What bait would you use for shallow water grass beds?

Go!

Probably a T-rig

What type of grass and how shallow?

drop shot 6inches from hook to weight.
light split shot or light weight/finesse crig variation
weightless Trig

dine o mite, short fuse.


grass hates me and I hate grass. seems I lose more lures in that stuff than in a timber infested swamp

Weightless fluke, trig or a jig. If none of those worked, dropping a swimbait in there.

Weightless wacky rigged senko or fluke!

All i throw. Caught 2 7lbers, a 6, and 2 5.5s last week fishing grass beds with senkos. If those dont work try a skinny dipper type bait. those always work for me as well.

If shallow grass, I'd throw a floating swimbait if the grass is not real matted.

An MPack roll over jig don't get any better.

Strike King Timber King Spoon, weightless Tiki Stick with tail spinner, Swim Jig

1.Senko
2.Bluegill Spinnerbait
3.Bluegill Squarebill
4.Jig
5.Swimbait

If you can find a timber spoon!!!!

I broke my last one off like ten years ago and can't find those anywhere, not even ebay!!

Timber Spoon? Never heard of it, would it be this?

https://m.basspro.com/Mepps-Timber-Doodle/product/2863/

Only have 2 left and the wires are gone on one of them.

Split shot fluke or senko!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Strike-King-fi...af#ht_341wt_802

Get them while there hot. Not trying to highjack but these are Timber Spoons

Thanks for the responses everyone.

Well, based on the responses, you're only gonna need about 17 set-ups to fish grass beds.

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Frog, Buzzbait, and Fluke.

Would throw a Frog and a Buzzbait first and then follow up with Fluke on blowups that don't get hooked.

Not even close to the action of the Timber King. But thanks

I love grass and grass loves me. Ask me again when it gets 20 ft. tall. Then I will personally come and help you catch them.

Shallow Grass:
- Pinch weighted Fluke
- Tweaked Hank Parker Spinner Bait
- Tweaked Zara Spook
- Sexy Shad Square Bill

Fished lots of grass up at Coleto Creek the other weekend. Caught 20 bass and 1 catfish all on Strike King jerk bait and T-rigged YUM Wooly Hawgtail in firetiger.

On a side note: Just started using Trokar hooks recently and man you can drive a hook thru the top of a bass' head with little effort using those things. Best hooks ever!

spinnerbait

Fliptail Floating Lizard.

So many variables that would influence my answer. Those details would determine what technique I would use and then which lure(s) is best suited for the technique(s). Techniques catch fish, lures are just a part of the technique. Having said that here is some excellent information concerning a lure that is very well suited in and around aquatic grass http://thebbz.com/articles/2014/3/23/the-chatter-with-brett-hite

This^^^^^^^

Baby One Minus works well

A top water lure of some sort @ daylight. Weightless 4 inch finesse worm as soon as the sun gets up all the way, throwing it at the pockets in the grass and letting it sink. As the sun gets up add some spit shot to make it sink a little faster and deeper. When the sun gets directly over head, it frog time.......but as long as they bite the finesse worm I stay with it..........I throw my finesse on 8 pound BPS Excel Mono with a medium light spinning set up. Sounds like suicide until you actually use it but trust me it works.......