Who Uses Wake Baits?

[tcbass]

Just reading about Wake Baits and they seem to do the same thing that a spook type bait would do.

 

 

 

Are they worth it?

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Wake bait and a spook have two totally different actions. About the only thing in common is that they are a topwater bait.

 

What wake baits are you asking about specifically?

[tcbass]

Wake bait and a spook have two totally different actions. About the only thing in common is that they are a topwater bait.

 

What wake baits are you asking about specifically?

 

 

 

Biovex Amp Wake

[deaknh03]

Biovex Amp Wake

yes on the biovex..great wakebait at slow and fast retrieves.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Looks like a good option to me, similar to the LC wakes in appearance.

[iabass8]

I love using wakebaits over shallow rock and grass. My favorite is the manns baby -1 and LC RC wake

 

Spook and wakebaits are two very different baits.

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Spooks and wakebaits are different lures entirely. A wakebait is pretty much a topwater squarebill, with the action built in, whereas on a spook, you need to make the action, but you can control the cadence of it too.

[MassBass]

I like to wake a spinnerbait with an oversized colorado blade.

[Bluebasser86]

Just picked up one of Storm's new Arashi wakebaits, really excited to give it a test run. 

[tcbass]

Just picked up one of Storm's new Arashi wakebaits, really excited to give it a test run. 

 

 

 

I wasn't planning on buying the one I did, but I needed to order something in the $11 range to make my total $100 to get $25 off at American Legacy Fishing. I ordered a new Ego 2 Slider net. I hope the Biovex Wake Bait I ordered works well.

 

 

I didn't know Arashi made wake baits. I used one of my new Arashi's this weekend and did pretty good with it. I was really pleased with it.

[Bluebasser86]

I wasn't planning on buying the one I did, but I needed to order something in the $11 range to make my total $100 to get $25 off at American Legacy Fishing. I ordered a new Ego 2 Slider net. I hope the Biovex Wake Bait I ordered works well.

 

 

I didn't know Arashi made wake baits. I used one of my new Arashi's this weekend and did pretty good with it. I was really pleased with it.

They just introduced it at Icast 2014 a few weeks ago but our local BPS already had them in stock so I picked one up, only Arashi I own. It's a good looking bait and with fall fast approaching it should be getting put through the paces shortly. 

[tcbass]

They just introduced it at Icast 2014 a few weeks ago but our local BPS already had them in stock so I picked one up, only Arashi I own. It's a good looking bait and with fall fast approaching it should be getting put through the paces shortly. 

 

 

 

Cool. So it's sort of a subtle buzzbait?

 

 

 

 

Like a Ragetail Toad or Zoom Horny Toad?

[Bluebasser86]

Cool. So it's sort of a subtle buzzbait?

 

 

 

 

Like a Ragetail Toad or Zoom Horny Toad?

Not really. It's a very wide wobbling crankbait that only runs a couple inches below the surface. They're loud and swim aggressively, nothing very subtle to them at all. 

[tcbass]

Not really. It's a very wide wobbling crankbait that only runs a couple inches below the surface. They're loud and swim aggressively, nothing very subtle to them at all.

O. Good to know they run under the surface a few inches. I would have assumed mine was defective. lol.

[iabass8]

Just picked up one of Storm's new Arashi wakebaits, really excited to give it a test run. 

Once you get a chance to use it, i'd like to hear your thoughts on it. I really like their squarebills.

[flyfisher]

I used them a lot a few years ago and then stopped and then just started with them again this year.  I have caught some good fish on them and for working over the tops of submerged grass there isn't a much better bait.  

[Jay Ell Gee]

I am a huge fan of the bass pro shops offshore angler "saltwater" wake bait. Has a knocker that you can hear at the end of the retrieve and an outstanding action from its bulbous body.

4.99 a pop.

[tomustang]

I use LC's, bps xps wakes, manns 1-. I use them anywhere I can, mainly shallow and above weeds/grass

[spiggy212]

Has anyone used the Livetarget Pumpkinseed or Bluegill wakebait? I have used their crankbaits with great success in the past, and wonder if these are as good as their other baits.

[Bass_Fanatic]

The Black Dog G2 Shellcracker is an awesome bream imatating wake bait!

[smalljaw67]

I used to love running Storm Sub warts over submerged grass in the summer, the same thing with a baby and mid 1 minus but then Manns came out with the Waker Elite. Wake baiting was a tactic used in the fall with minnow baits and there are some wake baits made in minnow profiles but I found, by accident, that fat body, shallow running cranks work all summer. The sub warts are discontinued as is the Waker but the new Arashi looks great and the Rapala DT Fat 1 is pretty good too. My favorite is the waker from Manns and if you look you can still find them, the reason I like them is I can reel fast and still make a wake, most other baits will run too deep and speed is the key for summer. If you are using topwaters and getting swirls or missed strikes, try the wake bait, I will often catch those fish as they will take a bait just below the surface but won't fully commit to a topwater. If you want to use them now is the time to pick some up, depending on where you live it is going to get good for both minnow and fat body profiles, right after the first major temp drop in mid to later September, that will stun fish and a Wake bait is killer then.

[rangerjockey]

Here on Table Rock the red fin is famous. The trick is to get one that wakes correctly. There's a lot of tricks to get them to run right but some never do . The good ones are magic.

[OK Bass Hunter]

I use a Jackall Mikey and Spro BBZ shad floater and they both catch fish for me.

[tcbass]

Are they only good for glass calm water?

[Primus]

tcbass  I tend to have more success using this bait style with some wind, overcast skies are also a plus.