Most Over Rated Lure(s)

[swimbait]

Anything I havn't given a fair chance. I find that as soon as I give a bait a fair chance in the correct circumstances, it starts working. Don't give up on those baits talked about before. Except, maybe the banjo and anything with flying in it. ;D :

Tight lines 8-)

[OH-bass614]

Jerkbaits are allways money for me this time of year. But my personal overated lure is senkos probably because I dont work them right.

[Branuss04]

Huddlestons for sure with the wake jr. a close second!!!!

[senko_77]

I wanna say the Paddle Tail/Bass-Trix type baits, but I have gotten so many bites on them, I just can't hook an fish with the darn things!

I would also say the chatterbait, but I haven't fish with it enough to give it a negative review.  On my first outing with it, I hooked a fish and the snap connecting the blade to the line broke in half.  That to me was a large problem.  

Brush Hogs.  I can't catch a cold with these things.  I'll pop on a GYCB Kreature and wax em!

[detroit1]

Muddy is right on. If you think a certain lure sucks, there will be someone here that slays 'em on it! My lure for this catagory would have to be those basstrix-types, but i have never bought or tried them. I wanted to, but just decided not to. How about an overrated color? Sexy shad. If they come out with a sexy shad tube, lizzard,flippin jig, worm,frog, creature, or craw this year i will puke...

[DADto4]

Chatterbaits indeed

Just figuring out how to make them run at first was a challenge,now figuring out where and when to use them is proving to be more of a challenge...

I thought the same thing at first, didn't catch much at all on chatterbaits. But then I tryed fishing them at dusk/night, black/blue with a black/blue hulagrub trailer. It Worked great. Give the chatterbait another try, buy the original chatterbait in black/blue and use black/blue hulagrubs as a trailer, fish them primarily at dusk/night or in low light conditions. Then see if you still think it doesn't catch. Fish it exactly like you would a spinnerbait.

I haven't given up yet ;D

I love a good challenge and I will eventually catch fish on it

I am not familiar with a HULA GRUB  what is it? where do you get it,is it like a chompers plastic?

[BassinSoldier]

1- Lipless cranks-  This is odd since I am from Florida...In 18 years of living there I caught one maybe two fish on a rattletrap.  I have tried burning them, popping them off of grass, yo-yo ing them, everything, and still can't catch a cold with one.  

2- Basstrix style swimbaits.  Again, have given them a fair shake on Ketucky lake even when bass are popping schools of shad, and have yet to catch anything on one.

Other than those two evrything else works pretty well for me (especially when I'm not in Iraq  )

[BassinSoldier]

OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT!  Like Senko77 said, the problem with chatterbaits...I have caught a few fish on them and think they are good baits in certain situations BUT I sort of have an aversion to them after having 2 of them break at the clip where you tie it on.  They need a better material or stronger wire where you tie on those baits.

[zbigbadaaron]

SENKOS!

burn!

how not senkos are the perfect bait

[roadwarrior]

This thread seems to show that with any lure it's the guy at the end of the line that makes for the success or the failure of a proven lure, 8-)

Touche'

"Favorite lures" are almost always the best producers. It might have

something to do with time invested in any lure class. I don't care much

for spinnerbaits, but they are Glenn's confidence lures. I know lots of

guys that don't fish jigs...go figure.

I think Muddy summed it up, "it's the guy, not the lure".

8-)

[kikstand454]

fwiw

if you like the chatterbait but think its a p.o.s. then  get the strike king pure poison. its better built and i think the actions better anyway.

[Micro]

Luck E Strike Bass Magic swimbaits.  Just threw a bunch of them in the trash.  They stink, and you have to really retrieve the hell out of them to get any sort of action.  Big waste of time and money.

[CWB]

Luck E Strike Bass Magic swimbaits. Just threw a bunch of them in the trash. They stink, and you have to really retrieve the hell out of them to get any sort of action. Big waste of time and money.

If you have any more of these left, send them to me, don't toss away!

They are dynamite up here in the clear weed filled lakes.

Soft jerkbaits also. Send me P.M and we'll work something out.

My least favorite are $30.00 cranks when $5.00 Bombers and Strike King catch just as many fish.

[BassinSoldier]

fwiw

if you like the chatterbait but think its a p.o.s. then  get the strike king pure poison. its better built and i think the actions better anyway.

One of the baits I had snap at the wire was in fact a strike king pure poison.  Although I do agree that the action is quite nice on these, I just can't bring myself to use one anymore without the fear of it breaking.

[TournyFish001]

pretty much anything yamamoto besides the senko (my all time favorite soft bait)- the ika, kreature, hula grub, swimming senko- I think are overated for the price, therea re better options in each of those lure classes except for the original senko IMO.  

[farmpond1]

For me it's the Rapala Original Floater.

Dude!  Let me take you out fishing sometime!  The Original Floating Rapala has saved many an otherwise fishless day for me.  They may not always produce as well as other lures on any given day but if I were dumped out in the wilderness with only one choice of lures, the floating/diving Rapala would be it.

My most useless lure:  Anything out of the 50 cent bargain bin at Walmart.  But they do make nice key chains.

[flatbass]

Chatterbaits indeed

Just figuring out how to make them run at first was a challenge,now figuring out where and when to use them is proving to be more of a challenge...

I thought the same thing at first, didn't catch much at all on chatterbaits. But then I tryed fishing them at dusk/night, black/blue with a black/blue hulagrub trailer. It Worked great. Give the chatterbait another try, buy the original chatterbait in black/blue and use black/blue hulagrubs as a trailer, fish them primarily at dusk/ or in low light conditions. Then see if you still think it doesn't catch. Fish it exactly like you would a spinnerbait.

I agree, I haven't caught much in the daytime but I don't beleive there is a better nighttime bait, I use a Manns Mosquito Hawk trailer.

My bost overrated is a rattletrap.

[flatbass]

fwiw

if you like the chatterbait but think its a p.o.s. then get the strike king pure poison. its better built and i think the actions better anyway.

One of the baits I had snap at the wire was in fact a strike king pure poison. Although I do agree that the action is quite nice on these, I just can't bring myself to use one anymore without the fear of it breaking.

Try Karu lures Vibrashock, there is no way these things are going to break. They also have a football head jig and the vibration is unreal.

[Far_Nor_Cal]

If you guys are having a hard time using chatterbaits and basstrix style swimbaits try using the basstrix bait as a trailer on the chatterbait. It has work wonders for me here in California. For me the most over rated baits are the knock off baits to the Hudds. They just don't swim right at all.

[gabes]

Chatterbaits!!!

[Jack Handey]

Gulp and flukes

[Bankbeater]

Suspending jerkbaits, chatterbaits, and swimbaits.

If I had more confidence in them, I'd use them more often.

[guitarkid]

I have to agree with Jack, Gulp. I wish I would not have bought that crap.

                          -sm

[Maloverde]

I've always used Rat-L-Traps in fast moving water and have consistently caught fish on them for years.  Not my favorite, but definately a good burner to see if the fish will chase.

My go to bait has always been a 6-8" purple worm for all conditions.  Money, baby!

Most overated for me personally has been jigs.  But most likely because I'm not working them properly or in the right areas.

[RockvilleMDAngler]

I do terribly on jigs, chatterbaits, rattle-traps, and big worms (anything over 7").

Send your suspending jerkbaits my way!