What are soft plastic lures good for?

Since soft plastic lures come in such a wide range of sizes, colors, and creatures they can target just about any species out there. Additionally, if you want to fish a natural or realistic look, their soft bodies allow them to swim much more naturally than a hard bait.

How To Rig Soft Plastic Lures

There are thousands of different types of soft plastic baits, with them come a variety of ways to rig them. Some of the most popular are Texas Rig, Carolina Rig, Jigging, Wacky Rigs, and more. Check out the Bass Dozer guide to modern rigs for soft plastics.

What fish like soft lures?

With soft plastic lures being so natural looking and accurately mimicking natural prey, almost all freshwater fish will eat them. Most commonly anglers will use them for bass, walleye, crappie, trout, and even use larger soft swim baits for pike.

Soft Baits

Soft plastic lures are one of the most timeless baits in any angler’s tackle box, from realistic presentations to irresistible action, soft plastic baits are a top notch bait for almost any species. At Fin Feather Fur we offer hundreds of options of soft plastic worms, grubs, craws, and creatures to help you land that personal best.

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BOBBY GARLAND

Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic 18 pack Lights Out 2"

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The Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic is a top choice for freshwater crappie fishing. Its durable, plump body makes it an effective lure in various fishing conditions. This product is specifically designed for freshwater use and is known to...

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MISSILE BAITS MAGIC WORM (14 PK) Green Pumpkin Money

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The Missile Baits Magic Worm (14 PK) Green Pumpkin Money is a versatile fishing bait designed to simplify tackle bags. Its unique characteristics make it suitable for various presentations, including drop shot rigs, shaky heads, and Texas rigs. This...

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Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic 18 pack Mud Dauber 2"

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The Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic is a top choice for freshwater crappie fishing. Its durable, plump body makes it an effective lure in various conditions. This product is specifically designed to attract crappie and is available in over 60...

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MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM Green Pumpkin Money

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The Missile Baits Mini Magic Worm Green Pumpkin Money is a compact and versatile soft plastic bait designed for finesse fishing applications. Its shorter length allows for precise presentations in tight spaces, making it ideal for drop shot, wacky rig,...

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MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM Bluback Secret

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The MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM Bluback Secret is a compact, versatile bait designed for finesse fishing techniques. Its shorter length allows for precise presentations in tight spaces, making it ideal for drop shots, wacky rigs, and other delicate...

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MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM EDS Orange

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The MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM EDS Orange is a compact, versatile bait designed for finesse fishing techniques. Its shorter length allows for precise presentations in tight spaces, making it ideal for drop shot, wacky rig, and shaky head applications...

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Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic 18 pack Blood Minnow 2"

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The Bobby Garland Baby Shad 2 inch Soft Plastic is a top choice for freshwater crappie fishing. Its durable, plump body makes it an effective lure in various fishing conditions. This product is specifically designed for use in freshwater environments and...

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Bobby Garland Baby Shad Swim'R 2 1/4 inch Soft Paddle Tail Swimbait 15 pack Purple Monkey 2.25"

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The Bobby Garland Baby Shad Swim'R 2 1/4 inch Soft Paddle Tail Swimbait is a segmented body variation of the popular soft plastic bait. This soft plastic paddle tail swimbait is great for luring crappie to your line. The scent channel in the belly allows...

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Roboworm Straight Tail Worm Soft Plastic Worm 8 pack Baby Bass 6"

$4.39

The Roboworm Straight Tail Worm is a versatile soft plastic bait that has gained popularity worldwide. Its 7-inch length makes it suitable for various fishing techniques, including drop shot and wacky rigs. This soft stick bait's undulating motion on the...

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SAVAGE GEAR USA

Savage Gear 4D Craw Mud Bug 3"

$6.49

The Savage Gear 4D Craw Mud Bug 3" is a highly realistic crawfish imitation that has been modeled from a 3D scan of an actual crawfish. Its lifelike profile and ultra-lively moving whiskers and legs make it an effective presentation for a variety of...

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Savage Gear 4D Craw Summer Craw 4"

$7.49

The Savage Gear 4D Craw Summer Craw 4" is a highly realistic and effective crawfish imitation. Its lifelike profile is modeled from a 3D scan of an actual crawfish, making it a top choice for anglers seeking a true-to-life presentation. The scent...

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STRIKE KING

Strike King Rattlin' Rage Craw Fall Craw

$6.99

The Strike King Rattlin' Rage Craw Fall Craw is a highly effective lure for targeting fish that feed on crawfish or other bottom-dwelling forage. Its unique design features a glass rattle chamber in the tail of the lure, emitting a powerful sound that...

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MISSILE BAITS SPUNK SHAD Green Pumpkin Delight 5.5"

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The MISSILE BAITS SPUNK SHAD Green Pumpkin Delight 5.5" is a versatile swimbait designed to mimic the movement of a baitfish. Its thick ribbed body and small pintail create a seductive shimmy when fished on a Chatterbait, Scrounger, or weightless hook...

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MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM John's Juice

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The MISSILE BAITS MINI MAGIC WORM John's Juice is a compact, versatile fishing lure designed for finesse presentations. Its 4-inch length allows for precise control and subtle movements in the water. The Mini Magic Worm features a similar thickness to...

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MISSILE BAITS MINI D CHUNK Bamer Craw

$4.69

The Missile Baits Mini D Chunk Bamer Craw is a compact and versatile bait designed for use with mini jigs. Its 3-inch size makes it perfect for finesse fishing, allowing it to fit on compact or mini type jigs. The chunk's flat body helps improve skipping...

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RAVEN

Raven Steelhead Worms 2.25" Baby Pink

$5.99

The Raven Steelhead Worms 2.25" Baby Pink are designed to mimic the natural appearance of baitfish, making them an attractive option for steelhead anglers. These worms feature a realistic profile and enticing action that can drive steelhead wild...

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Z-MAN

Z-Man Ned Rig Kit

$19.99

The Z-Man Ned Rig Kit is a comprehensive package designed to help anglers master the Ned Rig technique. This kit includes some of the industry's most popular plastics, such as Finesse TRD's, TRD Ticklerz, and TRD Crawz, which can be used in various...

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Berkley Gulp! Waxies Soft Baits

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The Berkley Gulp! Waxies Soft Bait Chartreuse is a top choice among panfish enthusiasts. Its unique design makes it an ideal bait for tipping ice jigs, giving you a competitive edge on the water. Unlike traditional waxies, this soft bait is more durable...

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Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Bull Worm

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The 8-inch Strike King KVD Perfect Plastics Bull Worm combines a thick, textured body with a beveled bubble tail that kicks upward on the retrieve, creating a slow, exaggerated movement that targets bass around brush piles, weed edges, and deep ledges...

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Strike King Rage Baby Bug

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Strike King Rage Baby Bug brings compact power to flipping, pitching, and finesse presentations when bass tuck tight to grass, wood, and docks. Scaled down from the original, this streamlined creature bait slips through cover easily while the ribbed body...

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Strike King Mr. Crappie Scizzor Shad Jigs

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Strike King Mr. Crappie Scizzor Shad Jigs are truly versatile jigs that can be cast, vertical jigged, or even trolled. These shads feature a pre-rigged head, twin-tail design for double the action, a hidden internal port for scent, and 3D eyes for a...

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Strike King Rage Menace

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The grub just got an upgrade with the Strike King Rage Menace! Throw away those traditional grubs and give the Rage Menace a go! This soft bait features a streamlined body that helps it dart into cover without getting snagged up. The ribbed body and...

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Strike King Rage Tail Craw Soft Bait

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The Strike King Rage Tail Craw Soft Bait was engineered with hi-grade plastics in the familiar, yet attractive, profile of a crawfish. The thick, segmented body has two flapping claws to generate an impressive action, noise, and splash to attract trophy...

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Strike King Rage Bug Soft Bait

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The Strike King Rage Bug is the ultimate flipping crawfish. Its meaty, ribbed body slips in and out of cover easily while the claws and appendages cause a ruckus when it hits the water. This soft plastic bait is the ultimate bass fishing tool! It runs...

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Strike King Rage Baby Craw

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The Strike King Rage Baby Craw is an ideal soft bait for anglers targeting finicky bass in diverse conditions. This 3-inch bait features the same action-packed design as the original Rage Craw but in a more compact size, making it perfect for scenarios...

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Berkley Powerbait Champ Craws

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Designed by two-time Bassmaster Classic Champion, Jordan Lee, the Berkley Powerbait Champ Craw delivers an ultra high definition profile and action that will get you into the winner's circle at your next derby. Molded with lifelike details from...

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Z-Man Giant TRD Soft Baits

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Offering an oversized profile for catching oversized fish, the Z-Man Giant TRD Worm is perfect for targeting larger fish and cashing even bigger checks. Made from Z-Man's 10x tough ElaZtech material, the Z-Man Giant TRD Worm is extremely durable and...

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Berkley Powerbait Bottom Hopper Worms

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Reinforced with Berkley's Powerbait scent that makes fish hold on 18x longer, the Berkley Powerbait Bottom Hopper Worm is crafted with pro-designed features to produce the most action and get the most bites. Built with a tapered body shape, the Berkley...

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Berkley Powerbait Jerk Shads

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The Berkley Powerbait Jerk Shad features an extremely life-like profile and enticing action. The Berkley Powerbait Jerk Shad also has the added benefit of Powerbait scent and attractant. Once a fish bites into the Jerk Shad, the Powerbait flavor...

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ZOOM

Zoom Mini Lizards

$5.29

Zoom soft plastic baits are known throughout the bass fishing world as tough, dependable plastics that catch fish under every condition, and these lizards are no exception. The secret is in the consistency of the injected plastic - just soft enough for...

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Zoom Magnum Super Flukes

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Soft jerk baits are known fish catchers and the Salty Super Fluke from Zoom Baits is one of the premier baits on the market today. The natural fish shape is attractive to all kinds of fish in both fresh and salt water, but big bass really like them...

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Berkley Powerbait Crazy Legs Chiggers

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NEW Berkley PowerBait Crazy Leg Chigger Craw is the same bait that won the 2007 Bassmaster Classic, only BETTER! The Chigger Craw now comes with CRAZY LEGS that greatly enhance the bait's action while swimming, or on the drop. This new feature along with...

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Types of Soft Plastic Lures

Since soft plastic baits and lures are designed to mimic real prey and live bait that fish are eating, there is a massive selection of soft plastic baits on the market. At Fin Feather Fur Outfitters our store has over six hundred different soft plastic lures to choose from! Don’t let that intimidate you as we can filter them down and help you find the perfect soft plastic for your fishing trip. Some of the most common soft plastics are:

Senkos
Flukes
Craws
Grubs
Creatures
Worms
Toads
Swimbaits

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There are plenty of other options like soft plastic trailers, tube baits, lizards, leeches, and when it comes to the creature baits those can get really crazy and creative with what you are throwing. They even have the balls with all the tentacle danglers hanging off that you can wacky rig for bass, there are literally endless options of soft plastic baits beacuse you can even design and pour your own soft plastic baits if you are a seriously hardcore angler.

What Soft Plastics To Use By Species

Now, I am more of a hardbait angler myself, but I have my fair share of experience with soft plastics as well. With over two decades of fishing experience I know that using soft plastic baits opens you up to the world of multi species angling. There is essentially a soft plastic bait that works for all species of freshwater fish from micro soft plastic crickets for bluegill and panfish, all the way up to big swimbaits for huge pike and muskie (my favorite kind of fishing). Let's breakdown each of the main types of soft plastics and what is the best species to target for each. For me, I do enjoy thorwing large paddletail swimbaits in clear water to catch northern pike in the Georgian bay. I also have had a lot of success rigging up grubs for Walleye in Lake Erie when I fish out of Cleveland, and finally one of my favorite things to do is fish fun creature baits or small soft plastic insects in creeks around the Cleveland metro parks for bluegill, small bass, and sometimes even micro species like goby or creek chub a true multi species soft plastic.

Type of Soft Plastic	Species to Catch Based on Soft Plastics	Our Top Pick of That Soft Plastic
Senkos	Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass	Yamamoto 5" Senko Worm
Flukes	Bass, Striped Bass, Redfish	Zoom Super Fluke
Craws	Bass, Catfish, Smallmouth Bass	Strike King Rage Craw
Grubs	Crappie, Walleye, Bass, Panfish	Berkley Power Grub
Creatures	Largemouth Bass, Pike, Musky	Googan Baits Bandito Bug
Worms	Bass, Walleye, Panfish	Zoom Trick Worm
Toads	Largemouth Bass, Pike	Strike King Rage Toad
Swimbaits	Bass, Walleye, Trout, Redfish	Keitech Fat Swing Impact

Popular Soft Plastic Lure Rigs :

There are several popular soft plastic bait setups that anglers everywhere take advantage of. One of the most common is the classic Texas Rig. A couple other popular options are the Carolina Rig, and Drop Shot setup. Let’s break down what soft plastics work for these set ups and when you should use them.

Texas Rig :
The Texas Rig is used with soft plastic lures, a bullet weight, an offset worm hook, rigged in a way that makes it weedless. Thread the hook point through the top of the soft plastic bait, push the hook out the side of the bait, and slide the bait up the hook shank onto the bend in the hook just below the eye. You can push the tip of the hook into the back of the bait to make it weedless. The Texas Rig pairs very well with soft plastic worms, craws, and creature baits. It is typically jigged along the bottom to get a bottom feeding bite. Read the full Bass Resource article on Texas Rig Fishing.
Carolina Rig :
The Carolina Rig is a bit more complicated. Consisting of a weight (bullet weight or egg sinker), an optional bead, a swivel, a leader line, hook, and the soft plastic bait of your choosing. Cast out your Carolina rig and let it hit the bottom; you can slowly drag the weight across the bottom. With the soft plastic trailing behind the weight, creating a natural presentation for the fish. The Carolina Rig pairs very well with soft plastic lures like worms, lizards, and crawfish.
Drop Shot :
A drop shot rig is where a hook and bait are positioned above a weight on a leader, allowing the soft plastic bait to hover off the bottom creating a natural swimming presentation which is very effective in clear and deep water. The best soft plastic lures for a drop shot are typically worms, grubs, and minnow or bait fish plastics. Check out Wired2Fish post on Drop Shot Fishing.

Benefits of Using Soft Plastic Baits

The most obvious advantage of using soft plastic lures is the realistic presentation and movement they provide when tempting that fish to take a bite. With soft plastics being such a versatile bait, it allows anglers to adjust size, color, presentation, and type of plastic bait entirely until they are dialed in on what the fish are biting. Being able to accurately “match the hatch” or present a soft plastic lure that resembles what is actually living in the water and the fish are feeding on can significantly improve catch rate for anglers. The biggest advantages or benefits of soft plastic lures are:

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Versatility
Cost-Effectiveness
Scented
Rigging Flexibility
Weedless
Realistic Action

Most Popular Soft Plastic Bait Brands :

With thousands of soft plastics on the market, there are a couple of brands that have made a name for themselves and stand out among the rest.

Z-Man :
Z-Man soft plastics are known for their long lasting baits, and proprietary ElaZtehch formula which creates super soft baits. Their action has a very realistic presentation. Some of the most popular Z-Man soft plastics are the Big TRD, Z-Man SMH Worm, and the Z-Man Scented Jerk ShadZ.
Strike King :
Strike King has time and time again revolutionized the soft plastic lure market with unique tail designs, high-grade plastics, and versatile actions on Strike King baits. Some of their most popular models are the Stike King Rage Tail Craw, Strike King Rage Tail Grub, the KVD Ocho, and of course the Strike King Finesse Worm.
Berkley :
Berkley soft plastic lures have some of the most advanced technology in soft plastics. With their Gulp! Technology that is ultra scented to attract fish from further distances, the MaxScent technology which infused the scent directly into the soft plastic baits, and their PowerBait material for being soft and durable has made Berkley soft plastics some of the best baits in angler’s tackle boxes. Some popular Berkley soft plastic lures are the Gulp! Minnow, Powerbait Power Swimmers, and the Powerbait Jerk Shad.
Keitech :
Keitech doesn’t necessarily have any crazy technology, but Keitech soft plastic baits simply catch fish. Anglers everywhere love them for their durability, effectiveness, and versatility when it comes to presentations and types of baits. Some of their most popular baits are the Swing Impact FAT, Easy Shiner Swimbaits, and the Original Swing Impact Swimbait.

Soft Plastic Lures For Sale

When it comes to buying soft plastic lures for sale online, you can’t beat Fin Feather Fur Outfitters. Trusted by anglers everywhere we offer some of the top brands and variety of soft plastic baits. With creature baits, finesse worms, tiny jigging grubs, even large soft plastic swimbaits, we have whatever soft plastics you need to catch your next pb.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Soft Plastic Baits :

What are soft plastic lures good for?: Since soft plastic lures come in such a wide range of sizes, colors, and creatures they can target just about any species out there. Additionally, if you want to fish a natural or realistic look, their soft bodies allow them to swim much more naturally than a hard bait.
How To Rig Soft Plastic Lures: There are thousands of different types of soft plastic baits, with them come a variety of ways to rig them. Some of the most popular are Texas Rig, Carolina Rig, Jigging, Wacky Rigs, and more. Check out the Bass Dozer guide to modern rigs for soft plastics.
What fish like soft lures?: With soft plastic lures being so natural looking and accurately mimicking natural prey, almost all freshwater fish will eat them. Most commonly anglers will use them for bass, walleye, crappie, trout, and even use larger soft swim baits for pike.

Ask Our Expert Soft Plastic Lure Team

At Fin Feather Fur Outfitters we have an expert fishing team ready to answer your questions about soft plastic baits and lures and will happily help you find out what plastics you need in your tackle box for your next outing. We love opening a bag of fresh soft plastics and feeling the salty grain of senkos in your hand as much as you, and nothing beats perfectly rigging your texas rig the first time so let us help you pick our your soft plastic baits for your next outing.

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