Soft plastic crayfish are great baits for smallmouth bass. These baits are awesome baits for catching good numbers of bass and very large smallmouth bass too.
What Sizes are Best for Smallmouth Bass Fishing?
Most anglers will go with smaller crayfish than what they would use for largemouth bass, however, you can still catch some nice smallmouth bass on the larger soft plastic crayfish too.
How to Rig Soft Plastic Crayfish
Most of the smaller crayfish baits work great on most of the popular jigheads that most anglers enjoy using. You can also use the Texas rig, Carolina rig, swimbait hooks and more to rig so many different crayfish baits.
Best Techniques
Hop Them Along the Bottom
Smallmouth bass are often found swimming just above the rocky bottoms as they search for crayfish and other food to eat. Hop these baits along rocky bottoms with some pauses mixed in and you will catch plenty of smallmouth bass. Most of your bites will come on the pause.
Drag Them Along the Bottom
You can also have good success by just slowly dragging these baits along the bottom.
