Smallmouth Bass – Best Bait & Lures

Looking for the best bait for Smallmouth Bass in Call of the Wild: The Angler? Below you find every bait and lure that Smallmouth Bass bites on, grouped by rig, plus the right hook size, habitats and traits for each reserve where it lives: Golden Ridge Reserve, Izilo Zasendulo.

Smallmouth Bass in Golden Ridge Reserve

Hook size: B#8, B#7, S#6, G#5, D#4, D#3

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore, Upriver, Middle River, River Mouth

Traits: Aggressive, Hard Fighter, Last Stand, Jumper, Sun Lover

Baits and lures that catch Smallmouth Bass in Golden Ridge Reserve

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Popper (retrieve: Twitching)
• Frog (retrieve: Twitching)
• Spinnerbait (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching)
• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Jerkbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Twitching, Constant)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)

Groundbait / other

• Lake Mix (throwable)

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Other fish in Golden Ridge Reserve: Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Burbot, Channel Catfish, Cutthroat Trout, Freshwater Drum, Golden Trout, Green Sunfish, Kokanee Salmon, Lake Trout, Largemouth Bass, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Ohrid Trout, Rainbow Trout, River Carpsucker, Rock Bass, Sauger, Shovelnose Sturgeon, Signal Crayfish, Tiger Muskie, Walleye, White Crappie, Yellow Perch

Smallmouth Bass in Izilo Zasendulo

Hook size: B#9, B#8, S#7, S#6, G#5, D#4

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore

Traits: Aggressive, Hard Fighter, Jumper, Last Stand

Baits and lures that catch Smallmouth Bass in Izilo Zasendulo

Lures (spinning / baitcasting)

• Frog (retrieve: Twitching)
• Spinnerbait (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching)
• Popper (retrieve: Twitching)
• Spoon (retrieve: Constant)
• Crankbait (retrieve: Constant, Twitching)
• Swimbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Constant, Twitching)
• Spinner (retrieve: Constant)
• Jerkbait (retrieve: Stop and Go, Twitching, Constant)

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)
• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Grub (retrieve: Jigging, Constant, Twitching)
• Shad (retrieve: Constant, Stop and Go, Twitching, Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Minnow (hook 10-4/0)

Groundbait / other

• Lake Mix (throwable)

▶ Want to avoid other species? Open the interactive bait selector for Smallmouth Bass in Izilo Zasendulo

Other fish in Izilo Zasendulo: Spotted Bass, Common Carp, Grass Carp, Mirror Carp, African Sharptooth Catfish, African Mottled Eel, Blue Kurper, Canary Kurper, Redbreast Kurper, Purple Labeo, Rednose Labeo, Moggel, African Tigerfish, Largemouth Yellowfish, Smallmouth Yellowfish