Anyone Want to Share Their "Secret Lures"? 2024
roadwarrior reply :
I'm having great luck right now with Mattlures Baby
Bass, Bandit 200 and 3/8 oz GMAN jig/ Rage Tail Baby
Craw.
8-)
dman reply :
Zoom super hog
CWB reply :
Backwards Fat Ika (thanks) skipped under docks and boats.
Rage Shad. Not so secret but killer.
Shadalicious swimbait through sparser cover along drops and deep weedlines.
Eeliminator slowly over shallow weeds.
These are always tied on my rods.
Gangley reply :
Berkely 10" Power Worm in Junebug on a flat nose bullet weight. The secret is in how its presented 
ZOOM Ol Monster in Redbug on a flat nose bullet weight. The secret is in how its presented, just like the worm above 
KaRu Vibrashock w/ ZOOM Fat Albert Grub, not many people know of it.
Nice_Bass reply :
GMAN Jig/berkley chiggercraw
Sebile Soft magic swimer
Raul reply :
Soft plastics:
Trickworm ( like if there were something secret about a trickworm ) rigged in multiple ways
Sweet Beaver weightless
Tail less grub
Rage Craw T-rigged
Spinnerbaits:
Them old Strike King Tennessee blade still catch fish 15+ years after I purchased them
Cranks:
Rapala Shad Rap continues to bethe crank I fish the most.
burleytog reply :
Titty pink Zulu rigged wacky on a 5/0 treble hook.
GSU_LipRipper reply :
Rapala floating rainbow trout... its killer in the summer back in coves cant cast it to far but six pound test flouro is deadly
Scorcher214 reply :
I rather not talk about my 3/4oz KVD spinner bait in chartreuse.
Or my 1/2oz Red Eye Shad in gold sexy shad.
NateFollmer reply :
Strike King Series 6 & 3 sexy shad color (produces smallies all year 'round)
El Grande Lures Tubes (Watermelon Copper and Bluegill)
Rage Craws (Green w/ red flake) w/ Tru-Tungsten green flippin' weights
Shadalicious swimbaits with weighted 4/0 or 5/0 hook (shadalicious is hands down my favorite soft swimbait).
Eddie Munster reply :
QuoteBandit 200
X2
Yamamota Creature black w/small red flakes T-rigged
DWG1984 reply :
Wacky rigged zoom fish doctors and centipedes, I cant stop cating fish. I caught a 5 and a 3 in one day thats pretty good for illinois.
bweave09 reply :
QuoteTitty pink Zulu rigged wacky on a 5/0 treble hook.
x2
Rayraff reply :
Mann's 1-minus Fire Shad Crystal Glow
Black Chartail Jelli Worm rigged shakey head
ib_of_the_damned reply :
Drop shotting a small Creme trout worm (3.75") wacky rigged in the natural or live color (they go for a buck for bag of four). I have caught bass of all sizes with this setup. The biggest was about 3lbs. (which is good for the city lake i fish...)
basser223 reply :
3/16 0Z watermellon bitsy bug jig from strike king
riverfisher reply :
Rapala Count Down & Mepps Syclops
NateFollmer reply :
Quote3/16 0Z watermellon bitsy bug jig from strike king
Ah forgot about that little guy. If you put a Yum 2 1/2 inch Craw bug on that, the smallies will obsoletely DESTROY it.
tyrius. reply :
1/4 or 3/8 oz GMAN widegap jig with a rage tail craw or paca chunk as the trailer.
4 or 5" ***
Those are my favorites
islandbass reply :
If I told everyone, then it would no longer be a secret. 
Plugs:
Rapala DTs, Floaters and Countdown, and Skitter Pops
Soft Plastics
Sniper Snubs and Bolts - True smallie killers. It's so "secret" I bet most of you have not heard of them. 
Other
Inline Spinners and spoons - Ahhh, the "forgotten" lures. Can't count how many times, they've stopped me from going home skunked.
soccplayer07 reply :
Northstar baits premier jig w/ a rage trailer
shootermcbob reply :
black jointed jitterbug early and late....they just can't resist this lure.
cabelas baby bass dig-it crankbait ...I catch one or two fish on this little bait every time I go. I can't remember the last time I did not hook up with this.
Lastly, and the big secret, I have been smacking them for the last month or so with a GYCB swim senko on a 1/8 ounce weighted hook. Rigged properly, it will swim and wobble.
brushhoggin reply :
black fluke with chartreuse tail 1/16 oz weight pegged
Jigfishn10 reply :
By far, for a few sesons now has been a single gold colorado short arm spinnerbait.
Jigfishn10 reply :
Quote3/16 0Z watermellon bitsy bug jig from strike king
That has been killer for me as well, but I didn't want to tell anyone. Keep that between us please.
Goose52 reply :
5" soft plastic grub - Zoom Fat Alberts or a Gander Mountain house-brand grub. I just checked my log and I've caught 330 bass on these so far this season.
Usually fished t-rigged and weightless on a 1/0 EWG; sometimes peg a 1/8oz weight to get it deeper, faster. Can also "swim" it on the retrieve. I've also used it as a topwater and got some nice action. Just today, I was using a Gander Mountain grub and the front end was torn up so I cut off the front of the grub and created a "popper" face - got a nice 16" / 2lb LMB to hit that. A great, versatile bait.
bilgerat reply :
Brent's 4" Disc Tubes (any color really) weighted internally with a 1/8 oz drop shot weight - the skinny cylindrical ones. Rigged weedless on an EWG hook.
If I could only fish one rig the rest of my life, this is it.
endless reply :
A bucket of Minnows and a dozen of Worms!!!! Haha!
Nah but really I just love my Xcalibur Xrk50 one knocker in blue chrome/orange. Nothing big yet but seems to be the working crank for me.
Anything wacky but I love my green pumpkin/watermelon laminate.
The Bandit seems to be a hot lure for most so I need to start tossing mine out.
Gatorbassman reply :
Not so much a secret lure but a new finesse rig. A magnum finesse worm with a lead nail in the head, an O-ring an inch up and wacky rigged. Just let it sink to the bottom and shake. It's pretty cool.
Ballpark Frank reply :
On the baitcast rig= Zoom Ol Monster Tequila Sunrise
On the flyrod= BIG Olive and Black Wooly Bugger with Yellow and Black Marabou Tail tied on a No.2 hook
guitarkid reply :
rapala
zoom
fish stalker
Deep creek lures
Booyah
-gk
A-Jay reply :
The night operations this week have provided excellent topwater action.
Looking for something different and a bit bigger profile, I broke out The Jitter-stick.
A-Jay
basscrusher reply :
Not much that hasn't been said already, but for a nasty WINTER bait...2.5 inch curly-tail panfish assassin, chartreuse pepper color, 1/8 oz jighead. On many days the bass kill it before the perch can even sniff it.
Primus reply :
C Flash 44 Mag crankbait/ Bluegill color
Bandit 700 series Chrome Bluegill color
Srike King Series 6XD Silent Sexy Ghost Minnow
Strike King Rodent- a nice rival to the R.I. Sweet Beaver has been putting nice fish in the boat, usually T-rig with 1/8, 3/16 or 1/4 oz sinker
1/2 OZ Hornet Jig with Lake Fork Magic Shad- I've thrown this rig in the past with a grub on the back , saw Roadwarrior's post a few months back about using the Magic Shad trailer. Recently wacked em' on a heavily pressured clear water lake on what started out as a slow day. Thanks Roadwarrior.
mr.mallard reply :
zoom super fluke in pearl that ripped in a special way that when it pauses and falls it does a foward spiral. swim it up to the cover. pause it around the cover. fish it with braid weightless and a mono leader on a swivel on medium heavy spinning gear. 8-) 8-) 8-)
indianguidenamedvinny reply :
what is so sercet about any of the lures you all talked about. you can buy all of them in a store throughout the us. Just my opinion.
MALTESE FALCON reply :
Nothing secret here:
Original Shad Rap, in custom Gander Mountain color.
1/2 oz. double willowleaf spinnerbait in white, or translucent.
XCalibur Xr50 in Pearl Melon, or Blue Chrome/Orange.
Lucky Craft Rick Clunn Rattlin crankbait 1.5, in Ghost Minnow.
Falcon
slonezp reply :
Senkos
Shhhhhhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone
Frog Turds reply :
well this hasn't been mentioned so maybe it is a secret bass kill'a something different that i've started throw'n this year with good success. is the lake fork craw tube, watermelon/red.
bigfruits reply :
not really secrets but my favs this yr:
1/4oz bitsy bug (green craw/black)
3" craw papi, 3" paca craw , baby rage craw, zoom tiny chunk
small plastic swimbaits on 1/4oz yamamoto swimbait jigheads
zoom baby brush hog, 3/16oz worm weight, eagle claw bobber stop
A-Jay reply :
Quotewhat is so sercet about any of the lures you all talked about. you can buy all of them in a store throughout the us. Just my opinion.
I think there is a good chance that the members who listed baits in this thread realize that these are not "secret lures". We are just sharing info and having a little fun.
btw - welcome to BR.
A-Jay
bear7625 reply :
There's one bait that been kept secret for the last 50 years. It's a black ....................
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
Zoom swamp crawler in Green Weenie. Nose hooked with a drop shot hook. Without the drop shot weight. It barely sinks, work it in and around sparse surface vegetation. Doesn't target the big fish, but it can put a limit in the boat fairly quickly in the right areas. The only drawback is that you can't cast it super far because it's just ridiculously light. I've got fly's that weight more.
Man I wish I could find those locally more often. Love that worm.
taptap reply :
Grandebass Rattlesnakes! ;D
5bass reply :
-Knuckle Down Lures Knuckle Dragger football jig with a Rage Craw trailer
-Rage Tail Thumper worm
-DD22, DT16, DT20, 6XD
Big-O reply :
Remove the skirt from a jig and thread a Rage Shad on it with tail up making sure it's aligned straight on the hook so that it runs true. Jigs with trailer keepers and longer hooks like the Hack attack work well for me. You can also trim the sides of the shad off slightly and thin it down some for smaller profile. A 3/8 to 1/2 oz is my standard because I like the larger profile most of the time and fish it a little deeper, so I will often leave the body as is.
This bait makes a nice wobbling swim jig application and can be retrieved quick similar to a spinnerbait but it's shorter with total bait movement. I also use it at night in place of spinnerbaits. Doesn't tangle in the grass quite as bad and set the hook just like a jig fish.
Big O
www.ragetail.com
Goose52 reply :
Quotewhat is so sercet about any of the lures you all talked about. you can buy all of them in a store throughout the us. Just my opinion.
Perhaps the secret is not the availability of the bait - but the effectiveness...that may have been overlooked by many anglers. Another "secret" might be that it's a bait that not many people throw in your area - thus showing the fish something that they don't get hit with all the time.
In my case - I mentioned a 5" grub, mostly fished t-rigged and weightless. Some may fish a grub occasionally on a jig-head, or as a trailer on another bait, but perhaps not many anglers use it as the primary bait as I do. Mostly weedless, a grub can be fished anywhere in the water-column, including topwater; enough bulk to attract larger bass, but small enough to a get bit by crappie, warmouth, even brim. If you're a multi-species angler, this is a great bait. I caught 20 bass this morning on this bait fished as a topwater - ranging up to 17". I'll be going out this evening, tossing a grub, to see if I can add to the score ...
gar-tracker reply :
QuoteThe night operations this week have provided excellent topwater action.Looking for something different and a bit bigger profile, I broke out The Jitter-stick.
A-Jay
A-Jay I cant tell you how many big fish Iv caught on those.
MichBassMan reply :
3/8 oz. spinner bait with the skirt taken off and replaced with a paca craw. Slide the craw all the way on until the spinner bait head is buried in the paca. I use megastrike for lube to aid in sliding the paca on.
soccplayer07 reply :
do you have a pic of that???
A-Jay reply :
QuoteQuoteThe night operations this week have provided excellent topwater action.Looking for something different and a bit bigger profile, I broke out The Jitter-stick.
A-Jay
A-Jay I cant tell you how many big fish Iv caught on those.
Well, Looks like it not a "secret" any more . . .
8-)
A-Jay
Catt reply :
0119 reply :
A black Johnson spoon 1/4oz.
Texas rigged Zoom trick worm, rigged tail end with a fine wire 1/0 or 2/0 offset hook.
bigtimfish reply :
Use a Manns dragin worm as a spinnerbait trailer.
Grey Wolf reply :
Quotewhat is so sercet about any of the lures you all talked about. you can buy all of them in a store throughout the us. Just my opinion.
You definately are missing the point here aren't you ?
=Matt 5.0= reply :
Bass_Akwards reply :
Bass Pro Shops 7.5 inch Tournament series Watermellon W/bl flake Stick O Worms.
The secret is I get an exacto knife and make a 3 inch slice down the long way of the tail. Basically cutting the tail into two sections This way you get two "tails" instead of one hanging off the worm. Then, I take the exacto knife and cut each of the two "tails" right down the middle the long way. Now I have 4 "tails" about 3 inches long that wisp and wiggle around in the water as it moves.
Small twitches and short drags, mixed with longer pauses has been a great presentation for big bass. I caught a 6 pound 3 oz LMB on one in May.
Fat-G reply :
Rage Tail Thumper Worm
Mattlures Baby Bass
Spro Frog
wvbucketmouth reply :
Banjo Minnows and Ivory Soap. ;D
Just kiddin, X-Raps in every size and color have been doing well for me.
Rayraff reply :
In past week this has quickly become my favorite.
It's a MegaStrike Shak-E2 head with a skirt and a June Bug floating trick worm.
SJex reply :
Roboworm Straight Tail Worm in Erhler's Edge.
.ghoti. reply :
Big-O, you've let the cat out of the bag.
My #1 bait in 2009 was a Space Monkey on a Shakey2 jighead, rigged like a grub with the hook exposed.
Been doing the same thing this year with the Rage Shad, Smokin Rooster and the Eeliminator. Deadly!
The real secret rig, if you can call any rig a secret; a GYCB Swim Senko on a Fin-Tech Skip Jighead.
I've been fishing more jighead/plastics combinations than any other rig for the last two years.
My best jigheads, in no particular order:
Shakey2
Fin-Tech Titleshot
Fin-Tech Skip Jig
Tru Tungsten Iaconelli jigheads
Bass Junkie reply :
Lucky Craft Rick Clunn Wake Action 3.5 in Copper Green Shad. The secret I've been using with it is walking it like a spook, only slightly sub-surface. Hard to explain, ya gotta see it. Just walk it like a spook, and the two halves click together, really calling the fish up. I have caught an 18" Smallmouth and Largemouth up to 6.5 pounds over the last two trips throwing this lure. But its not just a big bass bait. I've had 10" Smallmouth cream this thing
Senkoman12 reply :
strike king zero purple haze wacky or texas rigged
mrbassky reply :
One that is a secret kinda. Mostly only know in its region.
I have been doing well on a D-Bait in the classic foil black back color. I have also been catching lots of fish on a floating evergreen jerkbait.
Two baits that I am the only one throwing on my lake.
mrbassky reply :
One other bait thats a secret is the Cotton Cordell CC shad. Its available everywhere but isnt talked about much. Its got some downsides its light and hard to cast, its hard to tune right and some never seem to run straight. But it catches fish.
rboat reply :
This may be a bit of ignorance on my part, but what is a D bait?
mrbassky reply :
QuoteThis may be a bit of ignorance on my part, but what is a D bait?
Its best to call and see what colors he has available or you may be waiting until he gets the baits done. But the baits are worth the wait.
http://www.dbaits.com/
roadwarrior reply :
One more suggestion:
Swarming Hornet with a 3 1/2" LFT Live Magic Shad.
Cast and let the lure fall to the bottom. Retrieve by
reeling fast, then allowing the lure to sink on slack
line. The blade lifts the bait, DO NOT lift it with your
rod.
The strike is always on the fall and you may not feel it.
When you begin to reel, if you detect ANYTHING, set
the hook!
8-)
lightsout reply :
QuoteUse a Manns dragin worm as a spinnerbait trailer.
X2 Also makes a great finesse jig trailer 8-)
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