Hmmm. Very interesting, Mr. Sullivan. Anyone who has ever fished with me won't find any of these choices a surprise:
Silver in April:
1) Green pumpkin brush hog rigged Ex-Prez style
2) Texas-rigged brush hog in green pumpkin
3) Camoflauge bitsy bug with double-tail grub trailer in #176
4) Internally weighted tube in smoke/pepper/gold flake
5) Texas-rigged weightless 4" senko in #150
Potholes in May:
1) Texas-rigged green pumpkin brush hog (25 or 30 lb. mono... umm, for the sharp, Goose Island rocks - yeah - Goose Island, that's the ticket!)
2) 1/4 oz. speed trap in red craw
3) Camoflauge bitsy bug with double-tail grub trailer in #176
4) Texas-rigged weightless 5" senko in whatever color I can grab fastest
5) Split shot rigged baby brush hog in green pumpkin (for when Kirk lets me go smallmouth fishing)
6) Push pole
Lower Columbia in September:
Ok. I don't have a clue here, so take these with a grain of salt, because they're sooooo different from the stuff above.
1) 1/4 oz. speed trap in red craw (sentimental favorite)
2) Heavy drop shot with a green pumpkin tiny brush hog
3) 1/2 oz. football head with a 4" double tail grub in any ol' dark color
4) 1/8 oz. texas rigged smallie beaver in green pumpkin
5) Texas-rigged weightless 5" senko in any ol' dark color
Man, I never knew I was so boring with bait selections. Jeez Larry, you could have thrown Banks in June on the list, then I switch up to a cotton candy brush hog. It's craaaaazy!!!
It will be interesting to see what everyone else chooses!
Chris