Snag Proof weedless lures. I've caught so many bass on these and so easily, that it almost seemed like cheating.

 

never tried em...... hmmmmm

 

Busher, they come in frogs and mice. Body is soft plastic/rubber and is hollow. When a fish bites it, the body collapses and lets the hooks grab.

I toss them near the shore or in the lilly pads. Then every couple seconds give it a quick tug to mimic the movement of a frog pushing thru the water.
Do it nice and slow and the fish will hit.

 

Tie between my buzzbait and my zara spook

 

ill go get a frog for this sunday and see what happens - thanks for the idea Doug

 

I like to fish frogs on the slop or over lilly pads. Just toss it in a bed of pads and have it "climb" the pads and fall into the pits. Bass like to stalk and hit them. But use a stout line.

 

im pretty excited to try a frog now - just found one in a mess of lures my grandfather passed along when he passed away - never really gave it a second look till now

 

Heddon Zara Spooks, Jitterbugs, Hula Poppers, Stanley Jigs Ribbit frogs...all winners!

DomC

 

x2 I love these lures. cant go wrong with 3 bucks at walmart.

 

I like everything previously mentioned, with the exception of frogs. I haven't tried using them, but just might look around now.

I have a lot of luck here and in my native TX with Heddon Tiny Torpedoes, but my all time favorite has got to be my Heddon Tiny Lucky 13's, which I refuse to use anymore. If I lose one, I can't replace it simply by going to the store anymore.

 

Origional F-7 Rapala in black and silver. This is my go 2bait. It never fails. I have always had luck with bass, large and smallies. I have also picked off a bunch of browns.

 

Heddon's Bass Torpedo and a Hula Popper.

 

If there's a lot of grass that would foul my hooks, I've been going to the Kopper's Live Target hollow-body frog. Bass just crush it.

If I can get away with it, Lunker buzz bait tuned as shown by Kevin Van Dam in Season 5 of 'The Bass Pros'. Basically, flatten out the top of the rivet where it meets the blade as much as possible. Pliers work nicely for this, just takes a little time. Remove any coating on the bottom of the blade. You're looking for nice, metal to metal contact, and as much as you can get. Turns a buzzbait into a squeak machine that bass hate. If you can find a stainless steel rivet, that's supposed to make it even louder than the stock rivets.

 

Wherever I go you can be sure there will be a couple red and white jitterbugs in my tackle box...

 

A Hula Popper or a Jitterbug. I love watching the water explode when they get hit.

 

Gold Floating Rapala.

 

Red/white jitterbug and a yellow hula popper have filled buckets for me.
I still get a child like giggle when a bass nails them.

In the summer when dragonflys are out, a 2" blue/silver rapala or a blue/shore zara puppy, teeny torpedo, have really done good for me on all types of fish.

One last toy is a Heddon Crazy Crawler. I've retired most of mine, but still have
a glow belly version. I like the Jitterbugs better, but I still like to watch that little
guy paddle acrossed the surface

Know Im long winded, but gotta throw out(pun intended) a flash back to the 80's:a pink floating worm. It still has its place too.

 

bass fishing at night with a black or white jitterbug is an experience you will never forget. for day fishing id have to say a tie betwen a torpedo or a crazy shad. when bass are chasing shad they will hammer a crazy shad.

 

Love me a good ol' Hula Popper.

 

gotta be the hula popper, they come in different sizes and even pan fish will hit the smaller ones.........Got a bunch of em in the tackle box

 

Scum Frog, Tiny torpedo and Yo-zuri Mag popper

 

i use a cricket

 

White poppers here in Michigan. A bluegill every cast.

 

Super Fluke off the bank and through grass/pads....

 

Rebel Pop-R and Bagley Original Bang-O-Lure. Around here though, the alligator gars seem to like them more than the bass! Toothy sonofaguns!!! :

 

just a basic floating rebel minnow has always been my fishslayer

 

I guess I'll go with a yellow Dave's Hopper if we can count flies

if not than zara spook