Top 5 Baits For April Bass Fishing!

[@chadm528]

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!

[@cmcoleman66]

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.

[@alcav54]

Tim and Matt Happy Easter to both of you and your families!

[@JimbobZ17]

He’s spot on Blue flake is dynamite in April. Had one of my best days last year. Caught over 20 one morning.

[@scottcameron3559]

Well done matt thanks for the reminders, solid video the weather is so nasty here in Northern California still waiting for the real spring

[@garyplowman5838]

Those Bass dash glide baits work great thanks for the info Matt and Tim

[@madranking2024]

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!

[@kobepincombe5430]

Guys are the best!! Appreciate the work you put in to help me become a better angler.

[@opieangst]

I need a Bass-Buddy in Clearlake!! GREAT video as usual! Been living on that green pumpkin blue flake!

[@douglasspickler4925]

Thanks for the great information. Appreciate your expertise.

[@docgillygun9531]

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.

[@DustinHemphill-hd3ln]

Thanks for the advice

[@stephenzeppenfeldt221]

You always have great videos. Love them.😊

[@ronwilson6979]

Great video. I love spinner baits. I think that would be my comfort lure for bass but options are always great to have

[@toddpossum]

Thanks!!

[@johndeeresheets853]

Yay I was wondering when this was coming out grate vid 2 days until the season starts

[@betteorhowardswarts7674]

Nice job!

[@jstriana918]

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?

[@guyb5333]

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

[@pj3p488]

can't wait to try the the TN60 Trigon.

[@MatthewCleveland-i4c]

Love the knowledge!

[@viralbirdNest]

Great video hank, #100% watch squad..

[@jonathanrivera6815]

You should try the IMA suspending lipless, let it drop and burn and pause it's deadly

[@larryvilla6869]

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.

[@maxwinchell8927]

Is a classic gear release video in the works?

[@garyslomczynski6579]

I use a under spinner head all year just different tails different times a year!!

[@xDx0xUxGx]

What is the lightest line you'd feel comfortable using for the mini underspin?

[@gustavotellez5358]

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!

[@clay7514]

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

[@live2fishofficial]

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.

[@kerryschallon8879]

I catch giant smallies on tubes here in the Ozarks...

[@live2fishofficial]

@@kerryschallon8879 that’s awesome! They’re a staple up here in MI on Lake St Clair.

[@sterlHAsilva]

I always have a tube tied on up here in New Hampshire

[@RUF33OH]

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

[@chadmichael2640]

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.

[@randallrandolph4977]

What is your favorite swim bait rod reel and line combo.

[@donjuan4925]

Caught 5 on rooster tails yesterday

[@JohnBailey-ly5lq]

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

[@PursuitofGameOutdoors]

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 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ2bepSjop6KbtEsi=xxmvtAbpVv8eMQjM tight lines buddy!

[@vincentgelles3805]

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??

[@MrWhiteboy573]

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.

[@CorbinTheSportsman]

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.

[@phiology1983]

My go to is a spinnerbait late morning.

[@gslang3489]

Just went out in Texas and only caught 4 on underspin. So slow out there. Uncle was throwing shakey and didnt even get hit.

[@omarhill7345]

Hey Matt, do you think the Buzbe Fast Flatz Bait Bag Half Extra Large would work for storing double blades buzz baits?

[@tacticalbassin]

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

[@thomasrobey9851]

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….

[@omarhill7345]

​​​@@tacticalbassin15 double bladed and 10 single bladed, that Quik Qube looks like something that'll definitely work for me.

[@gamingdreams2142]

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.

[@MaineStreamFishing]

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

[@nbe386]

Are the Keitechs going away, being replaced by the swammers? Why the move away?

[@tacticalbassin]

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. 👍🏼

[@nbe386]

@@tacticalbassin Matt, did you guys ever get the chance to create my list?

[@everythingoutdoors-vl9bl]

No glide or mag draft type baits in that video??

[@richardbossman9875]

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?

[@richardbossman9875]

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.

[@Cornelius798]

​@richardbossman9875 Yep, I still throw the 1 minus.

[@richardbossman9875]

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.

[@dontnonowuno9953]

Do you guys trim your skirts on Jigs and swim Jigs?

[@mtayloroutdoors]

Wait, no big swimbait or glidebait? I’m surprised!

[@jackvue722]

Minnesota: Bass opener isn't until May.

[@BlaineArnold-yg2vh]

Spiner bait

[@stevegerber835]

I don't need to buy any of these lures anymore. All I need is a minnow and jerk bait and my livescope.

[@larrygabbard4896]

I gotta quit watching these videos. You’ll costing me money 😊

[@JustInfoYang]

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