Buzzbaits
A propeller that will not stay underwater. Loud, ugly and violently effective.
What it is
A wire frame with a skirted head and a rotating aluminum or plastic prop on the upper arm. It only works on the surface, and only while moving. The prop churns, sprays and squeaks, and the squeak is a real thing that experienced anglers listen for and encourage.
When to throw one
Low light and dirty water. Summer nights, first light, and heavy overcast. Wood, grass edges and shallow flats. It is a search bait for water where visibility is bad enough that fish are hunting by sound.
How to fish it
Cast past the target and start reeling before the bait lands so it never sinks. Keep it at the slowest speed that holds it on top, which puts it in front of a fish for longer. Bump it into cover.
Gear that matters
A trailer hook is close to mandatory. Buzzbait strikes are notorious for missing, and the trailer converts a lot of them.
Reeling fast. Slower keeps it in the zone and lets fish catch up to it.
Buzzbaits by the numbers
- Families in the catalog
- 28
- Individual variants
- 152
- Brands represented
- 10
- Weight range
- 1/8 oz to 5/8 oz
- Most stocked color families
- Black and Blue, White and Pearl, Chartreuse
A family is a product line. A variant is one color and size of it, which is the level the app actually reasons about.
What the shelves carry
Shelf availability, not a recommendation. Which color is right depends on the day, and that is the part the app works out.
Buzzbaits with the deepest color runs
The families carrying the most individual variants in the catalog. Breadth of stock, not a ranking of which one catches more fish.
What a web page cannot know
Everything above is true of buzzbaits everywhere, in every month, for every angler. That is exactly the problem with it. Cobia answers the narrower question.
Those four lines need a location, a clock and your actual tackle box. No website has any of them.
Buzzbaits questions people actually ask
A wire frame with a skirted head and a rotating aluminum or plastic prop on the upper arm. It only works on the surface, and only while moving. The prop churns, sprays and squeaks, and the squeak is a real thing that experienced anglers listen for and encourage.
Low light and dirty water. Summer nights, first light, and heavy overcast. Wood, grass edges and shallow flats. It is a search bait for water where visibility is bad enough that fish are hunting by sound.
Cast past the target and start reeling before the bait lands so it never sinks. Keep it at the slowest speed that holds it on top, which puts it in front of a fish for longer. Bump it into cover.
Reeling fast. Slower keeps it in the zone and lets fish catch up to it.
Know which buzzbait to tie on
Scan your receipts, build your box once, and Cobia ranks what you already own against the water in front of you.
Android coming soon
iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Setup takes about a minute.