For the month of April we recommend...

Bait Type90/90/90 RecommendationEducation
Spinner Bait Start with a White/Chartruese Skirt
Water clarity is gin clear use a Single or Double Willow Leaf
Water clarity is sorta clear use a Single or Double Willow Leaf
Water clarity is dirty use a Small Colorado leaf up front with Large Willow leaf primary
Water clarity is muddy use a Double Colorado Leaf - can also try a colored blade
For smallmouth always throw a colored blade
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Swim Bait Water with Low Visibility?: Better off switching to a swimjig
Size & Weight: (large) 5inch \w 1/2oz jig head
Size & Weight: (medium) 4inch \w 1/4oz jig head
Size & Weight: (small) 3inch \w 1/8oz jig head
Mostly use 3inch size, particularly smallmouth
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Plastic Worm Texas Rig Weight : 1/8oz if shallow and 3/8oz for everything else
Clear water : Watermelon
Shallow or Dirty water : Black or Purple
Around grass or Tannic water : June Bug
Everything : Green Pumpkin
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Swim Jig Jig Type: 3/8oz Parallel Hook Eye with Swim profile head
Jig/Skirt Color (baitfish): White/Gray Shimmer or Yellow/White
Trailer Type (baitfish): Swimbait profile like Berkley the Deal
Trailer Color (baitfish): White or Bluegill colors
Jig/Skirt Color (crawfish): Green/Orange Skirt
Trailer Type (crawfish): Crawfish or Creature profile
Trailer Color (crawfish): Green Pumpkin
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Walking Bait Use 15lb monofilament...not braid
Sunny conditions use translucent
Cloudy conditions use darker
Dirty water use something noisy
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The full list of recommendations by angler for the month of April is...



TypeSpinner BaitVibrating JigJerk BaitShallow DivingDeep DivingSquare BillLiplessFlat SidedFlukeSwim BaitWormCreatureTubeCarolina RigNed RigDropshotFootball Head JigSwing Head JigFlipping JigFinesse JigSwim JigHair JigHollow FrogPlastic ToadBuzz BaitProp BaitWake BaitWalking BaitPopperWopper PlopperAlabama RigGlide BaitSpy BaitShad RapSpoon
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