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What is your go-to bait for spawning fish?

Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:48 am
Posted by SCwTiger
armpit of 'merica
Member since Aug 2014
5857 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:48 am
I usually fish small lizards/brush hogs, senkos, and floating worms when they're up shallow. Any more recommendations on baits to target highly pressured spawning fish?
Posted by Warrior Poet
Living Rent-Free in Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2011
7956 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:50 am to
Weightless finesse is all you need. Presentation is everything.
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
80888 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:55 am to
Red shad worm Texas rigged.
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
15842 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 8:58 am to
Watermelon lizard texas rigged. There's many different variations of these colors, like red flake, kudzu, hell I found a mardi gras lizard once. Especially if the suns out.
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32021 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:02 am to
watermelon seed zoom
Posted by Duckhammer_77
TD Platinum member
Member since Nov 2016
2677 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:05 am to
quote:

Watermelon lizard texas rigged

red candy lizard, red crawfish or brush hog...somehow they like red colors where I fish
Posted by PillageUrVillage
Mordor
Member since Mar 2011
14768 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:14 am to
Speed craw - Watermelon Slice

Tx rigged with a 1/16 oz tungsten bullet weight.
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 9:17 am
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
38377 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:15 am to
Zoom super fluke. Weightless, twitched slowly about 6 inches under the surface. That’ll work on shallow fish until it gets cold again. During the pauses the nose will go down, so the twitching simulates a wounded fish and the pausing simulates a feeding fish. Double whammy

All the other suggestions are good as well. Anything that looks like it poses a threat to the fry will be gobbled up.
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 9:16 am
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
37359 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:17 am to
liberals are good bait because they don't bathe and smell weird so fish like them
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
18379 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:23 am to
Posted by ElDawgHawg
L.A. (lower Arkansas)
Member since Nov 2012
2983 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:28 am to
surprised no one has mentioned a rogue. Not my favorite, but I know a lot of guys that will only throw them during the spawn.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95115 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:47 am to
Black & red glitter speed craw/brush hog texas rigged



Junebug speed craw/brush hog texas rigged



Fishing the Verret/Spillway area and this is by far our most succesful

Sometimes Watermelon red works too if the water is clearer
Posted by mcpotiger
Missouri
Member since Mar 2005
6929 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 9:57 am to
Rogue and a Wacky rigged Senko
Posted by Easternrio
Member since May 2014
3755 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:14 am to
Double bladed buzzbait
Posted by OT_10
Northshore
Member since Sep 2016
210 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:17 am to
Weightless Black Lizard
Posted by stevengtiger
Member since Jul 2013
2778 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:29 am to
You fish those weightless?
Posted by MorningWood
On the coast of North Mexico
Member since May 2009
2667 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:38 am to
Texas rigged
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95115 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:41 am to
quote:

You fish those weightless
Texas rigged usually with a 1/8 oz weight


Weightless prolly would be better in certain scenarios, but I just dont enjoy fishing weightless

I will fish wacky senkos weightless, because between the hook, bait, and o-ring it has enough weight to feel the presentation
This post was edited on 3/1/18 at 10:43 am
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
18379 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 10:53 am to
I like the zoom speed craw right now. Had good luck on the matrix craw as well. Black red flake and watermelon red. This bass kept stealing them. By time I got him it spit up a few of my baits

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Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
4723 posts
Posted on 3/1/18 at 11:38 am to
humdinger and brushhog.

variations of each depend on water/weather.

i love the rogue but more of a clear/cleaner lake type area.

always have a buzzbait tied on
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