Favorite Wake Baits & Colors ?

[ChrisD46]

Wake Baits come in either a long minnow shape or a short crank bait shape with a near vertical bill for 0 - 1 ft. diving depth and can be deadly in the Fall ... For those who like throwing a Wake Bait in the Fall - what brand / series and favorite colors do you like to use ?

[looking45]

My go to wake Bait is a Dep’s Buzzjet. It makes a lot of noise and it catches fish

[Bankc]

I'm not a wakebait aficionado, but I like the BPS Egg.  

Color is simple.  Chartreuse and black for any and all crankbaits.  But I fish a lot of stained water.  

[Munkin]

Manns baby 1- in bone or chartreuse 

Bandit Footloose 

Jackal Zero footer

 

Allen 

[Kdizzle]

The BBZ 1 rat is pretty d**n good one.  The size 25 and 30 are more crankbaits, so you have to go up to the larger sizes to actually get one that actually wakes, but they are really good at catching fish.  Especially in rivers that border big grass fields, which have a steady supply of small rodents crossing from one side to the other.

[Columbia Craw]

Ima Roumba in bluegill and frog.

[Mr. Aquarium]

6 hours ago, looking45 said:

My go to wake Bait is a Dep’s Buzzjet. It makes a lot of noise and it catches fish

Love that bait!  Great night bait! 
 

my favorite wake colors are mostly solid colors. Black, white, red, chartreuse or a silver shad style color.  I fish big wake baits though 

[Friggs]

Savage Gear 3D Rat

 

Berkley Bucktooth Beaver

 

[VolFan]

Mini Slammer - phenomenal bait. Go bigger if you want…7” is great, 9” and larger, also great. Don’t really need Swimbait gear until you’re really in the big ones

[rangerjockey]

The Redfin and Surge shad mostly. I like the discontinued Spro Rat as well. 

[Standard]

About a year and a half ago I grabbed a Berkley Wakebull off the shelf because it looked neat, had never even heard of a wake bait at the time.  Love it, it's been my go to not only because it works well, but for some reason no stores around here stock much for wake baits and I keep forgetting to order more online ?  Black top / chartreuse belly color works great around here.

 

Although not a wake bait, the Strike King Hybrid Hunter and Hybrid Hunter Jr have also produced great fish.  Can run them slow and shallow, and I've had luck even trolling with them.  

 

Common thread between those two lures is they have a pair of big ball bearings that make a great knocking sound in the water.  Really seemed to tick the smallies off around here.

 

 

[Jrob78]

My favorite wake bait by far is the Lucky Craft RC Wk, I've also had good luck with the Buckeye Wake Up, which is now the PH Customs Wake Up. One is a standard crankbait shape and one is a minnow, jerkbait shape. I've tried too many wake baits that dive below the surface and these two stay up and actually create a wake.

[Bluebasser86]

Berkley Surge Shad in Kentucky Blue

[ChrisD46]

On 10/20/2022 at 3:19 PM, Standard said:

About a year and a half ago I grabbed a Berkley Wakebull off the shelf because it looked neat, had never even heard of a wake bait at the time.  Love it, it's been my go to not only because it works well, but for some reason no stores around here stock much for wake baits and I keep forgetting to order more online ?  Black top / chartreuse belly color works great around here.

 

Although not a wake bait, the Strike King Hybrid Hunter and Hybrid Hunter Jr have also produced great fish.  Can run them slow and shallow, and I've had luck even trolling with them.  

 

Common thread between those two lures is they have a pair of big ball bearings that make a great knocking sound in the water.  Really seemed to tick the smallies off around here.

 

 

*The Berkley Wakebull has been discontinued ... Not sure why ? The Wakebull was affordable , did not blow out on a fast retrieve , had good colors and was affordable . 

[Bankbeater]

Mann's Baby One Minus in Fire Shad, Gray Ghost, and Brown Craw.

BPS The Egg in XXX Shad.