A t-rigged 6" plastic worm.

A tx rigged Zoom 4" dead ringer.

'm going with inline spinners, can't beat them when the bass are keyed in on fry and baitfish. 

a grub.

 

X5 !!!!!!   Nothing less talked about but it catches fish everywhere.

I think the most overlooked bait is the inline spinner. It can be still very productive.

What do you think?

 

I agree with this. It's been my most consistent river smallmouth lure this year. Last year it was a black 1/8oz buzzbait....this year is the year of the 1/4oz gold blade Rooster Tail

Tubes. I have sizes from 1" up to about 5". They will catch almost anything that swims.

I think the most overlooked bait is the inline spinner. It can be still very productive.

What do you think?

really never liked inline spinners or spinners in general always only caught small stuff on them

Flies or Grubs.

I use a strike king #3 inline spinner that's silver blade dressed with a black Bucktail. Don't see it all the time for sale but it's larger than the blackgnat inline.

The cheap producer hard baits. I purchased a orange spook.

One morning five casts five good sized bass. Orange?

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/163648-whats-the-most-underrated-productive-bait/#entry1852919

 

FWIW, Here's Ike's Panic Box. He says he uses these 4 lures to continue catching fish after they quit the standard presentations. Of course, they're down-sized for numbers of bites. But they'll work even better when fish are turned on. They'll just attract bites from more small fish.

 

Split Shot rig with finesse worm

Grub

In-line spinner

Hair jig-real pork frog trailer

 

These are highly underrated by the bass fishing crowd nowadays. I overlook them because at this point I'm not fishing for numbers. If you go really small, you're usually targeting small fish. I mean when the bass wouldn't bite the standard offerings last time I was out with a buddy, we started trolling for crappie. We caught a bunch of tiny bass on 1/64 oz tube jigs. Maybe we would have caught bigger ones with a bigger jig but at that point we were after crappie, of which we caught 20 and kept.

The lakes I fish I never see anyone ever throwing poppers anymore. I catch all my biggest fish late in the day on the popper (and early AM). It's always productive and it doesn't matter part of the season it is. The plus side is that it's nice to be the only one doing it. I've been a popper tosser since I was 16 and I've never lost confidence in it. 

Blade baits like the Silver Buddy, Gay Blade, etc. There's no wrong way to fish them, they'll catch most any fish and they're cheap and easy to make. 

 

Tom

Well, here is a tip for grub fans. There is a better mouse trap:  Rage Tail Menace.

 

 

 

The most over looked lure for bass is the original F11S Rapala floating minnow, silver with black back.

This lure will catch bass anywhere any time. You probably have one and forgotten how good it is.

Tom

I'm speaking for myself here but I would have to say a regular, t rigged, 7" curly tail worm.  I've caught literally tons of bass on 7" Power Worms but never fish them anymore.   I always end up t-rigging a creature bait or a pitch bait or a straight tail worm, I need to bring the Power Worm back into the rotation.

Larew Salt Craw, Snagless Sally, and last but not least a Johnson Silver MInnow with a trailer.

People tend to use what the pro's are using to win tournaments. You see it every year or so. A new bait makes its way to the market and everyone runs out to buy them. They seem to forget what got hem there or even what got them catching fish in the first place. What I mean is baits like spinnerbaits, grubs, tubes, ribbon tail worms, inline spinners, etc.....have fallen out of popularity because they are no longer considered special baits. Most would like to say they caught a fish on a Wagasaki colored Megabass vision 110 or some other $20+ bait. Thats fine with me and I have some baits in that price range too, but I will NEVER not throw a spinnerbait, a grub, a tube, a worm or an inline spinner. They have worked for me for close to 30 years and will continue to work for me.

The most over looked lure for bass is the original F11S Rapala floating minnow, silver with black back.

This lure will catch bass anywhere any time. You probably have one and forgotten how good it is.

Tom

I think a lot of people forgot it because it's difficult to cast with a BC reel. I have an 11 and a 13 that I still use.

Blade baits like the Silver Buddy, Gay Blade, etc. There's no wrong way to fish them, they'll catch most any fish and they're cheap and easy to make. 

 

Tom

I want to change mine to blade baits .

I want to change mine to blade baits .

http://www.fishusa.com/product/Reef-Runner-Cicada-Lures?utm_source=google_ps&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_ps&gclid=CjwKEAjw1riwBRD61db6xtWTvTESJACoQ04Q_ZDrhzpWav7Y-ItL5D9Jsdxkj92lCgkPBLD8FjTSNxoCOQvw_wcB

 

These Cicadas on a spinning rod have saved many a trip for me. I catch perch through the ice jigging them too.

a grub.

Winner

I've been killing on a tube this year. I'm going to go with a tube.

Floating jerkbaits.

Mann's once offered plastic dragun flies. I took the 3" purple shad colored one and split shot rigged dropped it in the weed open pockets then brought it up like it just hatched the bass loved it. Mann's discontinued it.

In line spinners still produce alot of Smallmouth.