What kind of terrestrial prey do you have where you live? What lures do you use to imitate them? Where do you fish them.

For me this is one of my favorite ways to fish. in my area ive seen bass and other fish eat birds,squirrels,mice,snakes,ducklings, and once saw a very large catfish? try to eat a baby beaver.

I tend to imitate rodents mainly using rat type wake baits. i got a new one recently the cl8 baby possum i can't wait to try out.

i tend to fish weed lines or downed trees or even low hanging branches where rats and the like may easily fall into the water for an easy meal. This is also one of my primary night baits in summer.

The yellow and black spro frogs are in a duckling pattern. A buddy of mine swears by them.

The live taget rat gets thrown around a lot on my boat with decent results.

I live in Miami so its lizards, lizards and oh did I mention lizards. Great in any shallow water - vegetation or not. lizards here tend to stay close to shore.

What kind of terrestrial prey do you have where you live? What lures do you use to imitate them? Where do you fish them.

For me this is one of my favorite ways to fish. in my area ive seen bass and other fish eat birds,squirrels,mice,snakes,ducklings, and once saw a very large catfish? try to eat a baby beaver.

I tend to imitate rodents mainly using rat type wake baits. i got a new one recently the cl8 baby possum i can't wait to try out.

i tend to fish weed lines or downed trees or even low hanging branches where rats and the like may easily fall into the water for an easy meal. This is also one of my primary night baits in summer.

I'm thinking about getting that baby possum. How does it look? Would you call it a big lure?

I'm thinking about getting that baby possum. How does it look? Would you call it a big lure?

its for sure a big lure it weighs in at 4.6 oz and abou 12" with the tail about 6 " body. i don't think its so big a 2lber wouldn't eat it but its a big profile bait

I saw a video of bass eating lots of bugs in the inlet in the spring and a guy was casting a very light lure looked almost like a spider with bunch of legs with light gear, possibly ultra light. All he was doing was a little twitches and catching them right and left. This is getting close to fly fishing world almost.

 

I don't throw light top water, but this got me an idea to try out this summer when bugs are everywhere.

See aquatic vs terrestrial prey in general fishing forum.

Tom

its for sure a big lure it weighs in at 4.6 oz and abou 12" with the tail about 6 " body. i don't think its so big a 2lber wouldn't eat it but its a big profile bait

A 2lber could easily hit it. I got the big possum and I don't see any bass under 4-5lbs hitting this thing. It's 7+ ounces and is 16" overall. It's huge! Haha.

A 2lber could easily hit it. I got the big possum and I don't see any bass under 4-5lbs hitting this thing. It's 7+ ounces and is 16" overall. It's huge! Haha.

yeah i saw the full size possum and felt a little intimidated by the weight 7 oz will wear you out throwing it all day or night. i really like the large profile while at the same time it doesn't look that intimidating. my wife thinks mine is cute lol. only thing i would change on mine would find reflective eyes to swap out for the littleblack eyes

I saw a video of bass eating lots of bugs in the inlet in the spring and a guy was casting a very light lure looked almost like a spider with bunch of legs with light gear, possibly ultra light. All he was doing was a little twitches and catching them right and left. This is getting close to fly fishing world almost.

I don't throw light top water, but this got me an idea to try out this summer when bugs are everywhere.

we use 7' ultralights with a small popper fly and casting bubble when the mayflies start to hatch. its a lot of fun catching the bull gills and 1-2 lb bass

yeah i saw the full size possum and felt a little intimidated by the weight 7 oz will wear you out throwing it all day or night. i really like the large profile while at the same time it doesn't look that intimidating. my wife thinks mine is cute lol. only thing i would change on mine would find reflective eyes to swap out for the littleblack eyes

The eyes on the big possum are pretty big. It really is intimidating. I put the possum in a drawer at my dads house and his girlfriend opened it and got freaked out haha.

The eyes on the big possum are pretty big. It really is intimidating. I put the possum in a drawer at my dads house and his girlfriend opened it and got freaked out haha.

lol scared my mother in law like that with my moreau topwater rat once

Terrestrial animals are everything that lives about the waters surface and a few that start the lives underwater and can get out of the water like amphibians and crustaceans.

Mouse lures go back over 100 years, rats are more recent in regards to bass lures, mice and rats are everywhere.

Today there are at least a 1/2 dozen popular rat lures, some are very big and heavy that require special rods to cast and retrieve properly. Like low production hand made swimbaits, rats can be expensive! Deps El Raton is a good example.

There are a few good bird lures and like mice, birds date back over a century. The modern birds like Flip the Bird and Pursader baby duck are both good.

The old Jitter Bug could easily be a terrestrial swimming creature and same with a Buzz bait. Most wake baits could also appear as terrestrial swimmers to bass.

Tom

I have duck lures i made out of a rubber ducky and bettle spin gubs for legs and made a micro duck. i will be throwing it. for big brown trout and a monster duck i made for bass that caught alot of fish in high fishing  pressure inner city ponds. I also built a 27 inch line thru wooden  snake im going to try for bass this year and. I. Will. Be. Make. a ten inch version. For brown trout. I came to the conclusion that big fish eat what ever will fit in there mouths and when there is alot of it around or more of that food. Supply they wont think twice. 

On 1/11/2014 at 3:23 PM, basshole8190 said:

What kind of terrestrial prey do you have where you live? What lures do you use to imitate them? Where do you fish them.

For me this is one of my favorite ways to fish. in my area ive seen bass and other fish eat birds,squirrels,mice,snakes,ducklings, and once saw a very large catfish? try to eat a baby beaver.

I tend to imitate rodents mainly using rat type wake baits. i got a new one recently the cl8 baby possum i can't wait to try out.

i tend to fish weed lines or downed trees or even low hanging branches where rats and the like may easily fall into the water for an easy meal. This is also one of my primary night baits in summer.

I think it's the current 2016 In Fisherman Gear Guide that just got released that had a picture of a bait called a "Baby Beaver" by Beaver's Baits that looked like nothing I've seen before.  I'm in California and we have no beavers out here, and the bait is huge and designed for muskies, but I was wondering how it would work for largemouth bass.

17 hours ago, blckshirt98 said:

I think it's the current 2016 In Fisherman Gear Guide that just got released that had a picture of a bait called a "Baby Beaver" by Beaver's Baits that looked like nothing I've seen before.  I'm in California and we have no beavers out here, and the bait is huge and designed for muskies, but I was wondering how it would work for largemouth bass.

Beavers may not as common in California as other states but we do have a beaver population throughout the High Sierra range.

Bass don't care if it's a beaver or a rat, if it fits in the mouth it's prey.

Tom

 

I worry to mimic something "alive" that the bass can eat, why worry about mimicking something else ?