NJ Bass Lure Suggestions

[hammer4reel]

Lots of good info here. and thats why most guys fishing for bass here have giant tackle boxes.

If I could only fish 2 lures it would be a black and blue jig and pig combo.
or a texas rigged worm.

They will catch fish throughout the entire year

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by CMJeepster

Beetlespin in a light color FTW. Substitute a curly tail grub and you're on it.

Johnson Beetle Spin--just after ice out, you can crawl it on bottom so slow the Colorado blade doesn't spin. But this doesn't defeat the purpose, because it sort of waggles along--that entire detachable arm has more creepy motion than if it were fixed at the head. You need hard bottom, sand, gravel or rock.

[Esox Luciano]

Some good info here for sure! One type of lure I don't have great success with is the senkos or other brands of worms, kudos to you guys who swear by them. I've got a nice lil container of em' if anyone wants to trade.
So here's the mix of lures I'll use when hunting for bass. I would love to stick with one lure all year round, but that doesn't produce enough for my a.d.d. angling. I'll use anything as long as it produces, so if you don't see something here (besides a binsky) I probably just didn't have luck with it.

[Jigman13]

I like that modified spinner tube bait! Might try that with a big ass white tube or a large curly tail for pike in the river. Colorado blade is key too. That thump gets the pike heated up in the off colored water!

[Chrisper4694]

let's put it this way...if i started a post titled "what lures will a bass not hit" It would have no responses haha. It's always changing but there is not a lure in the right size range that i have that i think i haven't caught a bass on.

I will say, I always have a stick worm whacky rigged if bass is the target, but if they're aggressive there are much better options most of the time.

btw, esox you must be bored bro, but that is a nice lures picture with the ruler too haha. let's go fishing man!

[Esox Luciano]

Originally Posted by Jigman13

I like that modified spinner tube bait! Might try that with a big ass white tube or a large curly tail for pike in the river. Colorado blade is key too. That thump gets the pike heated up in the off colored water!

That spinner used to be a buzzbait, but those are one of the lures I suck with so switched it up. Luv the Colorados! I made an inline spinner a few weeks ago that has been inches away from pike but they're a little slow with temps falling lately. Will definitely have a nice one on it come spring though!


Cris, I was bored man,Hahaa!! But I luv playing with my toys, especially when I'm not fishing. If I'm not on the water, I'm always wishin I was fishin!
Might be getting out tomorrow for some carp and clean up in Elmwood Park. Bite will probably be slow but lemme know dude, I'm off tomorrow!

*fun fact- One of the lures in my pic got me that rivermonster...yes, elephants do eat peanuts!

[Gerry Zagorski]

I never go anywhere without one of these Panther Martins. Slow retrieve in the spring and even if think you are going slow enough, try going slower.

Small Mouth love them as do Large Mouth and we've caught Muskies and Pike on them as well.

[Chrisper4694]

honestly as far as inline spinners go...i always go with a spinner bait instead unless my target is trout (specifically in places that really only have smaller ones).

Both lures serve the same basic function of flash/vibration (depending on the blade) the spinner bait is just so much more versatile! you can get or make them as big or small as you want just like the inline spinners but they come trough snags SOOO much better with the single upright hook vs the treble. and on top of that you can dress them how ever you want. I guess you can with an inline spinner too but nose hooking a soft plastic just doesn't work as well as threading it through a single hook.

spinner bait > inline spinner ALL DAY LONG!