Photographer Garrick Dixon and myself got a head start on the Lures of the Top 12 story gallery to come in a couple days.
Going through the notes are these trivia nuggets.
Four of the Top 12 are keying on a bluegill spawn—not a shad spawn for a change—and they are doing so at various times of the morning. Frogs are the choice.
What else is notable are the types of coverage baits in play. Big plastic worms (Texas and Carolina rigged), jerkbaits, bladed jigs and heavy leadhead jigs. No crankbaits of any kind.
Most of the lures are what I’d refer to as mid-range coverage lures. That is an obvious choice for transitional bass moving from shallow back to deep water areas for summer. Signs of that transition are obvious with the big worms and heavy jigs chosen for targeting bass on the deep side of the post-spawn spectrum. The jerkbaits and topwaters are ideal for the bass in the shallow zone.