Most Overrated lures.... 2024

FivePoundBluegill reply :

Ok just to start up some drama on the forums im asking what you guys think is a overrated lure. A lure that many people say is great that you think is trash. Or it can be a lure that is realy exspensive and hardly produces fish. Or maybe just a lure that doesent work at all. Well what you guys think?

cajun1977. reply :

what works for one sometimes wont work for another so whos to say whats overrated or not

by the way helicopterlures and snakelures way overrated ;D ;D

Avalonjohn44 reply :

Chatterbaits.

airborne_angler reply :

I know last year Chatterbaits were all the rage and I almost went out and bought some. Sure glad I didnt. Some will say the flying lure is overated. That maybe a fact BUT,I did catch 2 decent Bass back to back when I was fishing as a kid.

Brad_Coovert reply :

The Chatterbait may be overrated, but I'll take a Gambler Swimblade almost any day. I've done quite well with them.

Now if Byron would tell BPS to go flip sand and sell everyone the weedless version, that would be cool. Of course, BPS paid to have that made and all that, but still, I'd love to see a large bait company tell BPS "no way do you get our baits."

Brad

guest reply :

Zoom Horny Toad.

Pond Hopper reply :

The banjo minnow, and I actually trusted Bill Dance as a kid, but not anymore >

Maxximus Redneckus reply :

Yamamoto senko i use a 3x strike king zero and outfish my buddies 4 out of 5 and catch all 4 on a single zero while they are puttin on a new one each time

Bass Hammer reply :

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Chatterbaits.

Same here

armesjr reply :

Chatterbaits

guest reply :

berkley blade dancer.

Chatterbaits, are definitly a hit or miss proposition.

there are days when they are killers.

try a yo-yo retrieve. ripping the bait off the the bottom then let it flutter back down

fourbizz reply :

swimbaits

Catt reply :

Senko type baits what ever name brand >

MN Basser reply :

CHATTERBAITS

shimanogloomis man reply :

Buzz baits by far never caught 1 fish >

T-Bone reply :

CHATTERBAITS!!!

Never even caught a fish on one and trust me I tried.

T-Bone

FivePoundBluegill reply :

I actually like senkos. The only ones I have used are the origional yamasenkos though. I know the other brands dont cost as much money but I have always wondered if they catch as many fish as the origional senko brand. Maybe I should try out the knock offs some time.

FivePoundBluegill reply :

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The banjo minnow, and I actually trusted Bill Dance as a kid, but not anymore >

I agree with that 100%. Those lures were all the rage when I first started fishing in like 5th grade. Since then I have seen many people fish with them and have not seen one bass caught with them. Im glad I never asked for a set for christmass now .

FishTank reply :

Chatterbaits for sure. The original was OK but the next version seemed to be made poorly. One other lure that might make this list later on is the Rapala X-Raps. They are a great looking, well made lure but I just don't catch as many fish with them as I do with Lucky Craft jerkbaits and the original Rapalas.

guest reply :

I doubt any Rapala will ever work as good as the ORIGINAL FLOATER, it is one of the greatest lures ever made. That being said their whole present lineup are great lures. i have found the Xrap to be a great Spring and Fall bait. The floater works all year long!!!!!!!!!!

jdw174 reply :

Well, I'm gonna catch flack for this one, but I'd have to say $15 and up crankbaits. Don't own one and never will. (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it )

Vyron reply :

flying lures

dgquail reply :

Chatterbaits

Dancin eels

Low_Budget_Hooker reply :

**Cough** :

Replica. reply :

Berkley Blade Dancer

RoLo reply :

You know, that Cencoe thing

New 2 Bass reply :

I've never caught one on an original rap or a rap DT crank. Pop raps only catch me turtles for some reason. Xraps only get me peacocks and get tore up. I have never caught one on a swimbait but have been escorted back to shore 2 times by monsters. Never caught one on a buzzbait. Never on a jig. Only had one hit ever on a spinnerbait.

For what its worth. ;D

bugman reply :

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Chatterbaits.

In the past two years I've caught more Bass on the chatterbait than any other hard bait. (no skirt with a super fluke)

In the last six months I have only caught three bass on the CB. Go figure!!!

I have never caught a bass with a Toad, butI think it's more about me than the lure.

Rattlinrogue reply :

I'd say $15-$25 hardbaits myself.I own a few,and they're good baits that catch bass.I catch as many or more on the $5-$7 hardbaits.

IneedAnewScreenName-i098509 reply :

Just curious for those of you that said the Chatterbait. Have you tried any others besides the "Chatterbait" name? If not, PM me, I'd like to change your mind

As for the lures that are the most over rated, I'd have to say Lucky Craft. Good lures but not any better than a $5.00 CB JMO

blade reply :

SENKOS

grimlin reply :

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SENKOS

i second that...

guest reply :

I don't get how people can say the senko is overrated.

I can understand if you think they are overpriced, but how could the most copied lure ever designed be overrated?

fish-fighting-illini reply :

probably has a lot to do with the style of the fisherman

I catch prob 40% of my bass on spinners of some kind ( crappie style or bass style )

I catch probably 50% of all my bass on swimbaits ( the .50 ea for me not the $15 ones)

never caught anything on a jig ( has to be the fisherman )

not much on worms

To me an overrated bait is any one over $4-$5 ea

or any that are more than 25% more than a similar lure that will work almost as well

T-rig reply :

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Well, I'm gonna catch flack for this one, but I'd have to say $15 and up crankbaits. Don't own one and never will. (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it )

Until you try one!

grimlin reply :

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I don't get how people can say the senko is overrated.
I can understand if you think they are overpriced, but how could the most copied lure ever designed be overrated?

Because i get bigger better fish using other lures.For some people jig are most unwanted using lure because they have a hard time catching with it.For me it's the senkos I've caught 2 fish so far using the senko and i believe it was because of the style of techique and presentation i used and not the "magic of the senko".For $6.99 i expect better...therefore if i do use a worm i use another one that's cheaper and works just as well.

I just don't see the rave and greatness of the senkos...sure i can catch small ones every now and then.I just enjoy fishing jigs and for some reasons jigs are getting all my bigger fish...as the senkos i'm managing to catch 1 pounders.

Also i fish for smallmouths alot of times...and i have yet to get a smallmouth bite a senko.

Hookemdown. reply :

I'll agree that the senko is expensive. But it's NOT overrated in my book. IMHO

I'll also say that $15+ cranks are overrated. Sure they work. But my $4 bombers and 7$ Rapalas work just as good.

guest reply :

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Well, I'm gonna catch flack for this one, but I'd have to say $15 and up crankbaits. Don't own one and never will. (That's my story and I'm stickin' to it )

Until you try one!

Vekol reply :

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I don't get how people can say the senko is overrated.
I can understand if you think they are overpriced, but how could the most copied lure ever designed be overrated?

I agree with Avid on this. As far as being overpriced, perhaps, but I decided to try some of the knock offs lately like the Yum Dinger, and have not caught a fish yet on them. Could be just a matter of time and place though. My observation is that if you throw a bait with a proven reputation, learn to work it correctly, you will catch fish on it. I have never caught a fish on top water yet, but that is because I use them only occasionally, and only until I get frustrated and start loosing confidence. Then I give up and default to something I have confidence in.

My son, being more adventurous, is becoming proficient with top water, and routinely catches fish with them.

guest reply :

SHIMANO! Oh wait, you said lure.

Yamamoto brand Senkos. They work no doubt, but in my experience no better than Yum Dinger. And Yum Dingers don't tear as easily.

fishing=life reply :

im gonna have to go with senkos. they just dont produce for me.its probably the fisherman and not the lure

bubbler reply :

banjo minnow.

i dont think its worth the money......maby im wrong

how could u say such a thing about senkos

fishing=life reply :

im sure senkos would produce for me if i tried to fish them for a while but i dont have the patience.id rather be throwin a spinnerbait.

rocknfish9001 reply :

believe it or not, i have KILLED on the banjo minnow when everything else failed. Absoloultey no joke

bassn4life reply :

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Zoom Horny Toad.

i have actually had great success with these. I have caught a lot of bass and some pretty big ones on the horny toad. Maybe im just in the right place at the right time but i really like this lure.

Lucky Craft Man reply :

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As for the lures that are the most over rated, I'd have to say Lucky Craft. Good lures but not any better than a $5.00 CB JMO

I assume you are not talking about Lucky Craft jerkbaits. I don't think there is any jerkbait on the planet that works better than these.

So far for me, the most overrated lure has been the Fat Ika. I use this lure a lot, but I only managed a few with it. I will keep trying and hopefully I will have a break through.

Catt reply :

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I assume you are not talking about Lucky Craft jerkbaits. I don't think there is any jerkbait on the planet that works better than these.

Now that's funny right there

nra4life reply :

just cause you have never caught a fish on something doesn't mean it is overrated, it probably means that you don't fish it enough, don't fish it right, or the bass don't like it in the area you are fishing. Or maybe you just suck at fishing period

CJ reply :

nra4life,that's not nice.

I think a lure brand is mostly a confidence thing.Sure Lucky Craft makes good lures and so does Megabass.They have features other lures don't.Overrated?Maybe...Over priced?Definantly.

As far as jerkbaits,Smithwick Rattlin' Rogues are hard to beat once they are tuned properly.

Most overrated lure?The chatterbait,IMO CJ

The Dude reply :

Chatterbaits seem to get a bad rap. I have had days when I can't buy a hit on one of them, then other days, the fish just tear them up.

I do know that at the pond we fish at, my buddy and I have both caught our PB's on chatterbaits

jb_adams reply :

Man....Senko/Dinger/Tiki/*** bait (senko stick style worms) sure got a bad rep in this thread. Can't see why but hey, there is more to it than the bait itself.

Conditions are much more often the results of I should say the lack of results due to various conditions like confidance, technique, color, water clarity, moon phases, postition of the planets, how the fish "feels" that day, if you dropped the trolling motor in the water really loud, if you paid your rent on time, etc. (joke) Seriously, conditions and technique make or break a lure.

For you that have voted for the following baits, there is more to it than the bait. See statement above.

So far, I've caught my personal best on a buzzbait and I've caught many on a buzzbait. Slow steady retrieve....nothing fancy.

I have yet to catch one on the chatterbait but I still throw it on occasion just so I can catch one on it.

I have several crankbaits but I've lost more fish than I have caught...(totally an angler issue)

Spinnerbaits I like because they very weedless and you can cover a lot of water. I've caught several on them

Plastic worms......I mean come on! If you are having trouble catching a fish on a plastic worm, make yourself a personal goal and get past that. It's like FISHING 101...the basics. Yes size, color, presentation, etc. all effects plastic baits success rates.

What's the most overrated lure in my opinion?

I have to say the chatterbait and that is only because of the hype that follows them. It's not because it's the most un-productive lure, it's the most over-rated. It's reputation and hype exceeds it's productivity for many. There are some who love it, they know something everyone else does not.

.dsaavedra. reply :

CHATTERBAIT!!!!!!!

5bass reply :

The chatterbait got all the hype a couple of years ago in Florida in which there were many tournaments won with it, all within a few months. The hype exploded on it and everybody just had to have one. I was one of those guys.

I think the chatterbait did so well in Florida a couple of years ago because of the time of year (early spring) when the fish were real active and didnt mind chasing down something to eat. Another factor was that they could be fished effectively over/around/thru the grass, cover a lot of water and it was totally new to the bass. It was a whole new "thump" coming by and they were not accustomed to it then. Those guys were hammering bass with 'em when they first started throwin them.

I still use the chatterbaits but in the summertime, its strictly a night bait, in fact,its replaced the spinnerbait for me at night. In the spring there are two lakes that my club fishes that it does great at and both have grass. I come back home the next day and can barely get a bass to look at it. My home lake has no grass and dont do very well with it during the day but I can catch fish with it at night. Its a strange lure indeed.

5bass reply :

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first thing that i've heard about a chatterbait that makes sense. Night Bait for sure. Loud like jitt-r-bug.
b (for daytime, they should call it a scatter-bait).........at least for me.

Scatterbait ;D.....nice!

Bass XL reply :

TRUE STORY!!! Banjo minnow will produce....just give it time! i personally dont like them, but my fishing partner uses them like there holy....and he catches them all of the time......i guess the main thing is, you have to be able to see the bait, because the bites are soooo light.

Taliesin reply :

You did say that price is part of the issue, so:

Any soft plastic that is over 40 cents each.

Any hard lure over $8

Any spinner over $5.

I have or can get similar that will catch the same fish for less.

guest reply :

I'm sorry, but saying senko-type lures are overrated is ludicrous. No lure has had a greater impact on bass fishing in the last 10 years. This is a lure that needs only to be cast and allowed to fall in order to catch fish. They work 12 months a year anywhere in the country for any species of bass. Maybe you didn't catch your pb on one on your first cast but that doesn't make them overrated.

senile1 reply :

"One man's trash is another man's treasure."

fishing=life reply :

ya but one mans treasure is anothers trash. :stupid senko

wvbucketmouth reply :

For me, I would have the say the Rat-L-Trap (Rattletrap) lures are over-rated.

Boy o Boy, I have tried and tried these, and have just never done well with them. I have caught a few here and there, but not many at all.

Maybe im just throwing the wrong color at the wrong time!

zbigbadaaron reply :

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For me, I would have the say the Rat-L-Trap (Rattletrap) lures are over-rated.
Boy o Boy, I have tried and tried these, and have just never done well with them. I have caught a few here and there, but not many at all.

Maybe im just throwing the wrong color at the wrong time!

try it for walleye, or pike

zbigbadaaron reply :

berkley gulp

Cigarlover 1 reply :

Rattle Trap is one of my more productive lures. I usually do well just burnin em reel fast.

As for the most overrated I'd have to say I think the spinner bait is the most overrated. Been using em for years and never caught anything.

O.K. just kidding. ;D Love spinners. Hate chatterbaits though. Bought one last year and still haven't caught anything on it. Even tried fishing it like a jig and nada.

dink reply :

Terminator spinnerbaits.

After snapping the third one at the "R" bend, I simply could not justify spending twice as much for an untunable spinner that will just end up snapping like steel ones. It may last a little longer, but I like to tinker with blade configuration and combinations. The tandem blade configuration on a titanium wire limits what can be done about changing the front blade.

Brad_Coovert reply :

When it comes to a bait being "overrated", it is seldom the bait's fault, but more due to the angler using it.

Everyone (including me) has been guilty of this: You read about or hear about a new bait or at least a bait new to you and you rush out and buy one, two or a dozen and then the next trip out, tried to force-feed those baits to the bass. The usual result was no luck and the baits ended up in the garage, bottom of the boat, back of the tackle box, etc.

IMO, a minimum of one season is required to feel out a new bait and apply it to a range of conditions. I have some great fall crankbaits that hardly get a sniff the rest of the year. If I had given up on 'em, I would have never found that out.

Every bait has a time and place.

Brad

Red reply :

although my PB came on a tiki stick, i have to go with senko type baits as well...i have caught plenty of fish on them, but only one with any size to it...most of my better fish this year have come on a LC crank...where my rapala crank have only produced one dink...IMO it is worth the 15 bucks a pop for the LC's

Cliff

Redtail reply :

Senko style baits overrated - that's like saying Tiger Woods is overrated in Golf!

senile1 reply :

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When it comes to a bait being "overrated", it is seldom the bait's fault, but more due to the angler using it.
Everyone (including me) has been guilty of this: You read about or hear about a new bait or at least a bait new to you and you rush out and buy one, two or a dozen and then the next trip out, tried to force-feed those baits to the bass. The usual result was no luck and the baits ended up in the garage, bottom of the boat, back of the tackle box, etc.

IMO, a minimum of one season is required to feel out a new bait and apply it to a range of conditions. I have some great fall crankbaits that hardly get a sniff the rest of the year. If I had given up on 'em, I would have never found that out.

Every bait has a time and place.

Brad

Well-stated, Brad. Some lures are only good under certain conditions and during certain seasons. Using those lures outside of those conditions results in a much lower success rate. This is why the plastic worm and jigs are always considered great baits. They work in just about every season and under just about any conditions. (Including Senkos and Senko type worms. )

Tpayneful reply :

18 years ago Bill Dance was selling the Strike King snag free floating frog. I bought one and took his advice and used the trailer hook that was included. The amount of bass caught on that lure rhymed with HERO!

Strike King Snag Free Floating Frog.....OVER RATED !

18 years later......I am killing them on a horny toad!

Fish them in weed choked ponds or over grass beds on lakes and rivers. It is FUN fishing!

rbrick reply :

Hannon's snakes.However the hooks in the kit are great for Stanley Ribbits.

Rick

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