Mine used to be topwater, specifically a buzzbait. Obviously I still love it, but I've just re-fallen in love with that awesome feeling where I'm fishing a soft plastic, and I feel that "tick, tick" on my line. My heart gets pumping automatically and I love it. Then I get that amazing couple seconds, where I'm just waiting for my line to start moving, AND IT DOES! Now I know she's mine. All I have to do is set that hook! And how much FUN is it to set that hook?!?! I mean come ON! It's one of the single greatest feelings in all of sports for goodness sake!

I LOVE the different events that happen on a great soft plastic strike. The heart races, the anticipation, the hook set, the fight. Weeeeeeeeeeee!

How about you guys? What kinda strike do you guys dream about at night? Has your opinion changed over the years like mine, or has your favorite strike always been YOU'RE FAVORITE STRIKE?

TOP WATER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big bass slamming a jerkbait is my #1.

;D ;D ;D

A super hard strike on my plastics where my pole is about to fly out of my hands.

TOPWATER!!!  heart skips a beat every time...

but.. i do know what you mean about the soft plastic...

the "tick, tick" and then the anticipation of the line movin'...

both are why it's ADDICTING...  

i jig fish 80% of the time.....i love to fish laydowns ......i live for that thump at the end of my line..... and then it starts moving..... :o :D

Got to be TOP WATER!!  Knowing that with every twitch that the water can explode, or, those kind where there's a big swirl and the lure just disappears.  Plus, I think I catch bigger fish on top water.

It's kind of hard to beat a topwater strike...

I like RW also love a bass slamming a jerk bait...

I am also growing accustomed to the "tap tap *pause the bait* SLAM!!!" oh wait this isn't a bass its a walleye... darn it.

i love every type of strike for what it is...the explosion out of nowhere on the topwater,  when a crankbait, rattletrap or spinner just stops dead, the mushy feeling that comes on a jig sometimes...but my favorite at the moment is the "tick, tick" and boom..set the hook...on the senko.   absolutely love it.

Top water is one of my favorites.  I have had a couple strikes in really shallow water on top water frogs where you could see the wake of the fish plowing through the water to inhale your frog.  Nothing better than that!

Rage Shad/Buzzbait/Frog. Topwater

A good hard crankbait bite is hard to beat too.

I looove a good spinnerbait strike.

Jig bite.. one that you lift up to check your line and you feel weight.

    Carolina rig bite.

Naturally topwater! Explosions are all good we know that, but the thing about it that turns me on is knowing that I did whatever I did to anger that fish. Subtle twitch,loud pop,burning the dog,pause,slow it down,speed it up,etc... I love taking advantage of the predator instinct and seeing and hearing the results of my efforts.

any bite for me, topwater, spinner bait, plastic, crank bait, just anything that gets a fish to hit whatever bait I have in the water starts my blood pressure up and makes me come ALIVE ! ! ! ! !

It's a toss up between topwater and a reaction strike underwater.

As I fish mostly at night, I rarely get to see that 'boil' in the water right before a topwater assault. I like that a lot !!

Top Water, but not the huge explosions.  I LOVE watching the top water bait during the retrieval, then seeing a flash of bronze through the water, seeing the wake of the attack, and the dissapearance of a lure.  Its just plain awesome.  I LOVE seeing the fish hit it!

A close second is the instant you feel that tap tap on a worm.  You can go all day not catching anything, but the second you feel that tap tap, your heart stops beating for a split second and you imagine whats hitting your lure, how big it could be, what kind of fight it will be, and a miriad of other thoughts go throw your mind until you see that line move and you know its go time.

so long story short:  top water and the tap tap of a worm.

Fishing a jig and you think maybe that was a little tap, or maybe it wasn't, but you set the hook just in case and it's fish on!

That "Nothing" feeling you just get, and then the line moves off. Usually a very good fish.

That "Nothing" feeling you just get, and then the line moves off. Usually a very good fish.

I know that feeling. What would have been possibly an 8lb + fish for me picked up a tube so lightly I barely noticed it. Lost him during the fight when he jumped but that's another sob story :'(

A Topwater Explosion, especially close to the boat, really buries the needle on my Thrill Meter!

Roger

Its hard to beat a good topwater strike.  The best ones could nearly cause a heart attack.

I also agree with CWB, "A good hard crankbait bite is hard to beat too".

Big bass slamming a jerkbait is my #1.

;D ;D ;D

I can understand why people like a topwater bite, but I think anyone who has a 5 lb+ Smallmouth hit a jerkbait with the power that almost (and in some cases does, if you are not paying attention) rips the rod from your hands would put a jerkbait bite right up there (if not above) a topwater bite.

Its tough to beat a good topwater explosion but..

I agree with Bass_Akwards. I love a good plastic worm bite. Its not even so much the actual bite but its the hook set. I love getting ready and then realy stepping into a good hard hookset.