Your Best Lure So Far This Year.... 2024
STL BassMan reply :
Hey guys, just wondering what everyone's most productive lure has been so far this year. Wondering what kind of contrasts or similarities we will see.
For me, I've been catching the majority of my fish on a Zoom Brush Hog. A lot of my buddies have had much success on Strike Kings beaver style plastic.
How bout you?
WdyCrankbait reply :
Paca Craws! I have done some serious damage with those!!
(Go Cardinals!!)
zenyoungkoh reply :
so far berkley havoc craw for me! but i just got into zoom fluke and i love it!
zenyoungkoh reply :
so far berkley havoc craw for me! but i just got into zoom fluke and i love it!
ol rob reply :
June Bug Zoom Horny Toad fished as top water. WOW!
Rob
Goose52 reply :
Earlier in the year, it was lipless cranks. Just yesterday, 5" grubs passed up the lipless cranks in bass count.
Score as of today:
Lipless cranks: 126 bass
5" grubs: 131 bass
dhami013 reply :
Baby Brush Hog for sure. Though I haven't tried the regular sized brush hog. I've just had so much success on the baby one that I didn't bother to try it. It's working well for you though?
Also been getting them on Senkos. Those are the 2 plastics I have on me always.
deep reply :
#1. weightless T-rigged GY senko (don't hate on me lol)
#2. finesse jigs
#3. rattle-traps
in that order.
throwback reply :
Though I'm just starting out, I was amazed that I caught a couple of bass from the shore of the pond behind my house on the baby brush hog. First time I've ever tossed that lure in my life. I'm really just practicing throwing the baitcasting reels.
Red reply :
Bandit 200 in Pearl w/Chart Back. Have caught the majority of my numbers and size on this bait.
dhami013 reply :
On 5/18/2011 at 9:25 AM, throwback said:Though I'm just starting out, I was amazed that I caught a couple of bass from the shore of the pond behind my house on the baby brush hog. First time I've ever tossed that lure in my life. I'm really just practicing throwing the baitcasting reels.
Brush hogs will change your whole outlook on plastic baits. I used to only use ribbon tails. Haven't touched them since I started using the brush hog. You can pitch and flip it, you can rig it weightless. Love it. Kiwi when it's clear water, green pumpkin when it's dark.
Nibbles reply :
5" Junebug DT Grub tipped on various jigs.
It just seems to be outperforming my other trailers at the moment.
JaxBasser reply :
1 - Zoom Trick Worm (junebug)
2 - Zoom Baby Brush Hog (watermelon)
3 - Zoom Ultra-Vibe Speed Worm (junebug)
4 - Zoom Fluke (watermelon)
5 - Zoom 6" Lizard (watermelon)
I never realized how much I love Zoom baits..LOL
Oh and the Baby Brush Hog is amazing on a keel weighted worm hook, try it.
OHIO reply :
Black or black/yellow buzzbaits.
5" grubs.
dhami013 reply :
I've heard of people having a lot of success with grubs, how do you rig them? Just with a jig head?
hookingem reply :
Manns baby minus 1, Northstar Jig Allimony rage craw trailer. 
Goose52 reply :
On 5/18/2011 at 10:04 AM, dhami013 said:I've heard of people having a lot of success with grubs, how do you rig them? Just with a jig head?
Grubs can be rigged many ways - jig head, t-rig, c-rig, drop shot, used as trailers, etc., etc.
For me, I nearly always fish them weightless and weedless on a 1/0 EWG hook.
fadetoblack21 reply :
Strike King Denny Brauer premier pro model jig usually with a Chompers twin tail grub as a trailer or a Zoom ultravibe chunk.
00 mod reply :
Size- RI sweet beaver 4.20 ( 8lb 9oz)
Numbers- smithwick devils horse( always have one tied on for morning topwater bite!
Fat-G reply :
Swim jigs, Rage Craws, jig.
Tim Morris reply :
tied between mann's baby -1 and a 3" salt and pepper fat albert rigged on an unpainted 1/4 oz. jig head.
TerryR reply :
Red/White and Yellow 5 of Diamonds Daredevil spoons.
kms399 reply :
well since bass season doesn't open for another week and a half I have been using a white spinner bait cause I catch just as many 15" snot rockets as I do bass, if anyone asks I'm after pike I just cant keep these bass off my line. I'm not bed fishing so where is the harm.
"Lunker Hunter" reply :
Best lure by far this year has been the Rapala DT4 Baby Bass.
SGT Rico reply :
1. Dean's Fighting frog (Black Neon)
2. 3'' Senko Texas Rigged
3. Magnum Finesse Trick Worm
4. KVD 1.5 Sexy shad
5. Black and Blue Jigs
In no particular order, they alll have caught a mess of fish for me this year so far.
slonezp reply :
Buckeye Mop Jig in PB&J w/ Yum Chunk trailer
RoLo reply :
Okay, but only because you asked: "Wave Worm Tiki-Snake - white
In spite of its name, it's what I would describe as a sickle-tail grub
(Grubs are grossly overlooked by bassers, and so is the color white...Shhhh)
Roger
SausageFingers reply :
Strike King tour grade swim jig in blue gill with a watermelon candy paca chunk.
Rage Tail baby craw in bama craw.
.ghoti. reply :
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Reel_Kaotic reply :
SK swim jig (black/blue) and Rage Chunk (black/blue)
SK Redeye Shad Bluegill 1/2oz
ChiCityBasser reply :
So far for me this year it has been the Live Target Crawfish crank C52SB o-1' in Mustard/Brown run over the tops of weeds or ripping it off the weeds. Also over very shallow flats. My other successful lure has been the BPS Egg in Texax Shad.
Jigfishn10 reply :
Wounded Shad Spook Jr. for quantity
Spinnerbait & Jigs w/twin tail grubs for quality
paul8811 reply :
So far caught alot on black buzzbaits and kvd finesse worms (green pumpkin) wacky rigged.
RoLo reply :
On 5/18/2011 at 10:04 AM, dhami013 said:I've heard of people having a lot of success with grubs, how do you rig them? Just with a jig head?
Yes
Owner 1/4 oz Type-Z Bullet Head
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The grub can be fished from the surface to the bottom.
A bullet-head jig looks no different than a Texas-rigged plastic, but pegging is never necessary
Roger
brushhoggin reply :
This year has been just absolutely windy as hell and my top producing lure has been a spinnerbait with the skirt taken off and replaced with a zoom tab-tail. if the wind weren't so ridiculous i guarantee my top lure would have been a lizard or something
Gangley reply :
Rattle Trap (Chrome Blue Back)
Strike King Rodent and Big Bite Baits Yo-Mamma
ZOOM Ol' Monster
SausageFingers reply :
On 5/19/2011 at 12:10 AM, RoLo said:
I love these! They work great for a number of baits.
The only issue I've had is the hook breaking at the bend near the top. I blame myself though. Drag was set too tight on light line and the fish made a run at the boat. I am surprised that the line didnt break before the hook though.
RoLo reply :
On 5/19/2011 at 12:32 AM, SausageFingers said:I love these! They work great for a number of baits.
The only issue I've had is the hook breaking at the bend near the top. I blame myself though. Drag was set too tight on light line and the fish made a run at the boat. I am surprised that the line didnt break before the hook though.
You’re correct.
I use 30-lb braid and have broken the shank on more than one Owner hook.
A hook under great pressure has two options, it will "bend" or it will "break".
CAVEAT> The original Owner bullet head uses fine-wire which is rubbery and prone to straightening.
The Owner Type-Z bullet head uses standard-wire and the shank is "forged".
Swaging crystallizes the steel, what we toolmakers call 'work hardening', which is good & bad.
Owner is quality, but getting the hardness of a hook just right is like walking a tightrope.
In most cases though, the hook will have landed many bass before the Rockwell goes over the top.
Roger
SAC2 reply :
7 inch zellamander in green pumpkiny red flake type of color texas rigged 1/4 bullet and 2/0 trokar EWG.
rat-l-trapper reply :
Most of my fish have been caught on a 1/2 oz firetiger booyah spinnerbait with the stock willowleaf blade replaced with a #5 silver willowleaf.
Fishing N Boots reply :
The majority of my fish have been caught using Bomber Flat A Crank Bait Shad Color.
I also have been producing a lot of fish, yet smaller, with bass assassins.
JoePhish reply :
I fish for bass all year long. What works best for me constantly changes as the seasons progress.
In the cold winter months I was nailing them on little black beavers rigged Texas w/ a bead.
Pre-spawn; I was getting hit on Chatter Frogs w/ a Swimsenko trailer.
Spawn; couldn't really sight fish beds because they were deeper this year due to low water levels. Had success using weightless, t-rigged or keel-weighted Skinny Dippers in Money Shot and White Trash. I often colored them with Spike-It markers.
Also caught a lot of fish on a silver Shad Rap 08.
Post Spawn (now); Weightless, t-rigged or keel-weighted Swimsenko in black or watermelon. T-rigged or keel-weighted Anacondas have been producing for me as well.
Oddest part of this all is that I haven't been fishing jigs that much, something that has produced well for me over the last few years. The year's not nearly over yet though.
Avalonjohn44 reply :
Cheepo Lews Rattle Trap, chrome/blue back.
2nd would be the Dean Rojas Fighting Frog, Green Pumpkin.
pitchin fool reply :
Brush beavers and kvd xd5....BOOM!!!!
Scorcher214 reply :
Jackall flickshake jig w/ a 5.8" jackall flickshake worm.
fishingkidPA reply :
trickworm (red shad)
rage baby craw (okochobee)
baby brush hog (watermelon candy)
1nstinct reply :
#1 booyah black and blue jig w/ rage craw
#2 Zoom baby bush hog
Vinny Chase reply :
NorthStar Swim Jig
Zoom Lizard
Perch Shad Rap
Raider Nation Fisher reply :
Azuma crankbaits. Size 2 3/8 inches. Weight 1/4oz. Colors: Fire Tiger, Natural Bass, Blue Sunshine, and Murder Black.
chromedog reply :
No particular order:
3/4 oz red eye shad
3/8 scrounger w/ 3.5 lake fork magic shad
100 and 78 lucky craft pointer
5" senco
guitarkid reply :
Spro McCstick in the sexy shad color
-gk
Aaron reply :
Baby brush hogs are a staple for me, or any creature bait for that matter, but I took some Yamamoto swim senkos to a farm pond yesterday and caught three of the biggest bass of my life, the biggest being in the 6-7# range.
dday07 reply :
1.fat ika's-easily num.1
2.kreature style baits
3.senkos
def. with summer almost hear it will be more shad imitation
lures(traps,topwater,etc.)
Micro reply :
As it has been for the last couple of years: a Strike King Rage Tail Space Monkey in green pumpkin, on a 4/0 Owner Twist Lock Hook with 1/8oz weight.
jeremyt reply :
Honestly my go to bait has been a brush hog, I am happy about that because it's been my first year catching on them and they have really become a confidence bait. I tied my pb of 5.3 on them. Now on to conquering rage tails.
Lake Forest Bassin reply :
My grandfather allowed me to look though his tackle box a while back and I found an old Bagleys Bang-O-Lure in gold with black stripes.It has been a very good jerk bait.I use it in the mornings and have caught my biggest bass of the year so far a 4#er.
Gone_Phishin reply :
A Lucky Craft Fat Mini D-7 in Japan Craw.
jignfule reply :
jig
fwurlitzer reply :
Outkast RT jig. Pumpkinseed or black/blue with matching rage chunk
Nice_Bass reply :
Pumpkin seed 7” powerworm
Northstar 3/8 hair jig arky head with any kind of chunk
Fat free shad in either fox or Tn shad
piscicidal reply :
Top producers for me so far this year(in order):
Skinny Dipper/Big Ez (soft swimbaits)
Ol Monster
Red Eye Shad/Aruko Shad/Excaliber (lipless cranks)
Jig/Rage Chunk
Sweet Beaver
Deep Jig reply :
Numbers : Weightless Jackall Flickshake 5.8", Dropshot
Size : Football(5lb) and Swim Jig(4lb)
ArkieHawg reply :
So far this Spring, its really depended on the lake I was fishing. Most all the lakes I fish are big, deep and clear (depending on the rain of coarse). But so far, here's my top 5:
#1 - BBB 6" Kreit Kreature (Green Pumkpin/Red) Carolina Rigged - Best bait for quality fish, one over 6lbs and several over 5lbs. These have replaced Brush Hogs in my boat. I fished Brush Hogs all last year and never caught as many BIG fish as I have with these. I have actually ran out of Kreatures, put on a Brush Hog the same color and never managed a single strike.
#2 - Megabass Vision 110 Jerkbait - Best quantity bait, 76 fish this year, 16 on my 1st trip with it, 19 on my second.
#3 - Zoom Magnum Trick Worm (Watermelon Candy) Wacky Rigged Weightless
#4 - Zoom Shaky Head Worm or Zoom Trick Worm on 3/8oz Skip Gap Jig Head (Green Pumpkin)
#5 - 1/2oz Razorblade Spinnerbait (Silver & Gold Leaf, Shad)
hookingem reply :
On 5/22/2011 at 6:42 AM, jeremyt said:Honestly my go to bait has been a brush hog, I am happy about that because it's been my first year catching on them and they have really become a confidence bait. I tied my pb of 5.3 on them. Now on to conquering rage tails.
You won't conquer Rage Tail baits they will conquer you! 
bassking1976 reply :
The 5in Yum Money Minnow in Foxy Shad only caught two keepers so far this spring and they were both on it One bein a fat 6 pounder
LuckyHandsINC. reply :
So far its been a glimmer blue zoom fluke this time of year its the best thing to throw where I do most of my fishing
Hyrule Bass reply :
Baby Rage Craws
Zoom Lizards
cant wait to try my recently purchased rage tail lizards...
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