Baits used for your top 5. 2025

N Florida Mike reply :

It would be interesting to hear about the baits we used to catch our top 5 Biggest bass. ( Those of us who remember or keep records ) You dont have to include the size of the fish. ( but you can )

I'll start:

5. Booyah jr pad crasher . leopard frog pattern.

4. Culprit worm , 7.5 inch , red shad.

3. Zoom super fluke . Bubble gum color.

2. Senko . 4 inch. Watermelon red w/ black.

1. Manns jelly worm, 10 inch , grape color.

scaleface reply :

I'm just guessing .

Jig n pig

plastic worm

Lunker lure

Bomber Fat Free Shad

Bomber Long A Minnow

CroakHunter reply :

1. 10.5" Xcite baits Maximus worm 7.2

2. Magnum Rage bug 6.7

3. 1/2 oz Terminator Black and purple jig 6.3

4. KVD Sexy Frog 5.75

5. Weighted, Texas rigged Senko 5.6

Dwight Hottle reply :

Largemouth

SK red eye shad

scrounger jig/sluggo

6" swim shad swimbait

1/2 oz spinner bait

1 oz spinner bait

Smallmouth

hair jig

rapala taildancer

lc pointer 100

rapala husky jerk

smithwick rogue dd

Todd2 reply :

My top 5 Bass.

1. Jig - Green Pumpkin

2. Spinnerbait - White

3. Jig - Black/Blue

4. Jig - Black/Blue

5. Jig - Black/Blue

Swbass15 reply :

1. Tube

2. Tube

3. RC freak squarebill

4. Senko

5. Senko

burrows reply :

Rebel pop r

Strike king red eye shad

Kvd frog

Rage menace

Zoom fluke

Bluebasser86 reply :

8" Zoom lizard

8" Zoom lizard All south of the border fish

8" Zoom lizard

YUM Woolly Bug

Spro Fat Jon

Strike King 5XD

Strike King RES

Excalibur Eeratic Shad

Team9nine reply :

Bomber Fat A

LC 2.5 DD

Norman Deep Little N

Brauer Rat-L-Back jig

Klein Weapon jig

...as best I can remember

MIbassyaker reply :

According to my records:

3/8oz Megastrike Cavitron Buzzbait, Black/Black

3/8oz Stanley VibraShaft Spinnerbait Gold/Silver double willow

6" Mister Twister Thunder Worm, Red/black Core, Texas Rig

7" Strike King 3x finesse worm; Pumpkin/green flake, Owner shakyhead

4" Berkley Power worm, Pumpkinsed, Owner bullethead

Munkin reply :

3 on a black jig

1 Smallie Beaver 420

1 4 inch senko

Allen

Montanaro reply :

5 inch roboworm

Zman freedom chatterbait

R2S swaver 160

Spro Rat 40

Finesse jig

Catt reply :

Bill Lewis's Rat-L-Trap 1/2 oz #820 Red Chrome...PB

Gene Larew's 7 1/2" Salty Ringworm Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate

Terry Oldham's Trailer Hitch Jig 1/2 oz Black-N-Blue with Gene Larew's 6" Salty Hawg Craw...cut 1 1/2" off the tail.

Gene Larew's 6" Salty Hawg Craw Black Neon

Terry Oldham's Eye-Max Jig Coontail with Rage Tail Lobster Falcon Lake Craw

WRB reply :

Top #1, 3, 4 & 5; anywhere anytime hair jig w/4" custom Superpork pork trailer redish brown/barn red or purple.

Top #2, spring craw hair jig w/UJ #33 Craw brown.

Tom

PS, Anywhere anytime is 3 colors; black, purple, brown. Spring craw is black, green, tan. 7/16 oz jig w 5/0 Gamakatsu 114 hook. All 5 bass were pre spawn between Jan-Mar.

Sam reply :

1.5 KVD Crankbaits

Red Eyed Shads

Zoom Trick Worms

Baby Brush Hogs

Buzzbaits

Mike L reply :

Scum Frog

Cut R

Skinny Dipper

Sweet Beaver

Magnum Speed Worm

Mike

Mr Swim Jig reply :

Swim Jig

Jig

Spinner Bait

Swim Jig

PAbasser927 reply :

1. Soft body frog

2. Texas rigged Senko

3. Wacky rigged Senko

4. Texas rigged Senko

5. Homemade bluegill patterned jig

Dens228 reply :

1. Green/white wacky rigged 5" Senko Only one I weighed, 8-03, by far my biggest bass.

2. White bellied KVD Sexy Frog

3, 4, 5. Purple 5" weightless T-rigged Senko,,,,,,,,,all within 10 minutes of each other.

CroakHunter reply :

On 11/25/2017 at 1:13 AM, Mr Swim Jig said:

Swim Jig

Jig

Spinner Bait

Swim Jig

Swim Jig

Your name suits you well

BassWhole! reply :

1. senko

2. swim jig

3. wake bait

4. frog

5. Buzzbait

Honorable mention. Chatter

On average though I catch my bigger fish on jigs and spinnerbaits.

flatcreek reply :

Zoom lizard- fluke - fluke -jig & craw - spinnerbaitsspinnerbaits

Fat fingered the spinnerbaits I guess

Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :

I just started serious bass fishing the last few years so my lures type kind of limited, all caught this year.

Zman chatterbait. White 7.7

Rapala Husky Jerk 08 ~5.8

Zoom super Fluke white 5

Jig n craw blake/blue 5

Zman PaddlerZ 4" on 1/10 jig shad 4.7

Siebert fogy bladebait GP 4.3

kickerfish1 reply :

Interesting topic. The answers will be screwed some as not everyone fishes the same baits, has the same type of lakes, and enjoys the same types of techniques. Should be some diverse baits listed by everyone.

So if someone is posting their top 5 biggest bass and they are all on moving baits or all on plastics it may be that is their confidence bait or what they use 90% of the time.

I don't weigh my fish typicall so all I have is a measurement or two and some photos if I am lucky. Off the top of my head something like...

1. Zoom super fluke in Black

2. Berkley power lizard in some sort of purple with flake

3. Topwater frog

4. Zoom Money hound

5. Jig

I fish hardbaits far less than most, especially cranks and spinnerbaits/blades jigs. So 90% of the time I am tossing a jig, some sort of plastic bait or a topwater.

Bankbeater reply :

1. Jitterbug 5/8 ounce

2. Green pumpkin senko

3. Jig and craw 3/8 ounce

4. Zoom super hog

5. Jig and craw 3/8 ounce

Mr Swim Jig reply :

On 11/25/2017 at 1:39 AM, CroakHunter said:

Your name suits you well

Wife started calling me that many years ago...lol

She says I have a swim jig fetish...lol

Raul reply :

1 Rapala Shad Rap SR7

2 Yum Dinger 4”

3 1/2 oz jig w Brush Hog as trailer

4 1/2 oz jig w Brush Hog as trailer

5 7.5 inch Culprit Ribbontail worm

those were the lures that caught my biggest bass, got my first 10 lber with a Rapala Original Floating Minnow size 9.

long island basser reply :

1. Netbait B Bug.

2. Jig/craw 3/8

3. Jig/craw 3/8

4. Jig/craw 1/4

5. Netbait Baby Paca Craw.

basseditor reply :

10” Powerworm (4 out of 5 best)

Strike King 6XD (#2 best)

two over 10 pounds, the others almost 10

Burtonxj reply :

GYCB Senko in Green Pumpkin

SK Coffee Tube in Watermelon Candy

Zoom Fat Albert in Glimmer Blue

Zoom Brush Hog in Africa Special

Duo Realis Spinbait 80 in Prism Clown

HookRz reply :

I don't keep those kind records, or even bother to weigh/measure fish often, but I'll guess....

LM:

Jig and pig, Buzz-bait, Ten inch ribbon tail worm, Zoom finesse Worm, Finesse Tube.

SM:

Tube, Tube, Tube, Ned, Grub.

Honorable mention, Spook, Chug Bug, Devils horse. Caught a lot of big topwater plug fish, I just don't think any would would make my top five outside of a few Buzz-bait monsters.

RMax reply :

1. Havoc Pit boss black and blue

2. Shad strike king red eye shad

3. Craw strike king red eye shad

4. Jerkbait that I have no idea the name of, got from MTB a long time ago

5. Senko Green Pumpkin green, purp flake

Chris_97TJ reply :

1. Smithwick Devil’s Toothpick

2. Booyah buzzbait, 1/2oz white

3. Mann’s Jelly Worm - junebug

4. & 5. Culprit ribbontail worm - tequila sunrise

Can't Catch Bass reply :

-BPS tourny series 10" motor oil/chartreuse ribbon tail worm

-booyah single Colorado blade chartreuse and white spinner with pearl menace grub trailer

-rebel crickhopper popper yellow and black

-seibert dredge jig black and blue with junebug rage craw trailer

-arbogast buzz plug perch

IndianaFinesse reply :

Ned rig, shaky head, junior pad crasher, poppin pad crasher, horny toad. Honorable mention goes to the 2.5" bitsy tube, 3/8 ounce cavitron, and deep little N.

Ktho reply :

1. missile d bomb

2. Reins bubbling shaker

3. Megabass Giant Dog X

4. 6" straight tail roboworm

5. Coolbaits underspin/keitech fat swing impact

QUAKEnSHAKE reply :

Keiteck 3.8 Fat paddle tail bluegill flash
Mepps #1 black fury dressed in-line spinner
Senko Bama bug wacky rigged
Keitech 3.8" Fat paddle tail bluegill flash
Spro Frog Green Tree 65

crypt reply :

1.bomber square bill 2.rapala original floating minnow 3.BB Cricket 4 and 5 Bass assassin shad.

Dtrombly reply :

1. Pad Crasher

2. Pad Crasher

3. Pad Crasher

4. Pad Crasher

5. Tube

I like frogs. Lol

DSTN reply :

1. CC Super Spot

2. Chatterbait

3. Bomber Square A

4. Chatterbait

5. Whopper Plopper 90

A-Jay reply :

Green Bass ~ Brown Bass ~

Sk Red Eye Shad Spinnerbait

Spinnerbait Jerkbait

Jig / Senko Jerkbait

Scrounger/ Fluke Jerkbait

Football Jig / 10 Inch Worm Jerkbait

A-Jay

TnRiver46 reply :

Largemouth:

Texas rig zoom swamp crawler(8lb)

3/4 oz silver buddy (8lb)

cheap buzz bait (8 lb)

black/blue jig (7lb)

Live threadfin shad (6lb)

smallmouth:

Bitsy tube (5-6 lb)

chrome blue back ratLtrap (5lb)

Shakey head zoom dead ringer(5 lb)

live shad (lots of 4-5 lbers)

live stonerollers (lots of 4-5 lbers)

thinkingredneck reply :

Largemouth

zoom trick worm candy bug were top 3 (in MS)

zoom speed worm june bug (in FL)

white and cartreuse tandem spinner (in MS)

SMB

Gold in line spinner (in MN)

fishindad reply :

Like others, I don't keep such detailed records and practice CIR most of the time. My best guess for the lures that took my biggest bass would be:

Baby Bass Magnet crankbait

5" single tail grub (Kalin or Yamamoto)

5" Senko

Fat Ika

4" tube

camman reply :

1. 4" Roboworm

2. 8" Hudd

3. 68 Hudd

4. 5" Senko

5. 68 Hudd

burrows reply :

On 11/25/2017 at 6:54 AM, Mr Swim Jig said:

Wife started calling me that many years ago...lol

She says I have a swim jig fetish...lol

Hey hey hey let's keep it ph13 here there's kids on this forum.

Alan Reed reply :

1. Zoom Fluke

2. Booyah Pond Magic Spinnerbait

3. Zoom Fluke

4. Strike King 2.5 Squarebill

5. Strike King 2.5 Squarebill

MassYak85 reply :

1a. Wacky Rigged Stick-O

1b. Lethal Weapon SwimJig + Keitech Fat Impact

2. Wiggle Wart

3. Small Football Jig

4. Spro Rat 40 size

scaleface reply :

I didnt list smallmouths earlier. Thees are for river smallies

Generic popper

Jig n pig

tube

Strike King Mini Spin

Lunker Lure

cgolf reply :

Probably the biggest was a largemouth I caught when I wax around 12 on vacation in Florida on a 2" yellow twister tail. Some 30 years later I remember the hit but not the size of the fish other than big.

DINK WHISPERER reply :

1.5oz punch rig, Alabama craw - 11lb flat

Lake Istokpoga

3/4oz sweet Beaver, Junebug - 10lb 8oz

Lake Istokpoga

1/4oz Zoom Mag II, Junebug - 10lb 3oz

Lake Arbuckle

3/4oz Carolina rig, Zoom ol monster - 9lb 15oz(so close)

Lake June in winter

7" Bullshad, gizzard shad - 8lb 7oz

Lake June in winter

Glaucus reply :

1. 5" Green Pumpkin/Black Senko, Texas Rigged weightless (end of summer)

2. 3/16oz Strike King Spinnerbait (beginning of spring)

3. Green Pumpkin/Black Zoom Original Trick Worm, Texas Rigged weightless (dead of summer)

4. 3/8oz Strike King Spinnerbait (beginning of fall)

5. 1/2oz Gizzard Shad Rat-L-Trap (middle of fall)

HM: 4" Watermelon/Black Senko, Wacky Rigged

N Florida Mike reply :

Great info. Based on your replies , I will be trying some of these . Its amazing the variation of baits that catch bigger fish throughout the country.

Thanks for the input !

Fishing_FF reply :

1) 1/16oz Wacky rigged Senko (4", 5", color, I don't think the fish care they just eat them )

2) 1/8oz T-rigged Berkley PowerBait Power Worm 7" or 10" Black w/ Blue Tail

3) 5" Swim Senko on an Owner's Swimbait Hook (1/8oz 4/0)

4) Yo-Zuri 3DB Popper (Frog or Gold Black)

5) River2Sea Bling Spinnerbait (White or Chartreuse)

I want to get better with the hardbaits like the Whopper Plopper, crankbaits, and jerkbaits, so I'm throwing them more once I find fish with one of the top 5.

detroit1 reply :

pb lm : perch super shad rap, spinnerbait, white/chartreuse kinami 4"flash,(x2), olive back normans deep 22. pb sm: kvd 2.5 squarebill, spinnerbait (x2), husky jerk, 4" roboworw (d/s) hoping to change this list next year.....

Jerryj33 reply :

1: 5" Black & Blue Senko

2: Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbait Craw color

3: Booyah Baby Boo Jig, watermelon red with netbait paca chunk

4: Zoom super fluke, green pumpkin

5: Zoom Horny Toad, bullfrog.

Senko Junkie reply :

1) 5" Senko Black/Blue Flake

2) again 5" Senko Black/Blue Flake both largemouth caught in small Kentucky farm pond

3) 5" Berkley Powerbait PreRigged Swim Shad Dale Hollow Lake smallie

4) 3" Senko Black/Blue Flake Dale Hollow Lake largemouth

5) Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher (Leapord Frog) Yatesville Lake, Kentucky largemouth

Chance_Taker4 reply :

Brown and Orange Jig

SK RES

Zoom Mag Shakey Head

8" Zoom Worm

SK 1.5

Choporoz reply :

Cut-R

Rage Bug

Black Jig w/Blue Rage Craw Trailer

........Mr. Parks, I'll pm you my address to send the check

J Francho reply :

These are all NY fish

1. 7-2 NLMB 10" Powerworm Black

2. 7-1 NLMB 4.8" Flick Shake Worm June Bug

3. 6-8 NLMB 3/4 oz. Brush Jig Black and Blue w/ Superchunk Black

4. 6-5 NLMB 3/4 oz. Brush Jig Black and Blue w/ Superchunk Black

5. 6-2 NLMB 4.8" Flick Shake Worm June Bug

1. 5-12 SMB Crosstail Shad Ayu

2. 5-8 SMB Keitech Spider 2"

3. 5-4 SMB Live Softshell Craw

4. 5-3 SMB Crosstail Shad Ayu

5. 5-0 SMB Shad Shaped Worm

FCPhil reply :

1. Savage gear shine glide bluegill 4-1

2. Whopper plopper 110 bluegill 3-12

3. Strike king kvd 1.5 squrebill 3-9

4. Rebel Pop-r 3-4

5. KDS jerkbait holographic chartreuse 3-0

HeavyTwenty reply :

H2O CRS Crankbait chartreuse 8.15

Zoom horny toad black 7.13

Megastrike Cavitron Buzzbait 1/2 oz Black/red 7.0

Booyah poppin pad crasher black 6.15

Zoom trick worm junebug dropshot 6.13

Columbia Craw reply :

Largemouth (Northern Strain)

S-Waver 8-15

Rage Craw 8-5

Buzz Bait 7-13

Spinnerbait 7-13 (2)

Maverick Reaper 7-11

Smallmouth

7'' Rago Swimbait 5-15

Super Spook 5-9

Normans Deep Little N 5-6

Normans Deep Little N 5-5

Normans Deep Little N 5-3 (2)

Ben Miller reply :

Many in between but personal best and what I caught them on at the time

1st 6/4/84 5lbs rubber worm Can't remember

2nd 6/3/89 8.8lbs rubber worm can't remember but positive it was purple

3rd 4/7/17 10.4lbs Live target floating mouse "I customized for a few casts, with weight weights and treble hooks"

4th 5/12/17 10.9lbs Culprit 10" Curly Tail worm Blue

On 11/25/2017 at 12:53 AM, WRB said:

Top #1, 3, 4 & 5; anywhere anytime hair jig w/4" custom Superpork pork trailer redish brown/barn red or purple.

Top #2, spring craw hair jig w/UJ #33 Craw brown.

Tom

PS, Anywhere anytime is 3 colors; black, purple, brown. Spring craw is black, green, tan. 7/16 oz jig w 5/0 Gamakatsu 114 hook. All 5 bass were pre spawn between Jan-Mar.

Blue?

WRB reply :

On 12/1/2017 at 1:58 PM, Ben Miller said:

Many in between but personal best and what I caught them on at the time

1st 6/4/84 5lbs rubber worm Can't remember

2nd 6/3/89 8.8lbs rubber worm can't remember but positive it was purple

3rd 4/7/17 10.4lbs Live target floating mouse "I customized for a few casts, with weight weights and treble hooks"

4th 5/12/17 10.9lbs Culprit 10" Curly Tail worm Blue

Blue?

What is your question; Blue?

Tom

Ben Miller reply :

On 11/25/2017 at 12:53 AM, WRB said:

Top #1, 3, 4 & 5; anywhere anytime hair jig w/4" custom Superpork pork trailer redish brown/barn red or purple.

Top #2, spring craw hair jig w/UJ #33 Craw brown.

Tom

PS, Anywhere anytime is 3 colors; black, purple, brown. Spring craw is black, green, tan. 7/16 oz jig w 5/0 Gamakatsu 114 hook. All 5 bass were pre spawn between Jan-Mar.

Apologize, thought I was quoting you Tom and asking about Blue being top 4? before the green and tan.

WRB reply :

On 12/1/2017 at 2:15 PM, Ben Miller said:

Apologize, thought I was quoting you Tom and asking about Blue being top 4? before the green and tan.

No problem, if interested I can send a photo.

Tom

lbriggs reply :

1.)(4.2) 3/16 oz drop shot with 4" green pumpkin chompers work or 4" bold bluegill roboworm

2.) (6.0)1/10 oz ned rig new money color trd

3.) (4.5) 3/8 oz bitsy flip black jig green pumpkin rage chunk trailer

4.) (4.1) 1.5 Squarebill chartreuse black back

5.) (3.3) Booyah pad crasher bullfrog color

Pro Logcatcher reply :

Frog

Weightless trick worm

Jig

Shad style crank

Whopper Plopper

MrPeanut reply :

1) 1/2 jig

2) 3/8 jig

3) red eye shad

4) red eye shad

5) black and blue senko

Ironically enough - the best fish (all species) I've caught was a musky that hit a senko by some lily pads as soon as it barely touched water. It was on the first cast of the day while fishing with my dad, a catch that I will remember in great detail forever.

whitwolf reply :

1. R.I. Skinny Dipper(Bullfrog)

2. Zoom 4" Dead Ringer(Watermelon)

3. Zoom Magnum Finesse Worm(Black)

4. Siebert Outdoors Brush Jig(Bluegill)

5. Zoom Big Dead Ringer(Red Shad)

Stalking bass reply :

Largemouth- 1. Sieberts dredge custom G2 jig 1/4 oz bama craw color with a strike king rage craw bama craw trailer. 2. Same jig and trailer. 3. Strike king tri wing buzzbait white. 4. Manns baby - 1 in grey ghost. 5. Producto tournament worm 8" black grape. Smallmouth- 1. Same Sieberts 1/4 oz jig as largemouth. 2-4. Rapala DT6 in bleeding olive shiner. This would have been in the number 1 spot but I didn't set my drag on a true monster.....tears are still flowing. 5. Berkley 7" black power worm.

tander reply :

My top five fish were all caught with a 1/2oz chatterbait chart/white withZako trailer.

OCdockskipper reply :

Zoom 6" Dead Ringer, green pumpkin, 1/8th oz T-Rig (8lbs, 4 oz)
Roboworm 6" straight tail, Aarons Magic, 1/8th oz T-Rig (8lbs, 2 oz)
Zman 2.5" TRD, Cal Craw, 1/16 oz (8lbs, 0 oz)
Zman 2.5" TRD, green pumpkin, 1/16 oz (7lbs 6 oz)
Yamamoto 5" Senko, green pumpkin, wacky rigged weightless (7lbs, 6 oz)

All fish were Northern strain largemouth, caught from the same 100 acre lake, all on the same side of the lake (although none were caught from the same spot). The top three were summertime fish, caught in the early morning, while #4 was a springtime fish and #5 was caught in the fall.

CarlF reply :

1. 8" ROF 12 Huddleston in Rainbow Trout
2. Huddleston 68 Special ROF 12 in Rainbow Trout

3. 1/2 oz. black football jig with double tail grub

4. Storm Arashi 05 Squarebill in Baby Bass

5. 3/8 oz. swim jig with craw trailer

Quarry Man reply :

Here is the top five that myself, or a buddy I was with caught:

1. 5" Black YUM Dinger - 8.5 lbs

2. 3.8" Bluegill Flash Keitech Swing Impact Fat - 7 lbs

3. 1/4 oz Strike King Swim Jig - 6 lbs

4. Wacky Rig - 6 lbs

5. Ned rig - 7.5 lbs

RyneB reply :

1. 8 inch Junebug Lizard

2. 8 inch Junebug Lizard

3. Gambler BB Cricket (bowens silver)

4. Gambler Why Not with punch skirt.

5. 10 inch Rage thumper on a C Rig.

nascar2428 reply :

Senko

d-camarena reply :

Biggest ive caught was on a river2sea spittin wa. Then i lost it on the next cast into a tree. About 2 years ago. I still see the frog hanging everytime i go back

Johnbt reply :

For the 5 largest 9- or 10-pounders, a 3/8ths chartreuse spinnerbait with 3" or 4" chartreuse trailer, usually with sparkles. I fish them on top, on the bottom, in laydowns, in submerged timber, fast, slow, everywhere, especially in the thick pads. I've lost some too or bent them up too much to straighten.

In the over-8 range I've had the most luck with 10" black worms and floating crankbaits, some with rattles, mostly gray with chartreuse stripes or marks.

John

Mr. Aquarium reply :

Fishin magician skid stick
Ms slammer
a jig
zoon fluke
texas rig

2tall79 reply :

1, 2....Hawg Boss Super Toad II crankbait

3, 4, 5.....Rebel Broken Back Minnow

BassNJake reply :

1. Poes 4400 cedar crankbait 7-1

2. Poes 4400 cedar crankbait 6-15

3. Poes 4400 cedar crankbait 6-11

4. Poes 4400 cedar crankbait 6-5

5. Rapala DT7 5-11

All caught the same day for an almost 33lb 5 fish limit.

I broke the Poes crankbait bouncing it off some rip rap later that year.

Never was able to find one that felt the same.

The DT7's were awesome for me in colder weather with it's tighter wobble.

LonnieP reply :

1 Texas rig 7 inch berkley power worm tequila sunrise

2 Texas rig 7 inch berkley power worm red shad

3 Ratl-trap crawfish colored

4 Ratl-trap Liv-n chrome

5 Ratl-trap Liv-n chrome

Dirtyeggroll reply :

On 1/19/2018 at 12:07 AM, d-camarena said:

Biggest ive caught was on a river2sea spittin wa. Then i lost it on the next cast into a tree. About 2 years ago. I still see the frog hanging everytime i go back

Go for a swim?

1. Live minnow (from the bank)

2. Black/blue Strike King Tour Grade Skipping Jig with a Blue Bug Rage Bug trailer (way up under a dock)

3. Black/blue Strike King Tour Grade Skipping Jig with a Blue Bug Rage Bug trailer (way up under a dock)

4. Green Pumpkin 1/2 oz Karu Football Head chatterbait (near a dock in open water)

5. Green Pumpkin Yum Bad Mamma on a swing head (way up under a dock)

Onyur6 reply :

Rebel Topwater popper

4.8" Deadstick swimbait

Rebel topwater popper

superspook JR

5" senko pumpkin seed w/ black flake

Turkey sandwich reply :

Man, this is hard to remember.

T-rigged 7.5" Power Worm in Christmas Cider (I miss this color. A lot.)

Bass Assassin soft plastic jerk bait

Jig and craw (more big fish than anything else... probably by far)

Super Spook

have been the best big fish baits, for me. An honorable mention? Fat Free Shad.

Texas_Rig reply :

1. Zoom Ol Monster

2. Zoom Ol Monster

3. Texas rig Rage Bug

4. Texas rig Horny Toad(great flipping bait when blue gill spawn)

5. Stan Sloan 5/8 oz spinnerbait

SDoolittle reply :

1. Yum Sweet Cheeks swimbait

2. 3/8 oz Strike King jig with a Chigger Chunk trailer

3. One of those cheap $1.00 spinnerbaits from Wal-Mart

4. Same as #3

5. Live shiner

I caught my biggest smallmouth on a Damiki Finesse Miki on a shaky head.

jtharris3 reply :

1. Frog - typically the Pad Crasher or KVD.

2. Swim Jig - I really like the one's from Greenfish Tackle.

3. Super Fluke - White Ice or Pearl

4. Spinner bait - Typically Terminator T1 or War Eagle. Although the Lucky Craft SKT Spinnerbait Crazy Colorado Willow in Baby Bluegill was a real good one for me this year!

5. KVD 1.5 Squarebill - Various colors

Honorable mention - Berkley 7" Power Worm.

scaleface reply :

On 1/19/2018 at 2:38 AM, BassNJake said:

I broke the Poes crankbait bouncing it off some rip rap later that year.

Can you describe it . I have a couple of oddities .

Fishinthefish reply :

Bagley balsa spintail 4.5 inch.

Spinnerbait

Trigged senko

Bagley balsa lipless crankbait.

BassNJake reply :

On 1/27/2018 at 4:50 AM, scaleface said:

Can you describe it . I have a couple of oddities .

It was this color but it was the 4400.

It has a larger lip and the edges are beveled or shaved looking.

I have a couple others but they dont seems to dive as straight or as deep.

I tried to bend the line tie on a couple but that didnt seem to get it right.

The one good one I had had a specific feel as it was digging the bottom.

bigbill reply :

1. BPS / XPS topnocker color #25 chartruese

2. Bomber FAT 05 redapplecraw

3. Manns Classic spinnerbait in white, (blue glimmer skirt) double Indiana gold blades with a mister twister 4” split double tail trailer with a trailer hook.

4. senko red or amber red wacky rigged with a weedless hook and 1/8oz weight and 24” leader.

5. Rebel BIGCLAW crawfish crankbait in chartreuse.

SJex reply :

1. Watermelon Black Flake Yamamoto Fat Ika

2. White Zoom Super Fluke

3. Spot Remover War Eagle 1/2 oz. Double Willow Spinnerbait

4. Zman 1/15 oz. Ned Rigged Mudbug TubeZ

5. Watermelon/Red Flake Zoom 5" Shakey Head Worm with a 3/16oz dropshot

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Baits used for your top 5. 2025

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