Top 5 Baits For April Bass Fishing!
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- The best bass fishing of the year is happening now! Don't miss it! There is no better time to get on the water and catch a bunch of fish than April. You can typically find fish in all 3 stages of the spawn and it's not hard to catch them. If you've ever wanted to learn a new technique, or target a big bass, this is the time!
Bass can be caught on a mix of fast moving reaction baits and slow, bottom contact presentations. When it comes to reaction baits, we put a lot of emphasis on standing out from the crowd. We're using baits with flash, vibration, and sound to get the bass' attention. When it comes to soft baits, its all about a natural presentation. We find that baits with a some blue in them will often catch more fish than other colors.
Below you'll find links to the exact baits Matt discussed in the video, including our favorite sizes and colors. We've also included some of the gear we use to fish these baits effectively. All the links go directly to Tackle Warehouse where you can see detailed photos and descriptions of each item.
SHAKEY HEAD...
•MissileBaits 6" Magic Worm: bit.ly/3T7dHgB
Color: Blue Back Secret
•Big Bite Baits FinTwist Head: bit.ly/42dOUvH
Size: 3/16 oz
JIGS AND TRAILERS...
•Dirty Jigs 3/8 oz Finesse Jig: bit.ly/2eJinXo
Colors: The Go To, Canterbury Craw
•Netbait Paca Chunk: bit.ly/44ZjCsL
Color: Green Pumpkin Blue
•Dirty Jigs 1/2 oz Pitchin Jig: bit.ly/2amL3of
Colors: Hematoma, The Go To
•Netbait 4" Paca Slim: bit.ly/3QhEpRe
Color: Black Shadow Flare, Summer Craw
ALABAMA RIGS...
•HogFarmer Tactical Micro Flex: bit.ly/3RY1wUK
Swimbait- 3" Damiki Armor Shad: bit.ly/2KtPDAT
Colors: American Shad, PB Silver
Head- Dirty Jigs Guppy: bit.ly/2nyUJRS
Size: 1/8 oz, 1/0 hook
•Hog Farmer Tactical Mini Flex: bit.ly/3uwY6Md
Swimbait- X Zone 3.5" Swammer: bit.ly/2PogV0q
Colors: Electric Shad, Pro Blue Red Pearl
Head- Dirty Jigs Matt Allen: bit.ly/29RrTYN
Size: 1/8 oz
UNDERSPINS...
•Dirty Jig Tactical Underspin: bit.ly/4bKgVQf
Favorite Size: 3/8 oz
•Dirty Jigs Mini Tactical Underspin: bit.ly/3JOd8UY
Favorite Size: 3/16 oz
•Owner Flashy Swimmer: bit.ly/2e8O4Y7
Favorite Size: 3/16 oz, 3/0 Hook
•Xzone 2.75" Swammer: bit.ly/2PogV0q
Color: Pro Blue Red Pearl
•Storm 3.5" Largo Shad: bit.ly/3vxP0NB
Color: Albino Shad
SQUAREBILL CRANKBAITS...
•Bill Lewis 1.5 ATV: bit.ly/41o3ctj
Colors: Red Glitter Craw, FireTruck Craw,
•Damiki BTC 50: bit.ly/3OVb3Lc
Colors: Real Shad, Mossy Shad
LIPLESS CRANKBAIT...
•Jackall TN 70: bit.ly/2lqAwjh
Colors: SG Threadfin, SS Shad
•Nomad Swimtrex Max (1/2 oz): bit.ly/3SjrDWD
Colors: Threadfin Shad, Aqua Ghost
•Duo Realis Vibration Nitro (5/9 oz): bit.ly/3wDutwS
Colors: Red Tiger, Burning Tiger
CHATTERBAIT...
•ZMan Mini Max Chatterbait: bit.ly/3tqztzi
Color: Bluegill, Gizzard Shad
•Yamamoto 3" Zako: bit.ly/2fKmSRp
Color: Green Pumpkin, Sexy Shad
•Jack Hammer Chatterbait (1/2 oz): bit.ly/2popvj6
Color: Green Pumpkin Shad
•Hog Farmer Spunk Shad 4.5: bit.ly/2UFkCD7
Color: Sexy Shad
SPINNERBAIT...
•Megabass SV-3 (1/2 oz): bit.ly/3lk1SD0
Colors: Hasu, Ayu, Gill
BUDGET JIG COMBO...
Rod- Cashion Element 7'3" Medium Heavy Fast: bit.ly/48w69eC
Reel- Daiwa Fuego CT 100HS: bit.ly/35hugfH
Line- Seaguar Red Label (15 lb): bit.ly/2LOVEwA
BUDGET CRANKBAIT COMBO...
Rod- St. Croix Mojo Glass 7'2" MM: bit.ly/3P8REVe
Reel- Shimano SLX 70: bit.ly/3vPtYQ5
Line- Sunline Crank FC (12 lb): bit.ly/3fohguC
BUDGET SPINNERBAIT/CHATTERBAIT COMBO...
Rod- Shimano Intenza 7'1" Med Heavy: bit.ly/2QADLTq
Reel- Shimano SLX 150 XT (XG): bit.ly/2BRTYL8
Line- Sunline FC (15 lb): bit.ly/2h4LNjm
TACTICALBASSIN LURE DESIGNS (AND APPAREL)
We have a variety of custom lure designs and apparel available! Everything from Swimbaits and crankbaits, to hats and hoodies! Its all available direct through Tackle Warehouse with fast shipping. See it here...
TacticalBassin Lure Designs: bit.ly/38YpPIz
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FAVORITE TOOLS AND GEAR…
Favorite sunglasses: bit.ly/3cLH0kl
Favorite Pliers: bit.ly/3xJFwTu
Favorite Rod Cover: bit.ly/3UewJEx
Favorite life jacket: bit.ly/2odXXIP
Favorite Scale: bit.ly/2f7QgQ9
Favorite Lure Retriever: bit.ly/2TLTJc6
Favorite Braid Cutters: bit.ly/35KSp3O
Favorite Storage Box: bit.ly/3U9y4cl
Favorite Net: bit.ly/3kdZ3kA
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#April #fishing #bassfishing - Sport
Always great info that we can apply in our arsenal and also new techniques that we can learn… Thanks for trying to make us better anglers.
I've been looking for some new baits to add to my arsenal, and these suggestions are exactly what I needed! Your top rankings always deliver the best gear. Subscribed and excited for more content from MAD RANKING!
He’s spot on Blue flake is dynamite in April. Had one of my best days last year. Caught over 20 one morning.
You guys are awesome. Im not sure i would have ever ventured in to bass fishing if not for this channel. I was a diehard trout guy, but you guys taught me all i needed to know to get there and catch some bass!
Guys are the best!! Appreciate the work you put in to help me become a better angler.
Tim and Matt
Happy Easter to both of you and your families!
Well done matt thanks for the reminders, solid video the weather is so nasty here in Northern California still waiting for the real spring
Thanks for the great information. Appreciate your expertise.
Those Bass dash glide baits work great thanks for the info Matt and Tim
You always have great videos. Love them.😊
Love the knowledge!
Thanks for the advice
Yay I was wondering when this was coming out grate vid 2 days until the season starts
I need a Bass-Buddy in Clearlake!!
GREAT video as usual! Been living on that green pumpkin blue flake!
Thanks!!
Great video. I love spinner baits. I think that would be my comfort lure for bass but options are always great to have
Nice job!
Always great content. Honestly, minus the A-rig, I have those tied on basically year-round. Especially the shakey head and lipless crankbait. You can do so many different things with a lipless crankbait, shallow, or deep. The shakey just pulls them out when they are tight to cover.
can't wait to try the the TN60 Trigon.
Thank you for all the amazing content you gentlemen keep sharing. I was wondering if you could consider making a video going a little more in depth on the Piku Piku. Would love to hear all you have to say about that lure. I’m thinking, a possible topwater bed fishing lure?
Great video hank, #100% watch squad..
Matt, any plans to put a fiber weed guard on your tactical under spin?
I like that the owner flashy swimmer is weedless, but the bite gap is minimal. In addition, I'll be fishing from the shore and need weedless baits. Tks Guy
You should try the IMA suspending lipless, let it drop and burn and pause it's deadly
No tubes? I understand not every area of the country may not be familiar with the presentation, but just look at any underwater footage of a craw swimming in a defensive pattern and you’ll see the falling tube on a tube jig imitates this perfectly! If you haven’t tried it yet - you should.
I catch giant smallies on tubes here in the Ozarks...
@@kerryschallon8879 that’s awesome! They’re a staple up here in MI on Lake St Clair.
I always have a tube tied on up here in New Hampshire
They’ve got to pick FIVE baits out of the eternity of bass fishing baits. I think we can give them a pass for not talking about the chunky boring tube
I ALWAYS keep a tube handy since it’s so versatile and can be fished fast or slow. That said, I think the focus for this video was 5 best just for this time of year. Maybe considering that a tube is great ALL year they decided to focus on more specific spring techniques? Just guessing.
I decided to try the largo shad and I wasn’t impressed compared to a keitech. Idk if it is just the super realistic colors but they were more stiff so you had to fish them a lot faster to get them to kick.
Caught 5 on rooster tails yesterday
I’m obsessed with jigs. Never throw t rigs anymore because just like you said, it gets the big bite. Not as many bites but much bigger
My go to is a spinnerbait late morning.
Can you recommend weedless hooks for the micro rig? I tried it with open hooks, from the shore and it did not take me more than a couple of hours to loose it! Weedless hooks I know of are too big for 2.7 or 3.3 keitech!
I use a under spinner head all year just different tails different times a year!!
What is your favorite swim bait rod reel and line combo.
My lake doesn’t go full pool till the middle of April and I’m on the bank so I’m screwed till then. I prefer the spinner bait because all I do is lose chatter baits.
Try the crosseyes or the slobber knocker… i have thrown that thing into places and gave up on it and it came out. A lot better from the bank than the zman alternatives. It doesn’t roll as much so your hook is safer. Talking about that Slobber knocker
Is a classic gear release video in the works?
What is the lightest line you'd feel comfortable using for the mini underspin?
Just went out in Texas and only caught 4 on underspin. So slow out there. Uncle was throwing shakey and didnt even get hit.
Minnesota: Bass opener isn't until May.
No glide or mag draft type baits in that video??
Wait, no big swimbait or glidebait? I’m surprised!
I just can’t get bit fishing a jig on the bottom. I’ve tried finesse jigs, football jigs, ball head jigs, and mostly casting or flipping style jigs because they make the most sense for the places I fish. I’ve tried hopping, dragging, dead sticking, you name it. Now, swim jigs and bladed jigs are a different story, I catch tons of fish on them. Do there have to be craws in the body of water for a bottom contact jig to work? I throw colors that closely imitate bluegill in high percentage areas around cover where I know for a fact there are bass but it doesn’t work. I can pick up a Ned rig or a shaky head or weightless Senko and catch several in the same places I’m fishing the jig. It’s really frustrating! What am I doing wrong??
Honestly it took me awhile of going out fishing and only using a jig before I started catching em and actually having confidence with a jig.
I mainly fish jigs around docks and rock banks/ rock piles. I kept one tied on for over a year before I realized I wasn’t dragging them slow enough on the bottom. Also giving it a couple pops every cast will help.
Hi guys I'm from a small town in Michigan fishing on a very clear but weedy lake. What are your recommendations as far as bait
We’re on the west side, with water in the 40’s up until this week we’ve been fishing blade baits deep on weed edges. They just started hitting chatter bait, here’s a video from last weekend czcams.com/video/7l8Iamm9W8o/video.htmlsi=xxmvtAbpVv8eMQjM tight lines buddy!
Hey Matt, do you think the Buzbe Fast Flatz Bait Bag Half Extra Large would work for storing double blades buzz baits?
You know, I haven't tried. How many baits are we talking? I think I'd just grab a Quik Qube instead so you're not squishing them in the flat bag. If moisture isn't an issue, the Quik Qube Breeze will save you some $$$ as well. Here's the breeze: bit.ly/43ILiTG
I switched to the HL for spinnerbaits after watching a video, and it was like inventing water! Amazing. Now I’m thinking of doing it for swimjigs….
@@tacticalbassin15 double bladed and 10 single bladed, that Quik Qube looks like something that'll definitely work for me.
So I just got a mini A-rig ( the smallest bladed one), how do you guys set up your mini rigs? I want to set it up correctly to get the best chance to get my first A-rig fish. The longest arm appears to be up top, do I leave it straight back or is it bent up a bit? Also what about the other bait arms and the “dummy” arms?
Also, I am surprised that you have never mentioned the Mann’s one minus crankbait, it has a super wide wobble and does not get below a foot. Change the hardware and it is good to go.
@richardbossman9875 Yep, I still throw the 1 minus.
So I went ahead and set it up almost like my normal A-rigs, looking at it from the front the long top wire I almost straight back, the two dummy lure wires are up at about a 45 degree angle and away from each other by the same angle. The two bottom wires with hooked swimbaits have the same setup but downwards. Looking head on the dummy lures and hooked ones form a square with the head and trailing long wire with a hooked swimbait is directly behind the head. I found this gave a good presentation and the swimbaits is good movement when twitched aggressively. Hope this helps if anyone had the same question.
Do you guys trim your skirts on Jigs and swim Jigs?
Are the Keitechs going away, being replaced by the swammers? Why the move away?
I wouldn't say replaced but we definitely use Swammers more often. As more anglers have continued to use keitechs, fish naturally adapt. The Swammer has a very unique action, similar to Hollow belly swimbaits, but with a solid body. Fish are responding to it very well. 👍🏼
@@tacticalbassin Matt, did you guys ever get the chance to create my list?
I don't need to buy any of these lures anymore. All I need is a minnow and jerk bait and my livescope.
April is also the time anglers get crazy about the fishing spots they claim are theirs. Clearlake is dealing with bullying and a few altercations on the water.
How about let’s just all be respectful towards one another? It’s simple.
Unfortunately that isn't new at all. Clearlake has been that waw as long as I can remember, sadly other parts of the country are catching up.
@@tacticalbassin I’m heading there tomorrow, for the first time on a kayak. I am hoping there’s some sense of decency and respect. I just want to fish. Anywho, I ordered that spinnerbait in Wakasagi and it had been killing it.
1st
I gotta quit watching these videos. You’ll
costing me money 😊