The Crush City Freeloader and Mooch Minnow have stolen all the bass fishing headlines, and rightly so. But don’t sleep on this amazing new craw bait design, especially when you’re not scoping fish.

Berkley has launched a variety of new craw-style baits in the last 8 months. There's the pre-rigged Clatter Craw with rattles built into the claws, a bait with widespread claws called the Crud Craw, ...

I try a lot of bass fishing gear over the course of a year, and I always end up with a few absolute favorites. It’s been an exceptional year for new baits. This list highlights the best of the best.