So I will probably make it out the 1st or 2nd week in April and I am just seeing what everyone will have tied on for their first trip.
I’ll probably have a jerkait, either a pointer or X-rap
a senko is always nice this time of year
probably a little brown/black arkie jig
and a Carolina Rig with a brush hog
I start with 4 and by 11:30 there will be about 12 rods on my deck, half of which I will ask myslef later “what the heck was I thinking”
what are you going to start out with?
i like suspending crank and jerkbaits jigs spinnerbaits as it gets a little bit warmer and even a ratl trap
Kris,
I always struggle a little with traps. What colors do you like in the spring and are you looking for green grass of any other particular structure?
i do pretty good on crawfish colors
Bomber before I post do you care to make a prediction on what I’ll be throwing.. 
…I’ll give ya an hr.
Crappie minnows don’t count.
Bomber. Do worry about Traps, they don’t work anyway!
I’ll probably use a hairjig, super-doo, and a rattletrap. crawfish colors usually work for me in the early spring.
My rod will have jigs, of course, small cranks (strike king model 1), and a new small x-rap…
I think I am going to start with a swim jig, rat-l-trap, as well as a flipping jig of some sort.
new Deep X rap
>4″creature bait
finesse worm/shakey head
finesse worm/texas rig
Small silver square bill crankbait
Rapala rattlin’ rap (blue top, silver body)
Booyah finesse jig/yum trailer
My main bait is definitely going to be a toss up between the 2 finesse worms 
I have a lot of confidence working them on wood and breaklines as well as verticly (shakey head) over deep wood. I had a huge toss up between a swim jig or a trap bait on my 7 ft rod but chose trap bait instead. Calls more fish in this time of year IMO and gets deeper faster.
Rod #1 Brown and Orange jig
Rod #2 Swim Jig
Rod #3 Rattle Trap any color
Rod #4 Black Spinnerbait with an orange Indiana blade
Rod #5 Carolina Rig with a lizard
I have already been out and used all of these 
Jeremy
1. Swim Jig
2. 4″ Tube
3. Chompers Grub
4. Senko
5. Crank bait
Only a month away till the first tourny.
1. dark green spro frog
2. black buzz bait
3. sunburst scum frog
4. texas rigged floating pumpkin seed 4″ stick worm
5. brown/black outcast swim jig with brown craw trailer, a jig-n-pig.
that is my lake set up for when it opens, as far as fishing the river, have no clue. am I getting close guys.
shane 
crawfish colers is the main thing
The only thing I have that resembles a crawfish is a small creature in watermelon red. I agree that crawfish colors work well in the spring, but I also believe that there is a shad color pattern. There definitely will be this year because the shad are still all over the place on the pool. all the back bays with 4-5 feet of water should have a good trap/jerkbait bite in a couple weeks because they warm faster and will definitely have shad.
I’m not disagreeing though..I use a lot of crawfish colors throughout april and May. Just not my absolute top choice right away.
i am gonna start out with a jerkbait, shakeyhead worm, flipping jig, and another plastic(don’t know which one yet)
With as dirty as pool 4 is right now, Im saying that my colors are gonna be very dark, might throw in a loud colored trap there to.
In no particular order:
Bitsy tube, senko, X-Rap, size 5 ShadRap.
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Suppose I would have to have a $1.79 northland spinner on one, pointer on the other, along with a gary. Gary and I go way back gotta love’m!
