Roboworm and zoom

Zoom,manns,SK,mister twister,zman,yum Berkeley

Ive narrowed it down to zoom, ptl, berkley (powerbait and havoc) and bps worms specifically.

I started using Big Bites because of the price. I keep using them because they/we catch fish. If I find something on sale I'll pick it up but when I NEED more, I go buy Big Bites.

Culprit ribbon tail worms have stood the test of time. The best ribbon tail worm I've ever used, and still do.

SK Rage Tail

Zoom

Havoc

Yamamoto

99% of my soft plastic fishing is done with 4 brands:

Culprit

Rage Tail

YCB

Zoom

Wave baits. The scent is killer around here.

I wouldn't say that there is a best bait company. Each manufacturer seems to have one or a few baits that really excel. 

This is how I feel. There's some I like more than others but some companies have that one bait or even that one color that just works better than everyone else's for some reason or another. 

I always wondered this....With soft baits, since only a handful of american companies make their own baits in house, does the OEM own most patents which is why their is so much rebranding and copies of each other,and as for the Flange on Rage Tail- didn't Lake Fork adverstise the Flange on their beaver years ago,same with Netbait? paca craws very similar..I believe Netbait makes their own baits in house but Lake Fork 99% sure does not, so OEM may have had that Patent and Strike king defiinately tweaked it and improved it on better designs as well, but I would venture to say that Strike Kings business is way more valued of little lake fork to the OEM.....

 

I was curious if Strike king is only big enough to put in the patent and afford it first and then that way they can stop the other baits which are popular. Kalins made in same place has a flange on their new grub...Confusing.

Big O invented the "flange" or "ridge" and patented it for his Rage Tail Baits.

Other companies began copying the design and Strike King has gone after

them aggressively.

Mann's Jelly Worm

Gene Larew HooDaddy (smothered in crawfish Hawg Sauce)

StankXbaitco.