Top 3

[ikeslayer]

I am curious to know what lures everyones top 3 minnesota bass came on last year. I know typically everyone says that a good big bass lure is a j.n.p. but we shall see:

My biggest - Drop shot

2nd biggest - Jnp

3rd biggest - Spinnerbait

Your turn

[CarlWBL]

1. Texas rigged Swim Senko, 5/0 gami hook, 3/8 bullet

2. Spro bronze eye frog, black/red eye

3. JNP- brown w/ green fleck- I probably fish black/blue jnp 95% of the time, but ran out of chunks for that rig and ended up catching a nice one on brown...maybe I should mix it up more...

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Probably Deep diving cranks for all three. Actually scratch that I caught a pig bass fishing with suckers for pike.

[Craig Plummer]

1: 5'' Green Senko

2: 5'' Gulp [jerk-bait] Shad

3: White Chatterbait

[JP Z]

1. Berkley Swimshad sardine maybe

2. Exude RT Slug

3. Jawbreaker spoon

[Fever]

1. 7 inch T-rigged worm / green-pumkin = 22.25 incher

2. 10 inch T-rigged worm / Black-bluefleck = 20.5 incher

3 3/4 oz JnP Black with white- 5 inch craw trailer = 20.0 incher

Getting happy just reflecting.....

[slipperybob]

1. fouled hooked rooster tail

2. la creme frog

3. Xcalibur Spit'n Shad

[jwhjr]

1. Wacky rigged 5" Gulp Sinking Minnow (black/red flake)

2. Orange/Black Spinnerbait

3. Green/Yellow Spinnerbait

[bassNspear]

1. Jig n Craw

2. Craw Tube

3. Buzzy

[Bassman55]

1. 3/4 oz white spinnerbait

2. weightless power slug

3. spook jr.

[RK]

Hiya -

Largemouth:

1. Berkley Sabertail Bug on a Northland Jungle Lock Jig

2. Black Northland Jungle Jig and black Power Craw

3. DT-16

Smallmouth:

1. 5" Kalin's Grub (clear/black flake)

2. 3" Yum Dinger on a drop shot

3. Persauder curly tail worm

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[Central Bassman]

1. Jig... Brown

2. Craw Tube... Junbug

3. Shaky Head Worm... Green Pumpkin

3. Swimming Jig... Greep Pumpkin

Swim Baits might be add to this list after this coming season!!!

[Wayne Ek]

Biggest smallie came on a mushroom head jig and power slug.

Three biggest green fish came on a 1/2oz pig and jig, all fall fish,

[grab the net]

Senko - black 5 inch

Creature bait - texas rigged

Frog

[TonkaBass]

1- black/blue jig & creature baits

2- Crankbaits

3- good ole tube jigs

[Daze Off]

1st Place - Buzzbait (bluegill colored)

2nd Place - Lake Fork Magic Shad (albino colored)

3rd Place - Pure Poisen (chatterbait knock-off in green/black)

[ptkane]

1. Blue and black jig and craw

2. Blue and black jig and craw

3. White jig and green craw

[OLY]

#1- 5lbs 5oz, Wacky rigged senko skipped under a dock

#2- 4lbs 14oz, Black and blue jig under a dock

#3- 4lbs 12oz, Black and blue jig deep rocks

#3- 4lbs 12oz, Sumo frog in the pads

[Fluker]

Had several 5 lb fish the past year (as mentioned before, it was a GREAT year). I'd say most came on tubes or DS.

Largest were:

7lb 6oz LM - Tube Bait

5lb even SM - Chatterbait (I'm not kidding!)

My 2nd and 3rd biggest fish of the year were 6.44 and 6.05 in Missouri. Both came on jigs.

Fluker

[Deitz Dittrich]

Yikes.. had to dig into my notes.. These were the lures used to catch my top three sized bass last year. Biggest was 6lbs 8 oz... But all were over 6...

#1 Dropshot (sweet beaver imatation)

#2 Stupid Rig, RT slug

#3 Drop Shot, Creature tube.

On side note... although I caught a ton of fish on a drop shot last year.. I wouldnt have called it a big fish lure even though 2 of my top 3 are on drop shot... Flipping tube did far better on over average fish.. but none made the top 3...

[tunrevir]

I would think that the drop shot is going to put fish in the boat most of the time but I'd have to say it is more of a finesse, cold front technique or better for deep water on clearer impoundments when looking to put fish in the boat versus some of the other techniques that are out there. I did like the stupid rig setup. Fits my fishing style, though I might not be able to put it to good use. My biggest bass came on a suspending crank, a deep crank and a spinner bait. Sometimes those walleye techniques will produce fish when other presentations aren't, so don't lock in on one thing and think it is the key. Keep an open mind, sometimes you need to go outside the box and you might be surprised at the fish you catch. I Love the smallies, and the largemouth but don't really target either. I learned alot in the fun bass leaugue last year and hope to hit it again this year.

Tunrevir~ (I am always looking to learn!)

[jalberg]

#1. 6lb 13oz on a 1/2 oz jig n' craw I modified in several ways.

#2. 6lb even on same jig

#3. 21inch fish on 10inch power worm.

It felt great to catch big bass on a lure I modified. Also #3 fish was caught at 12:30AM.

[Chris519]

1. Buzzbait

2. Zoom horny toad

3. Jig worm

Wow, you guys caught some huge fish! Mine were not as big as those mentioned. I have a lot to learn!

[SnipeZilla]

All 3 weightless texas rigged Zoom worm or salamander in a dark color (Blue or purple). Year before that, 5" texas rigged Gulp watermelon sinking minnow split down the middle on the last inch and a half with a knife. Made it have a kind of wacky rig wiggle on the end.

[polarsusd81]

Here were my top three last year from Minnesota.

1 Scum Frog in green/chartruese

2 Red Shad Lam Senko wacky rigged in 22 fow

3 Watermelon Candy Yum Dinger wacky rigged

Biggest of the year, was a 7 lber down in Arkansas. She was caught on a 2" Senko in Pumpkinseed wacky rigged on a #6 gamakatsu Octopus. That fish will live on in my dreams for many years to come.