Underutilized bass lures 2024
Wurming67 reply :
What do you think is most underutilized bass lures?
Gundog reply :
Probably a 3 inch grub. I use it but in the days of expensive lures these inexpensive lures seem to get lost in the noise.
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:01 AM, Gundog said:Probably a 3 inch grub. I use it but in the days of expensive lures these inexpensive lures seem to get lost in the noise.
Great answer!!!!!!
In the day of $20 baits it is tough to use a tried and true bass catching machine. But 25 years ago when I was 12 it was working well.
bigturtle reply :
inline spinners
Wurming67 reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:01 AM, Gundog said:Probably a 3 inch grub. I use it but in the days of expensive lures these inexpensive lures seem to get lost in the noise.
Great pick!!!I'm gonna say buzzbaits
jbsoonerfan reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:28 AM, bigturtle said:inline spinners
Another great answer. I remember catching a ton of bass on a zebco 33 and a Mepps
BassThumb reply :
Jigworm
papajoe222 reply :
Tubes and grubs. Spider grubs to be more specific. Tubes probably get used more than grubs, but it seems to me that's only because they have what I consider a cult following; guys that will use them on top, middle, or on the bottom swear by them as their #1 soft plastic.
A-Jay reply :
A-Jay
WRB reply :
Jig n pig with real pork rind. Pork rind is so under used it's no longer being made.
Tom
Catt reply :
Craw Worms!
Everyone wants to stick em on a jig
Try Texas rigging em; they deadly 
WRB reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:12 AM, A-Jay said:
A-Jay
I see Tremor heads are now available at TW!
Tom
A-Jay reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:30 AM, WRB said:I see Tremor heads are now available at TW!
Tom
I noticed that too Tom ~
It's the great bait No One throws - You Know though.
I'm good with that.
A-Jay
Gundog reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:12 AM, WRB said:Jig n pig with real pork rind. Pork rind is so under used it's no longer being made.
Tom
I still got a jar of Uncle Josh's somewhere. Use to put them on spinner baits too.
MIbassyaker reply :
I have always thought topwater propbaits were under-used (Torpedo, Devil's horse, Skitter Prop, Kelly J, etc.)
This was confirmed for me when the Whopper Plopper came out and, instead of calling it a propbait, everybody called it "a buzzbait that floats!"
Dorado reply :
This was from yesterday. I tried everything at a highly pressured pond and always resort to this from my panic box. They work day and night. My dad used the same grub and caught a nice Channel Catfish today. The 3" grub has Sky rocketed to my top 3 favorite lures of all time.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:12 AM, WRB said:Jig n pig with real pork rind. Pork rind is so under used it's no longer being made.
Tom
And it's such a shame that they're not being produced anymore.
The grub is a great answer. Such a versatile bait that is very effective that has pretty much been relegated to being a trailer and nothing else anymore.
Crestliner2008 reply :
Some great responses thus far. I'm agreeing more with the 3" curly tailed grub. I've caught a ton of bass - both species - as well huge crappie, catfish and even trout on these. Yet still, no one really talks about it much. Probably because the marketing gurus prefer that we keep buying the "new" lure of the day!
Here's another one for you: the Helin Flatfish. Can't tell you how many times this lure has saved the day for me.
Mike L reply :
Other than what has been listed, imho #1 would be the Sluggo!
I'd bet the majority of folks reading this are saying to themselves... "wait, what is that??
Mike
Bassin' Brad reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:03 PM, Mike L said:Other than what has been listed, imho #1 would be the Sluggo!
I'd bet the majority of folks reading this are saying to themselves... "wait, what is that??
Mike
Okay I'm going to say it.....wait, what is that??
tholmes reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:03 PM, Mike L said:Other than what has been listed, imho #1 would be the Sluggo!
I'd bet the majority of folks reading this are saying to themselves... "wait, what is that??
Mike
I know what they are! Those things have been catching bass for years, but seemed to fall out of favor for some reason. Lunker City makes several soft plastics that fly under the radar for a lot of bass fishermen, but are great products.
My vote for the most underutilized bass lure is the Johnson Silver Minnow spoon.
Tom
Bassin' Brad reply :
Okay I Googled Sluggo bass lure and now I know what it is but somebody needs to tell me how to fish it!!
lmbfisherman reply :
My two are curly tailed grubs and inline spinners. I catch multispecies with both.
papajoe222 reply :
Before the shakey head boom, a light wire stand-up jig head (cost $.25-.50) and a 4in. reaper was a go to presentation in Wisc. and Minn. waters for walleye. Bass fishermen kept it a secret.
Mike L reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 10:08 PM, Bassin' Brad said:Okay I'm going to say it.....wait, what is that??
On 4/3/2017 at 10:45 PM, Bassin' Brad said:Okay I Googled Sluggo bass lure and now I know what it is but somebody needs to tell me how to fish it!!
Brad...
Sluggo's are a medium to soft plastic sitck bait.
They are deadly when used as a "twitch" bait as opposed to the way a senko is usually used.
Even tho they can be used weightless, Ive been useing these for years with a nail weight in the nose which will make that thing come alive plus it will add distance to your cast.
With a minimum amount of salt, rigged on a jig head or t rigged, it will stand up straighter than your middle finger while it wave's and sways.
The slits cut into the sides give it a shimmy when worked through the water column or on a straight retrieve like nothing else you can buy.
Think of it as a long slender fluke with a tapered body from head to tail with a built in cut design that gives it it's unique action.
Mike
scaleface reply :
The Flying lure . I know its a joke but it works as advertised . Lift it up and it glides away from you . I have never caught anything big with it but I have caught lots of dinks on those things .
cgolf reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:11 PM, scaleface said:The Flying lure . I know its a joke but it works as advertised . Lift it up and it glides away from you . I have never caught anything big with it but I have caught lots of dinks on those things .
As much of a bad rap those types of lures get, a lot of tail weighted rigs used now to go under docks us a similar principle. I shudder to mention it, but the banjo minnow has an action not all that dissimilar to a lot of baits right now, maybe it was ahead of its time, and unfortunately to serious anglers got a bad rap because of how it started and those cheesy infomercials lol.
RMax reply :
Spider Parts/Spider Grub. Cabin Creek Spider Parts kill bass in a stream!
RoLo reply :
The sale of 'pork rind' was strangled by plastic trailers, forcing Uncle Josh to change their entire business model
The Zoom Fluke stole the show from the 'Sluggo', which is very rarely mentioned for bass (pike, yes).
Above all, I believe the most underutilized lure is the "Johnson weedless spoon" (w/ grub trailer).
That sucker will navigate cover that other lures fear to tread.
With regard to rigging systems, whatever happened to the 'Splitshot rig'?
It seems that ever since the dropshot rig was introduced, anglers abandoned the split-shot rig,
but they are totally different rigging systems.
Roger
WRB reply :
Roger, agree with everything you said and when you add soft plastics are colorful and easy to use pork rind was displaced. The split shot rig became the mojo rig both are not as popular as the drop shot rig. Sluggo's being replaced by Flukes...both hit the market about the same time and Senko's may have replaced both with today's anglers. Johnson Silver minnow had one of the dullest hooks of any lure, great action. Persuader lures makes an up dated version Johnson Silver minnow with sharp hooks and impressive finish that works good. Being old and stubborn I still use all the above including. Sluggo as a Scrounger jig trailer...
Tom
RoLo reply :
I still use the Sluggo too, but mostly for northern pike.
I still use Johnson spoons a lot, but the first thing I do with every J-spoon is sharpen the single hook (done).
A Dropshot rig is an 'external-sinker rig', whereas a Splitshot rig is an 'internal-sinker rig', they're
very different systems. With an external-sinker rig (dropshot rig), a taut line abruptly transmits
every movement of the rod. With an internal-sinker rig (split-shot rig), a taut line reaches the sinker,
but the bait is on a slack-line behind the weight. In essence, a split-shot rig is an ultralight Carolina Rig,
but without the annoying features of a C-rig. I still use the splitshot rig,
but use a 1/16 oz bullet sinker and tiny swivel instead of shot.
Roger
soflabasser reply :
Jitterbug
RoLo reply :
On 4/5/2017 at 7:44 AM, soflabasser said:Jitterbug
Raul will tell you, the Jitterbug never disappeared from his tackle box 
soflabasser reply :
On 4/5/2017 at 9:03 AM, RoLo said:
Raul will tell you, the Jitterbug never disappeared from his tackle box
Got a couple Jitterbugs myself.They are excellent lures to use at night.
gimruis reply :
How about a spoon/daredevil/blue fox? Probably not specifically designed for bass, but its basically a tear drop shapes painted piece of metal with a treble hook on it.
jtharris3 reply :
These pre-rigged worms have been around for a long time. You can still find them in just about any tackle store here is Mich. And they still work.
I personally havent used used one in many years but, I still see them around.
BASS302 reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 9:50 AM, Wurming67 said:What do you think is most underutilized bass lures?
This year it's everything in my tackle box. So far, I've only been able to go fishing once this year!
But seriously, probably an inline spinner. I don't use them for bass, but my Dad had a favorite Mepps he used for bass.
jimf reply :
On 4/5/2017 at 9:25 AM, gimruis said:How about a spoon/daredevil/blue fox? Probably not specifically designed for bass, but its basically a tear drop shapes painted piece of metal with a treble hook on it.
I don't use them but I keep telling myself I should because I bet they would do great. I like the inline spinner comments above as well - and yet again another lure that I haven't used for bass in ages. I'm going to make it a point to pick up a couple of spoons and in-line spinners and give them another look.
smr913 reply :
On 4/3/2017 at 11:12 AM, A-Jay said:
A-Jay
Smallie Candy right there.
crypt reply :
mepps spinners,johnson silver minnow. still use them today. tomorrow, today i'm working.
Scarborough817 reply :
whopper plopper
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