What is your favorite "Bite"

[JellyMan]

Top Water fo sho.

[SDoolittle]

Worm/Jig bite!

[bigfish88]

topwater bite, when its on theres nothing like seeing that LMB come out the water to get your popper, frog, buzzbait. enough said..

[bassfanatick]

I too love the top water bite, nothing like a hidden bass coming out to destroy a jitterbug!!!! Another one would be seeing bass attacking a crankbait.  Like yesterday I was reeling in shallow diving rebel crawfish, I was cranking it almost close to shore when a good sized bass was following it, I stopped the lure, and he proceeded to swallow it and the fight was on

[AnthonyS]

I really like the top water buzz bait strikes and then the slam on a rattle trap or spinner.

[PlasticsJunkie]

I like all bites.  But my favorite is gonna have to go to a topwater bite.  Can't beat watching a big ol' bass explode on a buzzbait.

[Cigarlover 1]

I love a great explosion on topwater but after thinking about I think I like it more when I finesse fishing a a worm and you never even feel the bite and the lines just starts moving sideways. You have no idea what size fish you have on you just know you gotta set the hook and have fun!

[balsabaiter]

Deep cranking post-spawn when a big sow actually sucks the bait in in a big swoop that actually throws slack in you line...I need a smilie for goosebumps and a shudder.

No.2 is when the blades stop on a slow-rolled spinnerbait.

[GA basss boy]

i like all bites. a fish is a fish, but if i had to choose one  particular bite, it would have to be crank baits, but slitely different.  the crank im talking about is a nice medium depth crank.  throw it out there close to shore.  let it sit on the top and jig it once where it goes about 6 inches under water and when it rises back to the top.  BOOM!!! they hit it, its awesome.

[hookset on 3]

You know what I dig!

Hookset on 3

[SammyLee]

Like most, it's the topwater.  I was lucky enough to have about 20 of those in two hours a few weeks ago.  I thought I had died and gone to heaven.  Really, it felt sureal.

But, something I do love, is tiny crankbaits, like a panfish plug and be in the middle of a retrieve and this mean as a junkyard dog, brim, slams the lure.  He'll turn that fat, flat body of his sideways to me and try to drag my butt into the water.  When I get him to shore, he looks at me like, "You SOB!  How dare you!"  I'll be super careful removing the hook and wish him well with a thank you and goodbye.

[Fishing Rhino]

My favorite "bite" is one that results in a hooked fish.

I don't "cross their eyes".  Never found it necessary.

IMO, it is done more for show or effect than because it's necessary.

I always chuckle when the tv shows show hookset, after hookset with the host nearly coming out of his or her shoes.

[Mrs. Matstone]

Topwater!   ;D ;D

[fourbizz]

Big ones.

[BassinSoldier]

I love them all of course, but to me the BEST is having a hawg bust clean through a thick grass mat on a toad. The strike is vicious and when you set that hook it almost hurts your wrists (after a days worth of this, they DO hurt) cuz of how solid it is every time. I can't wait for summer!!!

[CODbasser]

for me it would be a toss up between a worm bite and a jerkbait bite...nothing like jerking a pointer and having a big smally slam it and nearly pull the rod from your hands...

[5bass]

Deep crank. Reeling down, bumping that brushpile, then SLAM!!!....rod bows, fight's on! Net! Net! Net!  

[Jeff H]

I don't "cross their eyes". Never found it necessary.

IMO, it is done more for show or effect than because it's necessary.

I always chuckle when the tv shows show hookset, after hookset with the host nearly coming out of his or her shoes.

Actually, it is necessary with jigs and T-rigs (IMO).  They can clamp down hard enough that if you don't move that bait and drive the hook on the set they need only open their mouth and let it go.  On horizontal presentations, not such a big deal.  We can all choose to do what we want, but like Denny Brauer says "I whack 'em!!".

My favorite bite is the deep, jig/worm bite.  

[Simp]

By far my favorite is the frog bite. You usually have two types of hits with the frog. The first is when the smaller fish just destroy it with everything they have and that's just fun. The other is when the 4lb and bigger fish just inhale it and hardly make a splash. When I see that type of strike, I usually say "this could be a big one" and about that time it's time to set the hook. Then to set the hook so hard with braid you think you might see the frog come flying at you and hook yourself instead of the fish. Only to have the rod go about have way up on the hook set and the big stiff rod bow over like it could snap in two and send you fying out of the boat. Then you have to reel and pull with everything you have to get that fish out of the slop. That is the the FROG BITE and I LOVE IT!!! ;D

A distance second is the Jig bite only because it's very similar to the frog hookset with the possibility of it being a giant.

[T RAV29]

I like the frog bites. I like any bites though.

[basswitch]

Topwater is my favorite, but I still haven't quite mastered the art of waiting before setting the hook, I get so excited I tend to react too quickly, and often yank the lure clean out of the water.

The soft plastic bite has to be a close second, I love that "thump, thump" as they're testing the worm. Not that I'm fussy, I'll take any bite I can get!

[fishfordollars]

If I can make them bite a moving lure I prefer that as I like to cover water.

[senile1]

Any bite is a good bite.  They all provide a high in one way or another.   8-)

[NasTMcfingas]

I like all bites.

We are definetly on the same page. 8-)

[bass wrangler569]

I'll take any bite I can get but my absolute favorite bite is fishing pointer 128s in early spring. Big smallmouth absolutely crush them (ask the 20"er in my avatar). Its awesome when its really cold and you have to pause 30 seconds in between jerks. You're just sitting there and all of the sudden you rod doubles over and about flies out of your hand. Frogs are a blast too but there's nothing like a big smallmouth on a jerkbait IMO.