What are you guys' top 5 confidence baits that you know you can almost always catch a fish on. You need to be able to do it in the wind and in the sun and during any time of the year. 

 

My 5:

Small colorado spinnerbaits (3/8 oz and less)(yellow and black or chartreuse and blue)

Bomber square A (apple red crawdad or baby bass for very pressured, clear water areas)

Yamamoto senko (fading watermelon or gp purple copper flake)

Berkley power grub (black for pressured areas and firetiger for when fish are active and not finicky)

Strike king bitsy bug jig (1/4 oz)(watermelon or cajun craw)

I like this topic. Mine would be:

1. Chatterbait (Black and Blue has been the best for me)

2. Creature bait T-rigged (Okeechobee Craw is my fav)

3. Paddle Tail with underspin (White Pearl, or Shad color)

4. Stick worm (whacky or T-rigged) I like Watermelon red, Black and Blue, and a Blue / Green pearl

5. Lipless crank- (I have caught a ton on white, red, and sexy shad)

1.  Jig

2.  Swim jig

3.  Squarebill

4.  T-rig

5.  Spinnerbait

Magnum Speed Worm 

Rage Bug

Rage Cut R

RI Skinny Dipper

Original Scum Frog

 

 

 

 

Mike

PopMax

Senko

Fat Ika

Rage Structure Bug

Rage Menace

But I always have a jig/ Rage Craw tied on

Spinnerbait - Greenfish Tackle Ballistic HD (Sun Gill)

Lipless - Spro Wameku (Delta Craw)

Texas Rig - 1/4 oz pegged Baby Brush Hog (Green Pumpkin red flake)

Squarebill - Booyah XCS (Rayburn Red)

Swinging Jig Head - 3/8 oz Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver (Low Blow)

 

Last year it was

 

Zara Spook

Jig and craw

4" Finesse Worm

Shallow running crankbait

4" Senko

All purpose Jig

Soft plastic swimbait 3.5"

5” Senko WR or weightless TR

Zoom Trick Worm weightless TR

Mann’s Jelly Worm TR

 

That's my true confidence bait list. I catch bass on many other baits (Whopper Plopper, some jigs w/craw trailers, etc.). But if I NEED to catch A bass, that’s what I’m tying on. 

1. Ultravibe Speed Worm 

2. Ultravibe Speed Craw 

3. Jig-n-Craw 

4. Stanley's Vibra-Shaft 

5. Rat-L-Trap 

6. Frog 

Robo Worm Fat on a drop shot

Dobyns Beast spinnerbait

6th Sense Curve 55

4.3 Keitech Fat

Senko 5 inch

Trigged Rage Craw/Rage Bug/Power Worm 

Swim Jig /FinesseJig/Regular Jig 

Tube

Archelon 

Silver and black popper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Finesse Jig(War Eagle Green Pumpkin Purple)

2. Swim jig( White)

3. Chatterbait(Z-man Original White)

4. Buzzbait

5. Ned Rig 

Rage Cutter                                           
Rage craw

3/8 War Eagle spinnerbait

Hair jig

3 inch Swimmer

Jig

Senko

Lipless

Ned

Squarebill

1)  Small 4" swimbait on a ball head jig

2)  Ned Rig
*All year long no matter whether I am largemouth or smallmouth fishing those two will be tied on.

3)  Dropshot- once we get into summer, probably 75% of my smallmouth fishing is a dropshot.  

4)  Tube- most of my big prespawn smallies come on tubes.  

5)  Bait X  (not sharing this one) 

 

1 - Heddon Spook One Knocker in Pearl Shad

2 - 1/2 oz. spinnerbait w/ double willow blades in chartreuse and white (any brand) with 3.5" Zoom Fat Albert Grub trailer in chartreuse. 

3 - Rapala DT10 in Old School

4 - Strike King KVD 1.5 squarebill in Chart Black back

5 - Strike King Tour Grade 1/2 oz. football jig in Black and Blue with headless 6" Zoom Lizard trailer in Junebug 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Junk Fisherman said:

5)  Bait X  (not sharing this one) 

 

Rage Tail Menace?

Let me think a moment.

 

Swim Jig

Spinnerbait

Lipless

Suspending Jerkbait

Drop-Shot

 

Of course each depends on conditions, but I'll cycle through those if needed until I find what the bass want. If none of those work...I start getting 'creative'.

1. 3/8 Siebert tungsten pitching jig with UV Speed Craw trailer

2. Dropshot - usually a Missile Bombshot

3. Frog in summer

4. Squarebill - 6th Sense Crush 50x for rattling or LC 1.5 for silent

5. Stickbait - wacky rig or weightless t-rig

 

Im going to work hard to get jerkbaits in this list in the spring.

t-rig 

spinnerbait

crankbait

buzzbait

jig

Plastic worm( various models)           Spinnerbait.                                        Rattletrap.                                         Jig/ trailer combo.                             Spook

3/4oz jig

3/8oz jig

weightless wacky worm

single colorado spinnerbait 

Pop-r for the first 15 min on the morning. 
this year I hope to be able to add  on dropshot, bubbashot and ned rig

In no particular order, and dependent on where and when:

 

Swim jig

Spinnerbait

popper

Trick worm

T-rig UV Speed Craw

 

I could always tie on a Senko or one of it's clones and catch bass nearly every time out, but I just dislike fishing them.

Jig

Squarebill

DT-6/DT-10

Jerkbait

Havoc Pitboss