If you had to pick only six baits for fishing rock in less than 12 feet of water, which lures would you choose to approach this situation for largemouth bass?

Spro Rock Crawler

Rapala DT 10

Hula grub 1/4 oz football head

6th Sense cloud nine c 10

Reaction Inovations Skinny Dipper on 3/8 oz underspin.

Bomber Model a crank has worked well on rip rap. I also like a tube with a pegged bullet weight smaller than the diameter of the lure. That helps the weight from getting wedged and the tube collapses . Rebel Deep Wee R is another crank I use. An inexpensive jig and grub because snags happen. Inexpensive spinners like 1/4 oz Beetle Spins or H&H spinner.

6 crankbaits. From a square bill to a Wiggle Wart.

Well that is what I am fishing and have been for the last couple of months.

Baits that I have tried: Keitech swim baits, worms of various colors, crank baits, jigs mostly 3/16 that I make in several colors and Ned rigs.

Results: Keitechs…an occasional fish

Worms…earlier pretty good

Crank baits…0

Jigs…pretty good until lately

Ned rigs…all that I can get a bite on lately.

The last time out I used most of what I listed. The only fish came on the Ned. I used 3 different weights 1/16, 3/32, and 1/8 depending on the depth and amount of wind. I caught 18 bass mostly largemouth with 5 keepers. I fish 7 different rocky areas and plan to keep throwing the Ned.

I love hopping a Ned rig over the rocks. 4" swimbait on a jighead too. A chatterbaittt with a boot-tail swimbait trailer, a Neko rig, and a DT-10 would round out my 6.

Hardbaits

Megabass Z-2

Megabass 110jr +1

Evergreen Piccolo PC-5

OSP Blitz EX DR

Rock Crawler

Bill Lewis ATV 1.5 or 2.5

Bonus Lure - Deps Evoke 2.0

Softplastic

OSP DoLive Beaver 4in

1/2oz Football Jig Congo Craw Trailer

5in Senko wacky rigged

Megabass Sparkshad 3in

Xzone Adrenaline Craw/wobble head

Zman Gobyz

Jig and craw

Plastic worm

Texas rigged craw

Crankbait

Spinnerbait

Lipless crankbait

DT4

DT6

DT8

DT10

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And I guess a z-man ned

On 1/12/2026 at 4:45 PM, Bankbeater said:

Jig and craw

Plastic worm

Texas rigged craw

Crankbait

Spinnerbait

Lipless crankbait

you just tie on the crank bait for the depth in the moment? or have a few tied up and pull the right one out of the rod box

3 hours ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

you just tie on the crank bait for the depth in the moment? or have a few tied up and pull the right one out of the rod box

Whatever depth you need that keeps it banging into the rock.

Speed Trap

Hot Lips

Wiggle Wart

Rock Crawler

Deep Little N

Vision 110 +1

Hula Grub

Tube

On 1/14/2026 at 8:13 AM, GoneFishingLTN said:

you just tie on the crank bait for the depth in the moment? or have a few tied up and pull the right one out of the rod box

I use a snap for crankbaits. I have one medium rod for cranks so I will have a few baits out handy for different depths and can swap them quickly with the snap. I also have a ML rod for light cranks that will be out if throwing smaller baits.

It's not a situation I face often, but occasionally.

A hula grub really seems to do the job. I put them on 1/4 and 3/8 Fin-Tech Title Shot heads. There is a football head version which would be good, but I've found the bullet and "skip" heads to be fine in rock as well.

Among crankbaits, I've liked the the DT series, Rock Crawler, and 6th Sense Curve 55

For covering water also consider a wobble head.

And for finesse, a straight-tailed worm on a shaky head.

@GoneFishingLTN , it depends on the depth and slope of the rocks. For a shallow, gradual slope, I'll run a shallow crankbait, or a wake bait. If it is a steep drop off, I'll use a medium diving crankbait, or a spinnerbait to get all the way down to the bottom.

I like to fish rock. I don't have six baits, I have six boxes and still buying.

Deep Little N

Wiggle Wart (I know it won't get down to 12ft., but I'd start shallow and work down)

Ratl Trap

Rage Tail Craw on a belly weighted hook

Any other two lures you're not afraid to loose : )

Fat Ikas are forgiving in the rocks because of their girth. They can be fished weightless to 10 as long as there is not too much wind.

1) a couple of silent or very very light rattle - 6th sense 75x for 4-6ft, maybe jackall digle 3m+ and 4m+ because of the coffin bill and light rattle they will be different than most of the other cranks coming through. Try really slow like just picking through the rocks.

2) chatter bait in 1/2 and 3/4 oz. 1/2 will run 6-7' if you reel it slow - can fish on the bottom or mid-column. This bait can do a lot more than just get wound back.

so that's five, for a sixth I'd pick a t-rig/soft plastic setup. If the rocks are really snaggy you can get a football head weight instead of the normal bullet shape. Lot of versatility here.

I think if you took all the lists together you're getting about 30 baits from the monkey.