What's your #1 hardbait for smallies?

[Wind Knot]

Mine is easily a squarebill.  I get pretty good luck with both the KVD 1.0 and the Rapala Crankin' Rap 3 but I throw the KVD more often so it takes first place.  

"DB Craw" works pretty well for me in semi-clear to muddy water.

[Gundog]

Cotton Cordell Big O in natural crawdad. I fish a lot of muddy, high water and where I fish is rocky so this really works.

 

[everythingthatswims]

Super Spook Jr or a Pointer 78

[Bluebasser86]

Lucky Craft Slender Pointer 97MR, Super Spook JR, or a KVD 1.0. 

[Cgolf]

I will preface this by saying this is for river fish which rules out a lot of baits.

Bandit 100 has been my top producer over the years. The SK 1.0 along with the mini 3 and the newer SK shallow SB have done well for me too. The larger SK square bills really have disappointed me though, the smallies just don't like them or I am fishing the wrong. Others that do ok, scatter rap crank and the smallest size of the old Luhr Jenson Brush baby, I got a ton of them for like a buck a pop a long time ago.

[Cmiller]

Scatter rap deep in any of the craw colors has been an awesome producer for me. It seems to be a great all species bait too, have caught saugers, walleye, pike and musky on them. 

[J Francho]

Luck Craft Pointer SP 100

[scaleface]

A popper that I dont know the brand . It wasnt very well made as the rear hook hanger eventually pulled out ,but it sure caught a lot of fish .

[GORDO]

My fav hardbait for smallies... XD3 of the DT10. Either one plain out catches fish!

@scaleface youre probably thinking Rebel, their hook are literally the worst! 

[scaleface]

15 minutes ago, GORDO said:

My fav hardbait for smallies... XD3 of the DT10. Either one plain out catches fish!

@scaleface youre probably thinking Rebel, their hook are literally the worst! 

Its not a Rebel . I still have the lure and fish it with a dressed belly hook only .

[WRB]

Norman Little N #21TSBO, LC 78 Pointer Minnow Ghost Threadfin Shad & Nishiki (clown).

Tom

[Montanaro]

1/4oz revenge spinnerbait

 

Duo realis 110 jerkbait

[YoTone]

the only hard bait that worked for me last week when i was lake fishing for smallies was the  black 130 plopper 

[Columbia Craw]

Normans DLN. You guess the color.

[PourMyOwn]

Wiggle wart or Mud Bug

[bowhunter63]

KVD Square bill.1.5

[Torn Thumb]

Xcalibur Xcs100 silent in one of the craw colors. I don't remember which one. Got my PB smallie with it last spring.

["hamma"]

I have a few, so to pick the number 1 is difficult. So, Ill pick the latest to the list. Rapala's X-Rap 10 in the olive green color

[papajoe222]

Summer time? Chart/white Stanley VibraMax double willow. 

[crypt]

bomber long a size 14a, any color will do as long as it's got an orange belly…….lol

[timsford]

Storm original wiggle wart in any of the craw colors. I honestly seem to catch just as many on the new ones as I did on the pre rapala ones everybody goes crazy for. I rarely fish the pre rap ones except the ones I've already used a lot that are all scraped up from grinding rocks and catching fish. I save those for tournament days

[DogBone_384]

A #5 jointed Rapala Shad Rap flavored in Smallmouth. I do very well with it at Great Herring, Plymouth, MA.

[Hogsticker]

I've caught more smallmouth on a half ounce perch pattern Spro Aruku Shad than any other hard bait. 

[webertime]

Bone Super Spook

Pointer 100

Slender Pointer 97

[Siebert Outdoors]

pointer 100 or 78DD American Shad