So I heard through the grapevine that bass will eat mice.  Are mice a delicacy- will bass devour them?  If so, do they make a mouse bait...or is a live mouse the only option...  

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This time of year you need to go big.  Throw a rat.

Here are a couple of other options that I have seen.

Heddon Meadow Mouse

Bettencourt Baits Rodent

Bass will pretty much eat anything that moves in the water.  If they're starving they'll even try and catch bugs flying over the water.

Bass will pretty much eat anything that moves in the water. If they're starving they'll even try and catch bugs flying over the water.

x2.  I've even seen one blow up on a baby duck swimming behind his mom

This time of year you need to go big.  Throw a rat.

My HERO!!!!

Rats rule

In a tourney last week a buddy of mine went to go scoop fish out of his livewell. He saw what he figured to be a craw in the tank and went to pick it up to show his daughter. Surprise surprise! It was a half digested mouse a fish had puked up in the well. I saw him start dry-heaving from my boat, was pretty gross. Must have come out of a dock or retaining wall and fell in the water. :-/

Use a wireless mouse with batteries for deeper presentations and the wired ones for a shallow bite. Experiment the wire length for added action. Niether would be practical pulled through weeds as this should be an open water application, much like a crank bait. : Both come in many different colors now as well.

Use a wireless mouse with batteries for deeper presentations and the wired ones for a shallow bite. Experiment the wire length for added action. Niether would be practical pulled through weeds as this should be an open water application, much like a crank bait. : Both come in many different colors now as well.

I find the batteries don't last very long though.

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This time of year you need to go big. Throw a rat.

My HERO!!!!

Rats rule

Which rat is that?

There are several artificial mouse lures on the market - even a few baby duck imitations (may have to search eBay for those).

IMO - a frog lure works just as well,  easier to find, and probably cheaper.

Way to go closing the other mouse thread Glenn... That can of worms was beginning to spill out and leave a mess.

that other mouse thread was gross.  

I've witnessed small, swimming rodents getting eaten by some predatory fish - maybe a bass or a pike, but man they hit it hard.  As a kid, I had a little mouse lure, and caught bass on it.  Snag Proof has a plastic mouse similar to their frogs that would fit the bill.  I've seen them in all the major sporting goods stores.

gotta love the mouse

an observation:

Many "mouse" lures are just frog baits with whiskers.  The most appealing part of the baits I make is that sexy, sexy, sexy, tail on the end.  It looks so good back there that I want to bite the stupid thing,lol

With this said, I think many folks may find some benefit in adding a tail to some of your frog baits!!

Anything can be used from a piece of rawhide to a shoe lace to a needle worm.  

Try it, what's to lose?

Caught my personal best just last nite on a top water Frog..

top water fishing no mater what the bait is awsome !!!!!

Jeff

an observation:

Many "mouse" lures are just frog baits with whiskers.  The most appealing part of the baits I make is that sexy, sexy, sexy, tail on the end.  It looks so good back there that I want to bite the stupid thing,lol

With this said, I think many folks may find some benefit in adding a tail to some of your frog baits!!

Anything can be used from a piece of rawhide to a shoe lace to a needle worm.  

Try it, what's to lose?

One (or two) too many sexys there :

Ever build a bait?  NEVER too much sexy

There are several artificial mouse lures on the market - even a few baby duck imitations (may have to search eBay for those).

IMO - a frog lure works just as well, easier to find, and probably cheaper.

Now someone's going to read your post and ask about using a live baby duckling for bait...

So I bought a soft bait mouse early this afternoon...It is grey, has whiskers, a tail, and its weighted.  I cast in and it looks really sexy, but couldn't get any interest.  It was a tough day of fishing anyway, but any ideas on how I should work this mouse?  I can reel it back in slowly and it looks delicious, or I can reel-pause-reel like a worm.  What do you think is gonna work for using such an apparatus?

Is it weedless? If it's weedless, I'd fish it a lot like you would fish a frog, on the slop. You also might have good luck throwing the bait all the way onto the shore and then slowly swimming it back, with pauses.

So I bought a soft bait mouse early this afternoon...It is grey, has whiskers, a tail, and its weighted.  I cast in and it looks really sexy, but couldn't get any interest.  It was a tough day of fishing anyway, but any ideas on how I should work this mouse?  I can reel it back in slowly and it looks delicious, or I can reel-pause-reel like a worm.  What do you think is gonna work for using such an apparatus?

The fish will let you know, try both till they show themselves.