I’ll be joining a kayak fishing tournament in lower Michigan this weekend.
Woke up to snow on the ground this morning, and it has been in the 30s and 40s for a couple of weeks so the water is going to be cold. The lakes we will be on are have clear water and very steep drop offs to very deep water.
I have been out of fishing for a very long time.
Any comments on my initial lure selection would be appreciated .
Posted by Zestyclose-Water-640
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I have had luck with everything pictured here during cold water, I usually get fish colored crankbaits tho, don’t even know what that is. Pick up a spinniner bait too and u should be good.
I haven’t actually used a neko rig, but shouldn’t the hook be closer to the middle of the worm on that one?
I have never competed before, and curios, is there a restriction how many lures you can have/use during tournament?
I think the selection weighs heavy on reaction baits, but to be fair, my style of fishing is likely different than yours.
So, for what you describe, my load out would likely be a soft stick bait, jig, drop shot, tube, jerkbait, and a crankbait. My load out weighs heavy on slower baits, but that’s just where my confidence is.
My colors would be greens and browns, maybe some black and red for my crankbait. The jerkbait would be a natural color shad type color.
So to be specific, watermelon texas rigged soft stickbait, black/brown jig, the bait on my dropshot would be a watermelon or bait fish colored 3″ soft stick bait, I might change up the tube color to green pumpkin, shad colored jerkbait and a red crawdad patterned rattle trap style crankbait.
Best of luck!
Looks good to me!
If you don’t have FFS… You’re donating your money to those who do. (Ban it)
The lakes I’ve been to in southeast lately have been muddy because of all the wind and rain. If there is a chance for dirty water you might want to pick up a chatterbait. A spinnerbait for wood laydowns and/or a weedless underspin is really awesome to slow roll on bottom. You might want to have a drop shot and/or a ned rig handy if you know where the fish are but they won’t bite anything. Good luck
Not a bad start! If the water is that cold I may trim the skirt a little on the jig. Maybe consider a trailer with a little less flapping action. It’s a subtle change but can help seem more realistic in fridged waters. Best of luck 🤞
And hopefully you are using fluorocarbon 👍