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We have put together a list of the most popular baits, techniques, and suggestions for your springtime fishing. Though these are suggestions based on what we found most effective all colors that we offer can be used and work. Sierras Trout Opener Target Species-Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat, Brook & Brown Trout 1/32 & 1/16 oz Hookup Baits in Black Gold, Brown Gold, Red Crab, Shad White, and Yellow White. Adding Mermaids Milk Garlic Scent to the bait helps with a 2 or 4 lb. line on an ultralight rod with a spinning reel. Freshwater Bass Fishing Target Species-Large and Small Mouth Bass, Striped Bass Majority of the bait fish in the lakes are small during the Spring. For best results match the hatch with the 1/16 & 1/8 oz. Hookup Baits Chovy, Sardine Green, Mint, Shad White, and Brown Gold. The replacement bodies Texas weedless rigged freelined like a fluke or on a drop shot filled with Mermaids Milk can also be deadly. For Stripers throw the 1 oz. Big Game in Chovy, or Shad White. Light to Medium set up with 6-10 lb line for large and smallmouth bass. Medium set up with a 10-20 lb line for Stripers. Bay Fishing Target Species-Spotted Bay Bass, Sand Bass, Calico Bass & Halibut While targeting the bay bass bite in the spring, we experience the bonus of Halibut coming into the bays to spawn. 1/4, 3/8 & 5/8 oz. Hookup Baits are the sizes you want depending on depth and current. Sardine [...]

Originally posted on 2/26/2020. Updated on 4/28/2020 A White Sea Bass (WSB) in California is on many angler’s bucket lists as it a favorite for its table fare and a challenge to catch. Over the past 3 years, a big majority of WSB were caught on California's coast on a Hookup Bait (HUB). From Ventura's Channel Islands, Santa Monica Bay, Catalina, Kelp lines from Newport to Oceanside, San Diego, Coronado Islands, and Ensenada. This data comes from social media, fishing reports, the many success stories we love and receive at Hookup Baits and from our own personal experiences from the HUB Crew. We would like to share this information to help anglers in trying to catch one of these elusive ghosts that we are blessed to have living on our coast. Where to Look? Let’s start with the Channel Islands and work our way down to Ensenada. Each area’s technique differs a little. But the main thing they all have in common is keeping the bait in the zone. WSB are usually suspended so keeping the bait in the middle water column is important. A lot of the WSB are caught while fishing calico and sand bass while the bait is sinking or being retrieved through the zone. If you are going just for WSB you’re going to want to make a long cast, let the bait sink halfway down then do a slow lazy retrieve with a pause every 5 to 10 cranks. Slow trolling also works. Channel Islands [...]