Go to rigs for Saturday's CIR opener?

[bigmojet]

Just curious what tackle rigs will be on everyones deck come Saturday. I'll have a 4" swimbait from big hammer, KVd 1.5 crankbait in a chartreuse color, a red eye shad in red craw, a 5" yum dinger on a weighted owner wacky jig and either a blade bait or hopkins shorty spoon. Both the blade bait and spoon are new methods i am forcing myself to learn.

[LAPORTE]

All three of us will be throwing Tubes, Tubes and more Tubes ...lol all kidding aside dropshot, trap, crankbait and maybe a Money minnow I got 2 years ago from Frank... lol

[bigmojet]

Also got my first chatterbait I will have to try.

[motocross269]

What's going to be interesting is seeing what stages these fish are in with the weather we have been having...They will probably be all over the place..

I have a tournament up North in the Middle of June..They are usually spawning tournaments but this weather could change all of that..

As far as this weekend I will be off the water...Hope to get out Monday if all goes as planned...

Then it will be Jerkbait, Crankbait, Dropshot, Tube rig......In that order...

[bigmojet]

The 2 lakes I will be fishing this weekend are drowned river mouths so won't be able to drop shop but I'm betting the technique would be killer.

[dartag]

3/8 home made Jig with a chigger craw trailer.  Probably throw the A-Rig for the fun of it.  love to watch that thing swim through the water

[detroit1]

Well..lets see. Jerkbait (hard and soft), dropshot, jig, crawjig, spinnerbaits,cranks,suspending fat free shads,small swimbaits, polish pike baits i got at the show from Dan Gapen, and my a-rig just to see it..

[TimH]

Also got my first chatterbait I will have to try.

I hope you have better luck with bass on chatterbaits than I do.  Everytime I threw them last year, they turned into one of the best pike lures.  Very frustrating when you in a bass tourney.
What type of chatter did you get?

[bigmojet]

I got a 3/8 Strike King pure poisen in chartreuse /white.

I will be fishing in pike infested waters so I might not have it long.

[Jay-MadWags]

Better bring you "umbrella rig".  Umbrella for the rain that is.

[bob o]

Better bring you "umbrella rig".  Umbrella for the rain that is.

yea the weather is looking kinda wet and cold 

[FishermanJohn]

I won't make it out until Sunday but I'm expecting to find fish in all stages.  I'm hoping to find some prespawn fish with jerkbaits and deep crankbaits then clean up with a drop shot.  Of course I'll be trying out the A-rig.

And for the record...chatterbaits are excellent pike baits, but they catch bass too.

[Jay-MadWags]

I won't make it out until Sunday but I'm expecting to find fish in all stages.  I'm hoping to find some prespawn fish with jerkbaits and deep crankbaits then clean up with a drop shot.  Of course I'll be trying out the A-rig.

And for the record...chatterbaits are excellent pike baits, but they catch bass too.

Fish in all stages??  Where do you plan on fishing?

[Skulley]

I "go to" whatever they are going to bite on.  Too many to list.  The kitchen sink comes to mind.


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[FishermanJohn]

I won't make it out until Sunday but I'm expecting to find fish in all stages.  I'm hoping to find some prespawn fish with jerkbaits and deep crankbaits then clean up with a drop shot.  Of course I'll be trying out the A-rig.

And for the record...chatterbaits are excellent pike baits, but they catch bass too.

Fish in all stages??  Where do you plan on fishing?

Hahaha...no summertime patterns yet...what I meant was pre-spawn/spawn/post-spawn.  Hopefully I'll be out on Orchard or Wolverine but it looks like I may get called in to work this weekend.  :-(

[mikesmiph]

I'm not telling. But, I'm also working all day Saturday. I hope. Right now I'm fighting pneumonia. I have a club tourney on Sunday. Hope I can breathe by then

[bigjc]

Well, kinda late now, but I headed out today with four rods rigged: 1) A-rig; 2) Lucky Craft crank; 3) tube;  3) black and blue Nemesis jig and a chunk trailer.

[t-bone]

Little late too but this is what I fished: Jerkbait, tube, DS gulp minnow and jig...