thanks again everyone who felt inclined to chime,my new personal best is 5+ ,unfortunately said fish escaped my clutches before we could take the pics, but it was about 20 inches and real fat.

i caught it on a black jitterbug and it felt great to see her explode on the surface.Quik question when the bass have some red coloring to them under the mouth and near the tail is this from feeding on craws?

I'm still fond of the Billy Bass topwater lure- I still have 2 left from the 80's... I caught my PB on a chrome color...

Hard to beat a Zara spook... be sure and use split rings to get the hooks down lower to increase your catch rate.....

I bought a few powerpack topwater lures in shad and in the frog and suprisingly as weird as the lure is... it really brings out the curiosity  in a bass- I've really had great luck with this lure....

A tornado spinnerbait- when it is half-hitched it becomes a deadly buzzbait..... what a lure!!!!!!!! a spinnerbait-buzzbait- and jig all in one...

You can never go wrong with a black jitterbug.  Good luck.

Another vote for the black Jitterbug. If you are targeting monster fish, give the muskie sized Jitterbug a shot. Be sure to sharpen or replace the hooks. You don't want to lose the fish of a lifetime.

My number one bait for big fish is the live sammy 120.  A super spook jr, gets me more fish, but all of the fish I catch on the live sammy are quality.  Oh, I rarely fish at night, but when I do I find that buzzbaits and jitterbugs are tops.

5/8 Black Jitter bug

Jitter Stick

#11 and # 13 Original and Floating Rapala

Spittin Image

Skitter Walk

and new this year

A Booyah Buzz bait I got from Speed Bead

WoodChopper