Cant wait for spawn so wanted to bring it up. What do bass hate in their spawn nest? What would you say the number one predator of the eggs are? Perch? Just curious what would be the best bait to throw. Didnt have as much luck on the worms and lizards last year as I had hoped. Fishing Central tx and south tx if that helps.
Thanks,
Trent

Bluegill swimbaits

WATERDOGS!! <*)))>{

Anything that shouldn't be there it really doesn't matter if they are locked on.

JR Howard is right. Anything that doesnt belong in the nest they will pick it up and take it several feet away while trying to kill it then spit it out. But a crankbait, ive noticed in the past, they actauly seem to eat it.

bluegill color tube works wonders for me

does not matter at all. You just have to make the fish react.

Make her mad by hitting her with the weight and bait. Once she gets pi--ed and starts circling the bed real fast jerk bait in front of her she will inhale it.

Just get something in the nest and get her mad. I've caught a bass on its bed flipping a spinnerbait with no blades on its bed...had to take the blades off cause it kept biting the blades

I bet they won't eat my ex's cooking

Sometimes they just wont hit anything for hours and hours and hours...

I've used tubes, swimbaits, jigs, creatures, and quite a few other lures in the spawn but the most consistent and angriest reactions I've gotten have come on River2Sea nest raiders in cal tiger: http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpageRIVERSOFT-R2SNR.html

Hags Tornado or Undertaker

+2

(bluegill love to eat bass eggs)

6 inch wat red fluke or lizard on a drop shot bout three inches off bottom. Let shakes in one spot real good. Another bonus tip slip a no 2 owner stinger treble hook ove main hook like a spin bait trailer hook.

Remember too....whatever bait you pitch into a bass' nest, if YOU remove it, the bass won't have to. So try and keep your tube, lizard, whatever in the nest until she can't take it anymore and she has to move it.

Just let a jig set there.tipped with a netbait craw.

If they are finicky I can usually catch them on a floating minnow jerkbait. Just throw it out and Let it set above the nest. Thats the only bait I have never had one resist.

My bait!

That is pretty good Jmsteele. So you have caught every bed fish you have fished for then?

I love using an 8" lizard. I found some 70 degree water today on lake Dunlap and picked up 13 fish 15"- 19" in about 4' or less...all fish are really sporting some huge bellies so it wont be long now...barring any major cold fronts.

The lure itself is not as important has being able to keep it in the nest and is a color you can easily see since most bed fishing is visual.

Dog Hogg!!! Bed buster!!!

everything

My bait is that they will not like that giant beaver looking bait that Hoodoo makes. I saw it at the Anglers Pro Tackle show today. That thing is big. They were sold out though or I would have snagged me some.

I tried to buy some as well. I will be ordering some.

A white tube works great. Like everyone said as long as you leave it on the nest. White is easier to see and you can tell in darker muddy water when they bite.

Lol, I didn't mean that to sound like I'm an expert bed fisherman. But I've atleast got every fish I've seen on a bed to hit since I started trying that bait last feb. I'm not a big bed fisherman though. I'm sure there at many out there that won't hit it I just haven't found one yet. It's worth trying. I only tried it because I had thrown everything in the box at this one fish. After that I caught several good one that way.

White tube works and you can see it very well in muddy water.

clutter

Tubes!

That annoying yappy dog next door to you on a large circle hook.

Go for a big 7.5 inch waterdog.

x2

Anything that isn't baby bass.

I agree 100%. My biggest fish last year came on a Jackall G90 Swimming Ninja swimbait. It was 9lbs and the same bait also caught a lot of slot fish and pre-post spawn fish. It is designed to sit nose down on the bed and has a super strong flipping hook holded in.

4" white grub!

Bass hate anything in there nest..I caught one off a bed using a buzzbait one time just to prove a point. Thats right dead sticking a buzzbait and caught a 4 lber.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Just ordered some castaic perch swim baits. Also picked up some white soft plastics and water dogs. Shouldn't be long with temps like these!

I know they don't like a Bandit in the bed.