your favorite big fish bait.

[roadwarrior]

Well, I know we all have some lures/ techniques that we prefer,

mine is fishing jerkbaits. However, if it's all about size, maybe the

answer is swimbaits, they are certainly the "new-new thing".

Over the years #1 & #2 have been jigs and T-rigged soft plastics.

8-)

[MONSTERhudd]

8" Hudd hands down. No sissy texas rigging here boys.. hahaha

[skeetermike]

Live shad hooked in tail!!!  Ok, top water is a 5" chug-bug or a big ol spook.  Underwater presentations the big worm, the bigger the better, works for me.  DEEP diving CB's can produce some bigguns too.  Still hard to beat live shad though, he, he, he.    

[simplejoe]

7' senko is my favorite. I'm getting into swimbaits they also perform well and 1/2 oz. jigs.

                          joe

[Captain Obvious]

I've never caught a fish over 4 lbs unless it was on a crankbait.

[RobE]

Not my 'most productive' but is my 'favorite', which I think is what you asked. I love the Hellbender!  8-)

I've caught bass, catfish, and walleye with it stock. Add a bucktail jig as a trailer and toss it in a school of stripers! That's fun!  8-)

[Castamasta]

jig n pig..................all day

[Skinnyh2ofishin]

Mine would definitely be a Zara Spook.  I've also used the X-walk 13 and like it as well but it's on the heavy side.  

[Blue Streak]

I catch big bass on the same baits I catch small bass on. The trick is to be in the right place at the right time. If you put your bait in front of a big bass and it is ready to hit, you will catch him on whatever you are using.

[Stingray23]

for me its been a jig and a 10" power worm.

[lucasbass25]

last year it was all about frogs for me (s-pro & horney toad). this year the jigs (with gene larew craws4 and 6in salt craws)have been my go to bait for the big ones.

[flippin]

my 3/4 oz football jig with paca craw trailor

[Willzx225]

For the last two years it has to be the 4.25" Yum Vibra King tube

[bunkerbstr]

-10" Berkley Power Worm

-1/2 Jig & pig

-Swimbait - Poor Boy Silly Rabbit, Osprey

-7" Senko

[Bankbeater]

Senko type bait

Jig

Plastic Worm 9" or longer.

[sardu]

I've only been fishing for 3 seasons but literally all my big fish (4-6 lbs) have all come on a large buzzbait.

[J Francho]

I have three LMB over 6 lbs. this year - not bad for my location.  Two came on big jigs, and one on a frog.  My biggest last year and the year before came on jigs.  I'll go with jigs for now.

8-)

[Matt Fly]

My best summertime big bass getter is 10-18 inch power worms and others.    

     I also like throwing 3/4 to 1 1/2 oz spinnerbaits slow rolled or dragged on bottom.

Making bigger worms is easily done in minutes.   I use my old soldiering iron and weld or fuse them together.    I save all my big plastics and cut them at the tail and join them to another, depends on how much you cut, as to how long they will be.    

Same with a Senko, take a bic, melt the hook tears and its good as new.    Just heat a little and the plastic heals it self.   Saves a ton of money on senkos, and they work just as good the second time around.

    don't use a zippo, gives it a smell.

[Gangley]

ZOOM Horny Toad, without a doubt.

[The Green Lizard]

Sebile 9" magic swimmer.

[Shane J]

Jig with a Rage Tail Baby Craw, or 10" Anaconda at night!

[looking4structure]

i like tx rigged brushhoggs.anything watermelon

[urp]

For fish over 5 a chrome flatfish after dark. And that's in Northern climes where big fish aren't common.

[-ebby-]

This one

[Primus]

In SW Michigan where I'm from I would consider a big bass anything 5 lbs. or over. I've caught these fish on just aboiut anything that you can throw. That said a jig has been my most consistent producer over the years. This year I had my first triple at an area lake (3 over 5 lbs, 24lbs 10 oz for my best 5) and they came on a Bandit 700 series in the Bluegill color, for whatever reason the fish at this one particular lake have really responded to this crank. I've also done well on large topwaters and the SK King Shad has come through for me. I've also have picked up some good ones on Rattlebaits and large jerkbaits like the Pointer 128 in the spring.