What are the smallest lures you use to catch bass?

[SENKOSAM]

Does hook size matter to fish as long as it doesn't affect lure action?

[J Francho]

1.  Some very small jigs

2.  Profile is more important than "size."  That could mean a lot of things, like mass, bulk, movement, etc.

3.  It's always bugged me that of all the details we toil over, ALL FISH THAT BITE MUST NOT SEE, OR IGNORE THE HOOKS!!!!!

;D ;D ;D

[whittler]

The bait in my avatar is the smallest crankbait that I make and use.

[Wayne P.]

I've caught hundreds of bass on a 1/16 oz Roadrunner, several in the 6#-7# class.

Just about evey species will take it.

[gotarheelz14]

For smallest lure I use, when it is cold out, and I mean, there is ice on the lake, nothing I've ever thrown has ever beat a 1/16 road runner. I was actually crappie fishing the entire time and my lure happened to be chartreuse haha.

[Under the Radar]

1/8 oz SK Bitsy Pond Minnow

Ohhhhhh Mama

[CSimon2]

I like using the BPS Tourney Special Micro-Light crankbaits.  They are 1 3/8" and weigh 1/6 oz.  The bass hit them like crazy and so do the bluegills.  They are fun to use, obviously on an Ultralight set up.

[VABassin'14]

I've caught hundreds of bass on a 1/16 oz Roadrunner, several in the 6#-7# class.

Just about evey species will take it.

X2... but I've never hooked into one anywhere that big with one.

[Intrepid]

rebel crickhoppers

[Raul]

Something like this

[.ghoti.]

YoZuri Snap Beans.

[Raul]

Raul, not much to look at.

That 's the same thing I thought the first time I saw it, not much to look at, I purchased a handful and forgot about them for over a year, then one day while rummaging in my T-box looking for something to throw at them after going fishless for the better part of the day I found them in one if the pockets, tied one T-exposed rig with a 1/0 EWG hook and cast it ( had nothing to loose ya know, after throwing everything including the kitchen sink without a bite .... ) and nothing, made some more casts and still nothing, then I re-rigged the bait but now reversed T-expose ( inserting the hook by the pointy end ), made a cast and let it seink to the bottom, it had barely touched the bottom when a fish lifted the bait, to make the story short, from that moment until the end of the day it was almost a fish per cast. The next Monday I went with the guy that sold them and purchased whatever he had left of those ( maybe a pound in 3 or 4 colors ).

What action does it have?

None that I can tell, doesn 't do anything other than sinking away from you and for doing that it has to be rigged by the pointy end with the hook protruding between the head and the body.

How big it is ? as I said, it 's barely big enough to be riiged with a 1/0 EWG hook ans still have a little bit of plastic behind the gap.

How good is it ? Even though I 've caught some nice fish on it it 's mostly a real dink magnet.

Gear: I 've fished it with all sorts of gear, the best results are with ML Fast or less rod & 6-8 lbs YoZuri Hybrid, heavier line kills the "action" of the bait.

Other small stuff I use:

BassAssasin Baby Assasin

Ecogear Grass Minnow S, M, L

Ecogear Bug Ant

Yum Dinger 3"

Nories Escape Jig Twin Flip

[NateFollmer]

Winco's Creek Wacky Worm:

http://www.wincoscustomlures.com/Yesterday/html/creek_wacky_worms.html

[MNGeorge]

3" stick worm, texas rigged on a 1/0 light wire EWG offset worm hook with as little weight as possible. It's a dink magnet for sure, but every so often it produces a good one too and it almost always will produce some action...even on the slowest days.

[Grey Wolf]

YoZuri Snap Beans.

X2.

[Nice_Bass]

Smallest bait i use is a 3/8hair jig or a regular size crankbait....really dont throw anything smaller than that...!

[Chris]

I took the tail off of a Manns kangaroo worm and stuck it on micro jig head after dropping some Dr. Juice scent on it to try to catch a few bluegills (because the bass where not hitting good) and watched a bass come out from under the drain pipe I was standing on to take that less than 1/2 inch bait. The bass was pushing 4 lbs.

[tholmes]

I've caught bass on tiny little 1/32 oz.jigs, but the smallest lures that I target bass with are Rebel Wee Craws in the smallest size. I think they're 1-1/2" long and weigh 1/10 oz. Smallmouth will absolutely hammer 'em, if you can keep 'em away from the bull bluegills

Tom

[hookingem]

I'm not a big fan of going small. Now don't get me wrong small baits can catch big fish. I usually don't throw anything smaller than a rage baby craw.

[USMCAngler89]

1/8 oz Storm minnow

[ripinthem]

When it gets warm, and the bite is tough. Nothing beats a fly rod, and a small fly/popping bug, here.

[bilgerat]

Prety much all I use are small lures anymore. 1/8 oz Strike King cranks are hot for me now.

Last spring I nailed a 5 lb bass on a 2" Senko rigged wacky on an Owner Mosquito hook.

As for "no action" baits, at times they are what's needed. I've been known to rig 2" tail sections of old stick worms on a 1/16 oz ball head jig and crush all species, including crappie, bass and pike.

The biggest load of BS in fishing is "Gotta have big baits to catch big fish"

[joshholmes]

small rebel minnow or 1/8 oz. husky jerk or floating rapala

[JoePhish]

I sometimes break out the Rebel Bumble Bug.

Caught Smallies and Picks in Maine with it as well as Largemouth in Florida.

Last month I was getting a few decent ones on a 1/16 oz. Bitsy Bug with a Tiny Paca Chunk

[OHIO]

One inch grubs probably. I'm just guessing on the length, but they are small.