The Angler Report » bass baits http://www.theanglerreport.com Get some of the latest news from The Angler Report. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:18:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Best Soft Plastic Bass Baits – Top Tackle 2008 http://www.theanglerreport.com/tackle/best-soft-plastic-bass-baits-top-tackle-2008/ http://www.theanglerreport.com/tackle/best-soft-plastic-bass-baits-top-tackle-2008/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:10:56 +0000 ThePrincipal http://www.theanglerreport.com/?p=51 Best Soft Plastics Bass Baits 2008

2008 has been a great year for new soft plastics for bass fisherman. It seems that every where we turn or search, there is a new soft plastic bait for bass that gets our attention. So many baits to choose from and so little time to use them, which do we try?

With the selection of so many soft plastics on the market these days, it pays to find a few companies with products we can each depend on. I have found that I only need a few different products to catch fish on a semi-regular basis even though, the “baitmonkey” is always lurking on my shoulder waiting for something new to appear. I took a little time to reflect on this past year and put together a list of the soft plastics I used this year for LM & SM Bass that really hit the spot, caught plenty of fish and basically did what they are supposed to do, CATCH FISH! The products listed below are in no particular order; each of them works equally well under advertised applications and deserve consideration in my list. When I head out fishing; you will always find a selection of the baits below in my back pack.

Case Plastics: www.caseplastics.com

  • Case Plastics has an amazing amount of soft plastic baits to choose from that are affordable, durable and catch both smallmouth and largemouth bass. The Case Magic Stick, Jacks Worm & my wife’s favorite the Hellgrammite have landed more than their share of fish this year. Each of these baits will land LM and SM bass on a regular basis and save you plenty of funds for your next outing with the baitmonkey. I never leave home without my supply of Case Plastics.

Case Plastics Baits

Picture Description: Jacks Worm on a jig head – wacky rigged Magic Stick – Case Hellgrammite on a Parasite Stand-Up Jig

JDC Baits: www.jdcbaits.com

  • JDC Baits offers bass anglers a great selection of affordable and durable soft plastics also.  The JDC line up of soft plastics are very unique in that most will only be found under the JDC name. The RockCraw is one of the most realistic craws on the market for bass and responsible for most of my early season LM Bass. It is available in multiple sizes, casts like a bullet and flat-out catches fish. JDC Baits “Creek Chub” is a simple bait that worked extremely well for me this season for smallmouth when rigged on a jig head. This same bait will make a great drop shot bait for those that like drop shotting. JDC’s most recent release is the BLR Bomber; a 10″ soft plastic “senko” type bait which I just love throwing. The BLR Bomber landed my new personal best LM bass this season and always seems to get a bigger bass in my hands. Let us not forget the JDC Skip n Pop, the only soft plastic topwater popper that I know of. The ability to fish a T/Rigged popper through pads without hanging up with a load of treble hooks is something many of us are just not accustomed too, and it’s great! Each of these baits landed plenty of fish this season and have become a staple in my ever growing selection of soft plastic tackle. I never leave home without a selection of these JDC Baits products.

Picture Description: Creek Chub on a Parasite Stand-Up Jig – Texas rigged Skip n Pop – Rock Craw rigged on a Title Shot jig head

Rage Tail Baits: www.ragetail.com

  • What more can I say, this company took me buy surprise! Every one of their patented Rage Tail baits are unique and has landed loads of fish for my wife and I. The patented tail design has a way about it that just plain works and works well. The rage shad, rage toad, rage craw and rage chunk were my first exploration with this companies baits and each falls into the “amazing” category for me. The Rage Tail line of soft plastics have re-defined action, vibration and the movement with each of their soft plastic baits. The topwater fun to be had with the rage tail shad and toad can’t be duplicated and far exceeds my origianl expectations. The rage chunk is a great jig trailer and also makes a great finesse bait when rigged on a jighead while the craw steps it up on a T/rig. With the recent release of the all new Rage Tail Anaconda (7″ & 10″ worm), Rage Lobster (6″ craw), Rage Lizard and the Rage Spacemonkey (creature bait), the ragetail lineup of baits almost seems complete. We have been lucky enough to aquire many of these new baits and have great luck with them over the last couple months. Rage Tail baits are a steady producer and will always have a place in my pack on every outing to fish.

Picture Description: (Above) Rage Tail Shad, Rage Craw, Rage Chunk & Rage Toad
(Below) Rage Tail Anaconda, Rage Lizard, Rage Lobster & Rage Tail Spacemonkey

Reaction Strike Swimbaits: www.reactionstrike.com

  • I had to jump on this band wagon this year and see what the swimbait craze is all about. Finding a paddletail swimbait these days isn’t very hard. Finding just the right swimbait in the size and color your after is a different story. A friend suggested Reaction Strike swimbaits to me and let me tell you, they have just what I was looking for. Reaction Strike has plenty of colors and sizes to suit all the paddletail applications I have considered. This is still a new area of soft plastic exploration for me but, if you look in my bag, you will find a decent selection of these baits for when the need arises.

Picture Description: The Fathead, Jr. shown in 3″, 3.5″, 4″…. also available in 5″, 6″ and 8″ lengths

I hope you enjoyed my list of proven soft plastic baits. Feel free to comment or add a few of your new favorite soft plastic baits used this past year. You can add a comment below or visit the forum to dicuss it more here: Top Soft Plastic Tackle 2008

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]]> http://www.theanglerreport.com/tackle/best-soft-plastic-bass-baits-top-tackle-2008/feed/ 2 Better Bass Baits – Case Plastics Catch Bass! http://www.theanglerreport.com/tackle/better-bass-baits-case-plastics-catch-bass/ http://www.theanglerreport.com/tackle/better-bass-baits-case-plastics-catch-bass/#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:24:29 +0000 ThePrincipal http://fishinfanatics.com/theanglerreport/?p=9 It was years ago when I first came across a lure called the “Madtom“, by Case Plastics. Looks just like the little Stonecats we used to gather in the river as kids for bait. Since then, Case Plastics has continued to produce more and equally effective soft-plastic baits for bass anglers. The “Jacks Worm” by Case Plastics is imo, one of the best smallmouth bass baits you can find anywhere. For those spending a ton of money each year on senkos for Largemouth bass, Case Plastics makes a “Magic Stik” that has an almost identical fall rate, it’s loaded with salt and best of all, it’s close to $2.00 per pack CHEAPER! For those spending alot of time wacky-rigging senkos, you should see the “Wacky Jack“, this bait is made just for that application, and catches loads of fish.

That’s just the start of a long list of soft-plastic baits, Case Plastics has to offer anglers. A quick visit to the Case Site and a stroll through the list of products will certainly blow your mind. So many baits by one comapny. Each bait is great quality and reasonably priced.

If you never heard of Case Plastics, now is the time to take a look.

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