tblando Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 Figured I’d scroll through here and see more Sly Guy in the top 3! His baits and paint jobs are obviously top notch but the customer service is as well which I find rare in this industry! StriperAddict, Socal760baitslanger and mrlang123 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon P Posted January 21, 2021 Report Share Posted January 21, 2021 Faves MattLures - Arguably THE best bait maker there is (even if he doesn't have a conventional glide bait option, cough cough) taxidermy realistic baits that swim well, catch fish, and are available at working man's prices. Burrito baits - Gail's a cool dude with great baits Triple Trout - Scott's a cool dude with great baits too Sh!t list BeVel lures - I want my refund, damnit CG_Fishes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaustin44 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 - Hiroshima Customs 2 - 316 3 - Scottsboro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volfan Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Mattlures, CL8, then probably MS (slammers) or 3:16. You can buy from those 3/4 and cover everything, everywhere. And you’ll avoid 99% of the maker drama and mystic waitlists that come with some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinzap Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hinkle Hawg Hunter Huddleston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillerDaPikeKiller Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 UFO DEPS (250 drawing powers sick) WCZ Mic drop..nuff said Mbeam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbeam Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 316 UFO Stray Rats MillerDaPikeKiller and Rbday1989 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperAddict Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Sly guy lures Hiroshima customs Stray Rats swimbaits tblando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gdimop96 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Real prey. Hiro. Kgb. honorable mentions (J-rat, nates) But my all time favorite lure is this bad boy so I can’t leave out evergreen. addictedtomassbass and Straight Kash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogers954 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 12:21 PM, CG_Fishes said: Again I have to bring up Joe at real prey. His customer service is top notch and the baits match. I can't think of anyone else who will do completely custom colors and sink rates free of extra charge Mr. Zorba is another company that I really like, super cool baits at a very reasonable price. X2 for Mr. Zorba, not only are his baits some of the best looking out there, but he really went way above my expectations when i put in an order for a perch glide. Quiet a long time passed after i placed my order and honestly i had forgotten about it, so i sent him an email just wondering about the status. He replied quickly and was very apologetic saying that he had to move shops and had a lot of unexpected things happen during the process. He said my bait would ship that week and that he was going to double my order. Totally more then was necessary but it really showed that he was sorry for the delay and valued my business. Toro blanco and CG_Fishes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaguirre_63 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 UFO 3:16 Hinkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcaetano2905 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 My favorite bait maker is Caetano Swimbaits (myself) because I like making baits and catching bass on them and I caught my second largest bass ever on a wake bait made by me. ahah Not counting myself, and based on the bait makers that made the baits I used to catch the biggest bass or numbers of larger than average fish I would select: 1- River2Sea 2- Savage Gear 3- Optimum If I had to select a top 3 based on numbers of giant fish caught and popularity of baits I would select: 1- Huddleston 2- Deps 3- MS Slammer If I had to select 3 individual persons for their talent, creativity and new ideas for great baits I would select: 1- Ken Huddleston 2- Matt Servant 3- Mike Shaw Allan Cole and Kazumasa Okumura would be in a top 5. Also, Bill Murphy deserves a mention because I think he created the first big jointed wood trout imitating swimbaits, by cutting Rapalas in half, painting them like a trout and putting a soft plastic tail on them. I'm not sure if he made some of those trout plugs from scratch like Allan Cole, but he was fishing wood jointed trout swimbaits maybe a decade before Allan Cole invented the AC Plug. Murphy caught his 72lb 5 bass limit trolling those swimbaits at San Vicente Lake. willsochill and CG_Fishes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbird420 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Toxic - variety of baits and just like the way dude handles business Black Dog Baits - G2 Shellcracker, Shellcrackers and Bubba are my fav gills like having 3 sizes of similar bait Stray Rats - Only have the Gilliath but damn she’s sweet wanna throw Kuruoto Lures and Trap Bass in there for honorable mentions willsochill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_larkin3 Posted January 25, 2021 Report Share Posted January 25, 2021 Bucca - caught multiple pbs with em and great customer service. Good price too. Underrated cuz they aren’t as pretty as others. Probably would out fish most high end baits. Zorba - high quality, reasonable price and great customer service. His paint jobs are insanely beautiful. dreamsmasher - sent me a free bait multiple times w my orders, baits are quality and are pretty unique w action. toxic - baits have great action, great paint, ship fast, quite unique and are built with heavy components. Also customer service is amazing. common trend is good customer service and built to fish hard. Can’t beat that. Take My Money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Kash Posted January 26, 2021 Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 1/23/2021 at 9:50 AM, Gdimop96 said: Real prey. Hiro. Kgb. honorable mentions (J-rat, nates) But my all time favorite lure is this bad boy so I can’t leave out evergreen. Right there with you! That is one of my all time favorite baits, I have the bass pattern and the JDM red one! with that said my top 3 are: Megabass Gan Craft Deps Gdimop96 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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