Creature baits are probably my favorite thing to throw. Wondering what your guys favorite and most effective creature baits have been? How are you rigging and fishing them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Brush Hog. Always Texas rigged.

Out of all the big names, Reaction innovation’s Spicy Beaver has worked the best for me T-Rigged.

Baby Brush Hogs, Hula Grubs, Incredi-craws….T-rigged, C-rigged, and hula grubs make great smallmouth baits on a bare 1/2 football jig head. 

Like @Mobasser, it's a Texas rigged, Zoom Baby Brush Hog for me too. I have been looking at the Big Bite Baits "BFE" at the tackle shop, haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Baby D-Bomb on a T-rig with a 4/0 flipping hook with a pegged sinker.  I'm sure the other beaver style baits work too, but I've only ever used these.  I don't use any other ones, although I have a pack of Havoc Pit Boss baits that someone gave me a long time ago to thank me for something.  I still haven't opened the pack.

I started tying skirts on my neds. My new favorite creature. With the recent rains, a grate that's typically dry and above water. It flooded allowing fish to access it. I pulled one out of it on this

 

 

If beavers are considered creatures, then the palmetto bug or the SK rage bug are my two in the boat.  I caught a few last year on the bandito bug as both trailer and texas rig, but the durability sucks and I don't buy another pack when these are done.

 

Excited to try the space monkey this spring.  Its a little bigger than I'd normally grab, but the rage tails will move water so I'm sure it will work.  Just have to decide when I want to throw it.

 

I'm also loving the look of the rage ned bug, but that's more as a trailer on a finesse jig.  I'm sure it would also work on a straight ned head, but I'm not there yet.

Zoom z hawg, vmc tokyo rig (it’s really a jika the way I set it up), vmc tungsten cylinder weight. I find it incredibly resistant to snagging and picking up weeds.

Zoom Z Hog

Reaction innovations sweet beaver

Missile baits D bomb

 

All pegged weight Trig. 

DBomb

Pit Boss

BFE 

11 minutes ago, GReb said:

 

Pit Boss

 

 

Also the Jackall Archelon. In stained water, stick a worm rattle into the small hole/cavity, weighted Texas rig and hold on to your britches! 

Berkley Creature Hawg, NetBait Bama Bug, or Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver.  They're all pretty much the same thing.  I just grab whatever is available, in the color I want, and cheapest.  I use them either T-rigged or as jig trailers.  

 

They've pretty much replaced all of my other soft plastic craws.  

put me in the baby brush hog camp

Reaction Innovation Man Bear Pig

Keitech Crazy Flapper

 

Caught more fish than I can count on those 2 soft plastics Texas rigged last year

3 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

 

Also the Jackall Archelon. In stained water, stick a worm rattle into the small hole/cavity, weighted Texas rig and hold on to your britches! 

 

I have those but haven't caught anything on them. I was rigging them on a stand up jig. Looks like I'll have to try t rigging them 

Another vote for the baby brush hog. I don't use them much anymore but I have had some really good days with the super hog.

Rage Tail Space Monkey, Texas rigged with a keel weighted hook. Catches fish for me anywhere. It's so versatile.

Some of my other favs

 

 

Baby Brush Hog/Brush Hog

Rage Bug/Menace

Pit Boss

BBB Yomama

SK Rodent

YUM Bad Mama (DC'd ?)

 

Rage Bug

Mid size Brush Hog

Space Monkey

Man Bear Pig

D Bomb

BBB Craw Tube

 

 

Rage Bug in all the various sizes 

Baby Brush Hog

V&M J-Bug

 

Casting, flipping, pitching, & punching.

Behind a jig

I've had the most luck on baby brush hogs. My brother has had the most luck on bandito bugs.

I dont own to many creature baits.  there are a billion in creation for sure.

 

I have the Flappin Hog for mostly everything

the Palmetto bug for punching

and the baby Brush Hog for pitching

 

a few others I just for tiny jig trailers and random stuff I dont plan on restocking.  

 

I want to try more gill profiles.

 

 

 

Rage menace

Rage bug

Pit boss

Space monkey

Baby brush hog