Full creature (brush-hog style)

The big multi-appendage bait — wings, legs, flappers on a 4-6 in body — for summer largemouth in cover that react to bulk and movement.

Soft plastics are the biggest family in bass fishing: 36 shapes, each designed for a rig, a depth and a mood.

• Shape = design purpose: fish, worm, craw, creature, tube, frog
• Finesse tier vs power tier: the same shape at 3.5 in and 7 in is two different techniques
• Tail type decides the action; body decides the fall
• Rig it the way it was designed to be rigged

1. What it is — A fat body with a forked or paddle tail plus pairs of wings and legs; every part moves on the fall. 4 in is the compact standard; 5-6 in the power creature.
2. Designed for — Summer and pre-spawn largemouth on wood, docks and grass edges, Texas-rigged and pitched, or Carolina-rigged across flats. A bulk bait: it draws fish that a worm walks…
3. Trade-offs — Snaggy appendages in thick grass — the beaver replaces it there. Too much for clear, pressured water.