What's the most underrated soft plastic?

[hookset on 3]

The Slug-go.

In its day ( early nineties) this was the soft jerk-bait. Slug-go's where on the top tray off many skinny water bassers.

At six inches long, this was a big fish bait for sure.

Well then a soft drop bait came on the scene and the furor over the Senko has reduced the the Slug-go to backrooms or a few diehard fans.

Occasionally a fisherman may stumble upon it or a fishin' buddy will slide you a few to try out.

Hookset on 3

[Blade-Runner]

Soft jerkbait is at the end of my line from spawn on out...Deadsticking has it's place but I wouldn't say it has supplanted flukes/Sluggos.

I love fluke swinging behind 'mechagodzilla' cranks/spinnerbaits during high-pressure springtime in IN. I can almost always count some fish when shallow prevails with soft jerks.

Not underrated to me.  ;D

[RoLo]

The same as Hollywood box office, lure sales are driven by herd instinct.

As a result, there's a throng of grossly underexploited soft plastic lures.

To name just a few:

> Gambler Ace

> Zoom Big Critter Craw

> Strike King Zulu

> Gambler Big Stick

> Kalin Mogambo Grub

> Yamamoto Kut-tail

> Gambler Pop'n Toad

Roger

[Team9nine]

I'd have to go with the BPS Caterpillar Stud Fry, now discontinued. Flip it, texas-rig it, Carolina rigged, wacky, weightless skipped, it does it all and flat catches fish, and good quality fish, too. Found some packs in an estate sale last year and was able to get restocked thankfully.

-T9

[Carrington]

id have to say the senko  ;D

[Marty]

I'd have to put on the list the old-fashioned, 35+ years old original Mister Twister curly tail grub.

[RoLo]

I'd have to put on the list the old-fashioned, 35+ years old original Mister Twister curly tail grub.

Yeah, when the Mister Twister grub was first introduced, I thought I discovered Gold.

I must have been one of the only anglers ordering direct from the company (Lindy or Northwoods, now Mepps)

After several orders, they'd actually send me lures unsolicited that they discontinued.

I still have several packs of their discontinued 1/8oz white hair jigs.

Roger

[Fishing Rhino]

The Strike King 4" elaztech finesse worm.  They are darn near indestructible, and absolutely impossible to impale on a barbed holder.

But, I've solved that problem.  Heat a safety pin in a candle flame and pierce the head along the centerline to a depth of about an inch.  It can then be penetrated by the barbed bait holder.

A drop of crazy glue, and it's there to stay.

A word of caution, do not store them with other types of plastics.  They will disintegrate.

[RyneB]

I vote the mister twister single tail grub. Ill hit the illinois river with a pack of white mister twisters and absolutely wear out the white bass and an occasional smallie, catfish and sauger.

[Raul]

There are many underrated soft plastics, mostly because most of our newest members don 't know the good ole baits:

Mann 's Stingray Grub

Mann 's Augertail Worm

Culprit 's 7.5 inch ribbontail worms ( now in my neck of the woods only we old farts use them )

Slugo 's in all it 's sizes

[Catt]

Most anglers underestimate the fish catching capability of a Texas Rigged Craw Worm, second would be the simple 6' Hook-tail Worm.

[roadwarrior]

Gitzit

Slug-Go

Gene Larew 7 1/" Salty Ringworm

GYCB Kreature

Single Tail Grub

Rage Tail Anaconda

LFT Live Magic Shad

[flippin and pitchin]

Bingo.  That's my vote list.

There are many underrated soft plastics, mostly because most of our newest members don 't know the good ole baits:

Mann 's Stingray Grub

Mann 's Augertail Worm

Culprit 's 7.5 inch ribbontail worms ( now in my neck of the woods only we old farts use them )

Slugo 's in all it 's sizes

[TopDog]

I am shocked that no one has mentioned the good old reliable  7 inch Berkley Power worm.

[Crestliner2008]

I have to agree with the Sluggos mentioned previously. They came into glory for a very short period of time, which was very unfortunate. I really believe they deserve a place in every serious bass fisherman's box.

One more which doesn't get much publicity - the Fat Ika! 

[Primus]

Hear are a few of mine...

3" Senko's or Dingers on a 1/16 oz #6 hook mushroomhead

Zoom Centipede with a 1/16 oz nail weight in the tail, glides backwards and is great around docks

Yamamoto Slim Senko- I love throwing this around shallow cover with a 2/0 owner offset hook

[Blue Streak]

I am going to add the Berkley Beast. No one talks about them and I think they have been discontinued. But I have fished them for a couple of years and once I learned how to present them they were a darn good bait. I used the big ones and used a 4/0 or 5/0 weighted hooked with them and just let them sink slowly into cover. Those things had a a shimmy to them that looked like a baitfish fluttering to the botom. Pretty effective.

[LunkerLust]

I have caught a lot of bass on 4" Renegade worms, including my PB of 7.5lbs.

I use senkos more often lately though, mostly because they cast alot farther.

[Shad_Master]

The one that gets the most attention around these parts is the Lake Fork Tackle Ringworm - it is a staple around here and probably more fish caught on it than any other soft plastic - but it never seems to get mentioned on this forum.

Zoom makes a "double ringer" that is very similar and will occasionally almost lead to fist fights at the ramp as to whether or not they are interchangeable.

[J Francho]

Ribbon Tail Worms.

New baits come and go, but the ribbon tail worm will always catch fish.

[Hooked_On_Bass]

Ribbon Tail Worms.

New baits come and go, but the ribbon tail worm will always catch fish.

[Dwight Hottle]

I still have several packs of their discontinued 1/8oz white hair jigs.

Roger

Rolo

Save those jigs for your smallie trip. I'm sure they will work on Erie

[RoLo]

I still have several packs of their discontinued 1/8oz white hair jigs.

Roger

Rolo

Save those jigs for your smallie trip. I'm sure they will work on Erie

Good advice Dwight 

Till now, they've been my mainstay for chain pickerel (jig & dead minnow)

Roger

[Vinny Chase]

Yum Ribbontails

It seems like they arent talked about much and IMO they are the best soft plastic worm ever made. There have been days were i cant even catch weeds, and i tie a ribbontail on and start catching them left and right

[bassin is addicting]

yamamoto double tail hula grub...

pitch it...hop it...swim it...