Cavitron buzzbait, 1/4 oz size. I never ever caught a buzzbait fish until last month- and I've been trying for almost 4 years. Now I can't keep bass- admittedly dinks- off the buzzbait.

 

Spinbait 90. Destroying, not searching! Catching bass, bluegills and crappies right where they should be. Sort of confirmation of my understanding of structure and seasonal patterns.

 

Sammy. Ok, so this is an honorable mention since I've caught tons of fish on walking lures before (the Rapala walker and the Spook); never tried a Sammy before. Catching fish on this in low 50s water this year. That's a new one for me. I think I have over a hundred bass on my Sammy now.

 

Here's the funny part though. I tacked each of these baits on different TW orders just to get free shipping!

What are yours?

Just caught fish on Tubes for the first time last week. 

 

Pumpkin Chartreuse SK Coffee tubes hooked weedless on a 1 o Wide Gap with a 3/16 oz tungsten bullet.

 

Caught a stringer closing in on 15 largemouth with the smallest being 2 lbs. I have pictures to prove. Will upload within the next 24 hours.

 

Also hooked into a good 4 pound smallie with em but he got off right at the shore.

Lucky craft pointer 78? I think the small one. Read all the hype on in. Caught a bunch of fish on one this spring.

Academy Pistol Minnow. The Gunfish 95 knock of. Works great.

Excalibur Zell pop again the small one.

And the best part I bought all these lures over the winter for a grand total of $15.

Have caught more fish dropshotting and on squarebills this year. The Norman Fat Boy in Firetiger has been hot for in a local lake with heavily stained/murky water.

Flipping timber and skipping jigs under over hanging trees has paid off for me the past month or so

The new Bill Lewis Echo is a winner as is the Shadow Rap. One oldie, but used for first time this year by me is the X Rap.

As much as I would hate to say it, that goofy Ned Rig, have caught fish on something similar before, but this one wins because the bouyant plastic snags less.

I've lost all confidence in myself this year lol so therefore I have no new confidence baits. It's been a tough year for me.

Tried Keitech Fat Impact Fats this spring and haven't stopped catching fish on them since.

A huge confidence booster has been making a smooth transition to baitcasters and catching lots of fish while learning on them. Sure makes practicing a lot more fun. 

 

Really lucked out on my rig as I found an Okuma Reflexions 6'6" Medium Heavy in a pawn shop. Traded my Abu Garcia Orra which was in HORRIBLE condition straight across for this still factory wrapped rod. It's a beast! Has the backbone and hooksetting feel of a loomis! Paired with my left Curado 51e from a couple years back is amazing. I can toss a wacky rigged 4" senko a mile on 12 lb flouro.

Still adjusting to river fishing but doing well I think.  Smallmouth are my new bass favorite this season.

Fun learning process, and really I'm still using all the same lures I used to use for largemouths on lakes and ponds (senkos, poppers, spinnerbaits and inlines, grubs, worms, floats and flies etc). 

My usual confidence baits are the same as they were back 10 years ago.  I'm pretty set in my ways

Dep's 175 and River2Sea Bubble Walker 80 have both been really good baits for me this year. I just started fishing them but I think the new YUM Bad Mamma is going to be a good one too. The Biospawn Exostick has been really good too. 

  Small tubes and the Stanley Ribbit.  That Stanley Ribbit is fun to use.  

The new Bill Lewis Echo is a winner as is the Shadow Rap. One oldie, but used for first time this year by me is the X Rap.

As much as I would hate to say it, that goofy Ned Rig, have caught fish on something similar before, but this one wins because the bouyant plastic snags less.

 

Glad to hear about the Echo's I purchased two - Rayburn Red and Blueberry Perch.  They just came in last week and I haven't had a chance to use them but next weekend I'll be fishing Fri-Sun and hope to test them out.

Reaction Innovations skinny dipper on a swarming hornet underspin has treated me quite nicely.

-Rage Craw and Cut'R worm: Can't put either of these down, they have fantastic action and the fish love them. 

-Keitech Fat Impact: Really like these baits. I haven't technically haven't had a ton of fish on them, but I have been throwing them more.

Glad to hear about the Echo's I purchased two - Rayburn Red and Blueberry Perch.  They just came in last week and I haven't had a chance to use them but next weekend I'll be fishing Fri-Sun and hope to test them out.

The only thing I found is it didn't like to be burned, I could perhaps tune it a bit, but the thing was catching fish so I didn't mess with it.

T-Rigged Zoom Super Speed Craw, black/sapphire

Stick Worm, wacky rigged.

Torpedo-I had a day so good on this lure I had to adjust the blade twice.

Rat L Trap-continually from last fall

 

I got a bite on a Johnson Silver Minnow...I want to keep experimenting with that

Frogs

I've lost all confidence in myself this year lol so therefore I have no new confidence baits. It's been a tough year for me.

 

Rough spring for me too. Even my stick baits are letting me down.

Trinitrotoluene (Frostproof Munitions Depot)

 

Roger

I'm going to hold out my answer until I get back from Lake Baccarac later this month.

I'm going to hold out my answer until I get back from Lake Baccarac later this month.

 

Lucky Ducky. Hope you rip some sizeable lips..........

Norman Lures N XS. They will eventually replace my Deep Little N's if, or when I loose them.  They're only available in five colors, but those five are my favorites.

GanCraft Claw has been incredible this year for me. The other, I wanted to hate this bait and have had terrible luck with other Savage Gear- the 8" bait has produced a ton of fish.

Rough spring for me too. Even my stick baits are letting me down.

Yeah you know it's bad when senkos don't work!