Rapala Crankin Raps, the 3 and 5 size squarebills. I think they discontinued them a couple years ago but Ive caught thousands of bass on them through the years. They are my favorite crankbait for shallow water. 

Chompers Lizards.  The garlic smell alone makes kind of unwanted.

On 6/22/2018 at 8:35 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

They're kind of similar, but a little different, much wider body. They get bit though.

Shhhhhhhhhhh...

 

Best night time calm water lure period. 

Little Cleo - hammered blue/nickel when shad are busting.

Rebel deep wee r's and wee r's.

49 minutes ago, whitwolf said:

Rebel deep wee r's and wee r's.

I have some of the wee r and deep wee r baits. I took them out of my tackle box so I didn't end up losing them since you can't find them anymore.

1 minute ago, Log Catcher said:

I have some of the wee r and deep wee r baits. I took them out of my tackle box so I didn't end up losing them since you can't find them anymore.

This should read some of the original ones before Rebel was bought out.

Walking baits. I don't see many people throwing those, but then again, I don't see many people fishing at the ponds I fish, so...  

On 6/25/2018 at 2:55 PM, Columbia Craw said:

Cotton Cordell Ripplin Red Fin.

I have these just because Jimmy Houston use to wreck fish on his show using them when I was young. Now they work great but for walleye not bass.

 

Allen

Rebel floating minnow

On 6/21/2018 at 10:26 AM, Tizi said:

Storm Hot n Tot

+1...I think the chrome lip is hot

On 6/22/2018 at 10:00 AM, A-Jay said:

Rapala X-Rap Sub Walk ~

 

A-Jay

Man, I have a few ideas these I got in a lot off of eBay and I can't get much action out if them. What's the secret?

 

 

Fat IKA...nobody we fish with uses these despite all the success we've had with them over the past ten years or so. Older son just won a small local tourney using it. Thanks again RoadWarrior for the tip.

Basically a gold silver buddy

7 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

Man, I have a few ideas these I got in a lot off of eBay and I can't get much action out if them. What's the secret?

 

 

@fishwizzard

First - I change the hooks out to a quality after market model - Mustad, Gamaktsu or Owner.  I like no feather here too.

As for the secret -  Perhaps think of the Subwalk as a 'Suspending Fluke with two trebles' and fish it that way.   

 

One way I fish it, is like a jerkbait but in warmer water situations where I might normally fish topwater.  Fish still need to come 'up' to get it, just not 'all the way up'. Works as a 'follow-up' to a missed topwater strike now & then too.  Of course you have to have it rigged & ready. 

 I almost always use spinning gear (10 braid & a 10 lb mono leader - about 10 ft).  Great to bomb casts and get the bait as far from the boat as I can - especially in this clear water.  In colder water Sub mid 50's, I let the bait pause more.  It has a great 'roll to a stop' action that I believe generates quite a few strikes. 

 In plus mid 50 temps I fish this bait pretty fast.  Still like a jerk bait but 'the pause' is like a millisecond.   Short Jerk, reel up slack,  -  short jerk, reel up slack - but pretty fast.  Pretty much constant reeling and jerking.  I watch smallies appear behind the bait & track it for a ways the then Smash it.  Trick is if you see one (or several) don't stop the bait, they love the chase & will lose interest if the bait doesn't keep moving - speeding it up can be a trigger too.

Once shallow weeds emerge I'll throw & fish this over them - the magic is the the long cast and the fast retrieve.  I will also add I've caught (and lost a few) to some hefty pike too. 

  Confidence in a bait is a big deal and if you think this is a dud - well that's not going to help you BUT I get it.  I can't catch a cold on a Glide bait and I have a box of them - everyone else is all about them.  Me - well, not so much.

Hope this helps. 

A-Jay

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

@fishwizzard

 

Hope this helps. 

A-Jay

That helps a lot!  I was trying to work them way too slow it seems like.  I work my flukes pretty fast, so that compairson really helped. 

 

Thanks! 

4 hours ago, NHBull said:

Basically a gold silver buddy

Seriously looks like the monster from Alien.

On 6/21/2018 at 10:47 AM, Jaderose said:

Real old school here.  Lazy Ikes and Hellbenders.  Don't throw either a lot but they both catch fish  Same goes with Jitterbugs and Hulapoppers.  The H&H are my favorite spinnerbaits

the little H & H spinnerbaits are killer for ky bass. heavy , small, fast dropping baits you can move slowlllly. found some here in nc at academy.

Flatfish is my oldie but goodie. X4 or x5 in perch.

I just got a Lucky 13.  Sort of cheaply made.  Changed the hooks to shorter hooks with split rings, as I do all Heddon and Arbogast lures.  Thinking of copying it in wood.

I have 20 H&Hs in my box at all times. It’s all my wife uses. And she consistently catches fish year round on them. She also loses about a bait per hour so it doesn’t cost me much lol

Devil's horse

Jerkbaits in the summer. I know jerkbaits are pretty popular, but I never see anyone using them when it's 90+ degrees. ?

19 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Jerkbaits in the summer. I know jerkbaits are pretty popular, but I never see anyone using them when it's 90+ degrees. ?

 

That’s right. You’ll never get a reaction bite in the summer on them. ?

On 6/21/2018 at 8:58 AM, ohboyitsrobby said:

This one. Breaking fish that won't bite is the most frustrating thing ever. This lure usually cures that plus the fish don't see it much around here.

Cool looking plug. No props no nothing? What’s it do and what’s it called? Pencil bait ?

It's an old saltwater boy howdy. I have a couple freshwater ones also. The local bass elite series angler said that's the only saltwater one he's ever saw then commenced to ask where I could get more lol. It's works a lot like a walking bait just plunges a few inches under the water

Balsa wood cranks don't seem to be in style anymore.  I like the older rapala shad rap #5 or #7 in silver and black