Go-to Lure to Entice Even the Most Finicky Bass 2025
Big Fish Small Pond reply :
Everybody has a go-to lure when they want to procure a bite on the slowest of fishing days. I am curious as to what lure it is that people here on BR reach for when the going gets tough.
Yakalong reply :
The hotter the weather, the bigger the worm and the slower I fish it 
RoLo reply :
I'd give the nod to plastic worms.
Roger
NoahWatts reply :
3/8 oz black neon pitching jig
BadContrakt reply :
Hands down wacky rig.
cgolf reply :
Two that are not on the list, a tube and 5" kalins grub I can drag super slow.
Slefler reply :
Shakey head
thebillsman reply :
More often than not I'll stick to plastics. Pennsylvania fishing is always finicky fishing no matter the time of year. I have been doing a lot of pond hopping waiting for my new boat reg to arrive. I've had the best luck slow hopping a mini skirtless chatterbait with a craw trailer and shakey head fishing finesse worms.
I have had no luck with the usual winter suspects.. lipless cranks, jerkbaits, etc.
Tomorrow I'm fishing a private two acre pond at a local university. I'm going to start with a 1/4oz Owner Shakey Head with a Creme Scoundrel in natural. My second setup will be an RC STX 110 in gold and black.
guest reply :
Senko
Bluebasser86 reply :
Ned rig
KDW96 reply :
4in robo worm 1/16oz weight, and ned.
PatrickKnight reply :
Curly tail grub
Burntorangefan reply :
Senko or spy bait. I voted plastic for the Senko...
scaleface reply :
I have never been able to catch the most finicky bass . I think I saw her laughing .
Yeajray231 reply :
Soft plastic is a very wide category.. @cgolf your tubes and grubs would fit in there as well as all worms , soft plastic jerkbaits, creature baits... I think it's a safe bet to say the soft plastics category will win by a very wide margin...
tander reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 8:17 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Ned rig
This ^^^^^^. If you can't get a bite on a Ned rig, might out to think about going home. 
cgolf reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 9:13 PM, Yeajray231 said:Soft plastic is a very wide category.. @cgolf your tubes and grubs would fit in there as well as all worms , soft plastic jerkbaits, creature baits... I think it's a safe bet to say the soft plastics category will win by a very wide margin...
Thanks I read that too literally lol
Ads7633 reply :
On 2/21/2017 at 8:17 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Ned rig
X2, I like to upsize it and use the shroom heads with a zman finesse worm
hunterPRO1 reply :
a tiny underspin with a 2" white or black grub (depending on time of day and water clarity.)
Senko Junkie reply :
Just like last Sunday, if I cant catch fish on these, its just another good day paddling my kayak or relaxing boat ride....lol
WI_Angler1989 reply :
For Largemouth it's a 7" worm.
For Smallmouth it's a 2.5" tube.
Mike L reply :
Rage Cut R in open water
Rage Bug in the veggie
Mike
SFL BassHunter reply :
Senko or Finesse Worm. T-Rig or Wacky or Shakey Head.
If these don't work it's time to pack it up and go home, cause I've already tried everything else lol
Yeajray231 reply :
On 2/22/2017 at 9:09 PM, scaleface said:I have never been able to catch the most finicky bass . I think I saw her laughing .
What about that "clip worm" you created years ago.lol. I was digging in the archives awhile ago and seen a thread you had made about the Yama kut tail worm. And found your post funny about your "clip worm" and its abitiliy to catch even the most finicky fish 
On 2/22/2017 at 10:37 PM, Ads7633 said:X2, I like to upsize it and use the shroom heads with a zman finesse worm
If you upsize it more than 4" or 3/32oz head... Then supposedly it's not a Ned rig!
Jig worm I guess.. lol.
fishballer06 reply :
I will not vote until there's a senko option
iceintheveins reply :
The ned rig, if I absolutely need to catch a fish.
CTBassin860 reply :
Black/blue Dinger on a T-rig.Not my favorite way to fish but I'm just about guaranteed to catch something.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 2/23/2017 at 7:11 AM, fishballer06 said:I will not vote until there's a senko option
Lol senko is a soft plastic !
Slefler reply :
I should have clarified my answer. A Zenith Shakey head from Mike at Siebert Outdoors. I was prefishing and not really trying to land fish just get bit but every fish that bit I landed and couldn't shake off not matter how hard I tried. 6lber I caught in a tourney on it last month in a brushpile on a dock.
tracker01 reply :
2 3/4" tube for me.
N Florida Mike reply :
Senkos.( Usually ) To me, plastic flukes are a very close 2nd,if not dead equal.
A friend came over and fished his senko wacky,and I fished zoom super flukes.I caught 10.He caught 9. Needless to say,I went out and got me some senkos,but I don't ever catch them with wacky.But T-rigged I catch a lot.
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