I just wanted to get a response of all who have caught a double digit bass, or several and the bait you caught it on.

I am just wanting to see what baits tend to get the bigger ones.

My personal best is 9.04, and it came off a fat free shad, and not even the biggest one...the 12-14' runner.

anyways, if you wouldnt mind sharing, I would appreciate it.

thanks

jig

Usually the bait you have tied on and get it in front of them! Lol

I have kept a lot of records and have caught them on just about everything. Of course the baits that I favor (normally deep water stuff) have caught the most but thats also what I have thrown the most.

I have caught 3 ten's. 2 on a HAWG CRAW & 1 on a 10" POWER WORM. I think u really increase your odds throwing a big bait. I am headed falcon for 10 days Sunday. My bucket list is now a teenager.

I havent caught a dd, but my three heaviest 9's all came on a spinnerbait, which were all postspawned out females.

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Jig and carolina rig with a craw. Several borderline just below 10 on ole monster, and jigs

I agree with JR, I have caught a DD on big Worms C-Rigged, a Jig, deep crankbait, and a spinnerbait. When you put something in front of a DD fish thats willing to bite you'll catch em on whatever your throwing at the time.

Ill go against the grain:
Caught on a shakey head and 8# test and spinning gear

agree with JR, drop shot, wacky, t-rigg, jig, c-rig, most of mine have been sight fishing

Large cranks, Mann's 20+. DD22.
1oz spinnerbaits.

1 oz Spinnerbait ultra slow-rolled.

mine came on a 5" senko....

Jig , DD22 or Big Swim bait ..

DD22s - 10" motor oil red flake Powerworms
Pearl Brush Hogs (sight fishing!!)

Mine was on a 3/8oz white road runner.

Hard to find good size mice but that's my DD bait, so this spring we'll be using pomeranian puppies. They paddle hard and really get the attention of the big spawners. We've actualy scaled down, in the past we used larger hairless breeds, but the color selections are much better with the smaller fluffy breeds. Most often a free line is used but under a balloon has it's application. Haven't had to use any rattles etc as squeeling and splashing has been working really well. Finding this bait is hard sometimes and it's good to get orders in at least 63 days in advance.

Spinnerbait & swim bait

Spro Frog... Leopard color...... August 100+ degrees

jigs

Jig for me

i'm in same boat as you on not having a DD but I have 4 fish over 9 with biggest coming in a tourney which was 9.93...oh so close. I caught that one on a c-rigged fluke and the other 3 on a jig...all came from same spot in 2 days on Fork. Also mixed in were 4 others between 7-9 all from this same spot in those same 2 days. I must have been at Falcon since this could never be possible on Fork. That was for you Cam.

Jigs, Big Cranks, Big swimbaits, big worms/Flukes. If you're going to target the big fish you've got to be prepared for less action. There's millions of stories where guys threw smaller baits in shallow water and caught a biggen, but most often those the big girls are caught in deeper water. Most important, keep casting. Good luck!

Jigs for me. But the biggest bass I've hooked came off a buzzbait.

I caught my 11.22 on a F8 Hags Tornado, the 11.45 on a Spook. Also had a 9.41 on a jig.

Jitterbug.

My dad's caught 2, a 10.10 and a 10.01, one on a jigNpig (back in '95 on fork) and the second one in October of 2010 on an excalibur spit'n image.

My PB is "only" 8.8 and came on a red/chartreuse trap.

My goal is 3 over 10 this year!!! I think I can do it. We shall see!!

Jigs and swimbaits, and 1 on a bandit flat maxx

9.6, 9.7, 9.8 all on traps. 10.2 on a jig

I have caught 6 dd bass and 5 of them have been on DD22 and the other was on a senko.

I only have a 9.7 on two sets of berkly digitals she came on a c-rig lizard in the middle of summer mid day.

11.86, 10.02, 9.35, 9.10 and to many other 8's to count all came on a JIG. The ultimate big fish bait ESP this time of year. Fish it all day and know your fishing for one bite. You have to have a mindset u don't care about catching small fish or getting a lot of bites. The bigger the profile the better!!!!

My 10.82 was on a DD22. 4 of my 7, 9 pounders were also on 22's. I'm sold.

One on a Cordell Spot and second one on a Red eyed spinnerbait.....my buddy caught his on a jig and pig

Alabama rig

One on a swim jig 11.25, and the other on a c-rigged fluke 10.1. Had one on a swim jig come off at the boat that was probably the biggest I've ever had on. That one still hurts.

2 on jigs

My dad caught a DD on a 3 1/2 inch shaky head

All on tourney scales:

10.24 Junebug Zoom 6 inch lizard
10.18 Black and Blue Strike King Jig
10.12 Fire Red Mann's One Minus

Also, had a 9.99 that just wouldn't bump on a Black and Blue Strike King Jig too.

I'm headed in the wrong direction weight wise.

Lost a couple I know were bigger on DD22's.

I have 5 total. Three punching grass with a beaver and two on a crankbait. One dd22, one on a rapala dt-4

10.23. Caught it punching grass on a odaham 1 1/4 jig

hags F8 for me! caught a 10.95 at Falcon

13.37 at Falcon on a 6XD

A jig or a DD22 crank

2 on deep diving crankbaits (6xd)
1 xcaliber xr75 rattle bait
1 zoom super hog

I have 11 DD's, all but 2 came off a big brush hog! One on a bandit 200 series crank, and one at 3:00 in the morning at Fork on a red shad trick worm!

The main key ive learned to catch moe bigger fish is to fish the lakes that are more known for bigger fish! Spend more time in those areas! For example, ive fished a lake 300+ times and caught only one Dd, but found a lake and fished f5 times and caught a Dd. I kept going back and in one week caught two more over 10. Ive found a couple lakes like that and thats where i spend most of my time. Especially in the spawn!

Had a 10.84 on a 6.5 inch lake fork swim bait in about 18 foot of water on Ivie. The only DD i have ever caught.

Big Red Rattletrap

My 10-6 came on a 4" senko! Texas rigged.

Did dat 11 lber come on a Jitterbug?

12.0 12 in Jelly worm
10.2 Rayburn red rattle bait
10.9 small swimbait (Big Bite Cane Thumper)
11.3 Dirty Jig (football/mean gump green)

Bomber flat A, for me.

2 on big cranks, 1 on a 10" Powerworm in red shad, 1 on a jig.

On a side note, both the crankbait DD's came from fairly shallow water with heavy cover slow cranking the bait.

1 on a jig.
1 on a 1.5 type squarebill.
1 on a 8" plastic worm.

2 on tubes
2 on spinner baits