I guess it depends on what you consider big. For my bass over 7 pounds, I've caught them on lipless crank, jerkbait, chatterbait, jig, wacky rigged senko, and a baby brush hog. Lipless is my most productive big fish bait, but it could just be confirmation bias that I'm seeing there because I just enjoy throwing it more than most other presentations. So do I throw it because it produces, or is it producing because I throw it?

 

I don't know if I believe 100% in the "big bait, big fish" idea. It does work, but as they say, elephants eat peanuts, too.

A jig or spinnerbait has accounted for most of my biggest bass. 

Plastic worms

jig/craw or T-rig craw

Fat Ika

buzz bait 

I’ve caught the majority of my fish over 4 lbs on a black Ol monster. 
 

but I’ve caught most of my fish over 6 on a frog. 
 

‘dunno

My lure I’ve caught lots of bass and big bass on is a senko wacky rigged. I would be lying if I told you any other lure or plastics. 

7" savage gear line thru swimbait with upgraded 1/0 Owner st-36 hook. 

A bass over 5 lbs here is big, with 6 lbs being enormous. Anything over 4 is a quality fish that I'd be happy to catch in a given outing. 

 

Baits for me that seem to disproportionately attract larger bass are a 1/2 oz spinnerbait,  crayfish texas rigged (rage-craw, keitech crazy flapper) and a good sized topwater (large walking bait or whopper plopper). 

Lipless crank

Gambler Craw in Christmas color.  Big bass magnet...

 

 

My biggest on a ribbon tail worm. The next 5 on a senko wacky rigged. Would’ve had (my newest) PB on a senko if she didn’t get off ? spinnerbaits/Chatterbaits are catching up.

Siebert Outdoors Grid Iron G2 3/8 oz jig, black/ Rage Tail Craw, black w/blue flakes.

 

 

 

                                       

My biggest bass has been caught on a jig and pig, my second largest came on a 3XD, and most of my big fish have come on jigs, crankbaits, and a shakyhead worm.

 

Biggest bass: Black Dog Shellcracker (4 in., 1.5 oz.) in Bright Bluegill

Honorable mention: Dirty Jigs Scott Canterbury Pro Buzz with black toad trailer

 

Most bass: Owner Ultrahead Shaky Jig, 1/8 oz., #4/0, with 4 in. Zoom Trickworm in Sapphire Blue

On 2/27/2022 at 6:53 AM, Captain Phil said:

Gambler Craw in Christmas color.  Big bass magnet...

 

 

Thanks for sharing that. I’m a fan of gambler plastics

17 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Thanks for sharing that. I’m a fan of gambler plastics

 

When I was actively fishing tournaments, we bought these craws 1,000 at a time. 

Slammer and a real prey swimbait have been the best big bait for me, they have caught the most big bass for me.

A shad colored Lewis trap

Top secret.

I think catching big fish is mostly about fishing around big fish, my PB came on a 4" Senko, and I've caught big fish on all sorts of lures large and small, but that being said, a spinnerbait (particular ones around this time through the spawn) gets me some of my biggest every year, along with a big chatter bait, a frog, and a swimbait situationally. 

PB was on a mann’s jelly worm. I don’t fish with them much any more for some reason…?

 

2nd biggest bass was on a 4 inch senko.

 

3rd biggest bass was on a cut off raggedy 5 inch senko.

 

4th and 5th  biggest bass was on a zoom super fluke.I have caught more 5-8 pound bass on them than any other bait .

 

6th biggest was on a 7.5 culprit worm.

 

7th biggest was on a booyah pad crasher.

 

This doesn’t reflect my live bait catches…

Possibly already ran my pie-hole in this thread but just in case.

PB was on a Texas rigged culprit worm.

Most of my big fish by a wide margin came on a spinnerbait.

My most recent big fish came on a Magnum fluke.

 

On 2/26/2022 at 8:44 PM, J.Bass said:

My lure I’ve caught lots of bass and big bass on is a senko wacky rigged. I would be lying if I told you any other lure or plastics. 

Same here. Not even close. Now, I would have to say that my biggest average is probably a jig, then chatterbait. Texas rig (various worms) and frogs have done pretty well also but not ahead of the other three for average size (for me).

 

All that said, I fish from the bank 99% of the time and have really narrowed down what I fish with. This is mostly due to productivity and partly be due to some things just being harder to fish effectively from the bank. 

Rage Tail Space Monkey on a keel weighted hook.