02 / FRESHWATER / WEEDLESS
When the bass are buried in the salad, you need a presentation that goes in clean and comes out with a fish. These soft plastics rig weedless on an offset hook and slide through grass, laydowns, and lily pads without hanging up.
YAMAMOTO
The bait that ruined the word 'technique.' Throw it out, let it sink, wait. That's it. That's the whole seminar.
ZOOM
The cheapest assassin in your tackle box. Twitch, pause, watch it disappear.
KEITECH
Squid-scented Japanese plastic with a paddle tail that thumps at any speed. The FAT version displaces more water and pushes a bigger profile. Smallmouth lose their minds.
ALL PICKS
Soft Jerks.