Top 5

[Munkin]

Since it is winter I figured I could start a top 5 post.

 

Crankbaits- RC 1.5, Manns baby 1-, Bandit 100 to 300,Rebel Deep wee-r, SK 5 series silent. 

 

Topwater- TD popper, LC Sammy, LC Gunfish, Jackal Bonnie, White buzzbait.

 

Worms- Zoom swamp crawler, Berkeley shakeyhead worm, Berkeley 7" curltail,Jackal flick shake, Slider style worm.

 

Creature baits- RI Smallie beaver,  Yamamoto kreature bait, Zoom super hog and baby brush hog, Berkeley power hawg.

 

Spinnerbaits- I roll my own but the only factory bait I throw regularly is the SK midnight special with a black nickel blade. 

 

Allen 

[Catt]

Crankbait: 6th Sense Movement 80X 

Topwater: Stanley Rabbit

Worm: Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Worm 

Creature: Zoom's Baby Brush Hog

Craw: Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Craw & Ragetail's Rage Craw 

Spinnerbait: anything Stanley 

[Log Catcher]

Crankbaits: Bandit 200 - Norman Middle N.

Spinnerbait: War Eagle Screamin Eagle.

Topwater: Rebel Pop R.

Worms: Zoom U Tale - Ultra Vibe Speed Worm.

Creatures: Zoom Baby Brush Hog - Ultra Vibe Speed Craw.

[leinad]

worms: jackall flik shake , stanley slide n glide ,hags tornado , stike king cut worm

ned baits : missle bait ned bomb , gene larew ned inch worm , duo realis shad , zman  tickler z ,  Top Shelf Diamondback Quiver Worm

                 

creatures : geecrack gill , bio spawn villecraw , 10,000 fish yoto worm

drop shot : roboworm , big bite limit maker 

jigs : Brian Schmidt Baits Ned Jig , Terminator Finesse Jig

[Mike L]

Crank baits…Rarely use them but when I do all RC

 

Top water…Spook, Magnum UV Speed Worm, SK Sexy Dawg

 

Worms…Magnum UV Speed Worm, Cut R, Fat Max ribbon tail

 

Creature….Rage Bug, Sweet Beaver

 

Spinnerbait…War Eagle

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Deleted account]

I caught 7 bass today, so no winter time idle chatter yet, maybe next month...

[ATA]

Congratulation,I in other hand, had bad luck, I went fishing for 36 hours and I fished 21 hours of it and I didn't catch a single fish. First 10.5hr I was under heavy rain and wind(better to say typhoon), And after that still nothing, Cold dark water and no bite, To be honest I had two bites and not hooked . But hey I am going out  Monday again to try.

[CrashVector]

Top 5 lures for me:

 

#1: 4" powerbait pit boss in bama bug

 

#2: Finesse TRD Ned rig in green pumpkin goby

 

#3: powerbait the general stick worm in green pumpkin

 

#4: 4" Keitech easy shiner in Crystal Shad

 

#5: Big TRD in green pumpkin goby on a shakey head

[lunkerboss923]

I don't have a favorite...I have favorites and I'll just give all my baits. 

 

Squarebill: 6th Sense Curve Finesse, Axis, Munch 40, 13 Fishing Jabber Jaw 

 

Lipless: 6th Sense ****** 70x, Bill Lewis Rat L Trap

 

Topwater: Heddon Zara Spook

 

Worm: Zoom Trick Worm

Mag Worm: Zoom Ol Monster, Googan Slim Shake

 

Creature: Googan Trench Hawg, Bandito Bug, Strike King Rage Bug, Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver, Missile Baits D Bomb

 

Craw: Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Craw & Ragetail's Rage Craw 

 

Spinnerbait: anything War Eagle 

 

Chatterbait: Z Man Jackhammer 

 

Swim jigs: 6th Sense Divine, Googan Grass Hero, Siebert Shot Caller 

 

Football Jigs: Strike King Tour Grade 

 

Finesse Jigs: 6th Sense Divine Ball Head 

 

Jerkbait: Megabass Vision 110 and 110 Jr., Rapala RipStop

 

Soft Jerkbait: Zoom Fluke, 6th Sense Flush 5.2 

 

 

 

[A-Jay]

Been posting something like this at the end of each of the past few seasons.

Here's the latest deals . . . .

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/243659-my-most-productive-baits-~-2021-edition/

A-Jay

[ironbjorn]

Under those categories,

 

Crankbait: Original Rat-L-Trap in 1/4 oz Blue Shiner

 

Topwater: Super Spook Jr in Bone

 

Worm: 5" Senko in Watermelon Red

 

Creature: Rage Bug in Black Blue

 

Spinnerbait: 3/8 oz War Eagle in Blue Pearl Shad

 

 

[Finessegenics]

I guess I won’t post my absolute favourites, but instead the hot ones in those categories for me in 2021. 
 

Crankbaits: Storm Arashi Square 3 

 

Topwater: Don’t think I caught a fish on a topwater this year ? Berkley Choppo 90

 

Worm: Finesse TRD

 

Creature: Rage Bug

 

Spinnerbait: 1/2 oz or 3/4 oz Screamin Eagle

[BlakeMolone]

I’m just going to post my top 5 baits in general for the last few months        

                                         

Rage menace summer craw t rigged with 3/8th ounce weight.  

 

LC pointer 78 

 

trd on 1/16th ounce half head

 

3/8th ounce spinnerbait with smaller than average blades in white/Shad colors/chart white

 

3inch largo shads on jig head 
 

 

[Bankbeater]

If we're just sticking to these categories then for this year:

 

Crankbait: Mann's baby 1 minus

 

Top water:  Pop-R

 

Worm:  Zoom finesse worm

 

Creature: Zoom super hog

 

Spinnerbait: 1/2 oz. Booyah single blade

[detroit1]

Surface:  chug bug      whopper plopper                                  Cranks <6':  KVD 1.5 sq. bill     bandit flat maxx                         Cranks >6"  susp. fat free shad      norman  dd22                      Lipless :     70's hot spot     war pig                                 Spinnerbait  and  bladed jig:   both "assembled" (by me)         4 & 5"  senko    4 & 5"  fluke   (both t/r and wacky)         Dropshot:  apr./may: shad shape worm    generic 4 - 6" worm                                                                                           Jigworm: 6 to 8" worm on open jig head  (not weedless)           These baits caught the majority of my fish this year. Got to work on bottom and swim jigs next year...

My post doesn't look the way it did before i hit the submit button....sorry

[scaleface]

This will be hard and it will change often .I'll answer top  for 2021 and I wont be able to come up with 5 

Cranks : Red Eye Shad , Rapala Crankin Rap 5.5 , Rapala Crankin Rap 14.5, Timber Tiger, Dredger 8.5 

Top Water : Homemade Buzzbait , Zman Popshadz , Stanley Ribbet

Worms : Senko , Dinger , Jelly worm

Creature baits : none

Spinnerbait : Homemade spinnerbait , Booyah Covert 

 

 

and   top lures that didnt fit any  categories :Jerk Bait unknown  brand , Fats Gizit , locally made chatterbait

 

 

 

[king fisher]

     This is five from each category for my local lakes in central Mexico.  I forgot to picture an A rig, but it is quickly becoming a favorite.  Chatter bait is getting used more, but still not living up to my expectations, so it didn't make the list.  It was hard to narrow down the crankbait and top water  to only five each.  Will add Devils horse for a close number 6, and all H2O cranks if I'm fishing around lure eating gill nets.  I don't use soft plastics much, but these all work well when I do.  I buy the spinner bait and jig bodies, adding my own skirts and blades. 

[Columbia Craw]

I love them all!

[Cody28]

Top 5 overall

1. SK Caffeine Shad rigged weightless in baby bass

2. 3/8 oz. Jackhammer in GP (sorry for being basic) 

3. 3/8 oz. T-rigged SK Rage Bug in summer craw

4. 1/8 oz. Ned rig TRD Ticklerz in hot snakes

5. Bill Lewis Rattle Trap - wayyyy better than SK Red Eye shad no matter what anyone says 

 

Additional Favorites in those categories 

Crank - Spro RK Crawler any color 

TW - Googan Squad Blooper (surprisingly good) 

Worm - SK Ocho 

Creature - GY Hula Grub (if that even counts) 

Spinnerbait - 1/2 oz. SK Burner (But honestly prefer bladed jig or swim jig in these situations) 

Edited December 28, 2021 by Cody28
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[jbsoonerfan]

Crankbaits- Spro

Topwater- Megabass Popmax

Worms- Berkley 7" power worm

Creature baits- Zoom Baby Brush Hog

Spinnerbaits- 1/2 oz Greenfish Ballistic HD

[PotatoLake]

Hmmm. I’ll just tell you what caught my 5 biggest bass this year.

 

1 - Late August, Fish chasing shad in the flats - LC 1.5 Silent Squarebill (CF Flake Flake Chartreuse Shad)

 

2. - May, during the spawn - Jackal Ganterel Jr. - (Scale Gill)

 

3. - First week of January Dragging Main Lake Points - Missle Baits Head Banger Football Jig - (Bruised) - ZMan Batwings (Black Blue)

 

4 - May, during the spawn - Netbait T-Mac (Bama Bug) - on a rig that has a swivel with flouro leader, bent size 2 finesse hook. I don’t know the name of this rig, bit it makes your trick worm do a crazy spinning dance under the surface. Bass hate that thing.

 

5 - Heat of July, pitching in Lilly pads - Gambler Burner Worm - (Junebug)

 

Award for hottest lure for one day. Evergreen Showerblows - 105 - ( Half Mirror Wakasagi) Schoolers could not leave this alone. Most fun topwater action I’ve had!

[BlakeMolone]

On 12/27/2021 at 5:28 PM, king fisher said:

     This is five from each category for my local lakes in central Mexico.  I forgot to picture an A rig, but it is quickly becoming a favorite.  Chatter bait is getting used more, but still not living up to my expectations, so it didn't make the list.  It was hard to narrow down the crankbait and top water  to only five each.  Will add Devils horse for a close number 6, and all H2O cranks if I'm fishing around lure eating gill nets.  I don't use soft plastics much, but these all work well when I do.  I buy the spinner bait and jig bodies, adding my own skirts and blades. 

Are you happy with those hidden weight spinnerbait frames? I’ve been meaning to get some and try assembling my own spinnerbaits 

[VolFan]

Classic rapala, rooster tail, power worm ribbon tail in black or purple or a combo, bitsy bug w/a Rage trailer, and a white (or white chartreuse) spinner bait.  I will catch a fish with those, any day the water isn’t frozen.

[king fisher]

16 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said:

Are you happy with those hidden weight spinnerbait frames? I’ve been meaning to get some and try assembling my own spinnerbaits 

They work well for me.  Highly recommend.  They are hard to put a trailer on, but I rarely use a trailer so it doesn't bother me.  Bait Monkey cares more about trailers, than the bass do where I fish.

[BlakeMolone]

13 minutes ago, king fisher said:

They work well for me.  Highly recommend.  They are hard to put a trailer on, but I rarely use a trailer so it doesn't bother me.  Bait Monkey cares more about trailers, than the bass do where I fish.

Sweet well I’m gonna go ahead and snag some, where did you order them from? I know a few different companies make them