Very small wakebait recommendations

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Permalink Reply by Tag Watson on June 2, 2012 at 11:40am

Jake, take a good look at the Ima Roumba.  This lure is 3 inches long, maybe a bit larger than you are looking for, but the action is phenomenal.

Permalink Reply by David Hinrichs on June 2, 2012 at 1:10pm

Hard to beat a #5 or #7 Rapala either floating or countdown.

Permalink Reply by Clark Hess on June 2, 2012 at 1:39pm

I know live target makes a fairly small sunfish wake bait. The colors are great but I've never used it so no word on the action...

Permalink Reply by Spencer Durand on June 2, 2012 at 2:30pm

I'm sure you could get the spro BBZ1 Baby Shad to wake. I started fishing this small bait last summer. I like it, didn't try to get it to wake though.

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on June 2, 2012 at 4:46pm

There is a floating model of the spro BBZ 4in. I know that can be a deadly bait when the time is right!

Permalink Reply by Tim Bartle on June 4, 2012 at 9:04am

I 2nd Tag's recommendation of the Roumba.  The bait is offered in both rattling and non-rattling versions.

Mann's makes a couple of baits that are little smaller.  The Baby 1-Minus is 2-1/4" long and the Waker is 2-5/8" long.

Permalink Reply by Keith Brooks on June 4, 2012 at 8:02pm

 Rebel makes some great small baits. The crickhopper comes in two sizes and has a very wide wobble at slow speeds. It works great as a topwater bait, just twitched, or swim it back slow and it only goes about one foot down. Also the Rebel frog has caught me alot of fish very shallow. These baits are very light and work best on spinning gear.

Permalink Reply by Zack B on June 8, 2012 at 9:50pm

I have killed with an Arbogast Hocus Locust.

Permalink Reply by Zack B on June 9, 2012 at 2:29pm

Twitching a wee Rapala is deadly on young, aggressive fish in late summer.

David Hinrichs said:

Hard to beat a #5 or #7 Rapala either floating or countdown.

Permalink Reply by Ben Holten on June 10, 2012 at 4:55pm

What about using a small frog if it is too snaggy?

Permalink Reply by Logan Little on June 24, 2012 at 7:46am

I have a sinking model of one of these. It has great action in the water but it helicopters worse than any lure I have ever cast. Do you have the same problem with the floating model?
 
P.J. Koshi said:

There is a floating model of the spro BBZ 4in. I know that can be a deadly bait when the time is right!

Permalink Reply by Joel Alinen on June 25, 2012 at 8:49pm

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