What Is Ur Most Productive,(Lure Or Bait) In General 2025

jonnysmith reply :

i was wondering what has been the most productive bait n lure for you,if u could only use 1 bait or lure 2 fish????...for me here in miami its been the silver (rattling) minnow (lookalike) that dives a few feet under water & the top water rubber frog in (green & brown), i have also done pretty good using a simple silver spoon too,ive hooked a few big bass on spoons..the minnow by far has been the most productive 4 me in general 2b honest, in fresh,brakish or salt water & with a big selection of different fish..i dont think u can go wrong with the blk. n silver rattling minnow...

Felix77 reply :

Senko ... Wacky or Texas Rigged weightless

jonnysmith reply :

that has been the most productive bait for u in all sort of conditions,waters n weather?

MCS reply :

Grande bass rattlesnake in june bug or trophy hunter rigged weightless or a small bullet weight. All conditions, cold hot sunny rainy....etc. Wonder how it would do in the saltwater around here.

---=Martin=--- reply :

Black 5" Senko, Texas Rigged. Weightless.

volchuck reply :

My fav all time and most productive has been a chartreuse Strike King foam frog (up til last yr primarily fishing big ponds small walk around lakes)

last 2 years black finesse jig with small craw trailer, maybe 1/4 oz, no more than 1/2 (ponds and TN river lakes (Pickwick/Kentucky)

Nitrofreak reply :

Around here there is nothing that beats creature baits IMO, either by theirselves or tied on a jig, almost a fish every time you cast.

flyfisher reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 4:13 AM, Nitrofreak said:
...... almost a fish every time you cast.

I need to fish with you

Felix77 reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 3:09 AM, mvorbrodt said:
Black 5" Senko, Texas Rigged. Weightless.

I'm with you 110% here. Most productive under any conditions for me :-)

Nitrofreak reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 4:15 AM, flyfisher said:
I need to fish with you

Anytime the family is not with me you are more than welcome on my boat.

flyfisher reply :

If we are talking what is the bait that prevents me from being skunked for a day then I would have to go with a fluke. They can be fished pretty much everywhere in the water column and flat out produce.

Other than that, I change up so often I don't have a go to bait. This past fall I got into throwing crankbaits and this winter jigs and deep diving cranks have been the ticket.

Nitrofreak reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 4:39 AM, flyfisher said:
If we are talking what is the bait that prevents me from being skunked for a day then I would have to go with a fluke. They can be fished pretty much everywhere in the water column and flat out produce. Other than that, I change up so often I don't have a go to bait. This past fall I got into throwing crankbaits and this winter jigs and deep diving cranks have been the ticket.

My anti skunk bait would be the Jerk bait.

roadwarrior reply :

5" Senko or Fat Ika, take your pick!

gripnrip reply :

Senko and crankbait. By finding this forum I'm hoping to change that though!

J Francho reply :

Productive? As in getting bites from quality fish and not dinks....most of the time, a jig.

fstr385 reply :

Thats a tough one for me. I guess it would have to be a 5" watermelon/red senko or 10" pumkin green/pearl ribbontail t-rigged. Hard lure would be a wht/chart with a pair of gold and silver willow/indy blades

Stork reply :

I've gotten good quantity and quality on a shallow diving Bomber Square A in a brown craw finish.

Plastic worms when the sun is high or the fish are sluggish. Power worms.

When they are hitting topwater I go with a Pop-R with baby bass finish. It's been lights out at times.

The answer is probably situational depending on the time of day and conditions but if I had to choose just one, it'd be a square-billed shallow diving crankbait.

Broke bass fisherman reply :

Chartreuse buzz bait

EvanT123 reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 4:39 AM, flyfisher said:
If we are talking what is the bait that prevents me from being skunked for a day then I would have to go with a fluke. They can be fished pretty much everywhere in the water column and flat out produce.

FishinDaddy reply :

Black/blue flake vibe worm.

Sam reply :

Treble Hook Baits - crankbaits and Shad Raps silver with black back.

Plastics - Shaky Head, Drop Shot and Wacky Rigged Senkos and trick worms.

Teal reply :

1/2 oz Jig. Green pumpkin/and a few strands of blue. Craw trailer in either Okeechobee craw or green pumkin.

That bait has caught me fish in every season of the year and is almost always tied on or laying in the front deck.

Im surprised more people didnt say a jig. Its my go to and my fall back.

war-eagle reply :

Renegade plastic worms!

SirSnookalot reply :

Jig and trailer or a senko, but it's not my most enjoyable way to fish. I personally would rather fish a hard jerkbait or top water popper even I catch less fish. The water dictates my choice of lures.

BrettD reply :

Big-ez or pop-r

Nitrofreak reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 11:41 AM, Teal said:
1/2 oz Jig. Green pumpkin/and a few strands of blue. Craw trailer in either Okeechobee craw or green pumkin.
That bait has caught me fish in every season of the year and is almost always tied on or laying in the front deck.

Im surprised more people didnt say a jig. Its my go to and my fall back.

The jig IMO is my go to bait and a lot of members here will most likly agree as to the effectivness of a jig, I will fish a jig over soft plastic baits anytime if the soft plastics are not working, but think about what happens here in our areas, when the bite really slows down and even the jig bite does not work that great, if at all, answer me this, why do you think the jig stops working when it is usually a go to bait?

My answer is the fish are suspended, either feeding in a shallow layer of oxygenated water or holding close to that oxygenated layer, if you know where you can find some rather large humps or some type of structure that allows the fish to gather in areas like these the chances of you being successful are going to be slim, when the bite is really slow, I tend to revert back to my winter patterns, yes the jig is one of those baits I will utilise, but unless the bass are on the bottom or holding tight to some type of structure then the jig becomes much less effective, so what do you do when the fish are suspended and lock jawed? you have to slow way down, just like winter, I will break out my jerk baits and my drop shots and work them both to death.

My favorite is the Jerk Bait, especially suspending Jerk Baits.

Teal reply :

You are certainly right that when fish are suspended the jig is not the best answer. And the jig is not the only lure on my boat. Like everyone else, ill still use other techniques. But this is where fishing styles come in. I like fishing structure, shallow and deep. Fish will always relate to structure. When theythe seem toto beme suspended, unless they are stacked up thick, im looking for big humps, steep points, riprap points. More than half of my fish this winter were caught on either a 1oz football jig or a 1/2oz arky style jig.

Ill give you this tho Nitro, Jerkbait isnt a bad pick. Normally its my most productive winter lure...not so much after early spring... not for me anyways.. i i could only pick one type of lure... its the jig.

Louiem reply :

For me its the swim senko. Usually watermellon or pumpkin depending on how dirty the water is. Whether its in the canal behind my house or out at Lox they have been the go to for me and my 6 Y.O son.

DINK WHISPERER reply :

Junebug Senko T-rigged weightless and a gold/black back 1/2 oz rat-l-trap. Anytime, anywhere.....

whitwolf reply :

On 1/24/2013 at 4:13 AM, Nitrofreak said:
Around here there is nothing that beats creature baits IMO, either by theirselves or tied on a jig, almost a fish every time you cast.

Nitro, try a small(ish) creature bait on a shakeyhead It's unreal!

Edit: As for the topic, the bait that always catches me fish when I really need one Is a 4" Zoom dead ringer, watermelon/red teamed with a Siebert Outdoors Zenith shakeyhead.

jonnysmith reply :

yesterday i was atving deep in the everglades at 1 of my fishing holes & since i only had a backpack on & had to travel lite weight on my atv.i only had a wallmart lite fishing rod with 10lb & with a small plastic crawfish from wallmart too.it was chilly yesterday cold front came thru,the bass were not biting but i had a blast catching,Gars,Oscars & snakeheads till my plastic crawfish was bitten to peaceses hahaha..since it been really dry in south florida the fish in those smal ponds about the size of a swimming pool r dammmmmmm hungry..

BassinLou reply :

I would have to say the trick worm, fluke, and frog (in no particular order)down here in South FL. If you do not get hits on any of those baits pack it up and call it a day.

Jake Coucoules reply :

Senko or swim jig.

Jake P reply :

KVD 1.5 in Gizzard shad.

plumworm reply :

Wow, I guess it would be a 5" Senko pumpkin/chart tip, wacky style. But, durn it, a Senko any way is better than good. For smallmouth, Always a crawfish colored tube jig.

Crankenstein Crony reply :

Hard bait: SK 1.5 square bill

Soft Bait: Robo Worm

Bankbeater reply :

A jig with some sort of trailer on it.

TNBassin' reply :

My two are a black neon yum ribbon tail, and a SK RES.

SPEEDBEAD. reply :

Largemouth: swimbait, jig, fluke

Smallmouth: Pop R, fluke, swimbait

rdollar80 reply :

Drop Shot'n a roboworm

TrapperJ reply :

last year for me it was Caffeine Shad, tore them up all year long on those babies.

Primus reply :

Versatility would be mine, that said my go to for finding fish would be a crankbait in most situations. No one crank does the job as I have a variety that will fish the surface down to app 20' deep and everything in between.

PABASS reply :

LMB: All time would be spinnerbait, this year would be KVD 1.5 sexy shad.

Smallmouth: All time would be a SpiderJig, this year hula grub.

Shane J reply :

Jig and Craw for size, which is what I fish for. If I was going for numbers, then a crank or Senko would probably be it.

tholmes reply :

For numbers, a 7-1/2" ribbon-tail worm, T-rigged, in Tequila Sunrise or Red Shad.

For big fish, a 1/2 oz. jig w/craw trailer, black w/blue flake.

Tom

papajoe222 reply :

Jig

Jay Ell Gee reply :

On 2/2/2013 at 11:58 PM, BassinLou said:
I would have to say the trick worm, fluke, and frog (in no particular order)down here in South FL. If you do not get hits on any of those baits pack it up and call it a day.

Are you sure that you don't mean Louisiana?

WhiteMike1018 reply :

spinnerbait for me colorado/willow and white skirt.....if i could only use one lure thats what it would be

Jaiden reply :

Wacky rigged watermelon Yum Dinger. My best producer.

mnbassman23 reply :

hands down a Jig. Preferably in a sunfish/bluegill pattern.

Christian M reply :

#1- 5" Senko, Texas Rigged, Weightless

#2- 3/8 oz black Spinnerbait, #6 gold Indiana, #2 Colorado blade

These are my top producers as far as numbers.

If we're talking about fishing for Lunkers, Ill take a Craw colored jig w/a watermelon red beaver tail trailer.

Darren. reply :

Wacky rigged Senkos!!

RAMBLER reply :

Zoom trick worm, watermelon red, T-rig weightless

OutKast Actual reply :

Some sort of Senko type bait or a Zoom Fluke has been my (2) most productive in most types of waters & weather conditions. My all time favorite lure to use though is a Spinner Bait...i just enjoy the spinner bait bite better than all others.

As far as baits (live); crawdads & "Grampuss" (Hellgramite).

tubeman reply :

Gitzit Spider Jig brown crawl with chartreuse tail, 1/8 ounce jig head.

Crappiebasser reply :

If productive means numbers caught it a c rigged 4" Zoom watermelon lizard. If productive means quality fish it's a 1/2oz mop jig.

McAlpine reply :

1/4oz terminator T-1 in white/silver.

However Rapala/terminator have stopped producing a 1/4oz. Stupidity!

That size with their blades can be worked at just the right speed.

Now I have to find a new spinnerbait manufacturer. Bummer for me, plus they lost a dedicated customer.

Awesome bait if you can find any.

11justin22 reply :

A trig baby brush hog for me with a jig not far behind.

jignfule reply :

Fat Ika

bassfisherman3526 reply :

yeah senko here

Avalonjohn44 reply :

I have three that I always throw because of their productivity for me. Hard to choose ahead of time because conditions always vary, but these three baits will be with me on every fishing trip because of the numbers of bass they've caught me:

Zoom Baby Brush Hog - Blackberry Most colors work well, but in my home waters the blackberry color is excellent. I try to keep five bags in reserve.

Terminator Green/White Spinnerbait - Anyone can catch a fish with a green and white spinnerbait used properly. Wal-Mart had these on clearance one year and I bought about a dozen.

Lucky Craft RC 1.5 - Blue Bream color - Best crankbait of all time. Down to my last one. They are getting hard to find. In a year, I suspect that this will be replaced by the KVD 1.5...

Big Bassman reply :

For me it will vary each year depending on where and when I am fishing. Last year it was a spinner bait, and some years it is the jig&pig or worm, but most years it is probably a crank. During the course of a season I will use many different baits, again depending on time of year and body of water. Always searching for the one bait that will give me the best results. Sometimes I am looking for numbers of good fish, and sometimes I am looking for big fish, that to will make a difference.

iabass8 reply :

Either a squarebill/lipless crank, jig or shakey head is something I will always depend on.

jonnysmith reply :

i was over at everglades national park this thrusday on the fresh water side. i put a bunch of lure in the water and not 1 hit.then i went to a sliver spoon 3in long & in my 2nd cast i got a snook,then thruout the day i got a few bass,cat fish, 2 trouts.

BassmanDan reply :

A trickworm, either green pumpkin or black. If I am not throwing it my partner is outfishing me with one so I don't have a lot of choices.

Sherlock 60 reply :

5" Senko weightless, watermelon pepper or smoke pearl blue.

Amarley reply :

I've had a lot of luck with Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers. I got put on to them on a trip to Okeechobee and haven't put them down since. They are a great post-spawn into fall lure and you can fish any depth. I like to texas rig them either weightless or with a weighted belly 4/0 hook. Rigged this way, they are completely weedless and I can honestly say I've only lost 1 or two over the two seasons I've fished them. You can pitch/swim them on a jig, do a true texas rig with a bullet weight, even put them on an umbrella rig. Very versatile and inexpensive way to catch a ton of bass.

I also like crankbaits. The Strike King squarebills are tough to beat. For deeper cranks, I prefer the Bomber Fat Free shad. I bought some of the deep diver square bill fat free shad over the winter and can't wait to try them out.

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