What Were Your Top 3 Baits for 2010?

[5bass]

- 1/4 oz football jig

- DD22

- top secret jerkbait ;D

That's the first one that surprised me! I'm a Luhr Jensen Hot-Lips Express fan myself and I hope to get in some more deep-cranking next year...

The funny thing is, if I made a Top 3 list for the last 10 years, the DD22 would be on every list.

[Primus]

Depends on time of year and I have a hard time narrowing it down to 3. My selections are not based on numbers of fish but importance in my arsenal...

6" River to Sea Live Eye Bottom Walker- I didn't start throwing this until August but I was blown away with the average size bass that this put in my boat along with a personal best Pike. This bait will literally change the way I view fishing as I have bought similiar baits by various companies and next season will be focusing a lot of time fishing various 6" plus swimbaits trying to learn the baits. There will still be a place in my boat for conventional tackle but once you get the swimbait bug it will be hard to go back. I've spent a lot of money these past couple of months gearing up for next year on this category of tackle.

Zoom Speed Craw- ole reliable in my boat, consistent fish catcher

Deep Diving Cranks- I have a few I like to throw. In addition to my favorites the Strike King Series 6XD & the C Flash 44 mag are newer baits that made a positive impression on me.

Honorable mention....

Lipless cranks- great bait year round especially in the spring & fall. Key baits would include Sebile Flat Shad & SK Red Eye Shad.

Lucky Craft RC 1.5 - awesome shallow water crank

Jerkbaits- awesome in the spring

Senko- what can you say that hasn't already been said. However it's associated with weightless presentations but is also very effective on jigheads, Texas rigged etc

Jackall Flik Shake- I hate finnesse fishing but sometimes you've got to do what you have to do to put fish in the boat and this bait flat out works

Jigs- all year every year, there is a reason that this is a bass fisherman's staple

1/2 oz Hornet/ 3.5 Lake Fork Shad- I love it, a power fishing bait that works under tough conditions

Blade baits- my favorite is the Vibe E, essential for ealy spring/ late fall cold water fishing

[grimlin]

5" ***

2 1/2'' curly tail grub

3" tube

Broke my wrist and sidelined my entire late spring early summer fishing. So my fish numbers are extremely low.

[Goose52]

Gene Larew 7 1/2" Salty Ringworm Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminated

Terry Oldham's Eye-Max Jig & Strike King Rage Lobster

Rattle HeadTM Spinner Bait

Biggest surprise Sidewinder by Stanley

These 3 will immediately be going on everyone's Christmas list I bet...

[ww2farmer]

For size:

Square bill crankbait

Frog

6" Senko

For numbers:

4" senko

Lipless crankbait

Drop shoted zoom tiny fluke

BTW I know Johns "secret" ds bait (I think)...............paypal me $50 for more info HAHAHAHAHA  ;D ;D

[Chris at Tech]

Pointer, Spook Jr., Senko

[Munkin]

Jig

Finesse worm

Creature bait

Allen

[Chaz Hickcox]

Flippin Creatures (SK Game Hawg and Rage Hawg)

SK Rage Tail Shad

Zara Spook (One Knocker)

[MNGeorge]

4" tube

Sweet Beaver

Swimjig w/ Ragetail chunk trailer

[Wayne P.]

1.  Zoom Finesse Worm

2.  Zoom Trick Worm

3.  Rapala X-Rap

[TrippyJai]

1. *** Baby Brush Bug (Green Pumpkin)

2. 4" Yama Senko (Black/Blue Flk)

3. Zoom Finesse Worm (Green Pumpkin)

[DpDvr]

1. Finesse jig with zoom superchunk jr.

2. Black/blue Senko

3. Norman deep little N chart/blue back.

[flippin and pitchin]

crankbait

crankbait

crankbait

beaver

tube

[Vinny Chase]

1) North Star premier jig (watermelon/red)

2) Norman dd22

3) zoom ol' monster

[SDoolittle]

1. Mattlures matt shad

2. Tru Tungten Ikey head with 4" zoom lizard

3. Strike King Red Eye Shad (sexy shad)

[piscicidal]

1.) 8" zoom dead ringer

2.) skinny dipper

3.) horney toad

[SeanW]

1) inline jig

2)straight tail work

3)swim baits/frogs

[Goose52]

A lot of references to jigs, and of course a lot of references to various soft plastics. Everything else is REALLY a mixed bag.  Interesting stuff...

[Shane J]

1) KVD bluegil swim jig with Baby Rage Craw

2)Rage Tail Lizard (weightless or c-rigged)

3)Falcon Craw  Rage Craw on a swimbait hook

[Buzbait88]

1. Karu lures vibrashock

2. Netbait paca craw

3. spro bronzeye frog

Every tournament that I won or finished well in was because of those 3 lures and 90% of the time it was the only 3 lures I had on the deck of my boat.  A swim jig was very close to being in there also, but I just have to give the edge to the pacacraw.  I won numerous tournaments on it and the swim jig even though I caught a lot of fish on it, never accounted for a tournament win.

[Raul]

Creature of habits here, in no particular order:

1.- Zoom Trickworm ( what a surprise !  : )

2.- 3/8 oz single Tennessee blade white/chartreuse spinnerbait ( another "surprise"  :  )

3.- Rapala Shad Rap ( oh boy! surprisingly  )

Course, you can 't expect something else from a creature of habit.

[Goose52]

Creature of habits here, in no particular order:

1.- Zoom Trickworm ( what a surprise ! : )

2.- 3/8 oz single Tennessee blade white/chartreuse spinnerbait ( another "surprise" : )

3.- Rapala Shad Rap ( oh boy! surprisingly )

Course, you can 't expect something else from a creature of habit.

Raul - you just use what works! I've heard it said before that if you have a spinnerbait and a bag of trick worms that you can catch a fair share of bass anywhere, anytime...

[bilgerat]

In spite of my crappy year overall - see my "a** whippin" thread in the General section, my tops for 2010

Tubes for the third year running

Flukes - I started fishing them a lot this year and they have done very well for me.

XCalibur One Knocker lipless crank. Fish on !!!

[Raul]

Raul - you just use what works! I've heard it said before that if you have a spinnerbait and a bag of trick worms that you can catch a fair share of bass anywhere, anytime...

Well, that 's the point ain 't it ? you use what works , actually them 3 top baits seems too short of a list to me, 5 top baits would be more fair, so to add:

4.- 5 inch culy tail grub

5.- Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw

Now, if you ask me what bait I would choose if I had to choose one for the rest of my life then a 5 inch grub would be the answer. In the hands of a skillful/knowledgeable/resourceful angler and a good assortment of terminal tackle you can fish ( and catch fish ) with it almost anywhere.

[Goose52]

Raul - you just use what works! I've heard it said before that if you have a spinnerbait and a bag of trick worms that you can catch a fair share of bass anywhere, anytime...

Well, that 's the point ain 't it ? you use what works , actually them 3 top baits seems too short of a list to me, 5 top baits would be more fair, so to add:

4.- 5 inch culy tail grub

5.- Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw

Now, if you ask me what bait I would choose if I had to choose one for the rest of my life then a 5 inch grub would be the answer. In the hands of a skillful/knowledgeable/resourceful angler and a good assortment of terminal tackle you can fish ( and catch fish ) with it almost anywhere.

Couldn't agree more - I caught 791 fish on 5" single-tail grubs this year...