biggest explosion?

[dday07]

it's getting to that time of year,when topwater starts to pick up.what topwater lure do you thing the bass explode the best on? i hear frogs are really good but where i live they are barely used.i have to say for me it's a buzzbait.

[Nine Miler]

Maybe its getting to be that time of year for you; my C&R season doesn't even open for another month. I like poppers and frogs.

[tbird]

Buzzbaits are good for an occasional explosion or two.

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[kikstand454]

its topwater all the time here.

i like horny toads and buzzbaits. its great explosions plus sometimes you get that wake when you see them coming out of the pads mand you know its going to happen.... 

[nickw234]

Rage Tail Shad.

[basspimple]

Rage Tail Shad.

x2. that bait really gets em rollin!

[Big Bait Fishing]

Rage Tail Shad.

x2. that bait really gets em rollin!

that bait is a real love it or hate it bait , i really haven't found a time and place for it yet , haven't gave them away yet , we'll see this  summer 

[Big Bait Fishing]

there is no better thing than a loud toilet bowl flush strike of a large mouth bass crushing a frog 

[flippin and pitchin]

The most horrendous strikes I've ever seen came from smallies wacking a Super Spook.  Those were the most vicious strikes I have ever seen.  They knock that plug three feet in the air.  Unbelievable.  We'll have to wait for awhile for that deal though.

[Gangley]

I would have to say the largest explosions that I have seen have come off of a ZOOM Horny Toad.  The "KERSPLUNK" sound has a definate uniqueness to it that is hard to forget, and is always at the back of my mind, even when fishing lures that arent topwater, haha.

[RyneB]

Largemouth would be frogs. Smallmouth would be a Sammy or other walk the dog baits.

[ww2farmer]

Smallmouth, big or small , seem to explode on any and every topwater bait I have caught them on. Largemouth.........it seems most of the time (not always) that the big explosive bites are smaller fish. The subtle slurp and bait disappearing usually is a bigger one. Big or small they do seem to blast hollow body frogs pretty violently.

[lightsout]

   The larger spook type baits.For me it's the rapala x walk 14 (saltwater model). This thing weighs 1 1/2oz (off the top of my head) and I've had fish knock it 3 feet in the air a few times. A certain fish in the 8lb range hit it knocking it out of the water 3 times, and I never stuck it. I actually think the bass was just trying to hit it and not eat....

[fourbizz]

I've had the gnarliest blow ups on very big walking baits.

[J Francho]

There is a local lake, basically a deep trench, with big ledge at about 24-30'.  Walking baits at dusk is pretty much a guaranteed smallmouth bite as the sun slips below the hills.  You may get bit beating the banks, but the best is walking them over 60-70'.  They come rocketing out there, and just blast the baits.

[River Rat316]

River Smallies on a buzzbait. I have actually had the rod ripped out of my hands when I wasn't paying attention to the bait trying to navigate backwards around a rock in swift current. Besides that they always seem to crush a buzzbait like they hate it!

[MALTESE FALCON]

Zara Spooks, and Sammys.

Falcon

[EastTexasBassin]

I've seen the biggest explosions on buzzbaits and ragetail shads.

Last summer I spent an afternoon long-line trolling buzzbaits back and forth over a shallow flat.  That day I saw some of the most vicious strikes I've ever seen.  It was a calm day without a cloud in the sky, in the middle of the afternoon. 

[Big Bait Fishing]

I've had the gnarliest blow ups on very big walking baits.

lunker punkers ??? 

[Beastie Bass]

the best ones I recall were on zara spooks and spitn images.

[fourbizz]

I've had the gnarliest blow ups on very big walking baits.

lunker punkers ???

No.

[Vinny Chase]

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[Vinny Chase]

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