I like hair jigs, bitsy bugs, and tubes myself.
Your thoughts?
Best smallie lures for Ontario?
Re: Best smallie lures for Ontario?
I'll go for Tubes. Purple or White.
This year?
This year I have been having wicked action from my big-o collection .. don't know why .. never used them that much in my previous years of fishing, but this year just seems to be an odd-ball .. I think the water is just too warm, and you have to go deeper past 9 am.
Once every-one has comes off the water and dusk has slipped in .. I go topwater .. with a Smithwicks Devilshorse .. an awe-some bate... tigerstripe ... bass hit it 5 secounds after it hits the water... everytime.
Someone say I like crankbaits ... yep ... thats all i fish with for bass.
D-mo
Once every-one has comes off the water and dusk has slipped in .. I go topwater .. with a Smithwicks Devilshorse .. an awe-some bate... tigerstripe ... bass hit it 5 secounds after it hits the water... everytime.
Someone say I like crankbaits ... yep ... thats all i fish with for bass.
D-mo
A plain hook.. Tipped with a leech or crayfish.. 
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I prefer the single hook baits in the following order:
1.) Tubes, Tubes, Tubes in 3" - 4" sizes depending on the how aggressive they are. Favorite colors are natural ones like watermelon and pumpkinseed...sometimes pearl. It's also important to match the right size jig and sprout width for natural presentation.
2.) 3" twistertails, again same colors as above
3.) Senkos and Flukes in the rice, pads and shallow water....black Senkos and natural colors for Flukes
Tight Lines,
ratsotail
1.) Tubes, Tubes, Tubes in 3" - 4" sizes depending on the how aggressive they are. Favorite colors are natural ones like watermelon and pumpkinseed...sometimes pearl. It's also important to match the right size jig and sprout width for natural presentation.
2.) 3" twistertails, again same colors as above
3.) Senkos and Flukes in the rice, pads and shallow water....black Senkos and natural colors for Flukes
Tight Lines,
ratsotail
Tubes rigged on a jig. Just had a week of fishing on a lake in Quebec - nothing but smallies. Last year caught a whack of smallies on the same lake - same time of year - but used senko-type baits (pumpkinseed). I would toss the senkos at rock structures and wait to see my line go "tick". Caught a ton of two pounders but probably only one approached 3 lbs.
This year I concentrated on fishing deeper - I still fished the rock structure which was typically in 8 to 10 feet of water and got the one and two pounders galore. But I also paid very close attention to my Lowrance and noted the contours - almost everytime I came across an underwater point in 15 to 25 feet of water I was able to pull up a 3 lb smallie by dragging the tube down the slope or across it. That was a great pattern to determine for that lake and I went looking all over the lake for similar structure, often just put-putting around the shore line, eyes on the Lowrance, looking for those spots that are not obvious above the water. And the tube was very popular. I used a Strike King Bleeding Tube in pumpkinseed flavour.
Oh, and interestingly enough, my biggest smallie which was pushing 3.5 lbs spat up someone elses white tube. I had tried white earlier, on a hunch, and went back to pumpkinseed. I can't go wrong with that colour.
This year I concentrated on fishing deeper - I still fished the rock structure which was typically in 8 to 10 feet of water and got the one and two pounders galore. But I also paid very close attention to my Lowrance and noted the contours - almost everytime I came across an underwater point in 15 to 25 feet of water I was able to pull up a 3 lb smallie by dragging the tube down the slope or across it. That was a great pattern to determine for that lake and I went looking all over the lake for similar structure, often just put-putting around the shore line, eyes on the Lowrance, looking for those spots that are not obvious above the water. And the tube was very popular. I used a Strike King Bleeding Tube in pumpkinseed flavour.
Oh, and interestingly enough, my biggest smallie which was pushing 3.5 lbs spat up someone elses white tube. I had tried white earlier, on a hunch, and went back to pumpkinseed. I can't go wrong with that colour.
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Re: Best smallie lures for Ontario?
I like hair jigs as well. I'm not sure why fisher people don't throw them often for bronzies. Some of my fav's are orange/brown and good 'ol black 'n white with silver chenile for a bit of flash. Red and white has been good too.Roberto wrote:I like hair jigs, bitsy bugs, and tubes myself.
Your thoughts?
Tubes are all the rage Roberto! everyone and their uncle is throwing them these day's....very seductive bait's to the smallie.
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