August can be a great time fish soft plastics for bass. Whether you’re flipping shallow grass or making long casts off shore, soft plastics can entice savage reaction bites. Despite the sweltering heat, bass are aggressive and powerful, and can give you the fight of your life. Especially in heavy cover. Water temperatures are still high and this provides bass an environment that requires them to retreat to shade or deeper water. This often means that anglers should have fast, go-to heavy setups and baits they know work. Having a reliable set soft plastics for these situations will help you cut down on time while on the water and experience more hookups in the heat of late August.
Reaction Innovation Kinky Beaver
The Kinky Beaver is a mutant hybrid of the sweet beaver and spicy beaver from Reaction Innovations. This bait maintains the classic streamlined body and adds a few appendages including two rope-like tentacles in the front and two latteral paddle flaps. Water temperatures are highest in late August. That means bass are going to be aggressive and have a lot of power. Additionally, vegetation will top out on many lakes and be thickest all year. The Saucy beaver has a large profile and action that can be seen through the thickest cover. You can fish the beaver Texas rigged or throw it on a Carolina rig for offshore structure.
Berkley Power Bait Worms
The Berkley Ribbon Worms are perfect for offshore bass fishing. It has puts out a perfect amount of action when fished on a texas rig or shaky head.
Great locations to fish a ribbon tail worm include off shore ledges and main lake points where summer bass will retreat in the mid-day heat. These rocky areas are ideal for dragging a big worm. The rough terrain will cause the worm’s tail to flail as you fling off small gravel and rocks, and give it a periodic pop.
Senko
The Yamamoto Senko is a year-round bait that anglers rely on for bites. In the heat of summer, it’s a perfect soft plastic for lethargic bass. You can fish it texas rigged on braided line with a Ringed Heavy Duty Wide Gap Hook for heavy cover. A wacky rig works well in open water on straight monofilament. The versatility is endless. With a cutting edge salt treatment, the senko has an unrivaled flutter action on the fall. This makes it irresistible to bass taking cover under vegetation. Other methods include texas rigged weightless, fishing it across the surface, and dead sticking it.
Reaction Innovation Sweet Beaver
The Sweet Beaver is without doubt one of the best flipping baits for heavy cover in late August. The ribbed body and beaver style shape, color schemes, and moderate action, provide the best opportunity for punching and flipping to where bass are hiding. They are especially effective around boat docks when less action is preferable in the heat of August. Additionally, they make great jig trailers for off shore fishing.
Zoom Trick Worms
Zoom Trick Worms provide an easy slow moving target for bass during the heat of summer. On a drop shot you can slowly dance it around grass and similar cover. On rocks, you can dead stick or impart slow rod raises and let it fall on a texas rig or shaky head. Either way, it’s crucial to have a finesse set up on your deck during the year. Consider darker colors for poor clarity such as algae blooms and mud and pumpkin green for clear water. June bug and purple are effective, also.