This hollow-bodied frog has several features that ensure it stays out of the slop yet has a high hookup ratio. Inside the Pad Crasher are weights that ensure the frog lands on its belly as well as a drain hole in the rear so the frog doesn’t get water logged. The key design of the Pad Crasher is its “bass boat” underside which reportedly makes it one of the easiest-walking frogs on the pond.
This toad is buoyant thanks to two air chambers, but has all the swimming action of a solid toad. It’s available in 15 colors.
This worm starts out as red, but when subjected to differences in temperature Spectra’s baits change color.
This 5-inch soft swimbait has realistic eyes and a high-quality finish. There’s also an air bubble in the body to enhance its buoyancy, while the slender tail gives a lifelike yet subtle action.
Evolve’s Vibra Grub has “wings” that flutter as the bait is pulled through the water. Texas rig it, Carolina rig it, or split it in two and you’ve got two jig trailers.
This frog/rat hybrid has a super-soft body and a tail that’s designed to tantalize.
Snag Proof has taken all of the modifications that anglers use entice Guntersville’s frog-hungry bass and created this new topwater bait. The legs have been replaced with glass rattles for more noise and less short striking. It’s also armed with Gamakatsu EWG hooks for fierce penetrating and holding power.
This giant 12-inch worm is made from the same plastic as the original Jelly Worms. It’s also got a Mann’s HardNose head so it stays on your hook cast after cast.
New at Wave Worms is a line of pro-influenced lures. The new plastic formula is created to give unrivaled action thanks to a heavier plastic. It’s available in 10 colors including Sweet Potato Pie.
This bait comes pre-rigged with Creme’s Change-Up rigging system that consists of a screw lock, weight and a keeper. Itâs also fairly
weeldess thanks to the dual hooks that ride on the belly.
Reins made the Kicker Frog with a soft body and a single hook, which supposedly increases hookup percentage.
The Ax Craw is 4 inches long and has substantial pincers for enticing action.
Wave’s newest craw bait is the Lil Dude, which is a perfect trailer for jigs, bladed jigs like Chatterbaits as well as flipping.
Reins’ Magnum finesse worm has a cut-tail design and fat ribs and shrimp scent.
Jackall’s frog address more than 20 common fixes that anglers make to their frogs and incorporates them into the Iobee.
The Hydra Evolution is based on Damiki’s popular Hydra tube bait.
However, the Evolution is solid and has twin tails that make the
Evolution a grub.
The Damiki Air Craw has claws that are full of air, thanks to a
cavity. At rest in the water the claws float upward, mimicking the
defensive position of a crawfish. Seven colors are available.
Elite Series pro Dustin Wilks wanted a worm that had a fat body and
didn’t wrap its tail around cover. Culprit responded with the Fat Max,
a 7-inch curl tail worm. Fourteen colors are available.
This cut-tail worm is designed with buoyant plastic in the tail
section so that it stands at attention when at rest.
Booyahâs newest spinnerbait is loaded with features such as an extended bait, furthere likening it to baitfish, as well as a premium red wire hook.
Kevin VanDam knows a thing or two about topwater fishing, and this is
his ideal frog. Its body is resistant to being pierced by the hooks
and it has a vent on the backside to drain water.
Ouzo’s unique scent is touted as a proven fish attractor and is nicely complemented by the Gobyâs action.
This pint-sized frog is made with super-soft plastic and a realistic
finish that rivals most topwater frogs.
Live Target’s newest soft topwater bait is the Field Mouse. Its realistic look, feel and action are sure to get attention around lily pads and other shoreline cover.
Live Target has downsized its popular and ultra-realistic hollow-bodied frog to make a bite-size topwater offering.
This soft swimbait is made with ZMan’s proprietary Elaztech plastic that’s super-stretchy and durable. The soft Elaztech also makes for a great swimming action.
Jeff Kriet’s newest design is a drop shot worm that’s made with super-soft plastic and ultra-natural colors. It is offered in 4 1/2 and 6-inch lengths and 11 colors.
Elite Series pro Russ Lane wanted a craw to be two things: a jig trailer and a flipping bait. The YoDaddy’s claws flap and flop when retrieved. It’s also infused with Big Bite’s Bite Juice.
Skeet Reese designed the Slop Craw to easily slide through the thickest mats and stay on the hook the whole while. An integrated “fin” keeps the bait from wadding up on the hook upon hookset.
Mike Iaconelli designed the Devil Spear for a number of applications. It’s ideal for flipping, but is equally at home on a drop shot rig.
This segmented worm is touted as the original serpent worm. They come in
4 1/2, 6- and 9 1/2-inch sizes but can be customized by removing several of the body segments. They’re hand-poured which means the color selection is wide and the action is soft and supple.
Culpritâs latest plastic craw is touted as a water-thumping machine. The exaggerated claws are designed to create a massive disturbance in the water, which lends the Creature Craw a high degree of versatility. It can be effectively swum, flipped or used as a jig trailer. The claws are attached midway along the body, which supposedly reduces short striking. This faux-craw is available in 20 colors and either 2 1/2- or 3 1/2-inch sizes.
Small, solid-body swimbaits are becoming increasingly popular as bass fishermen find new ways to fish them effectively. The Grass Pig was designed to slide through scattered grass, but it also excels in open water as well as around shallow cover. The Grass Pigâs teardrop-shaped tail quivers and kicks as the whole bait rocks side-to-side upon retrieve.
Berkleyâs new Ribworm features a solid head for easy and secure rigging, a ribbed body for maximum water disturbance and a curl tail.
A boat-hull-like head design gives Jewel’s Swim-It swimming jig unique action on the retrieve. It comes in two sizes (1/4- and 3/8-ounce) and features heavy-duty black nickel Mustad Ultra Point hooks and Jewel’s J Lock bait keeper.
The HyperCone slides over the hook eye to secure the line while keeping the layered skirt flared to its fullest.
The FlopTop jig has long wide-leg strands on the outside and regular strands on the inside.
If a topwater rat or frog is too familiar to the bass where you fish, offer them a Hollow Body Field Mouse, which looks just like a live morsel that accidentally fell into the water. Available in four colors and two sizes: 3-inch, 5/8-ounce, and 3 1/2-inch, 3/4-ounce.
The 5-inch Sick Stick is a sinking stickworm thatâs a bit different from others of its kind. Itâs a neutrally buoyant bait with a square core encased in round rings to add more flash and an exaggerated side-to-side wobble as it falls. It should be perfect for fishing wacky style.
The Super Cross Tail is an upgrade of Jackallâs popular drop shot bait, the Cross Tail Shad. The Super model keeps the original X-shaped tail and 3-inch length, but is more realistic-looking thanks to 3-D eyes and new paint schemes.
One of the eight realistic colors is sure to match the forage in your lake.
The Clone Gill is billed as a carbon copy of what bass love to eat. The bluegill-imitator is ideal for drop shotting, slipping onto a jighead or even tossing into a bassâ bed.
Castalia calls its Bombshell Turtle design the “missing link” in soft plastic lure offerings, noting that bass and other gamefish are known to attack juvenile turtles in the wild. The bait is designed to be either Texas or Carolina rigged and features a hook pocket for easier hooksets.
The Luck âEâ Strike Scrounger Shad features a panicked minnow motion and comes in a variety of sizes and colors.
The Hodad is part tube and part creature bait and looks like just the ticket for a variety of applications, from punching to finesse fishing. Its solid body construction should hold up to heavy cover and big bass.
This new line of pork baits is made from the fat and has no hide attached, so it’s easier to get on and off the hook. Meat is impregnated with genuine live bait scent and the baits are 100 percent biodegradable.
Z-Manâs newest craw-style baits are both made of the companyâs proprietary and super-durable Elaztech plastic, but thatâs where the similarities end. The Flappin Crawz are ideal as jig trailers or Texas rigged. The claws stand at attention thanks to the buoyant Elaztech. The Punch Crawz are made to slide into the thickest cover with ease thanks to a slim, compact body shape.
Take your pick between running the line through the belly (for a conventional hook position) or up through the back (to keep the hooks out of harmâs way in vegetation or other heavy cover).
