Favorite Wake Bait ?

[ChrisD46]

Interested to try adding a wake bait or two  to my top water bait  inventory - in the small crank bait size category of wake bait what do you like ?

Any time of year or specific  technique you have found effective ?

[tcbass]

I have a Biovex Wake bait that doesn't seem to run right. I ordered a Arashi Wake and Rapala Waking minnow. So hopefully one of these will be better. Certainly could have worked today.

[Jay Ell Gee]

I wouldn't overlook the Strike Pro Hunchback as a small wake bait option. I have some Livingston Lures Pro Wakes that are getting painted right now and can't wait to try.

However, my most productive has been the Bass Pro "Offshore Angler" wake bait. It's about the size of a KVD 2.5, has a huge one-knocker rattle that really "wakes" them up, and it runs like a demon in shallow water. I highly recommend it.

[georgeyew]

I don't know if a buzzbait falls into the category of wake bait, but it gets my vote if it does.

[deaknh03]

Ima Roumba. Evergreen rat a tat.

[Montanaro]

I'd like to try rapala waking minnow

[Bass_Fanatic]

G2 Shellcracker

[TorqueConverter]

Small: BPS XPS Super Shallow and Bandit Foot Loose

 

Large: 3/4 oz BPS The Egg, Depps Buzzjet, Imkatsu Waddle Buggy

[rippin-lips]

G2 Shellcracker

That's not exactly of the small crankbait size. It's also about 4x the weight.

[McKinneyLonghorn]

The ones I am using a lot lately are the ones you can buy blanks of all over the Internet. (I've seen them on three or four different sites but there is never a brand name, but a simple search of "wake bait blank" should bring them up.) A guy I know paints them up for me so I am able to get custom colors at nice prices. Here is a pic of some of the frog patterns he does, as well as ones in black/blue and junebug that slay them at night. These baits run 6-8 inches deep on a fast retrieve and have a really wide, noisy wobble when reeled slowly along the surface. These are 2 1/2 inches long and weigh a 1/2 ounce.

 

 

 

[Jrob78]

They aren't super small but I like the old XCalibur wake baits and the LC RC wake baits.

[OK Bass Hunter]

Jackall Mikey Jr.

[Bluebasser86]

A MS Slammer is my favorite wake bait but doesn't fit the small category.

 

Right now it would be a Storm Arashi wakebait, the only wakebait I've ever had much success with other than the slammer. 

[tcbass]

A MS Slammer is my favorite wake bait but doesn't fit the small category.

 

Right now it would be a Storm Arashi wakebait, the only wakebait I've ever had much success with other than the slammer. 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever tried the Rapala Waking Minnow?

[Bluebasser86]

Have you ever tried the Rapala Waking Minnow?

I haven't tried any Rapala wake bait. I've all but given up on Rapala after all the headache the DT series gave me.

 

I assume you're talking about the new BX waking minnow?

[tcbass]

I haven't tried any Rapala wake bait. I've all but given up on Rapala after all the headache the DT series gave me.

 

I assume you're talking about the new BX waking minnow?

Yeah.

What's the problems with the DTs?

[Bluebasser86]

Yeah.

What's the problems with the DTs?

I've heard good things about it from the guys that have got their hands on them.

 

The DTs I've had have been very fragile, main issue has been the bills pulling out of the baits, either during a retrieve or while fighting a fish. I'm down to only about a dozen or so and have no plans to buy any more once they're gone. 

[ChrisD46]

Small: BPS XPS Super Shallow and Bandit Foot Loose

 

Large: 3/4 oz BPS The Egg, Depps Buzzjet, Imkatsu Waddle Buggy

The "small" category would fit my needs best as I don't have a suitable baitcast rod (except carolina rod) that would handle the larger 3/4th oz. BPS egg .

What size mono would be good for the Bandit Foot Loose or the BPS Super Shallow ? Currently I have one baitcast reel with Big Game 10lb. on it and another baitcast reel with Sunline Super Natural 16lb on it .

[F14A-B]

I've heard good things about it from the guys that have got their hands on them.

The DTs I've had have been very fragile, main issue has been the bills pulling out of the baits, either during a retrieve or while fighting a fish. I'm down to only about a dozen or so and have no plans to buy any more once they're gone.

Yea, me too.. On Dt6's... Bills break on bumps, and fish... I have had I presume worse batches than others as well, not buying a single one again. I like them,but too costly, better and really better baits out there IMO ...

[TorqueConverter]

The "small" category would fit my needs best as I don't have a suitable baitcast rod (except carolina rod) that would handle the larger 3/4th oz. BPS egg .

What size mono would be good for the Bandit Foot Loose or the BPS Super Shallow ? Currently I have one baitcast reel with Big Game 10lb. on it and another baitcast reel with Sunline Super Natural 16lb on it .

 

10 - 14 pound Suffix Elite is my one of my favorite monos.      

[ChrisD46]

Looks like I can get both the Bandit Footloose and the BPS Super Shallow from BPS - What two or three colors in the Bandit Footloose or BPS Super Shallow would you star with to  cover conditions from moderately stained to clear water ?

[TorqueConverter]

I only have one XPS super shallow and have caught bunch on Chanteuse Perch color.  It's impossible to go Bandit without getting the Sun Perch color, because it's awesome.  Just get a few in natural finishes to start with to match your baitfish and few in bright colors if you really like the baits.      

[ChrisD46]

Thanks - I thought : shad , bluegill  , sunfish natural colors to begin and a chartreuse something for cloudy or stained water conditions . 

[smalljaw67]

My favorite wake bait is the Manns Waker Elite but it is discontinued so I'm going to try the Arashi series. I also like the Rapala DT Fat 1, it puts out a big bulge but the Manns can be burned and will still only dive to 3".

[Comfortably Numb]

Do any of these smaller wake baits truly "wake" at any speed? All the ones I try go subsurface a foot or less

 

Although big the SK wake shad is the best for me. Always stays on top and calls fish up. I also prefer a jointed for a wake bait.