Favorite soft plastic 'Creature Bait'

[fish'n 4 fun]

Just curious what everyone thinks. There's been many other similar subjects on different baits, but I can't recall a thread on this bait.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Mine is the Exude B.A. Hog... It has 4 tails on the back rather than the traditional 2. More legs more action.

Fave color, Redshad or Junebug!

[EatSleepFish]

Yamamoto makes a good creature bait, escpecially for smallies on the St.Louis, favorite color would be pepper chartruese.

Gone fishing... Be back for deer season.

[grab the net]

Best one made is now out of production. It was the Berkly Power Hawg before they decided to turn it into the Bungee Power Hawg. The whole Bungee thing was a mistake, just a advertising ploy to try and make something seem new with terrible results.

They changed the size and the length of the flappers on the sides and the length of the antennae, thus changing the bulk of the bait. The little Bungee deals on the side, Oh yeah, that really turned the fish on. Talked to the Berkly rep at the NW sportshow and he said he has heard the same thing a hundred times, but there are no plans to return to the original model.

The best color, green pumpkin.

[Mark Christianson]

Ah yes....

Like any plastic, the Christophersons copies are the way to go. They have all the popular plastic knock-offs at less than a fraction of the price of the "real" ones.

I don't even recall what they call theirs, but its got the same results as the Senko knock-offs.

[luckycrank]

NET GRABBER, I KNOW OF A PLACE ON THE NET YOU CAN STILL GET 1OO PACKS MOSTLY 5 INCHERS THOUGH. AND I AGREE HUGE MISTAKE ON THERE PART AS I NO LONGER USE THE NEW BUNGEE HAWGS.AND HERE THIS FROM MANY OTHERS

[Captain B.R.K]

Ah yes, creature baits...............Dietz got me convinced to buy a pack of EXUDEB.A. Hog and am not sorry I did.

I also like the ZOOM Brush Hawg.

Both have been a nice addition to my plastic arsenal!

[sightfisher]

My favorite would be a Chompers or a Brush Hawg. Would like to try Reaction Innovations 'Sweet Beaver'.

[Chris_Wallace]

The sweet beaver dominates! Thats what won our tournament out on forest lake! they are super hard to get though.

[Slyster]

Search for "sweet beaver" on google and you will find plenty of shops to order online.. I did that and have a ton of them! although I don't really know how to use them. I tried putting them on a small weighted tube hook?

[Chris_Wallace]

Weedless rig or texas rigged in the reeds between two and three out there.

[Pagz]

I've had great success with the Yamamoto "Kreature" Texas rigged.Downside is the don't last very long after a few fish.I'm o.k. burning through them though, as long as they keep catching me some hawgs!

[Matt Johnson]

The Exude BA Hog, hands down for me! The Red Shad is a hot color. It produced for me today...

Windy out there, but Deitz showed me where the fish were

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Deitz Dittrich]

LOL @ matt- We should have taken the picture facing the other direction so we could see the whitecaps... The pict turned out good!...

[Matt Johnson]

Yeah, it was definitely rolling out there for a while. A fun day on the water nonetheless though. The food was good too

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[Duffman]

Any length or weight on that fish Matt? I've been thinking of trying different soft plastics, but it's difficult when you use one type and continue to have success with it. Just sticking with the good ol rubber worm for now, red shad and junebug have been good colors for me also in the last couple weeks. This girl fell for an electric grape worm on Tuesday.

A chunky 20" fish that came in at 5.5 lbs.

[Matt Johnson]

We never weighed or measured it. Deitz and I guessed just shy of 4 pounds...

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[CrappieJohn]

Exude Salatube here. I've smoked a couple dandies using this bait.

[Duffman]

That's about what I figured, dang Matt, dem poses of yours sure make it much more difficult for those of us who try and guess the weight.

I picked up my first EXUDE plastics last week, the EXUDE NYMPH. Looks like a great hard water trout bait, can't wait to give em a go (in about 5 months ). I think it's time to broaden my horizons, I'll pick up some EXUDE BA HOGS and give em a go tomorrow. What is the sink rate of EXUDE plastic compared to POWERBAIT, is it more bouyant or less? Thanks for any info.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Duff- Regular Exude sinks about the same as powerbait. However the Exude Extream has salt in it and will sink faster. The BA Hog baits are Extream Exude, the Nymph is regular Exude.

[Duffman]

Thanks Deitz, I'll post some results IF I get lucky.

[CrappieJohn]

Duff....

If you don't know Matt, he will fit nicely into a 4" pipe, hence the fish he shows look very large. lol

As per the nymphs, I fished several different colors of them last weekend on MinnieBelle and caught a few sunnies on them. But if you are looking for a sure go-to for right now, both Matt and I have been tearing the pannies up using the Exude Micr Shads. Matt finds favor with the white pearl, but last weekend I did very well with the pink shad(fairly clear water). In the stained Mississippi backwaters down my way the white pearl really does rule.

Right now there are huge shoals of very small foreage fry showing up in the weedy shallows and these Micro Shads fit the bill to a "T".

Small hair jigs will do the trick now too, but that scented plastic is simply hot.

[delmuts]

ok ! you guys have me wondering again! i haven't been able to find the exude micro shads on cabelas or BP web sites. if cabelas don't have them, does any one know if a bait shop in faribault carries them. ooooooor ! i may have to see if CT will pick some up for me in a couple of weeks. ( sounds like another plastic i want to have on hand!) tom . can you post a pic. and how are you fishing them. free swimming of under a float.

[CrappieJohn]

Del....

I'll see what I can do about a pic tomorrow.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Del-cabelas store in owatona did have them, all the ganders I have been to have them as well. You can order them right off the mr.twister site as well.