Favorite Hardbaits? 2024
Bass NC reply :
Hey folks,
I am very curious about everyone's favorite square bill crank, lipless crank, jerkbait, and top water hardbaits. I know different situation call for different lures but what are your all time favorites? Brand, color, size?
Jar11591 reply :
Square bill: Bomber square A
Topwater: Storm Chugbug, Arbogast jointed jitterbug
Jerkbait: Matzuo Phantom Minnow (this jerkbait has the BEST action you can have on a jerkbait. If you don't believe me try it out)
guisingerevan reply :
Squarebill: Strike King KVD 2.5
Lipless: Strike King Red Eye Shad
Jerkbait: Bomber Pro Long A (best action I've ever seen for a jerkbait)
Top water: Snag Proof Perfect Buzz Frog
719BassFishing reply :
Squarebill: RED strike king KVD 2.5
Lipless: Strike king red eye shad
Jerkbait: Spro Mike McClelland Mcstick 110
Topwater: Heddon super spook
S_Miketa6 reply :
Squarebill: Bandit Square bill and Bandit 100 series
Lipless: Strike King Red Eye Shad
Jerkbait: Megabass Vision 110
Top water: Damiki D Pop 70
fishva reply :
Square bill: I have this Yamamoto crank I picked up a couple years ago that I just love. It's weird, because I've bought others that *should* be exactly the same, and they don't produce. But this one does. I'd go swimming to get it back if it got hung up.
Lipless: Red eye shad
Top water: Not my specialty, but I usually start by throwing the good old jitterbug. Maybe because it was one of the only hardbaits I had as a kid, and using it makes me relaxed & brings back good memories.
trickwormmaster reply :
square bill: strike king KVD 1.5
Lipless: Strike King red eye shad
Jerkbait: Gary Yamamoto Tenkuu jerkbaits have great colors and action.
Top Water: any popper but i use the bass pro XPS ones since they're cheapest
iceintheveins reply :
Squarebill - Bomber Square A, SK KVD 1.5, Norman Mad N, Excalibur Xcs
Lipless - SK Red Eye Shad, Cotton Cordell Super Spot, BPS XPS Rattle Shad, Rat L Trap
Jerkbait - Rapala X rap, LC Pointer, Dynamic Lures Travado, Dynamic Lures J Spec
Topwater - Rapala Skitterpop, Heddon Pop 'N Image Jr., Heddon Super Spook Jr., Rapala Skitterwalk
Jay Ell Gee reply :
On 3/25/2014 at 9:47 AM, S_Miketa6 said:Squarebill: Bandit Square bill and Bandit 100 series
Lipless: Strike King Red Eye Shad
Jerkbait: Megabass Vision 110
Top water: Damiki D Pop 70
Pretty much what he said. The D Pop 70 is an amazing little popper!
Hogsticker reply :
Rapala flat rap and Shad rap. Both awesome cold water baits and the only time I throw cranks. Spro Aruku shad and Yo Zuri rattlin vibe are my best lipless cranks. Lucky Craft pointer 78s are my favorite jerks, but I have two of the old school Shimano boxes full of jerkbaits for different conditions.
Bankbeater reply :
Squarebill: Bandit
Lipless: Rat-l-trap
Jerkbait: I don't use them that much.
Topwater: Jitterbug
smalljaw67 reply :
This is tough as I actually have favorites for certain situations or seasons but I'll give you my most common.
Square bill - Rapala DT Fat 3 : Honorable mention - Bomber Square A and Cotton Cordell Big-O.
Lipless - Xcalibur XRK50 one knocker : Honorable mention - Cotton Cordell Super Spot and Bill Lewis Rattle Trap.
Jerkbait - Rapala X-Rap : Honorable mention - Smithwick Rattlin' rogue and Lucky Craft Pointer 100.
Topwater - Storm Rattlin' Chug Bug : Honorable metion : Heddon Super Spook Jr. and Rebel Premium Pop-R.
senko_77 reply :
Square bill: Diawa Peanut II (laugh all you want, lol) Freakin fish catching machine.
Lipless Crank: Spro Aruku Shad, Yo-Zuri Rattl N Vibe, and Bill Lewis Pro Trap
Jerkbait: Norman Razor Minnow, weighted to suspend (fav. cold water bait), and the original Rapala minnow #9 or #11
Topwater: Berkley Frenzy Popper....to think, they used to be 99. in the bargain bin. Now they are $20+ on ebay : (
ONE THING TO NOTE from the replies above....anyone see a pattern? A ton of anglers are throwing the KVD square bills and and Red Eye Shads....not saying they don't work but it says something when you see over 50% of people suggesting it. It means when you hit the water, a bunch of fish have already seen heard a KVD square or Red Eye that day or days prior during practice. Try doing something different like gluing the rattles in your Red Eye or throwing a slightly larger or smaller version of the KVD square. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that both of those baits are great, but in a tournament situation, I bet a ton of fish are gonna be seeing them. Try being a bit different.
CWB reply :
KVD 1.5
Xcalibur oneknocker 5/8oz
X-Rap
Sexy Dawg Jr.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
KVD series i love the 1.5 also the rapala dt-4
lipless- sexy shad , xcalibur
husky jerk, x rap, flukes
top water, buzz bait, jitterbug, hula popper and zara spook
WIGuide reply :
Square Bill- Xcalibur XCS100
Lipless - Xcalibur XR50
Jerkbait- XPS Suspending Minnow
Topwater- Heddon Rattling Super Spook
OK Bass Hunter reply :
Rapala DT series
Storm Chug Bugs
Lucky Craft Gunfish
OK Bass Hunter reply :
Rapala DT series
Storm Chug Bugs
Lucky Craft Gunfish
Pz3 reply :
Xr50 is my new all time favorite.
Jon G reply :
Squarebill: KVD 2.5
Lipless: Red Eye Shad
Jerkbait: Any of the smithwicks and Spro McSticks
Topwater: Heddon Super Spook
Hooligan reply :
Don't have a favorite. Have different baits for different situations. KVD, Sixth Sense, Lucky Craft, Norman, Megabass, Jackal. They all have different uses in different conditions, as far as squarebills. There isn't one that does it all for me. Lucky Craft, for instance, the old RC baits yaw too wide to fish timber effectively. They're super in grass and rock. The Xcalibur baits are super in wood, as are Bagley, but aren't my favorite in grass because they nose down too much. The Arashi is one of my favorite baits, as is the Knuckle, for a large variety of cover, but I don't particularly like it in rock.
Jerkbaits- the same way. It's all based on temp, depth, water clarity, and mood of the fish; as well as cover type.
The easy one, though, is top waters. I'll take a popMax and a Rover over nearly anything. That said, there are times I like a clear spook or a Sammy.
Cranks- same as above all over again.
McAlpine reply :
Squarebill: KVD 1.5 and Xcalibur 100
Lipless: none. Hate them
Jerkbait: just don't really have a favorite. Takes a village and all.
Topwater: Booyah frog, cavitron buzzbait.
OK Bass Hunter reply :
Redeye Shads
ww2farmer reply :
Generally if it says Strike King on the package, it's in my boat. I also like Storm, Manns, Bandit, and.......................yes Rapala stuff. I was mad at them for a while, but dang it, there junk catches fish, so I had to get over it.
AK-Jax86 reply :
Squarebill: KVD 1.5 & Storm Arashi
Lipless: KVD red eye shad
Top Water: (since my frogs are soft) rebel pop'r
Jerkbait: don't throw them much have a Strike King KVD one I think
Basshammer reply :
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Lipless: Red eye Shad
Topwater: Zara Spook
squarebill: Strike king 1.5
basscatcher8 reply :
Crankbaits: I'm a bandit fan.
Top water: I'm a heddon fan. Spooks in all sizes. Walmart had a bin full of the puppies in all different colors for a buck a piece the otherday. I grabbed every one they had out of their.
RoLo reply :
On 3/25/2014 at 8:15 PM, senko_77 said:ONE THING TO NOTE from the replies above....anyone see a pattern? A ton of anglers are throwing the KVD square bills and and Red Eye Shads....not saying they don't work but it says something when you see over 50% of people suggesting it. It means when you hit the water, a bunch of fish have already seen heard a KVD square or Red Eye that day or days prior during practice. Try doing something different like gluing the rattles in your Red Eye or throwing a slightly larger or smaller version of the KVD square. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that both of those baits are great, but in a tournament situation, I bet a ton of fish are gonna be seeing them. Try being a bit different.
That's an astute observation, Ryan 
If we learned one thing from this thread is that promotion matters (let's hear it for KVD)
Roger
CWB reply :
First, the KVD 1.5 and RedEye are killer baits, fish seen them or not. There isn't another rattle bait out there that sinks horizontally, let alone wiggle on the way down. People listed their favorite baits. If they are the favorites, obviously they work. They are not the favorite because a famous pro endorses them.
Second, promotion will get you hyped up and buy the baits, but if they didn't work, would you list them as a favorite? That being said, I'm really starting to like the XR50 OneKnockers which are a little something different. To each his own.
fish365 reply :
like the bomber squarebills, any livetarget lipless, rogue jerkbaits, and v-waking a long-a for topwater
fishnfreak410 reply :
Square Bill-Bomber Square A-firetiger or shad color
Lipless-Cordell Spot chrome is shallower water because its a little lighter and falls a little slower. Red eye in deeper water-firetiger or red craw colored
Jerkbait-SPRO McRip Old Glory and Spooky Shad, McStick-Chrome Shad and Cell Mate ( these are my recent new favorites just started using them and love 'em)
Topwater-Devil's Horse - chrome with orange belly. Spook -custom painted black with two different shades of orange belly. the belly has red dots and white slashes. "top it off" with a chartreuse tail. Catches a lot of fish. I alternate the spook and a frog. When that slows down pick up the Horse.
Bass Junkie reply :
Squarebill: Lucky Craft RC1.5DRS
Lipless: XCalibur XrK50
Jerkbait: Lucky Craft Pointer 100SP
Lucky Craft Live Pointer 95MR
Topwater: Lucky Craft Sammy 85 or 100
hatrix reply :
Square: Cotton Cordell Big-O
Lipless: Sebille Flat Shad
Jerk: Xcalibur Erratic Shad
Top: Lunker Punker / Spook
Alpha Male reply :
On 3/25/2014 at 11:19 AM, iceintheveins said:Squarebill - Bomber Square A, SK KVD 1.5, Norman Mad N, Excalibur Xcs
Lipless - SK Red Eye Shad, Cotton Cordell Super Spot, BPS XPS Rattle Shad, Rat L Trap
Jerkbait - Rapala X rap, LC Pointer, Dynamic Lures Travado, Dynamic Lures J Spec
Topwater - Rapala Skitterpop, Heddon Pop 'N Image Jr., Heddon Super Spook Jr., Rapala Skitterwalk
Im fairly new to crankbaits but here is what I will be throwing this year
Squarebill - SK KVD 1.5, Arashi 3-5
Lipless - SK Red Eye Shad, Koppers livetarget bluegill
Jerkbait - Yo-zuri 3DB
Topwater - Heddon Super Spook Jr., Damiki Dolphin
Crankbait - SK 3XD, 5XD, 6XD, SK series 3,5,6, and Arashi 7
primetime reply :
Square bill...Rapala cr cranks 3-5', Sebile Crankster, Bandit
Lipless-XCalibur, Bill lewis, Rapala clackin crank, sebile flatt shad 77 suspending is great.
suspending-Rogue,Pointer, Long A
topwater- Spook, yo-zuri banana boat JR, Rebel T-10, Torpedo
A-Jay reply :
Squarebill: Lucky Craft LC 3.5 & 6th Sense Crush Flat 75X
Lipless: Strike King Red Eye Shad
Jerkbait: Lucky Craft pointers & Duo Realis 120SP
Top water: Duo Realis Pencil 110
A-Jay
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Rapala clackin crank and storm arashi
Jitterbug and x rap walk
Rapala rippin rap
Rapala x-rap
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