Favorite Prop Bait ? 2025
ChrisD46 reply :
Excluding a Whopper Plopper - what is your favorite Prop Bait for bass ? Old school names such as Devil's Horse and Heddon Torpedo are still around as well as newer offerings . I don't have much experience with prop baits (beyond a Torpedo) but vow to try the new Berkley Spin Rocket and a Yo-Zuri 3DB Prop Bait this Spring ... Your thoughts & experiences ?
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 2/5/2020 at 4:32 PM, ChrisD46 said:Excluding a Whopper Plopper - what is your favorite Prop Bait for bass ? Old school names such as Devil's Horse and Heddon Torpedo are still around as well as newer offerings . I don't have much experience with prop baits (beyond a Torpedo) but vow to try the new Berkley Spin Rocket and a Yo-Zuri 3DB Prop Bait this Spring ... Your thoughts & experiences ?
Those are my 2 favorites of the non-plopper type baits.
I've got a R2S Lane Changer and Big Mistake that seem like nice baits, but got them late in the season and haven't put them to any real use yet to say if they're worth it or not. I bought them both for about 1/3 their regular price, I believe they'll be worth what I paid at least.
Bankbeater reply :
I've been using the Cordell Boy Howdy, and Crazy Shad for years.
NittyGrittyBoy reply :
I've always been a Devils Horse guy. But what I've found to replace them is Rapala X-Rap Prop bait. Hands down my favorite prop bait now.
Hook2Jaw reply :
H2O Xpress Slush Daddy. I love $4.50 lures that catch fish. When Academy unlisted all their hard baits a year or so ago I about lost my mind.
I've been wanting to try the Berkley Spin Rocket.
FryDog62 reply :
On 2/5/2020 at 6:41 PM, NittyGrittyBoy said:I've always been a Devils Horse guy. But what I've found to replace them is Rapala X-Rap Prop bait. Hands down my favorite prop bait now.
I’ll have to try that out... I’ve had good luck with the Skitter Prop for smallies. Maybe a little extra tail feather would be even better.. ????
Tizi reply :
Creek Chub Injured Minnow
scaleface reply :
No longer available but the Bomber Prop A is by far my most successful prop bait . When they were discontinued and in the clearance bins I bought a lifetime supply . The largest six fish limit I ever caught was on one . Its a post spawn big fish slayer .
Its simply a Long A Minnow with a prop on the tail .
MIbassyaker reply :
I have a long-time fondness for the Heddon tiny torpedo. As for more modern designs, the yo-zuri is a good one, and I also like the bagley pro sunny B and rapala skitter prop. I haven't tried the new Berkleys yet, but I have a spin bomb and a Spin rocket waiting impatiently in my topwater box to get subbed in this year.
Propbaits are really underrated in my opinion, and deserve more attention all through topwater season.
Finessegenics reply :
Is the berkley choppo an acceptable answer? Just a cheaper whopper plopper but it works amazingly for me
looking45 reply :
My most productive, and of course favorite, prop bait is the Deps Buzz Jet.
Either size works equally well
J._Bricker reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 12:26 AM, looking45 said:My most productive, and of course favorite, prop bait is the Deps Buzz Jet.
Either size works equally well
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waymont reply :
Skitter Prop is great. Spits a lot of water.
ChrisD46 reply :
On 2/5/2020 at 11:31 PM, scaleface said:No longer available but the Bomber Prop A is by far my most successful prop bait . When they were discontinued and in the clearance bins I bought a lifetime supply . The largest six fish limit I ever caught was on one . Its a post spawn big fish slayer .
Its simply a Long A Minnow with a prop on the tail .
*This is why the Rapala , Berkley or Yo-Zuri offerings might make for a nice alternative .
BoatSquirrel reply :
I am always trying to throw stuff other guys arent. The prop style bait seems to be off the radar these days in favor of faster moving baits like ploppers but there are times and places that the prop bait is the better choice.
Anyone ever heard of a Gilmore Lures Jumper prop bait? Double super secret old school wooden prop bait that gets em!
scaleface reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 1:41 AM, ChrisD46 said:*This is why the Rapala , Berkley or Yo-Zuri offerings might make for a nice alternative .
The Bagley Bang O Lure Spintail is still available .
Smells like fish reply :
@BoatSquirrel and another good maker is Sam Griffin. The man must had 30 different top water models most with props on them. I have 5 or 6 different models by him in several colors in each style. Old school classics that will work just as good today. And yes I have some of the Gilmores too, I love the old models with glitter added on top of the paint!
Dwight Hottle reply :
Deps Buzzjet Wakebait & Junior size
Pricey but they both get the job done.
crypt reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 1:56 AM, scaleface said:The Bagley Bang O Lure Spintail is still available .
this and a Devils Horse....
CountryboyinDC reply :
On 2/5/2020 at 11:34 PM, MIbassyaker said:I have a long-time fondness for the Heddon tiny torpedo.
I have a couple of these, I think one may be the tiny and the other micro or something. These are the only propbaits I've ever caught a fish on except the Whopper Plopper. I think I have a Yozuri propbait, but it's never caught a fish for me.
Coonedawg reply :
These are two of my favorite made locally by a guy here in South Carolina. The bluegill is my #1 prop bait, but that shiner one has caught some monsters down in Florida on Lake Okeechobee for some buddies.
Quarry Man reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 7:11 AM, Coonedawg said:These are two of my favorite made locally by a guy here in South Carolina. The bluegill is my #1 prop bait, but that shiner one has caught some monsters down in Florida on Lake Okeechobee for some buddies.
link to website or contact info?
Coonedawg reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 7:38 AM, Quarry Man said:link to website or contact info?
Guy doesn't do social media. Old school guy. I always stop by his shop and place an order. He builds them one at a time.
Quarry Man reply :
On 2/6/2020 at 7:49 AM, Coonedawg said:Guy doesn't do social media. Old school guy. I always stop by his shop and place an order. He builds them one at a time.
looks like im driving to sc
Michigander reply :
Heddon Torpedo in that metallic white color they have. Caught tons of fish and nearly an owl on it.
papajoe222 reply :
Two of my favorites are no longer in production; the Two-Fer, which has a buzzbait prop and the WoodChopper. Boy Howdy and the full size Torpedo are close seconds.
WRB reply :
I always found the single rear prop top water lures out perform the double prop baits.
The most productive prop lure for me was Smithwick's Buck 'n Brawl Shad color followed by the Pa Scooter. The Smithwicks rear prop lures have a flat front underside that allows the lures to jump and go under water a few feet trailing a bubble stream that trigger strikes like no other prop lure. The hooks need to be upgraded on the vintage Smithwicks.
Tom
ChrisD46 reply :
*I never knew there was so much available in prop baits ! Also , why are prop baits so popular in Florida and not other places in the country ? Is it due to grass cover or other reasons ?
scaleface reply :
In dont use them year round . Spring mainly . Post spawn on points and cover leading to deep summer habitat is idea .
riverat reply :
I still use the Devils Horse and the H.C. Baits Rattalur. I've also been using the Tease Prop Bait by Black label Tackle the past couple of years.
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