What are your "must haves"?

[ajschn06]

Looking to get some opinions, what are some baits that every bass fisherman needs

 

Crankbait:

Jerkbait:

Topwater:

Soft Plastic:

 

I know there are some baits I wouldn't even consider leaving the house without... what are yours?

[DitchPanda]

Crankbaits: size 5 shallow shad rap in crawdad and shad or silver black back. Bomber square A 3/8s is in Apple red craw and foxy shad with upgraded hooks.

Jerkbait: bone rapala shadow rap shallow

Topwater: standard size rebel pop R in bone and ole bass with upgraded hooks. 3/8s war eagle black with black blade buzzbait.

Plastics: green pumpkin zoom ultravibe speed craw. 

Green pumpkin senko style bait.

[Throwafrog]

Crankbait- Kvd 1.5 square bill

Jerkbait- Rapala jerkbait

Top water- booyah pad crasher

Soft plastics- Rage menace/keitech/super fluke/worm

 

 

[Captain Phil]

I normally carry four outfits.  One casting outfit for fishing frogs, buzzbaits and top water lures.  One for spinnerbaits, one for crankbaits and a spinning rod for soft plastics.  On occasion, I may also carry a flipping stick. Out of those four outfits, I can do whatever I need to do. 

[wisconsin heat]

1 minute ago, Throwafrog said:

Crankbait- Kvd 1.5 square bill

Jerkbait- Rapala jerkbait

Top water- booyah pad crasher

Soft plastics- Rage menace/keitech/super fluke/worm

 

 

Mines similar to yours, I'd say for me it would be

Crankbait- Kvd 1.5 square bill

Jerkbait- vision 110 ( or similar)

Top water- booyah pad crasher

Soft plastics- craw or creature - used to be out boss, but since they aren't havoc anymore I'm thinking of switching to D-bombs. Also Senkos are a must have on hand. 

 

[Captain Phil]

Here is a list of lures I would never leave home without.  Heddon Tiny Torpedo, Rapala, Smithwick Devil's Horse, Hildebrandt Okeechobee Special, Rattle Trap, Zoom Trick Worm, Zoom Mag II worm, Gambler Craw, Gambler Cane Toad, Fat Free Shad.  

[A-Jay]

44 minutes ago, ajschn06 said:

Looking to get some opinions, what are some baits that every bass fisherman needs

 

Crankbait: Spro Rock Crawler 55 in Red Crawfish

Jerkbait: Megabass 110 +1 in Perch

Topwater: Megabass Pop Max in Perch 

Soft Plastic: Strike King Rage Bug (Green Pumpkin) on a Swing Head

 

I know there are some baits I wouldn't even consider leaving the house without... what are yours?

A-Jay

[scaleface]

Over the decades well over 90 percent of the fish I have caught have been on Texas rigs/ jigs , crankbaits , spinnerbaits , buzzbaits . I have other lures that I use a lot when the conditions call for it .

[JediAmoeba]

Honestly, i can get along fine without ever using a crankbait.  I have a lot but they are not needed usually.  

 

Jerkbaits - I need a lot of these.  Megabass and Lucky Craft are my favorites.  

 

Top water- Megabass popmax, Lucky Craft Sammy and Heddon Torpedos.

 

Soft Plastic - Finesse Worm, TRD worms(all sizes) and a creature style.

 

 

[WRB]

Jigs and worms is all I need to catch bass anywhere.

Tom

[waymont]

53 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

I normally carry four outfits.  One casting outfit for fishing frogs, buzzbaits and top water lures.  One for spinnerbaits, one for crankbaits and a spinning rod for soft plastics.  On occasion, I may also carry a flipping stick. Out of those four outfits, I can do whatever I need to do. 

No jig set up?

[camman]

Crankbait: LC 1.5

Jerkbait: Jackall Squadminnow

Topwater: RI Vixen

Soft Plastic: Senko

[Mobasser]

Plastic worm, jig, spinnerbait, topwater. In that order

[Todd2]

The only "must have" that I always have with me is a Texas rig setup..worms, lizards, craws, creatures, etc...in that order.

 

Jigs, C-Rig, and Cranks are in a 3 way deadheat for 2nd place.

 

 

[Spankey]

Soft plastics, Cranks, Topwater and Jigs. Not necessarily in that order. That depends on situations. 

[Captain Phil]

46 minutes ago, waymont said:

No jig set up?

Try as I might, jigs just do not work well for me in Florida.  Our bass seem to prefer soft baits.  I believe it may be a water temperature thing or something related to Florida strain bass.  Others have reported similar observations. 

[Tennessee Boy]

I use a lot of different lures but I think I could make it in life with just a trickworm.  You can fish it weightless, weighted,  fast, slow,  and wacky.  Cut it and you got yourself a slider worm.  Cut it some more and you've got a ned bait.  

 

Yep, that's my only must have bait.

[Mike L]

22 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

Try as I might, jigs just do not work well for me in Florida.  Our bass seem to prefer soft baits.  I believe it may be a water temperature thing or something related to Florida strain bass.  Others have reported similar observations. 

Agree

I don’t know what it is.

Doubt if water temp is the reason but  I really can’t say, but worms and creatures always out perform jigs for me also. 
 

 

 

Mike

[Hammer 4]

Plastic worms, jigs, and spinnerbaits, if I had to choose only 3..

[Teal]

Had to go through a dozen responses to see jigs.  Smh.   

 

A quality jig

Worms... zoom u tail, Berkeley power worms, and some robo worms

A quality spinner bait

 

Those are the must have for me...everything else is situational.  And lord knows I have a bazillion to different things tied on... but Most of my fish come of these and I can do just fine with just these.   

 

1 minute ago, Hammer 4 said:

Plastic worms, jigs, and spinnerbaits, if I had to choose only 3..

Dude we pretty much posted the same thing at the same time... does that mean we just became best friends.

 

(Dont mind my "StepBrothers" reference) 

[Dens228]

Pitching Jig/Craw trailer

Swim Jig/Paddletail

Jerkbait

[Bankbeater]

Jig and craw

Mann’s One Minus

Jitterbug

4” plastic worm

[NJBasstard]

Arky jig w/ craw in black & blue

 

Rapala Crankin Rap in helsinki shad & red craw

 

Lucky Craft Pointer 78 SP in american shad

 

Pop-R in silver/black

 

5" Senko in junebug or black & blue

 

[Luke Barnes]

3 hours ago, Throwafrog said:

Crankbait- Kvd 1.5 square bill

Jerkbait- Rapala jerkbait

Top water- booyah pad crasher

Soft plastics- Rage menace/keitech/super fluke/worm

 

 

Just quoting because that's what I'm thinking too. Like exactly! 

[RoLo]

18 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Try as I might, jigs just do not work well for me in Florida.  Our bass seem to prefer soft baits.  I believe it may be a water temperature thing or something related to Florida strain bass.  Others have reported similar observations. 

 

I'm also a proponent of soft-plastic baits.

Although my wife & I both fish from the same boat, her best producer of Florida-strain bass

is by far a 'Jig & Craw'. She tells me that I don't have the patience,

which might explain why I much prefer soft swimbaits and soft jerkbaits    

 

Roger