As the title says what is your go to smallmouth lure?

Mine is deffenetly a 3.5 in. Gitzit tube! I never go fishing without them.

Depends a whole lot on the conditions. Spring time it would be a jerkbait, summer time it's usually a bone colored super spook jr or a Ned rig. 

Dropshots, tubes, jerkbaits, and crankbaits work year round for me. Like blue said, kinda depends on the conditions and time of year.

Reins Ax Claw, 3/8 oz blade bait and a drop shot.

Shallow water: Fat Ika, Berkley Hollow Belly, jerkbait

 

Deeper water: Jerkbait, Sworming Hornet/ LFT Live Magic Shad, BPS 3 1/2" Tender Tube #71, DT6, DD22,

A-Rig, Rage Tail Craw and Baby Craw, NorthStar Original Swim Jig/ Rage Tail Menace and Siebert Outdoors

1/4 oz Big O PBJ/ Tage Tail Craw PBJ.

 

 

 

 

4" senko, tubes, jerkbaits, grub/jighead

If my life depended on catching a smallmouth, no matter the time of year, depth, or conditions, I would drop shot a 3" gulp leech.

Dropshot works year round for smallmouth. 

All of my smallmouth fishing is in shallow rivers in late spring thru early fall...Baby Boo Jig w/ an Ultravibe Speed Craw trailer, T-Rigged Finesse Worm (1/32-1/8oz weight), 4" GYCB Senko Weightless or T-Rigged with 1/32-1/8oz, Zara Puppy, White 3/8oz double willow Spinnerbait w/ a Swimmin Fluke Jr. trailer, KVD 1.5 in stained water.

 

If you want a "real" smallmouth 'round these parts   : S-waver 168, Spro BBZ JR 6" floater.

Mine is a plastic stick worm, a shakey head craw combo, and a drop shot plastic. I like walking baits a lot too. Knot (invite you to groan here) a fan of jerkbaits. 

Strike King 5xd

Drop Shot a Baby Rage Craw ~

 

A-Jay

Texas rigged plastic crawfish like a Guido bug .

Green pumpkin zoom finesse worm, or a jig n pig.

Go to bait for smallmouth is a dropshot setup throwing roboworms, senkos and snipers. Other than that I throw a hula grub or topwater. I have had so much success with those there is no need for any other bait.

Drop shot is always the go to, that or a Spro 15 ft diver in chartruese blue back

Sometimes all they will bite is a night crawler

Old school here. 3-4in. tube in green or brown. Many different rigging options, but an internal 3/16oz jig won't let you down 90% of the time.

Old school here. 3-4in. tube in green or brown. Many different rigging options, but an internal 3/16oz jig won't let you down 90% of the time.

Same, but I add Junebug and Smoke/purple flake to the color list.  Dunno why, but the smallies I chase seem to like purple too.

Spinnerbait when it's warm and a tube if it's cold or they're not chasing

Zoom Speed Worm in watermelon/red glitter minus tail, texposed on a 2/0 worm hook fished tail-less and weight-less.  

Mine on Kentucky lake is a bass pro green pumpkin tender tube exposed hook.

Mine on Kentucky lake is a bass pro green pumpkin tender tube exposed hook.

 

#71 was KILLER for me on Pickwick last year!

I fish an internal weight and weedless.

 

 

 

Drop shot Gary Yamamoto shad shape worm, hands down