Favorite Plastics For Smallies

[smallmouthjoe]

Ever have much success with a watermelon or green pumpkin fluke? Seems to be working for me, that and Arkansas Shiner.

I use the watermelon red back, pearl belly, color Zoom puts out and get alot of fish on it. Arkansas Shiner is my second favorite color as far as flukes go.

[Mitch f]

I use the watermelon red back, pearl belly, color Zoom puts out and get alot of fish on it. Arkansas Shiner is my second favorite color as far as flukes go.

Arkansas shiner is my favorite as well

[Bill Jr.]

Mitch's clearwater craw looks sweet! I use and love this as a go to bait at bull shoals. Mitch, let us know if you want to start selling but won't blame you if you keep them for yourself!

[exiledguide]

Jack I lke that and Watermelon red flake worm texas rigged with a 1/16 or 1/32 oz worm siker on a 1/0 ewg hook. I also like the 3" chartruse shad gulp alive minnow on a 1/32oz jig made with a size 1 hook. I usually fish it as a jerk bait and then let it fall in current. I also only wade fish anymore and have only fished the James the last few years.

[Al Agnew]

Mitch sent me some, but I left for Montana before I could try them out. But I did try one out in my pond just to see how it worked on the jig hooks he sent along with them, and it looked good (and caught several bass, but my pond bass are hungry!) It's a great looking bait.

[Mitch f]

Bill Jr- ill keep you posted.

Al, the jig heads I put on them is too light but next ones I send will be heavier jigs for the bigger craw

Thanks guys

[Mitch f]

Mitch's clearwater craw looks sweet! I use and love this as a go to bait at bull shoals. Mitch, let us know if you want to start selling but won't blame you if you keep them for yourself!

That's a good jig for Bull Shoals, it's very telling that you like that color combination. I have been catching the bigger smallmouth over the years on jigs that have a combination of colors, like your brown/green. Not that a straight color won't catch a big one, but I think it may have something to do with the fish being able to see a contrast of colors better in deeper water. My go to river jig is a rusty brown hair jig with a green plastic craw trailer. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe not.

[Bill Jr.]

Mitch,

I've tried green pumpkin flash jigs with this and I do seem to catch more on the PBJ color. I've also tried the PBJ with a cinnamon/purple craw and that does work well at times, but always seem to come back to this. Gets me to think what actually does the hair or skirt of the jig mimic? Is it meant to be part the craw itself or a little disruption on the lake or riverbed with the craw right in the middle of it? for the most part the lake bottom is more hues of browns vs green.

[MOsmallies]

I lost a decent bass at Lake of the Ozarks this past weekend on a PB&J Football Jig with a Green Pumpkin Twin-Tail Trailer. Great color combo.

Mitch - Scott and I would definitely be willing to do some field testing of your craw down on the Black at the end of June. Those smallies are highly stressed from all the float crowds in crystal clear water and I think something as natural as your craw would work perfectly.

[UnCivE]

I'm havin luck on weightless 4-6" senkos in watermelon/red flake (depending on how picky they are) and weightless 4" tubes in both watermelon and crawdad colors. I haven't had a day this year where a weightless senko wouldn't pick up some fish.