The Best Proven Bass Bait Around

[largemouthbassextreme]

In my humble opinion the best bass bait that can be used at anytime during the year is a simple and a common sense answer.

The crawfish is the natural food for the largemouth Bass. It is scientifically proven that this Bait will get hits more than any other out there. Sure worms may work, or you may find that topwaters or crankbaits are working for you, but nothing will beat the crawfish.

Now, the best bait is live bait.

So, we now have the common problem on how to hook a crawfish and keep him alive long enough to attract a Bass.

Most anglers that will use Live crawdads will try and either cut away part of the shell or hook straight into the tail. The problem with this is that you have now taken away the natural movement of the crawfish and lowered his life expectancy down there to a only few minutes.

Next time you want to use the best bait around, the live crawfish, try this technique on for size. Take a rubberband and use it to attach the hook instead of any penetration. You will have yourself a very active and long living crawfish. Well at least until Mr. Largemouth gets a grip on him.

Tight Lines,

Michael Wagner
http://www.LargemouthBassExtreme.com

[sdesign]

Michael,

Welcome to the tackle tour forum. I used to use live crawdads, when available, all the time in my early bass fishing days. They were great for smallmouth in one of the rocky reservoirs I used to fish, Lake Berryessa, and they were fantastic for Largemouth at another, Clear Lake. However, it was not always easy to locate a baitshop that carried crawdads so i've since moved away from using them.

For the record, i used to hook them through the tail and also, through the tip of their nose. Had success both ways, though through the tail was always easier because I didn't have their pinchers to deal with. I like the rubberband suggestion, just not sure how I'd go about getting that around them.

Regards,
SD

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[largemouthbassextreme]

It's really very simple, just rest the hook on their chestplate and bring the rubberband up their tail and over your hook. Make sure you use a smaller rubberband, it's easier that the larger ones.

Tight Lines,

Michael Wagner
http://www.LargemouthBassExtreme.com