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

[Kidflex]

Pitching jigs or dbombs into buckbrush! Something about close quarters combat that gets me going

[MassYak85]

Larger surface lures or a frog gets the blood pumping the most. My second favorite is wacky rig. 

[Will Wetline]

My vote goes to a Super Fluke Jr. for pre spawn smallies in clear water.

 

Love to see them agitated by this bait and then smash it!

 

 

[Jar11591]

Throwing a Rapala Skitter Walk on a foggy morning before the sun is up is as good as it gets for me.

[UPSmallie]

Frogs usually take me by surprise the most.  Most exciting topwater for pike and smallmouth for me has been the one knocker.  Whether pike or smallie, they smash it as hard as I've ever seen a fish slam a bait.  I've had to change out twisted split-rings and mangled hooks.  I enjoy the bite marks on the paint though.

[wdp]

Buzz frogs for me, Ribbit or Horny Toad. When they're busting on that bite, nothing more fun. 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

It's all good. Whatever puts a tug on the line any given time is my favorite (at thevtime). 

[webertime]

Slow rolling a Keitech swing impact fat and getting that thump, THUMP!  A whopper plopper is fun just listening to the babbling baby meets 2 stroke sound.  Finally a deep Carolina Rig when you set the hook and think, "d**n, snag" (big head shake) "oh not snagged."

[Airman4754]

Lipless crank.

[RoLo]

I feel that I should preface with a lesson I learned many years ago, a lesson I'll never forget:

 

Based purely on dumb luck, I found myself smack dab in the middle of a red-hot topwater bite.

At the time, I was throwing a Stanley Ribbit and was getting action on every cast,

sometimes 2 or 3 strikes during a single retrieve. It quickly hit me that this was a golden opportunity

to experiment. I had about a half-dozen different types of topwaters in my tackle box, and I fished them all.

As it happened, 'EVERY' topwater I threw produced action, virtually on every cast (Strikes, not bass).

Then after about 20 minutes of pure ecstasy, the bottom dropped out and the action fizzled.

Although I continued to throw all the same lures, and utilize all the same retrieves,

I wasn't able to raise a single bass with any lure...Nada!  That was a lesson of a lifetime I'll never forget.

Anyway, with that in mind, my favorite topwater lures include but are not limited to:

 

> Rapala Original Floater

> Cavitron Buzzbait

> Stanley Ribbit (solid toad)

> Bronzeye Hollow Frog

 

Roger

 

 

 

 

 

[Jeff H]

1 hour ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

It's all good. Whatever puts a tug on the line any given time is my favorite (at the time). 

 

I agree with this.

 

I do enjoy the jerkbait or shallow crankin' bite when they are on them.

[soflabasser]

For me, nothing beats seeing a big bucketmouth basss jump out of the water to destroy my topwater like it was a great white shark after a seal.

[Raul]

Jitterbug

 

may not be the most productive bait but

 

19 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

For me, nothing beats seeing a big bucketmouth basss jump out of the water to destroy my topwater like it was a great white shark after a seal.

 

That says it all.

[dwh4784]

Hollow body topwater for me as well. My favorite is a white LiveTarget field mouse. The bass I caught on it this last year absolutely destroyed it, I caught all of them (great hooks), and I actually saw a white mouse running around in the lily pads one day so to me that just adds to the realism factor. I fish a lot of different topwater stuff, but that mouse I just get the feeling every cast that it's going to be annihilated.

[Catt]

Total darknest of a New Moon night & any lure will get your adrenalin flowing!

[William Rossi]

I had fun last year with the Spro Rats. Fish hit them HARD.

[Bankbeater]

It's great moving the Pop-r along making it splash, and then seeing that bigger splash as a bass takes the bait under.

[Maico1]

This year it was the Pagani Siglett and Grand Siglett......really brought the "Brown Ones" up to the surface.

[scaleface]

You cant jump logs with most topwaters . A buzzbait excels at it. I had a bass jump clear over a log one time , followed my Lunker Lure over . That was a hit .

["hamma"]

Conditions dictate what topwater I throw.

  But,. for me? early am, on prime smallie water. When that topwater just barely gets sucked under, tells me its a nice one. When they hit like a freight train? its "usually" a cookie cutter,..I say usually,.. as sometimes a pig will hit hard. But not often.

 That vicious topwater hit is the bomb, and can get anyones heart a pumpin. But when I see that bait get lightly sucked under? My heart skips a beat, time seems to stop, as well as breath, and the evident hookset gives me new clues, still breatheless, I evaluate the weight on the end of the line, loosen my drag just a bit so it doesnt break off, I finally breathe again, anticipating the ensuing battle. Whatever is on the line, does matter to me, but,.. its that lightly disappearing lure thats the ticket for me. 

[Jaderose]

 

 

[Mike L]

21 hours ago, Darren. said:

I'll agree with surface lures. Most fun I've had
is with a frog and a jitterbug.

 

 

Ditto 

 

 

 

Mike 

[CTBassin860]

1 hour ago, Jaderose said:

 

 

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

[12poundbass]

Was a frog, but now it's the Live Target Sunfish. Fish it the same way but they love that sunfish laying on it's side sliding back and forth. There's nothing better than throwing any hollow bodied top water into the belly of the beast and anticipating what kind of monster might bust the surface and grab it. Then reeling in a bunch of weeds not knowing what's underneath, it's like Christmas every time. Usually turns out to be a tiny bass but hey it's fun no matter what!

[Yudo1]

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.