BaitsNow - Gear Bait By Month

What you see below is the distilation of recommendations after watching 100's of hours of Ott DeFoe YouTube videos. By putting them into a table format we can compare them against other anglers and get a concensus opinion.

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	Type	Spinner Bait	Vibrating Jig	Jerk Bait	Shallow Diving	Deep Diving	Square Bill	Lipless	Flat Sided	Fluke	Swim Bait	Plastic Worm	Plastic Creature	Plastic Tube	Carolina Rig	Ned Rig	Dropshot	Football Head Jig	Swing Head Jig	Flipping Jig	Finesse Jig	Swim Jig	Hair Jig	Hollow Frog	Plastic Toad	Buzz Bait	Prop Bait	Wake Bait	Walking Bait	Popper	Wopper Plopper	Alabama Rig	Glide Bait	Spy Bait	Shad Rap	Spoon
	Video	The Basics			Crank Baits					Soft Plastics								Jigs						Top Water								Speciality
August
	Watch								X			X					X									X
	Watch												X											X
September
	Watch		X								X	X	X
	Watch						X																			X
October
	Watch					X						X														X			X
	Watch						X						X							X						X
	Watch					X																							X
November
	Watch							X	X											X	X								X
	Watch	X	X				X													X
	Watch			X							X
December
	Watch					X			X		X										X
	Watch							X	X																			X
	Watch										X																								X
January
	Watch			X					X		X																					X
	Watch									X													X
		...
	Type	Spinner Bait	Vibrating Jig	Jerk Bait	Shallow Diving	Deep Diving	Square Bill	Lipless	Flat Sided	Fluke	Swim Bait	Plastic Worm	Plastic Creature	Plastic Tube	Carolina Rig	Ned Rig	Dropshot	Football Head Jig	Swing Head Jig	Flipping Jig	Finesse Jig	Swim Jig	Hair Jig	Hollow Frog	Plastic Toad	Buzz Bait	Prop Bait	Wake Bait	Walking Bait	Popper	Wopper Plopper	Alabama Rig	Glide Bait	Spy Bait	Shad Rap	Spoon
	Video	The Basics			Crank Baits					Soft Plastics								Jigs						Top Water								Speciality
February
February	Watch	X							X											X
March
	Watch		X	X				X	X
	Watch	X																		X
April
	Watch	X										X	X													X			X
	Watch																					X		X
May
	Watch					X																		X					X
	Watch			X											X
June
	Watch					X						X						X									X
	Watch						X				X
July
	Watch					X						X					X													X
	Watch																							X			X

Note: Virtually every angler on YouTube gives the caveat that if you live in the northern states you should be trying the current month and the month before. If you live in the southern states you should be trying the current month and the month after.

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