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#7089037 - 01/24/12 08:35 PM
Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/09/11
Posts: 66
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Just curious what everyone's favorite bait is for bed fishing. My personal favorite is a 6" zoom watermelon seed lizard w/chartruese tail. Carolina rigged.
Edited by tx6158 (01/24/12 08:54 PM)
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#7089248 - 01/24/12 09:15 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Angler
Registered: 08/25/11
Posts: 314
Loc: Lbk,TX
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Just curious what everyone's favorite bait is for bed fishing. My personal favorite is a 6" zoom watermelon seed lizard w/chartruese tail. Carolina rigged. Zoom trick worm wtrm red wacky rigged
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#7089307 - 01/24/12 09:24 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 12/23/08
Posts: 808
Loc: Royse City, Texas
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#7089339 - 01/24/12 09:29 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/22/11
Posts: 1918
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a great big treble hook
just kidding
Edited by Jedfish (01/24/12 09:30 PM)
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#7089541 - 01/24/12 10:14 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 06/09/08
Posts: 225
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White super hog or a swimbait in perch color
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#7089572 - 01/24/12 10:23 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 06/11/05
Posts: 3149
Loc: Ray Roberts
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I prefer a jig but have caught them off of beds on a plethora of baits.
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#7089607 - 01/24/12 10:34 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 05/20/11
Posts: 5395
Loc: Watauga, TX
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Waterdogs?
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#7089684 - 01/24/12 10:54 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 02/17/11
Posts: 147
Loc: Frisco TX
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White tube
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#7089777 - 01/24/12 11:26 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
[Re: tx6158]
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Registered: 12/07/09
Posts: 174
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It's not the bait! it's more about the spot on the bed that
gets them going
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#7089804 - 01/24/12 11:46 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Angler
Registered: 04/21/09
Posts: 337
Loc: Henderson, TX
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white zoom super hog
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#7089828 - 01/25/12 12:04 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 11/30/10
Posts: 97
Loc: Wylie, TX
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JIG
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#7089841 - 01/25/12 12:17 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Pro Angler
Registered: 06/15/11
Posts: 685
Loc: ON the bush IN Falcon
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Tube for me.....no question. T-rigged weightless or on a 16th oz swimbait hook depending on depth/wind/visability
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#7089844 - 01/25/12 12:19 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 06/17/08
Posts: 239
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Storm blue gill swim bait nose weighted and a single hook to make it a little more weedless.
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#7089853 - 01/25/12 12:31 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 01/09/04
Posts: 29346
Loc: Bridgeport, Texas
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It's not the bait! it's more about the spot on the bed that
gets them going Often though a swimbait will make them go crazy no matter what spot in the nest you throw it on. I think it mimics a competitive deal myself. a lot of bed fishing swimbait bites are vicious as well.
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#7089901 - 01/25/12 01:52 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 01/25/05
Posts: 2669
Loc: Liberty
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Different fish different baits... I have some custom pink craws being made now that I love and then again a mattlures ultimate Gill is a beast that produces fish like No other. Also not a stereotypical bed bait but throw a frog or a punker over their heads and watch what happens
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#7089915 - 01/25/12 02:36 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Green Horn
Registered: 06/28/11
Posts: 8
Loc: Loomis, CA
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Two baits - White Tube or River2Sea Nest Raider. Prefer the natural colors, but white is good too.   DanO
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#7089999 - 01/25/12 06:06 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Pro Angler
Registered: 03/23/08
Posts: 565
Loc: SE PA (Formerly Central Texas)
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I like a shallow crank, lipless crank, or soft swimbait. I have more luck throwing baits at spawning area than trying to "bed fish."
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#7090231 - 01/25/12 07:36 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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#7090384 - 01/25/12 08:21 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 01/15/04
Posts: 8600
Loc: Mansfield, Tx.
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Tubes in 3 different sizes, two different colors. White and watermelon/gold.
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#7090503 - 01/25/12 08:48 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 02/11/11
Posts: 3966
Loc: Texas
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I have never thrown a swimbait on a bedding bass before, do you swim it buy or do you just throw it in there and jig it?
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#7090523 - 01/25/12 08:50 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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senko.
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#7090877 - 01/25/12 09:57 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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#7090905 - 01/25/12 10:01 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 09/04/06
Posts: 535
Loc: EAST TEXAS
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I have never thrown a swimbait on a bedding bass before, do you swim it buy or do you just throw it in there and jig it? Just cast it past the bed 8 or 10 feet, swim it up to the bed and let it fall in. They will crush it !!!! Pearl shad is a good color.
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#7090913 - 01/25/12 10:03 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Loc: Houston, TX
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#7090923 - 01/25/12 10:04 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 01/09/12
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Loc: Mesquite,Tx
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#7091009 - 01/25/12 10:23 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 10/12/08
Posts: 2052
Loc: South Texas
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3", 4" or 5" tube. White or Smoke w/ blue & green flake. Sometimes red dipped tail. Sometimes switch it up with a sand or black neon colored finesse plastic.
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#7091078 - 01/25/12 10:38 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 02/18/08
Posts: 1147
Loc: Texas
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.....Like said above, the bait shouldn't matter it about making the fish aggressive to where he wants to move the bait off his bed or get it out of the area!
If a fish doesn't act interested right away switch baits to see what makes him or her the most aggressive, they will let you know.
I start out with T rigged craw or lizard and go from there
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#7091088 - 01/25/12 10:40 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 08/07/10
Posts: 251
Loc: The Vine
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Tubes in 3 different sizes, two different colors. White and watermelon/gold. couldnt say it any better myself
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#7091147 - 01/25/12 10:50 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Pro Angler
Registered: 03/18/09
Posts: 525
Loc: West Texas LAH
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Pearl Brush Hog
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#7091241 - 01/25/12 11:14 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 06/19/11
Posts: 1439
Loc: Carrollton, TX.
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.....Like said above, the bait shouldn't matter it about making the fish aggressive to where he wants to move the bait off his bed or get it out of the area!
If a fish doesn't act interested right away switch baits to see what makes him or her the most aggressive, they will let you know.
I start out with T rigged craw or lizard and go from there I see what your saying. I think it has to whatever your confidence bait or style is too though.
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#7092255 - 01/25/12 02:54 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 07/18/05
Posts: 158
Loc: Tyler, Tx
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White or Bubble Gum Zoom lizard
Zoom Speed Craw in white as well
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#7093128 - 01/25/12 06:05 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Outdoorsman
Registered: 03/23/09
Posts: 105
Loc: Emory Texas
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3/8oz pegged TX rig with any bright colored worm(so i can see it easily)cut off right behind the hook bend. Don't make it too tough on yourself worrying about the right color or the right shape of bait, eatin is not their priority during the spawn.
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#7094085 - 01/25/12 09:28 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Pro Angler
Registered: 06/30/10
Posts: 541
Loc: Houston, TX
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Any crawdad but i cant wait to try bass pro's new pesky perch.
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#7094416 - 01/25/12 11:03 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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#7094505 - 01/25/12 11:33 PM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Pro Angler
Registered: 03/23/08
Posts: 565
Loc: SE PA (Formerly Central Texas)
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I like to swim it through bedding areas and try to disturb those bass!
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#7094572 - 01/26/12 12:10 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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TFF Guru
Registered: 03/30/03
Posts: 20898
Loc: Texas
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White lizard on a short (6"), light weight drop shot. Shake that sucker in front of a bass' nose, and you WILL get bit.
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#7094842 - 01/26/12 07:11 AM
Re: Favorite bait for bed fishing
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Registered: 02/06/11
Posts: 147
Loc: Lakewood, Washington
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You can use just about anything if you fish it right, and get 'em worked up. I saw a video of a guy use a piece of shoe lace and was catchin fish.
I keep it simple: weightless senko, pretty much any color. Or I walk a frog over their head then let it set there, they usually crush it.
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