Spring Underwater Footage | Bass Eating Jerkbaits and Swimbaits

Spring is your best opportunity to catch a new personal best bass. The big fish are up shallow looking for food and getting ready to spawn. The key to consistently catching big fish is finding the baitfish. If you find the food, you’ll find the biggest bass. In today’s video we discuss the 7 baits that you should have ready to go for those big prespawn bass. Underwater footage gives us amazing insights into the underwater world.

Its amazing how fast these fish move, how aggressively bite and conversely, how quickly they lose interest. Watch closely so you can identify the “triggers” that caused these fish to feed. Always ensure that you have a bladed bait (A-rig, spinnerbait, underspin), or flashy bait (Jerkbait, Fluke, Squarebill, Glide Bait) ready to go during the Spring.

Keep an eye out for subtle swirls, shoreline cover moving, or flashes in the water to alert you to the presence of baitfish. Find the bait is more than half the battle. Once you’ve located bait, the bass are sure to follow!

Below is a breakdown of the baits in the video as well as the baits we recommend for each category.

Spinnerbait…

• Revenge Deep Runner: (Blue Shad, Shad, Purple Metallic)
  • -Nichols Motherlode: http://bit.ly/2ynNe6n   (Blue Crystal Shad, Silver Flake Shad, Bombshell Shad)
  • -River2Sea Bling: http://bit.ly/2diSwqq    (Abalone Shad, I know it)

Alabama Rig (A-Rig)…

• -Umbrella Flash Mob Jr:
• -G Funk Cali Rig:
• -Matt Allen Swimbait Head (1/8 oz):
• -River2Sea D-Walker:
• -Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper:

Underspin…

• Owner Flashy Swimmer 1/4 oz 5/0:
• Keitech 4.8 Fat Swing Impact Swimbait:

Soft Jerkbait…

• Zoom Super Fluke:
• Reaction Innovations Shiver Glide:
• Gamakatsu 4/0 Superline Hook:

Jerkbait…

• Shallow- Lucky Craft Flash Pointer: http://bit.ly/2aHz588     (American Shad, Aurora Black, Crystal Pro Blue)
• Medium- Jackall Rerange: http://bit.ly/2ge0qED     (Hasu, Silver Shad, Holo Minnow)
• Deep- Megabass Vision 110+1: http://bit.ly/2iGYOCX     (HT Ito Tennesse Shad, M Shad, Ozark Shad)

Glide Bait…

• S-Waver 168: http://bit.ly/2aiu8Sh   (Light Trout, Warden Hitch)

Squarebill Crankbait…

• -Lucky Craft 1.5/2.5: http://bit.ly/2BGxKPa     (American Shad, Live Threadfin Shad)
• River2Sea Biggie: http://bit.ly/2ahCzvo     (Abalone Shad, Gizzard Shad)
• 6h Sense Crush 100: http://bit.ly/2HbaCGT      (4k Shad, Threadfin Flash, Shad Greens)
• Overall Combo that will throw “most” of these baits…
• Rod- 7’2″ Medium Heavy Zodias:
• Reel- Curado 150 DC HG:
• Line- 50 lb Power Pro Maxcuatro:
• Leader- 15 lb Maxima Ultragreen:

Equipment We Recommend…

• Minn Kota Ultrex Trolling Motor:
• Minn Kota Talons:
• Hot Foot Throttle Control:
• Loc-R-Bar Boat Security:
• Favorite Storage Box:
• Favorite Pliers:
• Favorite Split Ring Pliers:
• Favorite Wire Cutters:
• Favorite life jacket:
• Favorite sunglasses:
• Hero7 Camera:
• ElectroSamson Scale:
• Promar Net:
• Lure Retriever:

To read the full article that goes along with this video visit http://www.tacticalbassin.com