At the risk of making some of my manufacturing friends angry I’m going to make a short list of the best plastic bass baits available. Any attempt to do this is going to be controversial. No one agrees on lures, and certainly every successful angler has his or her favorite.

Still, there are a few baits around that I hear about time and time again when I interview winning anglers. Each of them has been copied 100 times. Nevertheless, the originals seem to have something the others lack. For reasons known only to the fish they work when others fail.

If you think I’ve got it wrong let me know.

Zoom

Trick Worms

Flukes

Brush Hog (both sizes)

Old Monster (big worm)

Yamamoto

Senko

Reaction Innovations

Sweet Beaver