Name one bait you would never expect to catch anything on

[airborne_angler]

We all have this situation. We buy crertain baits and never use em cause they dont look like they would catch anything.

Then one day we give that bait a try for the heck of it and it ends up boating a bunch of fish and turns out to be your favorite from then on.

Anyone have an experience like that?

[basser223]

yeah lizards would have to be

[Skeet22]

Fat Ika.  Looks like a turd....

[basscrusher]

When the Senko first came out, I thought it looked like the worst lure ever, because it had no appendages or seemingly any built-in action.  Then the stories started to trickle in that they worked.  I remember someone saying back then that they used them in the Keys (4" pearl) for bonefish and said they slayed 'em.  That made me give them a shot, and well...here I am, thousands of fish later.  But no bonefish.  I've never fished anywhere with bones.

[roadwarrior]

Spro BBZ-1

[NateFollmer]

I have a HUGE topwater plug that looks like a turd with a mean face... I forget the name of the thing. It was from BPS... I think it had Pappy in the name? It has huge ball bearings in it. My wife was joking with me and told me to get it... and the stupid thing catches fish! I'll try and find a picture...

EDIT: HERE IT IS! I have the gold and black one (going left to right, it's the second one). http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&mode=article&objectID=28690

[J Francho]

MS Mini Slammer

Senko

Sweet Beaver

Buzzbaits

[bweave09]

I have a HUGE topwater plug that looks like a turd with a mean face... I forget the name of the thing. It was from BPS... I think it had Pappy in the name? It has huge ball bearings in it. My wife was joking with me and told me to get it... and the stupid thing catches fish! I'll try and find a picture...

EDIT: HERE IT IS! I have the gold and black one (going left to right, it's the second one). http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&mode=article&objectID=28690

I can't remember who it is, but somebody on here LOVES the topknocker...I bet they would take it if you didnt want it.

Also, as far as lures that I don't think would catch fish, I caught a 4-5 pounder yesterday with a green bitsy flip and a black/blue 5" yum dinger as a trailer. It was ugly as all hell, but I forgot trailers and it actually looked pretty cool in the water. The bass seemed to like it ok too.

[Blue Streak]

I can name several that I thought I would be very successful with and wasn't, turned out to be big disappointments. But I won't add names because some are from our sponsors.

[bassin is addicting]

double bladed buzzbait.  to someone who doesn't fish.  i'm sure it looks pretty goofy.

my wife couldn't believe i paid $10 for it.  she was not a happy camper.

dummy me...i should never have bought it with her around...   

[zerofivenismo]

For me, it was a pack of Yum 3" tube in pumpkin w/green flakes.  Poor thing sat in my tackle bag unused for 2 yrs.  Decided to use it this spring and it has become one of my favs now.

[Big Bass Chaser]

Raul keeps mentioning tail-less grubs and I keep thinking that simply can't be.  It doesn't look remotely like something you'd think a bass would want, but then neither does a senko.

[NorCalFishinguru]

A pro gave me a pack of sweet beavers like 6 or 7 years ago and i never used them. Now flipping and pitching are my favorite techniques and beavers are my go-to baits.

One i bought and didnt expect to actually catch anything on was a castaic catch 22 trout swimbait. I acccidentally deadsticked it since i casted from shore and got my line tangled in a branch of a tree right above me. I was working on that for a minute then looked out and saw my kine getting tighter and tighter lol. I scrambled to set the hook as best i could and finally got it untangled. Luckyly the fish was small

[Raul]

Raul keeps mentioning tail-less grubs and I keep thinking that simply can't be. It doesn't look remotely like something you'd think a bass would want, but then neither does a senko.

In all it 's glory, the Tail Less Grub, man what a simplistic bait and yet it catches fish like crazy, go figure. Actually I 've been seriously thinking about having molds made in different sizes ( the originals are quite small ) so I can pour my own. 

[Hammer 4]

Fat Ika, and 3" Big Hammer swimbaits..

[Bass_Fanatic]

How the heck do you fish a tailess grub.  It looks like a turd!

[NateFollmer]

How the heck do you fish a tailess grub. It looks like a turd!

I thought it looked like something that.... oh, never mind, this is a family friendly forum...

Raul, should I start pulling the tails off my grubs?

[Raul]

How the heck do you fish a tailess grub. It looks like a turd!

Well, normally I rig them backwards ( inserting the hook point by the pointy end ) and exiting the hook just about the neck ( where the round head meets the body ), then I cast it and let it sink to the bottom, I swear I parctically do nothing, the fish come and get it, the only action I can see coming out of the bait is that it glides sinking away from you, I tell you, them things catch bass like crazy, most of the times I hardly have to retrieve the bait, they hit it imediately after settleing on the bottom.

I "discovered" them by accident, a friend of mine that sells factory seconds had a huge bag of those, I purchased a few just because they looked interesting, besides, I 've seen a video with Jun Shodi fishing a somewhat "similar" bait manufactured by BaitBreath, a good couple of months later I went out with a handful and tried them, grabbed one, rigged it, cast it and caught a fish on the first cast, well I was there standing with the WTH ! face, made another cast and wham! again, all day long I murdered the bass with those, needless to say that the next day I imediatley went with Juan and purchased the entire bag. I don 't know who manufactured the ones I have, I know that GYCB manufactures them for the JDM but you just can 't find them anywhere.

So that 's why I 'm thinking about having molds made to pour my own.

[Raul]

How the heck do you fish a tailess grub. It looks like a turd!

I thought it looked like something that.... oh, never mind, this is a family friendly forum...

Raul, should I start pulling the tails off my grubs?

I don 't know Nate, I 've cut the tail on some grubs and there 's a certain type of grub that moves the way these do ( fat bodied ), Kalin 's Lunker Grub sinks and glides like the tail less grub. Remove the tail and rig it backwards.

[Goose52]

How the heck do you fish a tailess grub. It looks like a turd!

I thought it looked like something that.... oh, never mind, this is a family friendly forum...

Raul, should I start pulling the tails off my grubs?

I don 't know Nate, I 've cut the tail on some grubs and there 's a certain type of grub that moves the way these do ( fat bodied ), Kalin 's Lunker Grub sinks and glides like the tail less grub. Remove the tail and rig it backwards.

Thanks Raul ! I've been saving my damaged single-tail grubs - meaning to try fishing them backwards...now I gotta give it a try !

[bt fisherman]

yeah lizards would have to be

bass will eat lizards if u bring it right over their bed they dont like the lizards being around because they eat fish eggs

[Revo_Carrot Stix]

Spro BBZ-1

X2

Confidence...zilch. How many do I have? 2. Maybe I should start pitching it in the weeds to get a reaction strike????

[Big Bait Fishing]

Spro BBZ-1

X2

Confidence...zilch. How many do I have? 2. Maybe I should start pitching it in the weeds to get a reaction strike????

you have to try the 6" bbz-1 , i just got it in "floater" , this thing is sweet !!! it stays about a half a foot below the surface and has great action , only fished a bit last night but i know it will kill them 

[farmpond1]

Probably the brush hog.  It looks too big and clunky with so many protuberances to appeal to anything except a far-sighted and starving dink.  But in the spring, especially, it kicks some serious butt.

In second place is the buzzbait.  Except, perhaps, for when bass are busting shad on the surface, I wouldn't expect a buzzbait to perform worth a hoot.  But bass love them (or hate them).  Drives them mad-I suspect.