My absolute most fun lure to fish is........

[MIbassin]

Gambler big EZ fished right under the surface over top of weeds. Nothing like seeing a monster wake behind your bait then having the bass explode on it. Killed the florida bass this past week on them.

[thebillsman]

As most have said, topwater is always fun. I recently got a great deal on a Megabass Beetle-X and I am itching to give it a shot. I've got a private pond I go to that has some great largemouth in it, but also dozens of well fed Rainbow Trout. I'm hoping they both crush it! If it works I may have to fork out the money for a few more and maybe some Sigletts.

[Jaderose]

1 hour ago, MassBassin508 said:

How good are the scum frogs? I can't bring myself to buy one.Great price buy man are they uuuugly.

The trophy series are great.  The cheapies are not too good.  They are best in HEEAAVY slop.  They land with a *plop* that gets the fishes attention.  I let them land...give it a few seconds and twitch it.  That's usually when they get hit.  I use other brands but the exact frog above is the one I use 95% of the time.  I can usually find them for under 6 bucks but that is NOT why I buy them.  They just flat work and are very durable.  You'll lose the eyes pretty quick but it makes no difference.  I highly recommend and at the price you pay, if you don't like them..who cares?  Don't waste your money on the Trophy Pro's with the rattles.  I bought some and found NO difference in my blow up rate.

1 hour ago, Yudo1 said:

For me, there's nothing more fun than a frog in the pads.  Work it into the openings and some days you can almost predict the bite.

 

 

 

Calling your shots........LOVE doing that.

[everythingthatswims]

Mattlures Hardgill fishing the heavy floater as a wakebait, hands down.

[fishwizzard]

I might be the only person who isnt into frog fishing.  It's too stressful and the low hookup rate kills me.  I have been fussing around trying to rig a zman floating pop frog with a line-through treble that exits the top of the lure, but haven't found a good system yet.   

[J Francho]

26 minutes ago, Bunnielab said:

I might be the only person who isnt into frog fishing.

 

It's not my favorite either.  I generally reserve it for times when nothing else can get through, or there is a compelling frog bite.  The right gear, and mindset are key.  Yeah, it's fun, but heartbreaking sometimes.  Some of my biggest catches and biggest failures have happened on the frog.

[CTBassin860]

11 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 

It's not my favorite either.  I generally reserve it for times when nothing else can get through, or there is a compelling frog bite.  The right gear, and mindset are key.  Yeah, it's fun, but heartbreaking sometimes.  Some of my biggest catches and biggest failures have happened on the frog.

Cheers to that!

My PB came on my pad crasher

[J Francho]

I had a 6-1 on a frog.  As I'm bringing it in, a larger fish came and tried to get the bait from my fish.  Looked to be much larger than the 6-1.  Once I weighed the 6-1, I realized the other fish would have likely broken my PB of 7-2.  Hard to know just how big it was.

[Mike L]

3 hours ago, MassBassin508 said:

How good are the scum frogs? I can't bring myself to buy one.Great price buy man are they uuuugly.

I know this wasn't asked directly of me but imho the Scum is the softest, and one of the best made frogs you can buy and worth more than advertised. 

It doesn't matter to ME how it looks. It's like saying I won't buy the best performing reel because I didn't like the color scheme.

 

It catches fish, That's all

 

 

 

Mike 

[the reel ess]

Any topwater. I like the vicious strikes the frog and Spook attract. I will trade 2 subsurface fish for one on topwater anytime.

 

Buzzbaits are cool and I like the feel when a good fish inhales your spinnerbait.

[Maico1]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

 

It's not my favorite either.  I generally reserve it for times when nothing else can get through, or there is a compelling frog bite.  The right gear, and mindset are key.  Yeah, it's fun, but heartbreaking sometimes.  Some of my biggest catches and biggest failures have happened on the frog.

HaHaHa...and spinnerbaits too. Don't forget that 6lber that inhaled that frog of that stump that you had a week earlier on your spinner bait...I can still hear you screaming!!!

[ErikmonBillsfon]

Livetarget mouse. Sometimes I picture the mouse fleeing away and the bass yelling " this is my ecosystem get out of here and into mah belly!!!"

[smr913]

I had a ton of fun fishing a Whopper Plopper this year. 

[Gundog]

Easily the most fun lure for me to fish is a top water lure even if its a senko run over some lily pads. The only problem is the lake I fish the most is slowly being taken over by northern hydrilla. It is choking out the lily pads. There use to be a large stretch of what I called "spatterdock" (not sure if its the real name) along the shallows. When hydrilla took over, that area disappeared first. 

[Oklahoma Mike]

Topwater lure for sure ... probably either a popper or buzzbait. 

[Jaderose]

5 hours ago, Mike L said:

I know this wasn't asked directly of me but imho the Scum is the softest, and one of the best made frogs you can buy and worth more than advertised. 

It doesn't matter to ME how it looks. It's like saying I won't buy the best performing reel because I didn't like the color scheme.

 

It catches fish, That's all

 

 

 

Mike 

Said it better than I did.  It catches fish

[Looking for the big one]

Anyone that doesn't like topwater has something wrong with them, and you can include me with the "topwater gang". For me, big swimbait fishing is the most fun because even if you aren't catching fish you know that every minute your lure is in he water and your presentation is correct your chances go up for a goliath. 

[Bluebasser86]

It's close for me between a buzzbait, Slammer, jig, or bladed jig. Topwater is fun for obvious reasons, and the anticipation of how big a Slammer fish might be just adds to it, but that bite may never come also. Buzzbait catches tons of fish in our lakes and are super easy to fish. Bladed jigs are an obsession of mine because they're so effective on numbers of fish as well as big fish. They suit our shallow, stained lakes well too. Jigs are my all around favorite bait to fish. Putting a jig in a nasty place on a heavy rod and line, getting that hard thump and winning a serious tug-o-war with a bug eyed beauty, that's as good as it gets.

[roadwarrior]

Yeah, it's kinda silly, but I would rather fish a jig even when I know something else would be a better choice.

 

 

[fishinfiend]

LC sammy or frog

[Jagg]

On 12/29/2016 at 0:04 PM, Yeajray231 said:

Top water at night. 

Yup, ^ second and a grub bite first. Had a couple days when I/we caught fish on grub and/or small swimbaits till our hands hurt.

[Bill Kowalski]

I had a blast with the whopper plopper.   I  had bass jumping clear out of the water on this lure.  Landed some nice fish and had some laughs at the misses.

[clh121787]

Deps 250 in clear water

[whitwolf]

Dark night, jig/zoom big dead ringer/double wide beaver. The thump......hook set.......and the lack of sight makes this the most exciting feeling I can have. 

[RO_Watkins]

A zoom ole monster in the heat of the summer can produce a pretty big bite. But you just can't beat a zoom horn frog or a rage tail either top water or suspended. I've had a few bites on those that have taken years off my life.