lateral lines ( in addition to sight & sound ) and it excites them more vs soft baits. Of course a hard jerk bait can't be used at all ( or very little ) in heavily wooded areas and heavy grass, etc. Last but not least, here in my area lakes of east/central Florida, out of all the hard jerk baits on the market, I seem to catch much bigger fish on the old classic original #15-A Bomber Long-A. I've fished fancier more advanced & expensive hard jerk baits a lot, but I always go back to the Bomber Long-A. It just flat out attracts & catches truly big bass more so than any other. Not exactly sure why, but it does. I don't know about anywhere else ……..perhaps it's totally different. I catch at least several 6 to 8 lb'ers every spring on the Bomber Long-A down here. I've also been told by several Florida anglers that the Bomber Long-A is a classic favorite throughout our state. It makes a believer out of me……..every year.
Once again another great video! You've inspired me to work harder fishing and on my own channel. Thanks again!
Great job guys
What do you guys think about the d Walker as a CA swim jig trailer ??
What if you put underspins on the A-rig!
This gets over said but I can not thank you guys enough. I recently just got my huddleston 8" that I Ordered and I threw it for the first time. I got 3 bites on it in one area. First bite was on one side and the other 2 bites (back to back) was on the other side about 75 ft away from each other. All three bites were tick , tick, and tick. No bite like trying to rip the lure off. Sad thing is I didn't set the hook on any of those bites. 🙁
Always good to hear about spring tips, I live up North so we still have ice.
VA here water temp last fri was 45
air temp 58 nice day then our friend showed up "wind" I was throwing a spinner and the Hot Spot cordell red of course. When my buddie nailed a 3.5 pounder..on a jig
looking at his tail it was red and tore up a little. Yep it's time to tie on my new go to bass bait. I lucked out the Flicker shad busted
2 largies in hour my buddie tied one on he caught 2. we ended up with 5 fish 9 lbs 2 oz thanks Berkley…. that day I had the erge
and correct bait
😥😥 I can't wait for the ice to melt here in Massachusetts,awesome video,Thank you Matt 👊👍🍺🍻
Thanks for sharing your love of fishing and knowledge!!!! Springtime basssssssssss fishing!!!!! Awesome Matt🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣
Good stuff as always 👍🏼
chocolate milk in the background NICE!
Fired up a school last spring with my son. We got around 40 bass in 3 hours out of same area all around 3lbs + was great. He then got his pb next day off another point fishing one of your jigs.
Love it as usual. Matt, your delivery and information is top notch. It really helps me to "get it"! Thanks for posting so consistently in both cadence and quality! I have a question: if you were able to fish in Northern/Bay Area California during daylight on/around the new moon in April this year or the full moon in April this year, but not both, which would you prefer?
Great Video Matt! I can relate to those good bites on square bills and spinnerbaits in the spring time. its almost here along with the amazing spawn
sweet
TB is IMO the best channel to learn how to bass fish. Nice job as always guys
Love the underwater footage!
I never get any up here in Oregon 😂
That muddy water is insane!
Which would be better double fluke rig or a live target baitball?
When do we get to see the new rod and reel arsenal with all the new goodies you guys have gotten?
Tactical Bassin is the best fishing channel on YT. Love you guys and much love from Louisiana. I hope everyone catches their PB this spring.
If you guys get the opportunity to play around with the Terminator shuttering bladed jig and give some opinions on it I’d love to hear them. Or if you’ve already played with it what’s your thoughts.