Soft Plastic Minnows work excellent for largemouth bass. There are so many good baits on the market, so you have so many options for using these baits in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors.
What Sizes are Best for Largemouth Bass Fishing?
Some of the best soft plastic minnows for largemouth bass are in the 4 to 5 inch range, but don’t be afraid to go bigger because the larger baits work well for big largemouth bass.
How to Rig Minnow Baits
The smaller minnow baits are great on a variety of jigheads and hooks. The larger minnow baits work great on a Texas rig, weightless Texas rig and on swimbait hooks.
Best Techniques
Hop Them Along the Bottom
You can us a jighead or drop shot rig to hop these baits along the bottom as well. Just work them along with some pauses and you can catch some largemouth bass this way.
Fish Them Slowly Through the Water Column
Use a lighter jighead or split shot rig to slowly fish these baits through the water column. It can be very effective when largemouth bass are feeding up in the water column.
Shaky Technique
Some of the 3 to 4 inch minnow baits look awesome on a drop shot rig with the shaky technique.
Jerkbait Retrieve
Soft minnow baits look great with a jerkbait retrieve. Use some of the bigger minnows in the 5 to 7 inch range and work them with an erratic jerkbait retrieve to target largemouth bass.
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This minnow is super realistic-looking and perfect for lots of action.
This is one of the best smaller minnow baits on the market.
This minnow looks awesome and is easy on the budget.
Z-Man makes a nice jerkbait minnow and the added scent helps keep the bait in their mouth for just a little bit longer so you can get a good hook set. |
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