Pro Team Journal 2022 | Episode 3 | Pre-spawn Thunder Cricket Texas Bass Fishing with Jeff Sprague

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @kevinbridegroom5955
    @kevinbridegroom5955 2 роки тому +5

    Spring can't come soon enough! Starting to get cabin fever with all this snow up in the north. Redeye Shad two tap and thunder cricket are my favorite pre-spawn baits.

    • @boogiekush9391
      @boogiekush9391 2 роки тому +1

      Only been fishing like 6months so I've never fished a pre spawn , very excited for it here in MD , tired of all this snow. Definitely gonna try the thunder cricket out

    • @KingsofBassTV
      @KingsofBassTV  2 роки тому +2

      Congrats, Kevin! You've been selected as our giveaway winner. You'll be receiving a Team Lew's Signature Series Andy Montgomery Thunder Cricket Rod and a Lew's BB1 Pro Speed Spool Series Reel. Please shoot us an email at ekann@ratheroutdoors.com with your full name, mailing address and email to claim your prize within the next 48 hours to claim your prize! Thanks for watching. - Beth

    • @boogiekush9391
      @boogiekush9391 2 роки тому +1

      @@KingsofBassTV that's so awesome !!! Congratulations Kevin🙌🏿!!!

  • @johnmango6056
    @johnmango6056 2 роки тому +3

    those camera guys and and editors need a raise. amazing video quality! but u could catch them in that lake with a shoe lace....

  • @carlcichanski4302
    @carlcichanski4302 2 роки тому

    Thunder Crickets and 1.5 Hard Knocks are what's tied on waiting for the ice to thaw. Thank you for the chance to win!

  • @davidvaughan782
    @davidvaughan782 2 роки тому +1

    You really caught them, I am ready grab a rod and go when the weather warms up

  • @Motorcyclewindtherapy
    @Motorcyclewindtherapy 2 роки тому +1

    Man, I can't wait. Spent this evening in long lines for groceries- big snow and ice forecast for the next few days. Can't wait for spring. Probably another month here...but 2 months for shorts, lol.
    A bladed jig and a stick worm...2 of my favorites! The footage of the Thundercricket underwater was superb.

  • @fishman92772
    @fishman92772 2 роки тому +1

    I live near where Jeff does. It is fishing paradise in the spring. The cricket is hard to beat in the Spring it is my favorite. I have seen Jeff on the water and he is the consummate pro. I have seen him demonstrating how to use his gear to others on the water. PS he can crappie fish too.

  • @nathangutierrez7750
    @nathangutierrez7750 2 роки тому

    That chatterbait is my favorite ! Love it when that vibrating stops 👿

  • @Farmersforever1993
    @Farmersforever1993 2 роки тому +3

    Strike King Thunder Cricket, Skirt color is Black and red or chart/ white with color matching swim baits, menace grub, or rage bug. That’s all there is to it really.

  • @KingsofBassTV
    @KingsofBassTV  2 роки тому +6

    [GIVEAWAY: Subscribe to our channel, like this video and leave a comment below with your favorite pre-spawn bait for your chance to win (1) Team Lew's Signature Series Andy Montgomery Thunder Cricket Rod and a Lew's BB1 Pro Speed Spool Series Reel! 🔥 Winning comment will be selected and pinned to this video on Monday, Feb. 7.]

    • @shawn_r_schultzfishing4883
      @shawn_r_schultzfishing4883 2 роки тому +1

      I like throwing a KVD Jerkbait in Clown color and drawing in roaming Smallies

    • @Steve_Balboni
      @Steve_Balboni 2 роки тому +1

      Man would love that rod and reel! Spinner bait for pre-spawn. Water is muddy a lot of the time due to rain, which will sometimes knock fish around where they suspend. The blades call them in.

    • @mexikanman
      @mexikanman 2 роки тому +1

      For sure the first set-up I pickup almost anytime of year is the ThunderCricket. Excellent search bait and of all the blade-baits, the TK moves the smoothest.

  • @timvaughan8518
    @timvaughan8518 2 роки тому

    If I can make a swim jig work I'm the happiest person on the lake. Love the series so far. TV quality production!

  • @jasonnawrocki3162
    @jasonnawrocki3162 2 роки тому +1

    Great tips from Jeff. I can never go wrong with the SK thunder cricket with a blade minnow trailer during the pre-spawn.

  • @logangraves4700
    @logangraves4700 2 роки тому

    I just love throwing a Texas rig craw plastic! The rage tail is my favorite.

  • @brandonshell2512
    @brandonshell2512 2 роки тому +1

    Great Video. Favorite bait is KVD 1.5 SquareBill

  • @doster59
    @doster59 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the fishing lesson, great stuff.

  • @jeffharris37
    @jeffharris37 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the fishing lesson, great stuff, looking forward to new development of the thunder cricket (tungsten)!

  • @justinstever1992
    @justinstever1992 2 роки тому +1

    Last year was the first year I really started using the thunder cricket. Tied on a green pumpkin with a honey candy rage menace inate April in clear water. I just hammered'em. Landed 25/26 largies. One was 4 Lbs, and one was just over 4-1/2 Lbs. Those are hogs here in Michigan. It is now a bait and I have extreme confidence in. As long as the pike don't destroy'em or break'em off.

  • @vivianlee2559
    @vivianlee2559 2 роки тому

    My favorite is the bluegill pattern thunder cricket. Most of the lakes and ponds I fish have bluegill as their main forage. That color is the perfect imitation!

  • @Shawn_Lai
    @Shawn_Lai 2 роки тому

    I love throwing a red eye shad lipless or thunder cricket pre-spawn just like how Jeff said!

  • @joepuller9101
    @joepuller9101 2 роки тому +1

    Favorite pre-spawn baits are the Thunder cricket and Red eye shad

  • @kylepillarsfishing
    @kylepillarsfishing 2 роки тому +1

    Never thrown a thunder cricket but I’d have to say the go to for spring for me is a red eye shad 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  • @tylerduke7562
    @tylerduke7562 2 роки тому +1

    I love throwing a crawfish color kvd 1.5 squarebill this time of year, the bass on Rayburn love it!

  • @mitchellmcneill1725
    @mitchellmcneill1725 2 роки тому

    I love bladed jigs in prespawn. Need to grab a few thunder crickets and give ‘‘em a try.

  • @DylanKonsbruckfishing
    @DylanKonsbruckfishing 2 роки тому +1

    Since those craws are starting to turn red, and the water is still a bit chilly. I think I’m gonna throw a Strike King Chick Magnet (Spring Craw color). This has the right action, and color to produce bass!‼️🎣

  • @matfrentress3030
    @matfrentress3030 2 роки тому

    Good stuff from my dude Jeff Sprague!!! SK thunder cricket and red eye hard to beat in prespawn.

  • @The-bourbon-angler
    @The-bourbon-angler 2 роки тому +1

    Strike king rage swimmer in ayu color for lake st clair smallmouth is my absolute favorite way to catch em

  • @Trish9290
    @Trish9290 2 роки тому +2

    Red eye shad in any of the craw colors! Cast and retrieve and hang on!

  • @christopherthurman4435
    @christopherthurman4435 2 роки тому +1

    Bass Wishes! Like throwing suspending jerkbaits in the pre-spawn. Would be willing to try a bladed jig now. What's Andy Montgomery's go to gas station snack?

  • @billleib5989
    @billleib5989 2 роки тому +1

    Man this video is giving away my pre spawn secrets lol. I love throwing a 1/2 oz thunder cricket but I use a rage bug trailer not the menace

  • @nateriley4067
    @nateriley4067 2 роки тому

    Looking forward to giving the ThunderCricket a try. I'll have to compare it to my jackhammers though, see which is most effective. Tight lines!

  • @leerieber9864
    @leerieber9864 2 роки тому

    Love Buck N’ Bass and Jeff!!!

  • @clevelandwalker1336
    @clevelandwalker1336 2 роки тому +1

    My favorite pre spawn bait is a red eye Shad…

  • @LonestarDraw
    @LonestarDraw 2 роки тому +1

    Let’s go! Ready to get on em

  • @bosslaylow6405
    @bosslaylow6405 2 роки тому

    Here in Bennettsville South Carolina our lake is grassy with that being said my favorite is a Green Pumpin Thunder Cricket along with a Green Pumpkin Rage Bug with the appendages off to give the bait lift, Bass primarily feed on Bluegill in the lake and nothing works better at imitating that than Green Pumpkin 😎 #FishOn #StrikeKing #ThinderCricket #RageBug

  • @maximusmeridious7655
    @maximusmeridious7655 2 роки тому +1

    Well if we are talking pre-spawn then you will see several different Strike King Red Eye Shads on and the two tap one. The water color will dictate the kind of red I am throwing on the flats, but mostly likely you will see the Delta Craw color Strike King Trap hooking them.

  • @westontrahan580
    @westontrahan580 2 роки тому

    Headed for south central Texas next week, Thunder Crickets and Hybrid hunters are tied on !

  • @davidvaughan782
    @davidvaughan782 2 роки тому +1

    Red eye shad with a willow blade added to the bait at the tail end

  • @JB3_fishing
    @JB3_fishing 2 роки тому

    I like the thunder cricket. It’s a great bait. I wish the skirt was hand tied with a wire so the skirt could stay in place a little better. Other than that, it’s awesome.

  • @christopherbrooks3321
    @christopherbrooks3321 Рік тому

    Always great videos!!👊

  • @kevinporter5146
    @kevinporter5146 2 роки тому

    Lipless crank,some variation of red/orange....thunder cricket with a craw trailer

  • @johnkoehler2961
    @johnkoehler2961 2 роки тому

    Love to flip a coffee tube in early spring

  • @jasonmausteller2488
    @jasonmausteller2488 2 роки тому

    Love slow rolling a spinnerbait early in the year

  • @jeffbivins7061
    @jeffbivins7061 2 роки тому +1

    Hard to beat a spinnerbait or a thunder cricket for prespawn bass.

  • @toddsmith3418
    @toddsmith3418 2 роки тому

    Spinnerbait is my fav pre spawn bait

  • @jamesbarron1202
    @jamesbarron1202 2 роки тому

    He’s close to my home of 59 years in Central Texas. Ray Roberts is my home lake. It’s hard for me to keep a big spinnerbait out of my hands during pre spawn. One of my 4 double digits came off a spinnerbait. I lost another one that I saw clearly that was a double digit and she broke my spinnerbait arm at the R bend.

  • @brianweatherford7057
    @brianweatherford7057 2 роки тому

    my favorite pre-spawn bait is a spinnerbait.

  • @paulinoregon7538
    @paulinoregon7538 2 роки тому

    my favorite is a bandit 200 in orange craw

  • @lakeratatouille
    @lakeratatouille 2 роки тому +1

    Fork ? Tawakoni? Bob Sandlin? Fork is 6 ft low. We need rain in north Texas. This has to have been filmed last spring because we just got hit with another mini snowmageddon. But the spawn will be on soon here.

  • @boogiekush9391
    @boogiekush9391 2 роки тому

    36 and raining here in MD , it's about the warmest it's been in about a month, ice everywhere pretty much but this got me so fuckin hyped for warm weather and power fishing 🙌🏿

    • @gregc2621
      @gregc2621 2 роки тому +1

      Where are you in MD? I'm in MD too.

    • @boogiekush9391
      @boogiekush9391 2 роки тому

      @@gregc2621 nice ! I'm in frostburg Md where are you from ?

  • @joshuamurphy8806
    @joshuamurphy8806 2 роки тому

    Confidence and know how boom 💥

  • @christhompson4385
    @christhompson4385 2 роки тому

    1/4oz to 3/8oz football jig with craw type trailer!

  • @brentshimanek3149
    @brentshimanek3149 2 роки тому

    Strike King 1.5 Flat Side is the deal in pre-spawn!

  • @ausmus1941
    @ausmus1941 2 роки тому

    Og slim kills em

  • @alcav54
    @alcav54 2 роки тому

    My favorite is a spinnerbait

  • @vincenthardy9863
    @vincenthardy9863 2 роки тому

    never had an chance to pre-spawn fish

  • @jonahlawrence6204
    @jonahlawrence6204 2 роки тому

    I don't have 25 I have 12 thundercrieket so far great baits

  • @jasonmausteller2488
    @jasonmausteller2488 2 роки тому

    What model rod was that?

  • @drewbaglin1632
    @drewbaglin1632 2 роки тому

    What setup is he using?

  • @jasonmaresh1573
    @jasonmaresh1573 2 роки тому

    Strike King 38 Special slow rolled

  • @coreytanner2786
    @coreytanner2786 2 роки тому

    Would love to win I love my bb1 pro

  • @darrylsalfer3615
    @darrylsalfer3615 2 роки тому

    i would love to win, topwaterbait

  • @darrylsalfer3615
    @darrylsalfer3615 2 роки тому

    or swimbait

  • @byronhendrixfishing8393
    @byronhendrixfishing8393 2 роки тому

    Thunder cricket duh

  • @byronhendrixfishing8393
    @byronhendrixfishing8393 2 роки тому

    Every bass he pulled out had sores on them. Someone needs to do better with their pond