Favorite Soft Plastics?!

[jeremyryanwebb]

Seems to be that purple and junebug colored soft plastics work best around where ive been fishing lately. I have been pretty cheap and usually buy the cheapest worms i could get my hands on bc ive been paying off alot of wedding/truck bills.  But I want to expand and use what would work best.  Im a firm believer in quality or quantity so I need some help on this. 

 

So tell me...what is your favorite brand of soft plastics? What works best for you in lowlight conditions as far as plastics?

 

[JeziHogg]

If you like fishing worms, try out the Netbait T-Mac - Great durability, they're cheap and they work. Then again all Net bait products do. 

[jeremyryanwebb]

If you like fishing worms, try out the Netbait T-Mac - Great durability, they're cheap and they work. Then again all Net bait products do. 

 

Ill have to check them out! Thanks for the help

[kickerfish1]

From a price and options standpoint try the Berkeley havoc line. Lots of options for style of baits, trailers and profile. Also you will find colors that work well for you like junebug and bamabug.

For finesse fishing drop shots and shakeyheads roboworm and jackall are my favorites. Flickshakes, I-shads, and crosstail shads. From the roboworm variety any of the 4 and 6 inch worms and the fx sculpin, alive shad and zipper grub.

For larger and non finesse I really like Strikeking and rage. Next would be Zoom with the horny toad and trickworm.

Yamamoto senkos and ikas are great weightless baits.

Keitech fat swing impacts and RI dippers for swim jig trailers.

These are some of my favorites in a nutshell

[jeremyryanwebb]

I actually got some of the havoc crawls two nights ago just to give me a shot.  I didnt get anything big but I went through the entire bag in just a couple hours.  They were hittin em hard, lots of bites in my usual hotspot. Had them on a texas rig.  I have been wanting to try out the senkos as well to go with something weightless.  Heard alot of good things about them. Thanks man 

[Avalonjohn44]

I'm a big fan of Zoom and Havok. For both brands, the price is right, the durability is excellent and they are easy to find - Walmart/Dick's/Gander...  I also like the SK Perfect Plastics line of baits, still a good price and easy to find, though they do tear up pretty easily.

[Jrob78]

If I could only pick one brand of soft plastics to use for everything, it would be Zoom.  They have the largest selection of shapes, more colors than you could ever need, the quantity per bag is generous and the price is competitive.  Berkley Powerbait and Havoc are worth checking out and so are Big Bite Baits.  You don't have to spend a ton of money to get quality soft plastics.  I do prefer Yamamoto Senkos over the knockoffs though.

[Arv]

Zoom, Rage Tail, Berkley Havoc and Reaction Innovations make up the majority of what I use. I throw stick worms a lot and have pretty much settled on the BPS Stick-O for that presentation.

[iabass8]

the majority of my soft plastic tackle is Rage Tail, Zoom, havok and, just recently because i didn't realize how god#$#$ well these things produce on rock and sand, gene larew biffle bugs.

[jeremyryanwebb]

Yeah, zoom has a great selection too. Cant go wrong with it i guess

[Diablos]

Too many to choose from but right now it would be the Culprit Fat Max worms

[Arv]

the majority of my soft plastic tackle is Rage Tail, Zoom, havok and, just recently because i didn't realize how god#$#$ well these things produce on rock and sand, gene larew biffle bugs.

I've been meaning to try the biffle bugs. Do you use the hardhead as well? Or how do you fish them if not?

[Traveler2586]

I'm sorry, but I'm not an aficionado over lures.  If it's on sale and looks good I'll try it; if it works, I'll buy more; if it doesn't work it ends up in the bottom of my tackle box to be cleaned out at years end.

I stopped buying into the fishing sales hype years ago

[pbizzle]

There are so many I can't just choose one. 

   ·Netbait 

   ·Berkley Powerbait

   ·Berkley Havoc

   ·Big Bite Baits

   ·Yum

   ·Trigger X

   ·Zoom

Havoc and Yum make up most of it but in no way are they my favorite. I have a lot of Big Bites and Netbait. Love my Powerbait Chigger Craws but who could forget about Zoom. The one I use the least is probably Trigger X but they're the one I've just discovered. 

 

I love all my babies equally. 

[iabass8]

I've been meaning to try the biffle bugs. Do you use the hardhead as well? Or how do you fish them if not?

I've tried the hardhead and still on very rare occasions use it. I fish it on a 3/8 oz shakey head with a larger hook, 16# fluoro on a dx744. I don't "swim it" along the bottom like biffle describes he does it. I fish it a tad faster than a normal shakey head finesse shakey head. I also texas rig it in grass before i throw other plastics in the same area.

[sarcazmo]

Skirted twin tail grub and hags tornado have been getting a lot of work from me lately.

 

Either jig or shaky head.  Those two are so versatile its insane.

[CPBassFishing]

Skirted twin tail grub and hags tornado have been getting a lot of work from me lately.

 

Either jig or shaky head.  Those two are so versatile its insane.

how are your tornado's holding up? I got a bag and the durability was HORRID. They ripped when I put the rattle in the tail and they ripped after one fish. No bueno.

To the OP: I use powerteam lures.

[Arv]

I've tried the hardhead and still on very rare occasions use it. I fish it on a 3/8 oz shakey head with a larger hook, 16# fluoro on a dx744. I don't "swim it" along the bottom like biffle describes he does it. I fish it a tad faster than a normal shakey head finesse shakey head. I also texas rig it in grass before i throw other plastics in the same area.

Cool. Thanks!

[gravestone]

ZOOM !!!!!

[basshole8190]

Havoc pit boss. zoom swimming fluke and trick worms

[sarcazmo]

how are your tornado's holding up? I got a bag and the durability was HORRID. They ripped when I put the rattle in the tail and they ripped after one fish. No bueno.

To the OP: I use powerteam lures.

About average.  I dont really mind as long as I'm catching fish!

[loudcherokee]

I got some big bite baits kriet kreatures on sale at TW. Love the profile of them, and the scent is very potent. Wish I could have gotten more. Black neon does well for me.

Lc

[deaknh03]

rhymes with smage wail.

[Bankbeater]

Zoom baby brush hogs. 

[primetime]

Great question and people get carried away with having too many colors and styles of baits....I find that the most expensive baits are not always the best and as many have said....Zoom and Havoc are very well priced and offer a great selection. Also, Big Bite Baits are great here in Florida and very cheap as well as Charlies worms which make floaters which you need at times....

 

Here is what I feel is necessary to carry.

1- some grubs in 3-4" and a large 6" swimmming grub in Black/Blue...For colors I try to use translucents for clearwater-SMoke, Motor Oil, Watermelons....Nothing beats a 4" Lunker grub in a color with silver or gold flake for flash for covering water

1- Some 5" senkos in Black, black w/blue, Smoke with silver and pearl laminate-Smokey shad it is usually called, and then Green Pumpkin with Red and Blue flake..Junebug of course and that is really all you need. I would also pick colors that match the forrage on your lakes. Orange and reds if crawfish are the pattern. Silver flake is good for flash, but Black, Junebug, and Green Pumpkin should make up the base of your colors. Pearl as well.....

 

2. Tubes, Tubes and tubes.....They are my go to bait all times of the year..One color for shad, one color for craws, and then one in Green Pumpkin....I also love to dip ends of baits in chartruese Spike it....Smoke with Blue or red works great as well.....

 

3- Zoom Trick worms and finesse worms are cheap, and I love a Motor Oil Red Flake Trick worm dipped in chart, or baby bass color, and Junebug.......

 

4- Berkley Powerbait chigger craws and havoc flipping baits....Black/Blue, Watermelon seed, Green Pumpkin

 

5- Last, grab some flukes from zoom in whatever color matches the forrage, some swimbaits that are on sale, the Skinny Dipper style is great and Hollow belly are too expensive and hook sets are tough......Big Bite baits makes cheap beavers and the squirel tail worm is all you need for shakey head fishing....I use that worm as my Go To worm now in all situations.....

 

Look for sales on Ebay and closeouts at retailers......Do Not pay Top dollar for soft baits... You can find deals on all your baits if you look....Most importantly.....If you do not think these are good tips, then do not use them..use what you truly feel willl work...Confidence is key...If you don't believe me, the next time you take a kid fishing, tell him he can have any bait he wants, except for the Bubblegum worms as they are too good and you are running low. Explain that fish can't resist them and it is almost unfair.....Heck, Pick a bait that has never worked for you.....Do a good job on the sell, they will beg you to try just one....Guaranteed they tee up a nice fish fairly quickly as they will be fishing that bait with 100% focus.

 

Yamamoto is just a brand that markets really well.....Way over priced in my opinion...Zoom, Big Bite and Yum as well as Bass Pro soft baits are all great and the Bass Pro Sicko worm is every bit as good as a Senko.