Bass Pro Shops The Egg & Biggest Bass So Far This Year!

[ghost]

I've been using and catching bass on the Egg shallow crankbait for years, and on both sizes. This to me is the best shallow crankbait out there and I've caught more fish than any other hard lure I've used.

 

The Egg is quite durable, stands up to even the accidental tree or rock it hits. The paint holds up well except for where the treble hooks hits the body. The stock hooks sucks, so I replace them with VMC short shank treble size 4 on the smaller Egg and size 3 on the bigger Egg. Something about this lure that it just attracts bass or any fish. It swims great and perfect for waking too, caught a few bass while waking the Egg any time of the day. Also both size cast quite far with the bigger Egg going the distance.

 

What a Hump Day! Caught a 6 to7 lb bass night fishing using my BFS setup. I know the smaller egg slightly over powered the BFS setup, but I can cast it a long ways.  Used my Shimano Curado BFS reel mounted on an Abu Garcia 6'10" Light casting rod, spooled with Power Pro yellow 10/2 lb braid. I was a bit worried that the lighter braided line would snap, but it held up brilliantly. I knew I had a good sized bass when it hit the lure and the bass started pulling line from the reel. Also the light casting rod had enough give to keep the bass pinned from pulling off the treble hooks. Both treble hooks were on the bass, one in the mouth and the other outside its mouth. So this bass was pinned good!

 

If you fish shallow waters or use a lure to wake, try the Bass Pro Shops The Egg. For a house brand lure it's one of the best!

 

[lunkerboss923]

Great colors...might have to try it. 

[ghost]

BPS website, the colors and sizes are limited now. They used to have more colors available. One color that they don't have and not sure if it will come back is an almost bone/white color. That color just caught bass in any water condition.

[GRiver]

Nice catch.
I have one, never tried it at might. 

 

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2 hours ago, GRiver said:

Nice catch.
I have one, never tried it at might. 

 

Best time for noisy top waters and wake baits. I like the egg, but I have another house brand wake bait that crushes too.

[gim]

When Storm discontinued the Subwart a few years ago after Rapala bought them, I had to find a replacement.  I tried a bunch of different shallow-running crank baits and the BPS Egg was one of them.  I found the bigger version to be too big though.  The smaller one is pretty good.

 

A very similar one that's made by BPS is the XPS Super Shallow Crank.  Its the closest match I've found to the Subwart and it costs $3.99.  And it comes in a variety of colors.

[Bankc]

I picked one of these up a few weeks back and it's done pretty well for me too.  It's small and dense, so it casts well.  And the subtle one-knocker type rattle makes it versatile. 

 

I didn't think there was anything wrong with the hooks though.  True, they're not the best you can buy.  But they're not terrible either and I haven't missed a fish with it yet.  I haven't even had to sharpen them yet.  

[gim]

41 minutes ago, Bankc said:

But they're not terrible either and I haven't missed a fish with it yet.  I haven't even had to sharpen them yet.  

The trebles on the XPS Super Shallow Crank are really nice for stock versions.  They're big and stout.

[scaleface]

Never heard of it . Next time I'm at a Bass Pro , I'll take a look .

[keagbassr]

Im not much of a crankbait guy  but when i throw one the large egg crank is my go to almost always. I was out this past tues. And the bass were all over it. No big ones but a bunch of healthy, feisty 2-2.5 lbers. As for the discontinued color im guessing you're refering to my favorite xxx bone shad. Im down to my last 3 and  get stressed out every time a pickeral chokes one. 

[Basshunter90]

I bought a half dozen a few years ago. Haven’t caught much on them but in comparison to my favorite shallow crank (Mann’s baby -1) the egg is a lot easier to wake 

[ghost]

4 hours ago, keagbassr said:

Im not much of a crankbait guy  but when i throw one the large egg crank is my go to almost always. I was out this past tues. And the bass were all over it. No big ones but a bunch of healthy, feisty 2-2.5 lbers. As for the discontinued color im guessing you're refering to my favorite xxx bone shad. Im down to my last 3 and  get stressed out every time a pickeral chokes one. 

Yup, the xxx bone color is killer!

[ghost]

Keabassr, this is the color and I think you're right, it's xxx bone. 

[Bankbeater]

Last year the egg was my best catching crankbait. 

[Tatulatard]

The big egg has been a favorite wake bait of mine for years.  I think they might be discontinued though because they aren't available online and my store has only a few in stock.  I'll have to get one and rattle can it black as a night bait.  I need to do it this weekend as I drive by the store.  

 

[Tatulatard]

Not listed online and only two shad patterns in my local store.  These might be being discontinued.  I had a big egg years ago in the color pictured in the far left 2nd row and caught a bunch of fish on it.  Lost it years ago and forgot about the lures until this thread.  I bought one each of the two shad patterns they had at my local store and painted the sexy shad one black for night fishing.  Added better hooks with little blades because why not.  

[Tatulatard]

And now they are listed online.  As of a week ago they were visible on the site but "not available online". Maybe they were just out of stock?

[Primus]

Excellent crank bait, if the bait were made by Rapala or Strike King this under rated lure would get more recognition .