Ok guys, I'm iced in and you guys are very knowledgeable. What is your favorite creature bait? Mine has been the baby brush hog. I did very well on them last year. I have never used the full size brush hog they just seem to big for some reason. Also best time to use creature baits? Hot summer is what i was doing. Bring it on!

Berkley Havoc Pit Boss. They are great priced, tuff yet still soft.

Baby Brush Hog and Pit Boss are two must have baits. The Rage Space Monkey under certain conditions can be really good. Options are endless

The full size brush hog is what i used to catch my personal best on. 8.5lbs. Not my favorite creature bait but the brushhog is darn good one!!

Baby brush hog

It really depends on the depth, but I have found one of the best creature baits to be the Rage Tail Lizard, I love these things !!!

I love my space monkeys and beavers, caught alot of bass off both last year!! I flipped the beavers, and either c-rigged or flipped the space monkeys.

GrandeBass Mutants

My girlfriend caught her first (and still PB) bass with a Pit Boss. Almost four pounds.

 

I like the watermelon orange flake baby brush hogs, but love flipping super hogs as well.

 

Damiki Hydra and the Yamamoto Fat Ika's are pretty cool.

 

I also enjoy flipping the Missile Bait's D Bomb as well as Ugly Otters.

 

I have far too many flipping plastics...

GYCB Kreature! 

Baby brush hog

Yet another vote for the baby brush hog. I don't think there is a bad time to use them, I catch fish on them year round. The SK Space Monkeys are pretty good along with the Smokin Rooster.

Baby brush hog for pitching and casting, full size for C-rigging. Pit Boss is another must have. I've done really well with a BPS Crack Craw also. 

Kinami D bug

Yeah, baby brush hog here. Also Yum wooley hawgtails.

Gene Larew Hoo Daddy Sr

Newest entry:  MegaStrike MegaBug  http://www.megastrike.com/#!products/vstc2=megaplastics

 

 

Must Haves:

 

Rage Tail Space Monkey, Hawg and Smokin' Rooster

 

GYCB Fat Ika, Kreature and Flappin' Hog

 

 

Big Bite 6" creature in watrmin candy

 

R.I. Sweet Beaver..........all year long.

I have a lot of confidence in the Yamamoto Flappin' Hog. I really like the bulk of the bait even though its not too big. It's great for smallmouth and spots around here. I fish it on a skirtless, weedless jig head just like a jig.

I have a lot of confidence in the Yamamoto Flappin' Hog. I really like the bulk of the bait even though its not too big. It's great for smallmouth and spots around here. I fish it on a skirtless, weedless jig head just like a jig.

x2. I like both sizes of the Flappin' Hog and usually fish them on a Luck E Strike "Perfect Worm Rig" (simple, skirtless jig with a darter head and a Gammy EWG hook). It slides right through the weeds.

Yamamoto double tail hula grub. Texas rigged and jig trailer.

Baby brush hog.

I also like the Yamamoto Flappin Hog, I normally use it as a jig trailer when I want a bigger profile. I also like the NetBait B-Bug.

Newest entry: MegaStrike MegaBug http://www.megastrike.com/#!products/vstc2=megaplastics

Must Haves:

Rage Tail Space Monkey, Hawg and Smokin' Rooster

GYCB Fat Ika, Kreature and Flappin' Hog

From the looks of these posts, the only "Must Have" is the Baby Brush Hog.

I love the baby brush hog and I haven't seen the need to try any new baits since I honestly always have success with it. I know some of the mods on this forum seem a little biased, but I have also received some good tips from them in the past. The Megabug does look good, and I would try it if I could find it somewhere other than online, but I don't remember seeing it any stores. Maybe next time I put in an order to TW, I'll add a pack on.

I did buy a few packs of Pit Bosses and Fat Ikas that I'm looking forward to trying this year.