What baits are catching you fish this year? 2025

MichiganFisherman reply :

For me, it's senkos (surprise!). Just interested in seeing what's working for everyone else.

NovaBasser reply :

Space Monkey & Jig and Rage Chunk combos!

krisjack69 reply :

Trick worms and *** trick sticks have been doing good for me so far.I wouldn't know what I would do without those.Last saturday I cought about 3 bass and one bream on a trick worm.I was surprised that a I could catch a bream with a trick worm on a 4/0 hook.

MichiganFisherman reply :

Oh yeah, I know color is dependant on water clarity, weather, and what not but, feel free to mention it!

Maxximus Redneckus reply :

ragetails frogs n space monkeys,manns augertails ,zoom flukes the rage tails are accounting for 90% of my fish

FishDontLikeMe1301600221 reply :

space monkey(green),cane toads(white),12" worms(black or white) and 5'-8' diver cranks(sexy shad).

Mottfia reply :

Spinnerbaits, jigs, and paca craws have made up the bulk of my catch but I have also had a few great days on shakey heads, trick worms, and carolina rigs.

Its getting about time for my crankbait bite to pick up so that will be on the list real soon

Mottfia

grimlin reply :

Mizmo Tube

GW reply :

Gold in-line spinners and Green pumpkin gulp worms without a weight.

MichiganFisherman reply :

How do you guys fish the space monkeys? T-rigged, as a trailer, or ?

S I G M A reply :

Mimic lures flat shad, fat free shads, senkos, and fat ikas

SJex reply :

Drop shotting Roboworm Straight Tail Worms. Zoom 4" Lizards and 5" Shakey Head Worms on 3/16 oz. shakey head jigs.

FishDontLikeMe1301600221 reply :

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How do you guys fish the space monkeys? T-rigged, as a trailer, or ?

t-rigged either with a small weight on bottom, or weightless up top on the slop.but you can fish this bait so many ways,its awesome.

NovaBasser reply :

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How do you guys fish the space monkeys? T-rigged, as a trailer, or ?

Swim it, buzz it, wake it, hop it on the bottom, dead stick it, jig trailer, t-rig, and c-rig, stand-up jig and I'm probably missing a few ways to present this bait. It's too versatile!

J Francho reply :

Creatures

Ribbon Tail Worm

Grass Jig

Shaky head

Drop shot finesse worm

Frogs

Spinnerbait

Jerk/Slash bait

Flukes

Wacky Worms

Cranks

Spooks

Buzzbait

Did I miss any?

MichiganFisherman reply :

Awesome. Bait monkey says I need to pick up his space monkey friends now! ;D

bigtimfish reply :

X Rap, Rogues,12" GRN pumpkin/blue worms,8" lizards.Wave tiki gorilla and tiki lobsters

dman reply :

***....First year trying them texas rigged and wieghted and doing well......Zoom Finesse and trick worms.

Still waiting for my Space Monkey bite to happen :-/

bassin is addicting reply :

pumpkin blk/grn flake senko wacky rigged

lake fork tackle- live magic shad

dawn- popper

dusk- jitterbug

Wayne P. reply :

Lipless cranks

Chatterbait

Spinnerbait

Buzzbait

Hollow frogs

Solid frogs

Ribbontail worms (Tx rigged)

Finesse worms (wacky and shakey head)

Trick worms (wacky and Tx rigged)

Senkos (Tx rigged)

Swimbaits (hard and soft)

Jigs

Tubes

Soft plastic craws

Diving cranks

Poppers

Spooks

Lizzards (Carolina rigged)

Flutter Spoons

Roadrunners

Dock Master reply :

Senkos

Jigs

Topwater

Crankbaits

RippinLips86 reply :

shallow crank baits and 7" straight tail Roboworms.

CODbasser reply :

robo work on ds, shakey head, lc pointer 78 in ghost minnow, jig with paca chunk...great action on the paca craws and chunks by the way...for some of you that dont wanna spend the extra $$on the rage tails check these out....not as good but a decent cheap alternative..

DINK WHISPERER reply :

Same ones that catch em every other year!

Plastic worms

Senkos

Rat-L-Traps

Eddie Munster reply :

Bandit Series 100 Medium Crankbait in Tennessee Shad color (one that I found in a tree 8-))

Zoom U-tail Worm Red Shad 7"

Zoom Trick Worm Grn Pumpkin Red flake 7"

Caught the majority of my fish so far this year on these three baits.

Big Bait Fishing reply :

rage tail toads (green pumkin/pearl belly , green pumkin/chartruse ,and green pumkin)and my favorite frog , the canyon plastics 4.5'' frog (in grasshopper color).if the weeds( grass) would stay all year , i'd probably fish frogs exclusively !!!

Gone_Phishin reply :

Six inch straight tail Roboworms.

BassFishingMachine reply :

Wakebaits

Spinnerbaits

Lipless Cranks

Sweet Beavers

Jig w/paca or ragetail chunk

Buzzbaits

Ragetail Shads

Jitterbugs

Zoom Baby Brushhogs

Zoom U-tail worm

bigfish88 reply :

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Creatures
Ribbon Tail Worm

Grass Jig

Shaky head

Drop shot finesse worm

Frogs

Spinnerbait

Jerk/Slash bait

Flukes

Wacky Worms

Cranks

Spooks

Buzzbait

Did I miss any?

nope J that bout covers it haha

Catt reply :

Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm: Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage) & Junebug/Blue Tail

Rage Tail Lobster Junebug

Rattle Head Spinner Bait (until it finally broke): 3/8 oz double willow gold/silver, white/chartreuse skirt

Stanley Wedge Spinner Bait (until it finally broke): 1/4 oz willow/Colorado gold/silver, white skirt

Stanley Wedge Spinner Bait (until it finally broke): 3/8 oz double willow gold/silver, white/chartreuse skirt

Bill Lewis Rat-L-Trap: 1/2 oz Red Chrome & Gold/Black Back/Orange Belly

Hart Throb Buzz Bait: Gold Blade & White Shirt

Muddy reply :

*** 3.5inch brush bug on slider snagless jig head

5 inch *** wacky rigged

6inch *** Brush Bug on 1/4 football jig head

*** * /weightless trigged,backwards

Old Original Big O, in Bluegill ( paint starting to chip!)

Mann Wake Bait

and one on a Swimbait... too hard for my shoulder to thorw, I am putting these to rest

looking4structure reply :

1/2oz chrome/blue rattletraps and t-rigged baby brushhogs watermelon candy

Gangley reply :

ZOOM Horny Toad

Stanley's Ribbit

Rebel Minnow

ZOOM Fluke

Lobster Monster reply :

Stick worms

Sweet Beavers

Red Eye Shads

Black and Blue Jigs

bmadd reply :

Cordell Super Spots-Rayburn Red

Rapala Shad Raps-Black/Silver

Bomber Fat Free Shads BD6-Citrus Shad

Carolina Rigged Brush Hogs-Watermelon Candy/Chartreuse dyed Tails

TX Rigged 10" Power Worms-Plum

3/8-1/2 oz. BooYah Boo jigs in Grn Pumpkin or Watermelon Pumpkin dressed in either Green Pumpkin double tails or Green Pumpkin Chigger Craws

adclem reply :

My 2 biggest producers so far this year have been a black and blue 3/8oz finesse jig with a 3" Chigger craw and a Berkley Power Hawg 5" in Green Pumpkin.

Later,

Fishing Rhino reply :

Started the year catching them on jigs. The jigs worked well from March into May.

In May, it became the Rage Tail products and wacky worming which were the top producers.

In June, I got some Jackall Wacky Jig Heads in all three sizes. They worked very well, and continue to do so.

The top producer for the year has to be the ShakE2 jig head with a Strike King four inch finesse worm in the coppertreuse color.

Casts a mile. Tends the bottom nicely, and most hangs are easily freed with the bowstring technique.

The best part is the worms never wear out, nor do they ever get stripped from the hook. Even pickerel cannot tear them.

They last until the entire rig gets irretrievably hung on the bottom.

chubaka reply :

wacky senko

detroit1 reply :

In order of #'s caught: Kinami flash 4" char/whi lam., home-assembled spinnerbaits including my own version of "drop dead fred",xps dropshot minno (spring) blk/blue lam. razor worm (summer) on dropshot rig, 1/8 oz. chatterbait with various soft plastics (no skirt), dd22, flat maxx (shallow) in perch, 4" white curlytail grub on 1/8 oz slider head, deep wee r in craw, and bunches of other soft plastics and cranks.

mrlitetackle reply :

top so far has to be the jointed rapala (black on silver) for me....

classic bait, that still does the trick.

close second with white paddle tail mud minnows rigged with a keel weighted SB hook.

Skeet22 reply :

KVD Perfect Plastic Game Hawg(Watermelon red flake)

Zoom U-tale Watermelon seed

Super Fluke Watermelon seed

Cavitron Buzzer early in the morning

Shane J reply :

This has been my best fishing year OF MY LIFE!!! I discovered Rage Tails this year. Coincidence? I don't think so.

central_fl_fishin reply :

I try everything plastic (100's of bags.) Creatures, worms, etc... But for 30 years, every year, I always use and catch bass on 7" grape curly tail worms, mostly Culprit. If I had to pick a bait that I had to use for the rest of time that would be it, FL-rigged with a 1/8 oz bullet.

EastTexasBassin reply :

in no particular order...

spinnerbaits

buzzbaits

spro bbz1 shad

ragetail shad

ragetail toad

spro bronzeye frog

bass magic soft plastic swimbaits

jig n lobster

c-rigged lobster

jig n flappin hog

c-rigged yamamoto kreature

senko on a drop shot

Mann's -1

roboworm on a shakey head

berkley crazy legs chigger craw on a shakey head

brush hog weightless and on a shakey head

at least those are the main ones...

kms399 reply :

X-raps

x walk 13

craw tubes

spinner baits (thanks Glenn)

some on shaky head, spot remover jig with a manns jelly worm.

Jack Handey reply :

to find 'em: Lethal Weapon II swim jig with 5" fat albert grub

to mop 'em up: Rage Tail Craw, 1/4 oz t-rig

Bass Junkie reply :

#1: 5'' Trick Stick, T-Rigged w/o weight

#2: 5" Trick Stick, Wacky Rigged

#3: Heddon Tiny Torpedo

#4: Storm Sub Wart, waked on top

#5: Storm Subwart, Crashed through laydowns

#6: No-Name Crankbait, Cranked around trees

#7: Yo-Zuri Hardcore bass wakebait. ( Killer)

#8: Storm Thunder Dawg

#9: 5" T-rigged Trick Stick, 1/8oz weight( CASTS A MILE )

#10: Booyah Pond Magic Spinnerbait, White with Berkley Powerbait 2.5 inch grub, white as a trailer

#11: Strike King Mini Pro Buzz, Firetiger.

Their are more if ya wanna know............................. :

avid reply :

I used to experiment alot with new baits but not so much anymore. I truly believe that with LMB finding the fish is the key, what you throw at them is secondary. So I have been sticking with the old reliables that seem to work year after year with an occasional new bait thrown in for diversity.

That would be in no particular order

ratltrap

horney toad

senko

7" culprit

chug bug

rico popper

zara spook

speed worm

king shad

RC 1.5

S Hovanec reply :

After the May jerkbait bite died down, the Jackall Cross Tail Shads have been my best producer this year.

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