Realistic soft Craw baits? 2025
evilcatfish reply :
Hey guys, I'm looking to find some realistic soft plastic craw baits. I've been a big fan of Huddlebugs for some time now but after my current supply runs out don't plan on purchasing anymore. If anybody has any suggestions in regards to ultra realistic craws I'd appreciate it. I'm familiar with most of the mainstream stuff found on BPS and whatnot, but am hoping ya'll might know of some lesser known options. Thanks for any and all help!
cgolf reply :
Personally the best I have found is the Yum Crawbug. Not only are they cheap, but have two decent sizes along with good colors and well over the last six years have accounted for half of my river smallmouth catch. For me personally no reason to try anything else anymore.
iabass8 reply :
Yum Crawbug
Kinami Psycho Dad
Big Bite baits craw worm
eyedabassman reply :
Try the Netbait Paca Craw,Baby paca craw and the new Slim paca craw. They down wright put a hurt'in on the Bass. The new slim Paca is going to be a killer this year!
Heron reply :
I would also add, the Venom imitation craw.
bowhunter63 reply :
Rage and Baby Rage are really great craws.
IndianaFinesse reply :
The most realistic plastic craws are probably the yum crawbug, savage gear crawfish, and the z-man crawfish. Even though they are the most realistic, they aren't my favorite except when bed fishing when a realistic presentation is vital. The rage crawfish, the paca craw, and the chigger craw are usually my go-to crawfish imitating baits.
WRB reply :
The Savage Gear craw in Glenn's give away contest looks good.
Chigger craws are arguably the ugliest craw on the market and a excellent bass catching soft plastic.
Tom
Catt reply :
None listed are anywhere close to realistic & even more so when compared to a Huddlebug!
Now that aint saying they will not catch, they just don't look like a crawfish.
Huddlebug below!
primetime reply :
Yum Crawbug....Savage Floating Craws on a stand up head look as real as they come...Big but real looking..The crawbug from yum for the price is as good as they get imo, also Lindy makes a small craw that looks really good....Super Realistic and great trailers for the bitsy bug flip jigs strike King makes or on a split shot rig...Lindy craws...Forget the exact name, but Yum is way to go with price...Good colors, Savage is super realistic but expensive, for a craw, if a bass is looking that long, it probably is over anyway...That is why 1.5 ounce flipping weights in clear water are so popular...Don't want fish to get a good look...in water without sunlight, which is most water we fish, they can't tell a yum from a Huddle bug from a Craw tube...
Slade House reply :
d**n , there is the best realistic craw looking bait period, but they are always sold out or dont have enough supply so for once i can't disclose
Catt reply :
On 3/16/2016 at 12:00 PM, primetime said:Yum Crawbug....Savage Floating Craws on a stand up head look as real as they come...Big but real looking..The crawbug from yum for the price is as good as they get imo, also Lindy makes a small craw that looks really good....Super Realistic and great trailers for the bitsy bug flip jigs strike King makes or on a split shot rig...Lindy craws...Forget the exact name, but Yum is way to go with price...Good colors, Savage is super realistic but expensive, for a craw, if a bass is looking that long, it probably is over anyway...That is why 1.5 ounce flipping weights in clear water are so popular...Don't want fish to get a good look...in water without sunlight, which is most water we fish, they can't tell a yum from a Huddle bug from a Craw tube...
The Yum Crawbug is a copy of the Mad Man Crawfish
eyedabassman reply :
On 3/16/2016 at 12:39 PM, Catt said:
The Man Man was the first real looking craw that came out! What a great bait company and I miss them great people! O by the way I am selling some of the Mad Man Craw Worms and the Craw tubes on the sell trade fourm.
blckshirt98 reply :
I've never fished them but I've always thought the River2Sea Standing Yabbies looked pretty realistic.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/16/2016 at 11:49 AM, Catt said:None listed are anywhere close to realistic & even more so when compared to a Huddlebug!
Now that aint saying they will not catch, they just don't look like a crawfish.
Huddlebug below!
But the OP said he doesn't want to buy the Huddlebugs anymore...
Savage Gear 3D craws have a very profile, but none of the colors match the craws around here very well. Not that it's a huge issue because they still catch fish, but when I'm trying to get a bait that looks really natural I'd like it to match all the way down to the color.
Catt reply :
On 3/16/2016 at 3:05 PM, Bluebasser86 said:But the OP said he doesn't want to buy the Huddlebugs anymore...
I simply said some like Rage, Paca, Chigger, Zoom & others don't fit the bill of being realistic.
When it comes to crawfish lures realistic looking most often doesn't matter to the bass.
My most productive is Gene Larew which is just a big o chunk of plastic!
WRB reply :
When Mad Man craws hit the local market they were a hot item, good colors and very realistic. I bought them and spent way too much time fishing them unsuccessfully trying a verity of jigs and keel weighted hook rigs. Yes I caught some bass on these realistic craws but a jig & pig out fished the soft plastic 10 to 1. Still have a collection of Mad Mans stored away.
Tom
ww2farmer reply :
FWIW............you guys can keep all your "realistic" looking plastic craws. Even in gin clear water, I find that things that look nothing like a "real" craw out fish those pretty fisherman catching craw baits by a wide margin.
Munkin reply :
I have a whole plano 3700 box full of them that I will sell for $5 plus shipping. They are Madman Storm and Yum baits from what I can remember?
Allen
Spankey reply :
Guido Bug style craws are my favorite. To me, some of the more realistic do perform as well. This is just my situation, only speaking for myself. They do manufacture some great imitations.
primetime reply :
On 3/16/2016 at 1:18 PM, eyedabassman said:The Man Man was the first real looking craw that came out! What a great bait company and I miss them great people! O by the way I am selling some of the Mad Man Craw Worms and the Craw tubes on the sell trade fourm.
I didn't know that, That is a great looking bait...Thanks for posting that picture...I wonder what happened to the bait company, I guess they probably were swallowed up by larger companies but it is no doubt a Craw Bug and I love that color you posted. I feel bad for small companies who design a bait and then have it copied, but it seems as if that is the norm these days.
I would buy some but I have way too many plastics as it is, but anyone looking for a good craw bait I would by those for sure, That style craw is my favorite clear water split shot craw bait to use, but it is deadly no matter how you fish them....Bass Seem to love them if you let them soak, the hollow inside cavity allows you to insert a rattle or scent, extra weight, but it also provides buoyancy so they are great baits..
Thanks again for the info....Did not know that....
On 3/16/2016 at 5:26 PM, Catt said:I simply said some like Rage, Paca, Chigger, Zoom & others don't fit the bill of being realistic.
When it comes to crawfish lures realistic looking most often doesn't matter to the bass.
My most productive is Gene Larew which is just a big o chunk of plastic!
I would agree that "realistic" is tough to define in terms of fishing...Is it shape, color, action, speed....I find almost any craw soft bait will work, the one's you mention are all really good, I tend to use the Chigger Craw as I have always loved Power bait but the Larew Craw worms slip through cover really well, and the Paca craws have great legs for action...So many on the market that are great, black and blue Zoom Critter craw in both sizes is a great trailer and stand along bait especially when you want muted action..
I still have a bunch of the old salt craws that I have not used in a while, I picked up some flat bottom flipping craws when I had a BPS gift card that I really like, but the salt craw is nice because it is thin....Good call.
1234567 reply :
This the same Evilcatfish from SU?? If it is pm me
eyedabassman reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 12:44 AM, primetime said:I didn't know that, That is a great looking bait...Thanks for posting that picture...I wonder what happened to the bait company, I guess they probably were swallowed up by larger companies but it is no doubt a Craw Bug and I love that color you posted. I feel bad for small companies who design a bait and then have it copied, but it seems as if that is the norm these days.
I would buy some but I have way too many plastics as it is, but anyone looking for a good craw bait I would by those for sure, That style craw is my favorite clear water split shot craw bait to use, but it is deadly no matter how you fish them....Bass Seem to love them if you let them soak, the hollow inside cavity allows you to insert a rattle or scent, extra weight, but it also provides buoyancy so they are great baits..
Thanks again for the info....Did not know that....
I would agree that "realistic" is tough to define in terms of fishing...Is it shape, color, action, speed....I find almost any craw soft bait will work, the one's you mention are all really good, I tend to use the Chigger Craw as I have always loved Power bait but the Larew Craw worms slip through cover really well, and the Paca craws have great legs for action...So many on the market that are great, black and blue Zoom Critter craw in both sizes is a great trailer and stand along bait especially when you want muted action..
I still have a bunch of the old salt craws that I have not used in a while, I picked up some flat bottom flipping craws when I had a BPS gift card that I really like, but the salt craw is nice because it is thin....Good call.
Mad Man closed there doors because other bait company's did knock off's of there Craw Tube's and could not compete in there price range>And someone was stealing money from within the company! I was a rep for them from day one to the end and like I said they were GREAT people to work for and they took very good care of they rep's.If they were still out there today I would still be with them for sure!!!!!!!
Munkin reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 2:38 AM, eyedabassman said:Mad Man closed there doors because other bait company's did knock off's of there Craw Tube's and could not compete in there price range>And someone was stealing money from within the company! I was a rep for them from day one to the end and like I said they were GREAT people to work for and they took very good care of they rep's.If they were still out there today I would still be with them for sure!!!!!!!
I am looking for Mad Man baits in a color called "Volcano", do you have any or know where I can get some?
Allen
eyedabassman reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 4:31 AM, Munkin said:I am looking for Mad Man baits in a color called "Volcano", do you have any or know where I can get some?
Allen
No I don't have that one. And not sure where to get them.I could call the former owner and see? I do have Mad man Craw tubes in goby,they look cool!
Catt reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 2:38 AM, eyedabassman said:Mad Man closed there doors because other bait company's did knock off's of there Craw Tube's and could not compete in there price range>And someone was stealing money from within the company! I was a rep for them from day one to the end and like I said they were GREAT people to work for and they took very good care of they rep's.If they were still out there today I would still be with them for sure!!!!!!!
The company closed because Darren "Mad Man" Mooneyham was almost killed in a head on collision.
His craw tube was actually molded from a real crawfish.
I've never had much success with the craw tube but the craw worm is a killer!
Hurricane reply :
Anyone try that Drop dead craw by Luck E strike?
eyedabassman reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 5:49 AM, Catt said:The company closed because Darren "Mad Man" Mooneyham was almost killed in a head on collision.
His craw tube was actually molded from a real crawfish.
I've never had much success with the craw tube but the craw worm is a killer!
Catt, I did not know about the collision. I had along talk with him after I just got the Mad Man products into the Sportsman Warehouse! And that was what he told me! And your are dead on about the craw worm being a killer I am just trying to sell some to thin out my stuff WAY TOO MUCH!
Catt reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 11:40 AM, eyedabassman said:Catt, I did not know about the collision. I had along talk with him after I just got the Mad Man products into the Sportsman Warehouse! And that was what he told me! And your are dead on about the craw worm being a killer I am just trying to sell some to thin out my stuff WAY TOO MUCH!
He sold to Pradco on 2006, the accident was in 2009.
http://m.amarillo.com/news/2012-01-10/mans-accident-angelic-vision-life-changing#gsc.tab=0
eyedabassman reply :
On 3/17/2016 at 11:55 AM, Catt said:He sold to Pradco on 2006, the accident was in 2009.
http://m.amarillo.com/news/2012-01-10/mans-accident-angelic-vision-life-changing#gsc.tab=0
WOW, that is some pretty big stuff. I hope he is much better,things happen for a reason and Darren got his,to serve the word a-man!
N Florida Mike reply :
Zoom ultra vibe speed craw is my favorite.
KyAngler_1120 reply :
The River 2 Sea stand up yabbies are actually a really good craw. The only major issue that I have is the exposed hook makes things a little more difficult if your fishing in an area with a lot of cover. There is a local river system that has several miles of nothing but a solid rock bottom and these craws work like a charm there.
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