Me and a buddy of mine are catching a few good ones on Smith Lake at night - just looking for a few new lure ideas. We've been using a night time spinnerbait, jigs, and a few plastics. Anyone have any better things/colors to try?

Big topwater bait. Dark color.

Such as?

X2! Lol

Whooper Plooper

Black Zara Spook or 130 Plopper. Hang on. Don't hook yourself, either.

Buzzbait, fished either very slow or fast depending on what the want. I don't like treble hooks in the air coming towards be when you miss or a fish slings a bait. I used to use a black jitterbug.
Sometimes a musky jitterbug if you are on a big bass lake. I always had great luck fishing a blue worm with a firetail around lighted boat docks. I love night fishing. If you have lights on the water a white shallow diving crankbait can work wonders. I fished big jigs and trailers around rip rap. Mostly blk/blk.

the only time I've been night fishing, I fished a buzz bait super slow and caught some pretty nice fish.

All good suggestions. Super spook in black worked slow and steady with a pause about every 10 ft or when you walk it up to cover. Big bladed buzz bait. Jitterbug, devils horse and the largest sized one spinner (tail only) Bang-o-lure in black with the pinkish orange belly. I've never thrown the whopper plopper but after pm'ing with Clem I'm about to give it a try.

For years the best truly big fish nighttime bait down here was a musky sized jitterbug in all black. Throw it and just reel it straight back slow and steady. Plop, plop, plop,plop. You might go all night without a bite but when you do get one it will be something you remember.

I have, and have caught many on a black musky sized Jittebug. Has a front lip like the a tin can top and three massive treble hooks. Get over a grass bed (if there is one), sling it a country mile, sip on a beverage and reel it slow. Almost sounds like slaping the surface with a cookie sheet. Keep the lights off and wait for an explosion.

Shakey head. If I was dead set on throwing topwater on Smith it would be a Lucky Craft Gunfish 115. Day in day out the gunfish seems to be the best topwater bait on Smith

Jitterbug = the Original Whopper Plopper

We had three go for 9.5lb last night at smith all on spinners

If you need any help locating them and figuring out what to throw gimme a holler. We usually hit night tourneys on smith from now till sept and usually get on em good

Top 3. If I only had 3 rods, I would fish these 3 baits:

1)Zoom magnum U-Vibe (or sometimes regular size) in junebug, black, black/red flake (dark colors)
2) Black Chatterbait with fairly slow and steady retrieve
3) Black buzzbait fished slow and steady

I've also had luck on:
4) Black buzzfrog fished as slowly and steady where it just stays on top (I fish around a lot of grass)
5) Black or dark red spinnerbait with black blades.

Thanks for the info yall!!! I'm gonna have a few more things to try on my next trip out- I bought me a jitterbug a couple of weeks ago and hadn't had any luck with that- a little luck on a darker jig and a little more with a worm.

Dont overwork that Jitterbug. Dont pop it or do anything other than reel it back straight as slow as possible letting it just waddle back slowly going plop plop plop. Most people try to work a jitterbug which is a mistake IMO. Just reel it slow and let it work itself. Ask top cat and some of these older guys that have fished them. It's a slow bait to fish and boring as heck but it will call up the big ones.

abolt300 is right about the J'bug. Don't reel too fast or add any other action.

At first you'll want to chew tinfoil but eventually you'll get into a good rhythm with it. Should be able to hear the plopplopplop and probably feel the rodtip twitch. They're fun to fish with.

Sounds like I'm gonna give it another try - I wasn't working it really but it sounds like I may have been reeling in too fast really

black jitterbug everydamnnight