Your favorite bass lure ?

[Codye23]

What is your favorite bass lure for top water ?

[SPITFIRE]

hands down the all mighty RAPALA!!!

[wecker20]

Pop R

[RyGuy525]

Most definitly the Zara Spook! What a great lure and not only for bass but pike too

[MJL56]

Scum Frog

[Frozenfish]

orange headed top water popper

[ESOX]

Slop fishing bucketmouths- Scum Frog.
Open water smallies- Pop-R

Toothy critters- Creek Chub Knuckle Head.

[Duckman Racing]

Most definitly the Zara Spook! What a great lure and not only for bass but pike too

:yeahthat:

[Jigawhat]

4" tube jigs are fun in the spring and early summer. bounce em off the bottom in the shallows, drag em into the deep later in the year.

Got one! ;)

[slowpoke]

All of the above + A Storm Wiggle Wart in the Bass V54.

[deputy865]

All the Zara lures! (spook,super spook,puppy,torpedo,ect.)

Tis' what i caught the fish on below!
(Blue/Clear Zara puppy)
I love all top water fishing for bass, its usually all i use!.

Shane

[Strudell]

I have a tough time using lures for bass. Oddly enough I find that using a nightcrawler on a harness or a Lindy Rig works best for me...

Anyone have luck using the Jig and Pig method?

[Ole Spike]

Zara Spook. Great big fish bait. Let it come to a complete stop between twitches and hang on!

[Byron]

(White) Scum Frog in the weeds 95+% of my time bass fishing.

Good luck,
Byron

[live2fishdjs]

Rapala Skitter Pop and if I can't get it through the cover I switch it up to anything with a white belly (Scum Frog, Boss Rat, Strike King frog, etc.).

[thedude]

buzz baits around steel breakwalls, pads, and piers @ sunrise and sunset.
All day long if there is a ripple on the water.
Second would be a popp-r in deeper water over weeds or structure.

its pretty much been my experience that the fish have to be in a "walk the dog" mood to throw a spook or general likeness. whereas most aggressive fish will hit a buzzbait anyday.

[Krull]

Got to be the jitterbug

[GoneFishin]

Over weeds - Pop-R and Buzzbaits

In the slop - floating worms and Slugo's

[jigworm]

Pop-R and a Devils Horse are my favorite topwaters. Followed by a spook and a floating rapala.

[jpollman]

(White) Scum Frog in the weeds 95+% of my time bass fishing.

Good luck,
Byron

I'm with Byron on this one.....

Thanks for the tip Byron. ;)

That reminds me, I think it's time to restock. I haven't bought a new scum frog in two years. Most of my white ones are getting pretty well worn. A couple of times last year I had a decent bucket mouth turn one competely inside out !

[Handlining Rules]

anything plastic

when they are on spinnerbaits, there is nothing better ;)

[East Shore Jon]

For Smallies: 3" Berkley Power Tube in Pumpkinseed
For Largemouth: Yamamoto Senko in any color

[midwestfisherman]

Walkin' the dog with the Zaraspook has to me my all time favorite. A buzz bait would be a close second.

[tracker1277]

Hands down my best go-to lure is a 4" yamamoto senko smoke black/purple I cant remember a time that i didnt atleast catch fish with this texas rigged weightless :fish:

[ICEGUY]

Does anyone have a pic of this? I may have one and not know it. thanks

[East Shore Jon]

http://av.warehousesports.com/tac/ProductImages/YMSS4-BPS.JPG

Not sure if that worked. But thats the Senko 4" Lite version.

[live2fishdjs]

Does anyone have a pic of this? I may have one and not know it. thanks


Here's a link to them...

Scum Frog (http://www.scumfrog.com/scumfrog.html)

[icefishermanmark]

tube. very versatile

[Rupestris]

Got to be the jitterbug

Ditto. Right around dusk or dawn on calm water.
Its usually best to replace those dull anchors that they put on 'em for hooks tho.

[DaveW731]

Walkin' the dog with the Zaraspook has to me my all time favorite. A buzz bait would be a close second.
:yeahthat:
With a plastic jerkbait coming in third, because of it's versatility.

By the way: gotta go to parent's orientation at UofM next week....don't know if I can cope..... :dizzy:

GO GREEN

[ICEGUY]

I will be getting some of those. I hear you guys talking about them before. seeya

[ESOX]

New Spro's
http://www.spro.com/frog.htm
7/8 oz. Those ought to be a lot easier to cast than a scumfrog on wind swept waters like Lake St Clair.
I see D&R Sports is listed as a dealer. I'll have to check them out.:)

[jpollman]

Those look cool !

But I went to the D&R web site and it looks like they don't carry any tackle. From what I saw, it was all hunting and shooting supplies. Yet they ARE listed as a dealer for those Spro's. :confused: Maybe just in the store but not online ?

[jpollman]

Ahhhh, I don't think so.....

I just clicked on that link and went to the "purchase online" link. $10.99 each !! :yikes: I think I'll stick to my $3.00 Scum frogs.

[kbkrause]

New Spro's
http://www.spro.com/frog.htm
7/8 oz. Those ought to be a lot easier to cast than a scumfrog on wind swept waters like Lake St Clair.
I see D&R Sports is listed as a dealer. I'll have to check them out.:)
You can buy them on the Spro site too. Little pricey $10.99, but that never stopped you b4 Paul...:)

[ESOX]

GEEEEEEEEEZ 10.99 to catch some weenie bass? Uh, no thanks. I could get a Super Shad Rap for that.LOL

[nymph]

White Terminator Spinnerbait with a white twistertail trailer. Burn that baby just under the surface until you can't burn no more! I think I must be kin to Jimmy Houston.



nymph

[MIfishinGuy]

definately agree with Zara Spook.

[ccavacini]

Twitching a Rapala on top.....best top water lure I've ever used.

[CMFish51]

Hands down - JITTERBUG

[waterfoul]

Zara spook or puppy normally. I've also been known to throw a buzz bait or two... have a nearly 7 pounder on my wall i caught on a yellow buzz bait.

[michiganman21]

The best topwater bait--at least on the lake where I fish--is the jitterbug :fish2:

[aquadoug]

Best Bass Lure I have used is a watermelon Floating Gitzit.

Doug

[bowdog]

:fish: The best top water has got to be the six inch jitterbug fished along lake or pond edges from dusk till dawn when water temp. is 58 or above consistently catches five to nine pounders and I only say nine because thats the biggest I have caught in Mi. but i have caught two of them in the last two years.
I have always thought this is the most underrated bass fishing method of all
I read a story in 1997 about a man in florida who caught more ten pound bass than anyone in the states history! The lure of choice a 6 inch black jitterbug

[Hamilton Reef]

Bass anglers hooked on lures -- some are hoaxes

The search for the "magic button" of fishing has led to a $100 bass lure and hoaxes that have reaped millions of dollars.

Butch Brown, who fishes Castaic Lake in Southern California, tested the Huddleston Deluxe and caught 121 bass over 10 pounds last year, including 23 in one month alone, according to Terry Hodges, the former game warden who reported and verified the story, and is fishing this week with Brown.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/05/22/SPG2GCSM1J1.DTL

[TnRidge]

A 3/8 oz. buzzbait has won $1400 for me in bass tournaments ,so I'll have to say it's my favorite topwater . I also like a Zara Spook , PopR , and Zoom Fluke soft plastics .

[slim Jim]

early season any silver color spoon works the best for me. Hard baits are second best. Not into using much plastics, but starting to advance more into using them.

[baydog2]

Yozuri Hardcore Shad Cranks are going to be my start up this season. Last year fished with a lot of Yozuri shallow and medium diving shad cranks, but see they came out with a crank that only goes less than a foot. Have to start stocking up on them.

Lonnie