Poll: Lure That Caught Your Pb Largemouth 2024
MFBAB reply :
I thought this would be a fun poll.
I know there's another thread going on this topic, but the poll will show the results in percentage form.
I look forward to seeing the results!
Thx for participating!
Rob
Also, if you used something that isn't on the list, I apologize. I tried to think of a lot of options but I know there will be some who fall outside of the choices given.
One other thing:
Bassmaster Magazine published an article about the Lunker Club a few years back, they didn't really do a thorough job of reporting everything, but the numbers below show the results from their poll - this is largemouth over 10 lbs and I think there were around 1800 entries at the time the article was written:
Plastic Worm -------- 25%
Live Bait -------------- 15%
Jig ---------------------- 10%
Spinnerbait ---------- 8%
Plastic Lizard -------- 7%
Swimbait ------------- 3%
Tube ------------------- 2%
Plastic Craw --------- 1%
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Total ------------------- 71%
**As you can see, only 71% of the entries were accounted for in the article, but plastic worms dominated.
Other baits that would be included in the missing 29% would be Cranks, Topwater, Spoons, and anything else not listed above.
Still, it will be interesting to compare these percentages to the ones we wind up with in this poll if enough people participate.
Another interesting point from the Bassmaster article:
- The 10 AM Hour accounted for the most entries!!
- The Spawn-Prespawn months were the most productive too, Feb-April
Takeaway Message:
Chunk a Plastic worm at around 10 am near spawning time, that's the basic formula for success 
:)
MFBAB reply :
Sorry, this was supposed to be a voting poll. I filled out the poll info but it's not showing up at the top, not sure what happened.
Never mind, I got it fixed
Voting is set up at the top.
Thx,
Rob
WRB reply :
Jig, casting structure, see Oldschool Horizontal Jigging threadfor details.
Tom
CeeJay reply :
Would a Senko be under "Other Soft Plastic", I suppose? It's almost a plastic worm but I usually call it a soft stick bait, or sometimes "stick-worm"
MFBAB reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:09 AM, WRB said:Jig, casting structure, see Oldschool Horizontal Jigging threadfor details.
Tom
That was an awesome read Tom, thanks!
deep reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 8:11 AM, MFBAB said:
Takeaway Message:
Chunk a Plastic worm at around 10 am near spawning time, that's the basic formula for success
:)
IMO, the takeaway message is that there aren't enough swimbaits being thrown.
Suits me fine.
MFBAB reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:15 AM, CeeJay said:Would a Senko be under "Other Soft Plastic", I suppose? It's almost a plastic worm but I usually call it a soft stick bait, or sometimes "stick-worm"
I know (or read) that it was originally designed as a jerkbait/stickbait, but I still think of it as a plastic worm.
For "Other", I was thinking creature baits, Grubs, Flukes, everything else.
It's impossible to list every bait individually but this should still show us some pretty neat trends.
Thx for voting!
Rob
In hindsight, I think I'll try to add another category for jerkbait/Soft Stickbait to the poll.
MFBAB reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:37 AM, deep said:IMO, the takeaway message is that there aren't enough swimbaits being thrown.
Suits me fine.
Deep,
You are correct, and that was mentioned in the article. It was published in the March 2010 issue of Bassmaster, and they noted that swimbaits were on the rise, but had not yet become even as mainstream as they are now, particularly outside of Cali.
However, in the other current "what bait" thread, there are a lot of big bait guys listing other baits as their PB baits, so there's that
Let's see how swimbaits fare in this poll, I'm hoping we get a good turnout here so the results will have some meaning.
Another stat from the article:
Florida and Cali led the Largemouth Lunker Club entries, in that order. No big surprise, I think Texas was 3rd.
Thx,
Rob
deep reply :
It's cool that they acknowledged that. I hope they weren't talking about hollow bellies.
If you want to see a real pattern emerge, a better question might be: Did you catch 75% or more of your top 10 bass on one particular lure/ class of lures? Or something along that vein.
Anyone can luck into one really big fish or two, especially folks who have been fishing for decades.
Now, if you consider a true big bass fisherman like Tom (WRB), I bet most of his really big bass have come from outside structure on his hair jigs with pork trailers. Now that IS a pattern.
Just my 0.02.
-Deep.
fishinbub reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:55 AM, deep said:It's cool that they acknowledged that. I hope they weren't talking about hollow bellies.
If you want to see a real pattern emerge, a better question might be: Did you catch 75% or more of your top 10 bass on one particular lure/ class of lures? Or something along that vein.
Anyone can luck into one really big fish or two, especially folks who have been fishing for decades.
Now, if you consider a true big bass fisherman like Tom (WRB), I bet most of his really big bass have come from outside structure on his hair jigs with pork trailers. Now that IS a pattern.
Just my 0.02.
-Deep.
I was thinking the same thing. My PB was 8-9lb on a 4" curly tail worm t-rigged...but if I was trying to set a new PB I def wouldn't be throwing the same rig. I've caught a lot more big bass on large c-rigged worms or swimbaits...
MFBAB reply :
That sounds like a great idea for another poll!! Maybe we can get a few of these going in the future.
I agree with you about an average as opposed to one bait, but even then you couldn't possibly list all of the bait options in a poll like this. I think I could have put in 20 options for this poll, which wouldn't even cover every color of Senkos people use
This isn't the end-all here, just hopefully a fun topic of conversation for us and maybe we'll see some unexpected patterns emerge in the percentages.
I'd like to do a time-of-day poll for when people caught their PB's next.
One cool thing about these polls is that people are pretty much voting anonymously. You don't have to post what you used verbally and give away any secrets, I think maybe some people don't participate in the other threads for that reason.
All you have to do is be a member, and logged in.
Also, you only get to vote once, so the results should be reasonably accurate.
Obviously, the downside of the poll is that we don't get the details of the rigs used, but nothing is perfect.
This is just another way of looking at the dataset I guess.
bigbill reply :
For me its the Rebel BIGCLAW CRAWFISH crankbaits. Dives 10ft.
She followed it as I casted it 2' parallel to the shoreline at a man-made road bed that has a drop off. As I ripped it out of the weeds into the channel she took it. My PB 10lbs.
RoLo reply :
Looks like every other poll, the plastic worm is King.
Roger
MFBAB reply :
Wow, 30 votes so far and no love for spinnerbaits, that is a shocker.
Live bait and Spinnerbaits were both high on the Bassmaster list and both have 0 votes here so far.
Catt reply :
Ya aint got Rat-L-Trap! 
MFBAB reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 10:19 PM, Catt said:Ya aint got Rat-L-Trap!
Shallow Crank I've heard of guys catching 12 lbrs on those, ha ha!!
scaleface reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 12:19 PM, RoLo said:Looks like every other poll, the plastic worm is King.
Roger
Not only that but I would throw lizards and craws in the same category. They are just to similar and fished the same way to be put in a separate category .
FishingMN718 reply :
I got mine on a fire tiger spinnerbait
gulfcaptain reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:37 AM, deep said:IMO, the takeaway message is that there aren't enough swimbaits being thrown.
Suits me fine.
I'd have to agree, PB came on a swimbait in the middle of the day. But around here they are thrown quite a bit fall through spring, just not very often in July.
trupp30 reply :
I caught mine on a rage rigged SK craw. I have caught alot of real nice bass on that rig.
CeeJay reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:42 AM, MFBAB said:I know (or read) that it was originally designed as a jerkbait/stickbait, but I still think of it as a plastic worm.
For "Other", I was thinking creature baits, Grubs, Flukes, everything else.
It's impossible to list every bait individually but this should still show us some pretty neat trends.
Thx for voting!
Rob
In hindsight, I think I'll try to add another category for jerkbait/Soft Stickbait to the poll.
Cool I went ahead and selected Plastic Worm. My PB Largemouth was caught on a 3" Senko. Which after all is said and done, is really just a stout and fat plastic worm I keep my Senkos in the same box as my worms and generally fish them with the same rigs anyway.
Interesting about the spinnerbaits. I use them frequently, and if told to catch as many bass as possible in one hour with one bait, I'd select a spinnerbait (or depending on cover, an Inline spinner).
But if I was told to catch a large bass with one bait in one hour, I'd go with a Senko or regular Plastic Worm. Just seems to work out for me that way with those lures.
the reel ess reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 1:57 AM, trupp30 said:I caught mine on a rage rigged SK craw. I have caught alot of real nice bass on that rig.
MIine was on T rigged Zoom Speed Craw. I've caught some good ones on that too.
Catt reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 10:27 PM, MFBAB said:Shallow Crank
I would not have listed them under shallow cranks but ok.
Could have saved ya some time, I've a data base of top 5 finishes in pro & amateur tournaments across the nation for the last 15 yrs including big bass.
#1: plastic worm 4 to 1 over everything else
#2: jig-n-craw
Raul reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:34 PM, MFBAB said:Wow, 30 votes so far and no love for spinnerbaits, that is a shocker.
Live bait and Spinnerbaits were both high on the Bassmaster list and both have 0 votes here so far.
I have never caught anything interesting with a spinnerbait, 9 1/2 lbs has been my biggest fish caught on a spinnerbait. My PB was caught with a crank bait, Rapala Shad Rap, and even then, crank baits are not the bait I would fish to catch me a big mommy, I leave that job to the jig.
MFBAB reply :
On 7/26/2015 at 2:52 AM, Raul said:I have never caught anything interesting with a spinnerbait, 9 1/2 lbs has been my biggest fish caught on a spinnerbait. My PB was caught with a crank bait, Rapala Shad Rap, and even then, crank baits are not the bait I would fish to catch me a big mommy, I leave that job to the jig.
I think you'd be interested in that 9.5 a little more if you lived in Memphis, just sayin
MFBAB reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 10:19 PM, Catt said:Ya aint got Rat-L-Trap!
Allright, you must've missed it. Look again, down at the bottom.... 
Big Bait Fishing reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:37 AM, deep said:IMO, the takeaway message is that there aren't enough swimbaits being thrown.
Suits me fine.
oh they are thrown !!! my personal best came on a 6'' straight tail Robo worm fx summer shad on a drop shot rig , 10# braid/10# toray super hard super strong flourocarbon leader .. the fish in my avatar , 10.6 #
MFBAB reply :
The parity is pretty amazing here. If the Plastic worm category was divided into 3 categories - like: Finesse under 4" / Worms over 4" / Senko
And then Topwater divided into Buzzbait / Frog / Hardbait, or something like that, there really wouldn't be any dominant category.
I say that because Jigs & Cranks are divided already, and if you totalled those up into one number they would be right there with Worms and Topwater as a lump sum.
Currently only 68 votes and over 600 thread views, hopefully more people will vote!
Cgrinder reply :
Mine was a lipless in mid April. Girlfriend's was a Recon worm on Memorial Day weekend last year. Looking for a couple new ones this Fall.
Nice_Bass reply :
10'' powerbait ribbon tail.
My PB has been tied a couple of times all on the same bait. More of a game of percentages for me- go figure I catch my biggest bass on something I throw over 50% of the time, year round.
Swimbaits for me have shown me giant fish (bigger than my pb) in the last 5 years and caught a lot of big fish.
But have not caught a giant for me yet.
Joe H. reply :
On 7/25/2015 at 9:35 AM, MFBAB said:That was an awesome read Tom, thanks!
Agreed! After I read that article, I started catching jig fish like crazy this year!
MFBAB reply :
Let's make it easy for anyone else who's interested in that article:
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/107540-oldschool-horizontal-jigging/
lmbfisherman reply :
Crap I just screwed up, I put down the bait that caught me the biggest smallie. it actually should be for Largemouth is a stick bait (senko). That would be classified as a worm? or other.
MFBAB reply :
On 7/29/2015 at 8:18 AM, lmbfisherman said:Crap I just screwed up, I put down the bait that caught me the biggest smallie. it actually should be for Largemouth is a stick bait (senko). That would be classified as a worm? or other.
This came up earlier.
I think of Senkos as Worms...but if you were fishing it like a jerkbait, then it could go that way too.
lmbfisherman reply :
No fished it texas rigged weightless not like a fluke. So worm.On 7/29/2015 at 9:13 AM, MFBAB said:This came up earlier.
I think of Senkos as Worms...but if you were fishing it like a jerkbait, then it could go that way too.
Bluebasser86 reply :
8" Zoom Lizard for me.
whitwolf reply :
R.I. Skinny Dipper..... In the truest defenition not a swimbait so I went with other plastic.
MFBAB reply :
On 7/29/2015 at 1:56 PM, Bluebasser86 said:8" Zoom Lizard for me.
One of the big surprises for me is not seeing more lizards listed, I thought everyone threw them during the spawn!
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