Top ACTUAL trophy bass lures 2025
Supermat reply :
I think this will be a really neat experiment... what have you personally, actually, landed double digits on? Doesn't matter what your brother, father, friend, cousin, etc... caught one on, what have YOU done? Also, include the numbers of fish on each. This isn't about how many you've caught so people respect you, I want to get a final tally of total bass caught on each type of bait at the end. We'll tally in say, 3 days. Also, if you can include how long (in years) you've been using each of those baits, maybe we can get a rough connection between how long a bait was used (in years) as compared to how many its caught for each of us.
Mine came on:
8" swimbaits (23 fish) 6 years
6" swimbaits (1 fish) 5 years
black/brown chatterbait (1 fish) 1 year
brown/orange jig (1 fish) 16 years
Sweet Beaver in Big Texan (1 fish) 3 years
Handpoured 4" watermelon Creature (1 fish) 1 year
If you haven't landed a double digit that's ok, list your biggest bass and what bait but please specify that it wasn't a double digit so it doesn't get counted in the final tally.
preach4bass reply :
8lbs. 9 oz. on a Bandit 200 series crawdad crankbait (5 bass over 7 lbs. all on Bandits)
Gorgebassman reply :
For me if your talking smallmouth none were double digits but trophy fish none the less
Electric Blue curly tail grub 10
Large Mouth
black blue jig with watemelon craw 2
Supermat reply :
MoBass fisherman,
Is that 2 double digits on the black/blue jig? Just want to make sure the numbers are right in the end.
flyphisher # reply :
10.3 on black zoom trick worm...weightless
9.5 on #6 Olive woolly booger 5wt flyrod.
too many 5-9's to list.
fourbizz reply :
1 on 10" worm ( 1 year)
1 on 6" swimbait (1 year)
Cephkiller reply :
1 - 7lb 11oz on a buzzbait (20 years)
guest reply :
One 23 lber.
On a bed.
mine..............................................in my dreams. 8-)
KU_Bassmaster. reply :
1 on a Strike King Series 4S Crankbait (for that particular bait it was the first time I ever threw it, have been fishing crankbaits for 6+ years)
WhiteMike1018 reply :
6lbs flat.
Terminator Titanium Wedge Spinnerbait.
Captain Cali reply :
4" worm-dropshot, 1 fish (11lbs.), 1 year
4.5" worm-dropshot, 1 fish (10.5lbs.), 1 year
Biggest so far on a swimbait is 7lbs. in about 18 months...
Al Wolbach reply :
1 fish- 1/4 oz hair jig w/ zoom super chunk- 8 years...........Al
Catt reply :
In 10 years of throwing a Oldham's Jig 5 ea. over 9 lbs; dozens from 6 to 9
In 15+ years of throwing a Texas Rigged Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage) 8 double digit with a 12.8 lbs the largest; 6 to 10 lbs well above 200
roadwarrior reply :
Gary Yamamoto 6" Senko, Watermelon w/ black flakes, 8 bass, fished the bait for 10 years.
GYCB Fat Ika, same color, 1 bass, 3 years.
Micro Munch Tackle El Gordo tube, Black Neon, 1 bass, 2 years.
Micro Munch Tackle 1/2 oz black jig/ GYCB Fat Baby Craw, Black w/ bue flake, 1 bass, 2 years
Norman Fat Boy, Bluegill pattern, 1 bass (my PB), 2 years.
Last "might have been" but I'm not counting it: 6" Senko, Black w/ blue flakes, 1/01/07 (One Cast, One Pig).
Maxximus Redneckus reply :
10-4 on a Manns jelly worm 9 inch grape in 1985 a 9 pounder the yr before that on a live frog ,, 4 7 pounders through the yrs on zoom lizards and 1 on a chugbug, 1 8 pounder with a berkley eel, many many 5 pounders with various lures from rapalas to spinnerbaits
Supermat reply :
Awesome so far! Let's keep this going a little longer. Anybody else have feedback?
basspro48 reply :
1/2oz white Lunker Lure buzzbait- been using it for 3 years, 1 fish 7.4lbs
3/8oz black/blue Persuader jig w/ ZOOM super chunk- been using it for 1 1/2 years, one 6lber, two 5lbers, and many 3's and 4's
t-rigged Paca Craw in Okeechobee craw- been using it for 6 weeks, two 6lbers, three 4lbers, and a couple 3's
5/16oz homemade spinnerbait in chart/white- been using it for 1 year, countless 4lbers and a few 5's
Stanley Ribbit in Black- been using it for 1 year, one 6lber and several 4's
sorry no DD's.......yet 
sigep1967 reply :
Wow will have to think back as I have not seriously fished in about 10 years.
14.6 weightless zoom lizard watermelon
10.74,12.34,9.8.10.34 DB3 fire tiger all the same day from the same brushpile also broke off 4 times on a jig in that pile that same day 20lb big game no less lol
8.75 black and blue stanley jig
7.8 live bream lol caught the bream while bream fishing then the bass ;D
probably 50+ 5-7lbers on weightless lizards and stanley jigs.
Avalonjohn44 reply :
No double digits yet.
Smallie - 7 pounds - live bluegill
Largemouth - 8 pounds - Booyah Buzzbait Black with red blade.
Largemouth - 8 pounds - same bass as before, a month later, Bass Assassin Charm Assassin Yellow/black fleck weightless.
llPa1nll reply :
7lbs 11oz black rubber skirt jig uncle josh #11 pork trailer. Hey Im sorry I live in NH! :-[
bluebonnet2 reply :
good morning,
8-10, Mann's Mannipulator, grape (black/purple/blue flake) 10:30 pm, lake fork, about 12 yrs ago....
i wish mann's still made 'em....somebody from mann's pls read this ;D
good catching,
bluebonnet2
Catt reply :
Can I add one more?
Today with Texas Rigged with a V&M 9 Super Ringer worm black neon. On my second cast a 23 x 20 10.37 lb hawg.
Supermat reply :
Catt, that's awesome! Congratulations! I'm going to leave this up a few more days as many of the guys on this board that are known to catch double digits haven't piped up yet.
Randall reply :
I don't really keep count of how many I have caught over ten pounds so I will estimate. I can tell you the majority of my ten pound plus fish have been caught on trickworms on a splitshot rig or jighead on offshore structure fished slow. I am guessing around forty on just the trickworm. I have caught four thirteen pounders and three of those were caught on 1 1/2 oz Ledgebusters in deep water around 20 feet deep. These are the only spinnerbait fish over ten I have caught. The other thirteen pounder was caught on a trickworm on a splitshot rig. I caught one 15lber on a Mattlures bluegill swimming it over a dropoff on the side of a point. I have caught about ten other fish over ten swimming different swimbaits. I have caught around seven or eight more over ten pounds on Mattlures Bluegill while the fish was on a bed. Probably around twenty more on other different lures while fish were on beds. Most were on big tubes and jigs. Two on a jerkbait but lost a bunch more on a jerkbait. Three on topwaters also lost a bunch more on topwaters. Around twenty on deep diving crankbaits. Around fifteen on lipless cranks. And probably around five more on other plastics including one on Senko77's big skinny long Senko he made for me last year. IMHO all lures will catch a ten pounder if they are used at the right time in the right way. The most important thing is location and then fishing the right bait in the right way depending on the location and the conditions.
Cephkiller reply :
QuoteI don't really keep count of how many I have caught over ten pounds so I will estimate.
Don't you want people to like you? If so, just stop! You're killing me!
;D ;D ;D
Mattlures reply :
I Have not caught as manny as Randall but I have caught a couple. I think the key here is playing the percentages. I have hada couple good fish caught on various baits like Rapalas and small plastic worms but those same baits have produced hundreds of fish for me under 2lbs. Baits Like jigs,buzzbaits,big worms and Suprisingly SMALL creature baits produce bigger fish on average. But.. through much trial and error I have learned when certain baits work well for big fish. For instance Buzz baits at night equal big fish but in the day they catch small ones. Why? because in the day time the big ones are out deeper and there are to many negative ques for a big bass to fall for a buzzer. At night they move up shallow to feed and a SLOW buzzer becomes a big fish bait. Swimbaits are probably the only no brainer. They simple give you the best odds of catching a big fish. Now I dont mean that they will catch bigger fish all the time than a jig or other big fish bait. what I mean is if you took the average weight from a hundred fish caught on all the popular baits, swimbaits would win hands down. It wouldnt even be close. Now a jig might catch as manny big ones but it would also catch more small opnes. Big worms are interesting. I dont think you increase your odds much just by upsizing your worms. I have caught a ton of very small fish on verry big worms. I think a big worm fished in a regular spot will do as good or less than a small worm. However a big worm fished in a big fish spot will greatly outproduce a small worm. The small creature bait still makes no sence to me but I have a very high average weight on little 3in power hawgs. It makes no sence to me but there is something that better sized fish like about them. Of corse most of my big powerhawg fish were caught at night in ponds. hmmmm.
Jerkbate reply :
11 lbs 7 oz. - Minnow
13 lbs 4 oz. - Minnow
10 lbs 5 oz. - Culprit Worm
10 lbs 0 oz. - Berkley Black Powerbait Worm
11 lbs 2 oz. - Spinnerbait
13 lbs 14oz. - Spinnerbait
Catt reply :
To consistently catch big bass you should throw 1 of 3 baits, Worms, Jig-N-Craws, or Swim Baits.
I agree with Doug Hannon when said It takes a rare breed of fisherman using simple techniques to perfection to consistently catch big bass.
The two biggest mistakes most people make are they don't fish where big bass live and they over complicate the lure selection.
Don't worry about what name brand worms, jigs, or swim baits; pick one and throw it where big bass live.
I probably have the simplest selection of lures of any body on this web site; call it Ole School if you want to but it works and it'll work any where, any time, under any condition.
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