I've heard that you catch big bass on big lures. What has been your most effective big bass lure? What lure catches the most bass?

Buckeye mop jig in PB&J

buzzbait

Around here 5+ lbs is considered "big". Honestly I have caught big fish on just about everything I do. It's more about time, place, and presentation, then a specific lure.

I've caught more "big" fish on a 5" Senko than anything else. I've also caught a few hundred small ones on them as well.

A jig and craw or senko.

Swimbait and a jig.

A plastic worm has accounted for 80% of my double digit bass

Either a Fat Ika or 7" Senko. No artificial can top them, except the big swimbaits. However with those 8" Hudds and other huge lures, you're looking at tossing them for a long time in between strikes. Sometimes all day long with nothing to show for it. The lead two plastics cited produce all day long, both big and small bass. And I like to catch fish, regardless of their size.

Catching bass of any size is about location more than it is about lure selection. Gary Klein explained it best this way, if there was a Bush in the back of a cove with a 5# bass in it & Denny Brauer when by he would catch it on a black/blue jig. If KVD when by that same Bush he would catch it on a spinner bait & if Rick Clunn went by that same Bush he would catch on a buzz bait. It was not the lure selection but location of the bass.

A plastic worm has accounted for 80% of my double digit bass

What percent of the time do you fish with a plastic worm Catt?

Catching bass of any size is about location more than it is about lure selection. Gary Klein explained it best this way, if there was a Bush in the back of a cove with a 5# bass in it & Denny Brauer when by he would catch it on a black/blue jig. If KVD when by that same Bush he would catch it on a spinner bait & if Rick Clunn went by that same Bush he would catch on a buzz bait. It was not the lure selection but location of the bass.

BINGO! My ideal location to catch hawgs would have to be on the edges of slop or in around sparse vegetation using a hollow body frog.

Scrutch, I throw worms 60% of the time when I'm fishing a Texas rig which is 75% of the time. I fish deep water structure & thick grass so a Texas rig or Jig-N-Craw are logical lure selections.

Flippin a jig or a "creature" bait has produced my biggest fish.

ten inch powerworm!!!!

These comments are interesting. I expected to see large swim baits and 10in worms.

Soft plastic swimbait and NorthStar Cutom Baits Mop Jig

Backwater Custom Baits jig and a rage trailer does it for me no. 1 producer for big bass , give them a try , excellent co. to deal with. Won't give up my best color though.

These comments are interesting. I expected to see large swim baits and 10in worms.

If a spinnerbait is all I ever throw, then that's all I'm going to catch my fish on; and of course, one of the bass will be bigger than all others. Keep an open mind.

Read some books, articles, whatever on what really big bass/ trophy fish are caught on. Definition of a trophy varies from region to region, and from reservoir to reservoir.

The right location is THE most important thing, but lure selection and presentation is something to think about too.

EDIT: There are big bass, then there are really big ones, and then there are the trophy bass. Which of these do you want to catch?

Check out this link that I recently posted on my favorite:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/98990-super-confidence-in-a-bait-youve-never-thrown/page__st__15

For me, a 1/2oz. to 1oz. Northstar football jig in Magic craw or a green/brown/blue color with a Netbait Dirt Dog hooked backwards,chunk,baby paca. A worm on a t-rig from 7in.to 15 in.! Brush hogs or big fin.worms.

Catching bass of any size is about location more than it is about lure selection. Gary Klein explained it best this way, if there was a Bush in the back of a cove with a 5# bass in it & Denny Brauer when by he would catch it on a black/blue jig. If KVD when by that same Bush he would catch it on a spinner bait & if Rick Clunn went by that same Bush he would catch on a buzz bait. It was not the lure selection but location of the bass.

" I would rather fish in the wright spot with the wrong bait ,than fish in the wrong spot with the wright bait"

My biggest fish (by guess had to be 10lb) was caught on a rattle trap (in open water) My second biggest (8lbs) was caught on a soft plastic swim bait (4inches)

90% of the time I fish a lizard or a worm ( no weight). and I try to fish the most difficult places (usually around fallen timber) More often than not I get snagged.

Over 90% of my giant bass over 15 lbs were caught on a hair jig with a pork trailer*, a combination I fish about 75% of the time during pre spawn at the deep rocky structure lakes where I fish. Rainbow trout imitating swimbaits and 9" to 12" plastic worms make up the balance during the pre period.

I fish all 3; jigs, swimbaits and soft plastic worms / creatures year around an those lures catch a high % of the DD bass for me. The jig & pig works extremely well when big bass are targeting crawdads during pre spawn, the big swimbaits are better for numbers of DD bass late fall to the spawn period. Soft plastic worms or creatures and jigs are good at night.

If you were to ask Butch Brown the same question he would say swimbaits are his go to lure. The bottom line is you must be at the right place and the right time; location, depth, timing and confidence in the lure you are using are the key factors.

Tom

* the hair jig & pig is so unpopular today that so few are available you must tie your own jigs and it catches big bass.

Thats hard to say, because there really is no one guaranteed "big fish" lure. Regardless of what type of lure you fish with there are hundreds of variables that may affect your percentage of success. Some are of the opinion that a bigger bait attracts a bigger bass due to visibility. There may be SOME truth to that, but visibility is again, one of many contributing factors. I have caught small bass of lures almost as big as they were, and I've caught bigger fish on smaller lures too. So it really all depends.

For a grassy bottom, I would go with a 8 - 12 in. worm or creature bait, Texas rigged (or maybe Carolina rigged with a nice clicker bead).

If its an open water situation, say 15 - 20 feet deep, I would do some pitching near cover with a jig, or use a deep diving crank and try to slam into a few things nearby.

And if its off a nice point where the bottom drops off a few feet near some scattered cover, I would go with a spinner bait with a big blades or even double blades with a trailer hook.

So to me it just depends on the situation. If there was a go to big fish lure, I would probably fish with it every single day...who wouldn't?? Besides that would probably take the fun and challenge out of fishing. As fisherman we enjoy the 'mystery' of not knowing exactly whats going to bite and why. And if we can target a spot, and use an application that we think will work...and it DOES...now thats what fishing is all about, the challenge, the curiosity, the challenge.