Feb. 8 Techniques, baits, and colors you use for specific weather conditions

[MotherNature]

The topic of discussion is techniques, baits, colors you use for specific weather conditions and why they work. Post the technique or bait or specific color of bait that works for you in specific weather conditions. To make your post qualify make sure you tell us why it works. I.E. "I use foil sided crank baits during blue bird sky conditions. The bright sun reflecting off the foil sides looks very natrual."

[casey3535]

At my home lake, Laurel Lake in Kentucky, we get some big floods which muddys or lake. When this happens I like to pitch a Black and Blue jig right up in the tree tops. The black and blue color really shows up in the muddy water. Fish really like crawls on this lake anyway so a jig is awesome.

[casey3535]

On Cherokee lake in Tennesse, stormy nights are a normal thing, I like to fish brush or timber when these fronts move in. I throw a green pumpkin brush hawg with a chartuse tail in the timber it really gets the fish that are holding tight to cover because you can put the hawg in the thickest spots.

[Mike Noble]

Cross Lake...when it is raining in the spring and early summer, a baby bass pop-r works really well.  The rain brings the fish up in search of food.

[Fishaholic]

Kankakee River, Indiana
Late November, North wind with overcast skies or rain.

G-2 tube bait with 1/4 oz. insert type jig with 1/2" air gap in front of jig head.

I cast the tube to the North shore, landing it as close to the edge of the water or up on the bank, wait for all line settling ripples to fade and gently slip it off the edge of the bank...this works really good for bass laying up out of the wind underneath the weeds at the edge of the bank in 12" - 2' of water.

I specifically use this technique for fishing late Fall bass on the tributaries and feeder creeks of the Kankakee River in Indiana.

[jarred]

At waurika lake,Oklahoma I like useing a White buzz bait in the late spring during a soft rain.The vibration and sound of the buzz bait ripping throuhg the water as I pop it makes the bass go crazy and gets them out of the thicker cover!

[hooked]

Garlic Spike-it on the tails of your soft baits!

Makes em' smell it and taste it and hold it.

[Mike Noble]

Long ago pattern for Sibley Lake in Natchitoches...clear day - ice blue Mr. Twister worm; cloudy day - dark blue Mr. Twister worm.  Worked that way everytime.

[hooked]

take your favorite craw smelling salt and pour a few teaspoons in each bag of your worm. The smell and salt will penetrate into the bait!

[casey3535]

Douglas Lake in Tennesse is a spring lake, when the warmer days first come you can find a rocky flat and pitch black and red jig on the rocks and catch good fish. The sun warms the rocks up and fish will come on them for heat and the black and red jig is a idea color to mimick a crawl on this lake this makes for some great fishing.

[greenkeeperlt]

 In Wisconsin we use balck spinnerbaits on overcast days to get the bass in the boat.
It works best when we burn them through the weeds.

[Ron Fogelson]

slow-roll, spinnerbait, with a black blue skirt with black blade along grassy bank lines

The weather condition that provoked my choice is calm summer night

why it works, the black & blue standout better at night & slow rolling it helps the fish key in on it better

I love this method on Cypress Lake in Benten LA

[Fishaholic]

Sullivan Lake, Indiana
October, Fall fishing during bluebird skies
1/4 oz. Johnson Silver Minnow with a 4" white grub trailer

Bluebird skies and October after the leaves have fallen is a great time to fish for bass feeding up for Winter, generally I choose the Johnson Silver Minnow because it allows me to cast far and with a medium retrieve, keep it up on top of all the leaves floating in the water. Coves with heavy leaf fall on the water are the best coves to fish, the spoon and grub combo looks like a wounded baitfish on top and because it's weedless, it can negotiate the leaves without fouling.

[hooked]

In muddy ponds, use a black 1/8 ounce weedless jig with a stikeking craw trailer.
Throw it and let it sit until it hurts...then only then, twitch it. slower the presentation the better especially when the water is so cold even the fish don't want to be in it.

[jarred]

At lake fuqua,Oklahoma in the heat of the day in summer,a 10 inch power worm crawling slow as I pull it across the bottom really will get the bass up and moving.It just seems to be the way a awsome pumkin seed worm looks on the bottom moving slow.

[casey3535]

On Laurel Lake in Kentucky during a cold front in january or feburary you can take a cabin creek fly trailed with a minnow around sandy points and catch good smallmouth. Usually in about 20 - 30 feet of water these flys fall slowly and it can really catch sluggish fish. Fish aren't chasing baits this time of year so a slow presentation is key.

[greenkeeperlt]

 When the sun beats the water in the summer I often use large plastics on a half ounce jig to get deep into offshore structure. The bass will lie in darker haunts to avoid the sun and nothing gets there like a heavy jig.

[Yitbos78]

At Upper Silver Lake, Hart Michigan, on nice sunny days mid-high 70's in early summer, a 6-7" culprit worm in red or grape shades work wonderful when there is no breeze and the sky is clear of clouds. Try working it in about8-10ft of water off weedline or drop off. This always puts a couple biggies in the boat for me.

[Mailman]

On Clarks Hill [ Lake Thurmond] in late fall or early winter when its overcast and the wind is blowing I like to fish a white buzz bait some thing about the ripples from the wind and the buzz bait that the bass can't resist

[hooked]

In northern Florida ponds where the water is clear, the wind is light and the fish are in or just post spawn, a no weight wacky rigged black with red specks worm is great when you throw it on a hump or legde and let ti fall. CVOUnt to 5 or 6 seconds and gine it a one foot rod tip twitch. Let 'er rest again and repeat. The fish weill hit it!

[Ron Fogelson]

burn or wake a spinnerbait, with a white blue head & skirt out in the main lake cypress tree channels

The weather condition that provoked my choice is Blue bird skies in the summer

why it works, the white & blue head & skirt mimics the baitfish the bass are keying in on in & around the tree lines

I love to use this method on Bisteneau LA

[jarred]

I fish alot during the early morning when there is just a little wind down at red river,oklahoma.I ussually use a yellow H&H spinner ,you can pull it very slow beacause of the curant and the spinner part helps the white bass see it

[Skipper (ripnlips)]

3 Mile lake i Iowa when tose big summer thunderstorms hit.....Black buzzbait in the rain on the edge of the grass line will result in some killer strikes...you might even hook up on one or two, LOL

[FisherMOM]

When Creek fishing in the late Spring,
and the water rises and turns to chocolate milk,
I prefer to use a #4 Black with Gold blade Panther Martin Spinner.
The weight helps keep the lure lower in the creek and the Black
shows up better in the muddy waters regardless of the weather, sunny or overcast.
I think it tends to favor a crawdad stuck in the current.

When the waters recede and become clear again, and the sun shines,
I downsize to a #2 Yellow with Silver blade Panther Martin.
When the water is at it's normal depth, a #4 is too heavy
and snags the bottom alot.  The silver blade reflects like no
tomorrow in the clear water and favors a minnow.

The only place that I have ever fished this is in the
Ischua Creek in New York!  Come May.... I'll do it again!

[Yitbos78]

Upper Silver Lake (still great fishing lake when the frickin jet skis are off!) In light rain in the early morning all year long/ even with a light chop on the surface I like to work a Rebel Pop-R in under 4ft of water along the shoreline/docks. The only one that I have had continual success on is the brown top with bright orange mouth. Work in slow and stop often. The pitter/patter of the rain along with the push off the lure mouth gets em coming up quick!