6 practice baits

[zippyduck]

Which 6 practice baits are tied on at the beginning of the day?
Now I know different lakes and seasons can make changes to the line-up. But as a mainstay on your deck which six are almost always there?

Swimbait/swimjig are tops for search baits
Cranks unless its like Guntersville
Whopper plopper
Frog always even in clear water
Hula grub on a brewers slider jig
T-rigged something

Always there will be changes during the day but these will get me bites anywhere anytime.

[D.W. Verts]

6-8 months out of the year (depending on, well, EVERYTHING) a spinnerbait (or two, or three) will be at hand. No finesse baits for practice unless the conditions are severe.

I'm a Spook guy, or maybe a buzz bait, Pop R or Chug Bug when it comes to lookin' for fish. Some froggin' around docks, but we're about 99% vegetation-free in our reservoirs.

[Mike Cork]

Here on my waters, everything is shallow...


Frog (every month except January)
Punching Bait
heavier Punching Bait
Jig
Chatterbait
Squarebill if I can find someplace without grass.

[Wizard]

Practice Days  May-Nov
Lip less crank
Spook or Chugger Spook
Spinnerbait
Jig or Football jig
Jigging Spoon or Little George
Heavy Grub

If the bite is tough
Jig worm
Large worm
Little or Tiny "N"
Tube
Hand Grenade

Wizard

[zippyduck]

If the bite is tough
Jig worm
Large worm
Little or Tiny "N"
Tube
Hand Grenade

Wizard

That last one I've only used on tourney day.

[Lipripper]

That last one I've only used on tourney day.

Try an old crank Telephone it don't make any noise and nobody will be none the wiser .

[D.W. Verts]

But that hand grenade has to be CHARTREUSE!

[zippyduck]

But that hand grenade has to be CHARTREUSE!

[Oldfart9999]

Topwater(Pop'R Torpedo, buzzbait, depending), shallow or medium crank, deep if I'm outside the grass, spinnerbait or lipless. Worm, tube, dropshot/shakyhead. The tube would be either "T"rigged, or on a jig depending on amount of grass, dropshot if it's cloudy, shakyhead if sunny.
Rodney

[zippyduck]

Rodney,

I found it interesting that you throw dropshots on cloudy days and shakyheads on sunny. Is there a reason?
I change colors but never thought of the difference between the two other than if the fish are looking up or down.

[Oldfart9999]

Rodney,

I found it interesting that you throw dropshots on cloudy days and shakyheads on sunny. Is there a reason?
I change colors but never thought of the difference between the two other than if the fish are looking up or down.

On sunny days the fish tend to go a bit deeper or closer to the bottom. actually both are in the boat, there is one thing about the "rules" that I've learned, they're not hard and fast, only general. I should have qualified the statement a bit, it's for when i'm fishing docks and or walls, if I'm on weed edges or deeper rock piles I'll tend to mostly dropshot. Again, not hard and fast just general.
Rodney