What are some of the best bass fishing lures for large mouth's?
Tube baits
Spinner baits
Crank baits
Rubber worms
Best lures?
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Scott
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Best lures?
Your on it Chum! Those baits will consistently put fish in the boat. They have been doing it for years. I would only add the jig/pig to your list.
Scott
Scott
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BASS-CRAFT
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Best lures?
You know, I would say thats a lake by lake topic.
The best bass lure is whatever the bass is keyed in on.
It may be a different lure for each fish, or for each lake.
Obviously the lures you listed have been proven over a long history of angling success.
No doubt there is not a true bass fisherman who doesnt have an arsenal of each.
Working in the tackle industry there is one thing I have noticed.
20 guys will fish the same lake, at the same time, on the same day.
They all use different lures.
One guy using a tube gets bit and has a great day, another guy uses a crankbait, and another a spinnerbait. 5 guys had excellent days, 10 guys had ok days, and 5 guys got flat skunked.
The guys who got skunked were also fishing cranks, tubes and spinner baits.
This has led me to believe that there are two truths to every fishing trip.
First, there is no one bait that is the best.
Second, success has more do do with finding fish than it does with the lure used.
Obviously a wide variety of lures catch fish under the same conditions on the same days. Shoot, I bet there is not a guy here who has been in the boat with a guy who is getting them on a senko and he himslef is getting them on a jerk bait.
But the guy who consitently catches fish is the guy who consitently finds them.
Once you are on fish, the guy who has a wide range of options to throw at them usually can find something they want.
The best bass lure is whatever the bass is keyed in on.
It may be a different lure for each fish, or for each lake.
Obviously the lures you listed have been proven over a long history of angling success.
No doubt there is not a true bass fisherman who doesnt have an arsenal of each.
Working in the tackle industry there is one thing I have noticed.
20 guys will fish the same lake, at the same time, on the same day.
They all use different lures.
One guy using a tube gets bit and has a great day, another guy uses a crankbait, and another a spinnerbait. 5 guys had excellent days, 10 guys had ok days, and 5 guys got flat skunked.
The guys who got skunked were also fishing cranks, tubes and spinner baits.
This has led me to believe that there are two truths to every fishing trip.
First, there is no one bait that is the best.
Second, success has more do do with finding fish than it does with the lure used.
Obviously a wide variety of lures catch fish under the same conditions on the same days. Shoot, I bet there is not a guy here who has been in the boat with a guy who is getting them on a senko and he himslef is getting them on a jerk bait.
But the guy who consitently catches fish is the guy who consitently finds them.
Once you are on fish, the guy who has a wide range of options to throw at them usually can find something they want.
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John41
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Best lures?
I agree that it is a lake by lake topic, but but typically, poppers work well.
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postcard
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Best lures?
I totally agree with BASS-CRAFT.
There are no best lures for bass because the best lure will be the lure that catches a bass in the solitary second it happened to be bit. That's not to say that other lures wouldn't have caught the fish, but just that the lure had the right presentation, action, speed, depth, color and vibration that triggered an aggressive bite.
A versatile angler can catch that one fish on more than one lure, most of the time, and knows the higher probality lures that will work in specific situations.
Spotting those situations is everything in bass fishing and matching previously successful lures and presentations to search out aggressive fish, increases the odds that the lures used are the best for that time and place. I can think of many such match-ups that are consistent from year-to-year according to my log book and that I'm certain others could use to catch fish.
Their will always be personal favorites that anglers are biased to use, but so many lures companies produce so many quality lures, that it's hard to say that one company is superior in all respects. This even includes the almighty Senko.
Getting back to situations or pattern/structure fishing. The most successful lures may be as few as three lure types or as many as 6 lure types, with many styles within each type capable of working the same location. For instance, spring time and schooling fish are prime times for many shallow baits. Topwaters, soft and hard jerk sticks, in-lines, shallow to medium dive cranks, spinnerbaits and jig combos are the best baits for shallow and active fish. Post front conditions will shorten the list of best baits, as well as reduce the use high speed presentations, depending on the season.
It's my opinion that favorite lure or best lure topics, are a little too general and that it comes down to either being specialized to fish more situations with less or being a more generalized angler that prefers more lure types, available for the same situations. Both are successful and neither are ever locked into the favorite lure-of-the-day or week.
There are no best lures for bass because the best lure will be the lure that catches a bass in the solitary second it happened to be bit. That's not to say that other lures wouldn't have caught the fish, but just that the lure had the right presentation, action, speed, depth, color and vibration that triggered an aggressive bite.
A versatile angler can catch that one fish on more than one lure, most of the time, and knows the higher probality lures that will work in specific situations.
Spotting those situations is everything in bass fishing and matching previously successful lures and presentations to search out aggressive fish, increases the odds that the lures used are the best for that time and place. I can think of many such match-ups that are consistent from year-to-year according to my log book and that I'm certain others could use to catch fish.
Their will always be personal favorites that anglers are biased to use, but so many lures companies produce so many quality lures, that it's hard to say that one company is superior in all respects. This even includes the almighty Senko.
Getting back to situations or pattern/structure fishing. The most successful lures may be as few as three lure types or as many as 6 lure types, with many styles within each type capable of working the same location. For instance, spring time and schooling fish are prime times for many shallow baits. Topwaters, soft and hard jerk sticks, in-lines, shallow to medium dive cranks, spinnerbaits and jig combos are the best baits for shallow and active fish. Post front conditions will shorten the list of best baits, as well as reduce the use high speed presentations, depending on the season.
It's my opinion that favorite lure or best lure topics, are a little too general and that it comes down to either being specialized to fish more situations with less or being a more generalized angler that prefers more lure types, available for the same situations. Both are successful and neither are ever locked into the favorite lure-of-the-day or week.
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bass109
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Best lures?
Personal best lures
spinnerbait
plastics
crankbait.
spinnerbait
plastics
crankbait.
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cball
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Best lures?
Top waters,pop-r,skitter-pops and super flukes..
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johnnie crain outdoors
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Best lures?
I feel the bast lure is the one best suited to the type cover being fished.
Chunk rock-points- crankbait.
Shallow flats, sand and gravel bars-spinnerbait
Deep water-tube-worm-creature bait.
Rock bluffs-deep crank-worm-plastic craw.
Lay downs, spinnerbait-shalow crank-jig and pig.
Weeds-spinnerbait-swimming jig-spoon-straight tail worm-Rat-L-Trap.
Chunk rock-points- crankbait.
Shallow flats, sand and gravel bars-spinnerbait
Deep water-tube-worm-creature bait.
Rock bluffs-deep crank-worm-plastic craw.
Lay downs, spinnerbait-shalow crank-jig and pig.
Weeds-spinnerbait-swimming jig-spoon-straight tail worm-Rat-L-Trap.
Johnnie Crain
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bassin butch
Best lures?
I agree with Johnnie depends on cover.
To generalize: 4"senko's, spinnerbaits, sumo frogs, zoom speed craws, 5" tiki sticks, tubes, in-line buzzbaits, spider grubs, 4-5" single tail grubs, and last but not least a Texas rigged plastic bait. If the conditions are right: A top water bait is awesome. Just cant get over watching a bass inhale a topwater it's nirvana.
Bassin butch
To generalize: 4"senko's, spinnerbaits, sumo frogs, zoom speed craws, 5" tiki sticks, tubes, in-line buzzbaits, spider grubs, 4-5" single tail grubs, and last but not least a Texas rigged plastic bait. If the conditions are right: A top water bait is awesome. Just cant get over watching a bass inhale a topwater it's nirvana.
Bassin butch
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mdfisherman
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Best lures?
what colors and sizes of softbaits spinnerbaits and crankbaits do you recommend for the average fisherman to start off with.