For springtime bass fishing, my top producers are black leeches tied on size 2 to size 8 streamer hooks. The addition of a red bead head seems to add to their effectiveness. As the water warms, the bass switch over to eating small fish, frogs etc. so you should follow suit by changing over to streamers or topwater patterns. My best streamer pattern is a polar fiber minnow tied in chartruese over white and 3D eyes.

Good luck.

Jim Smith