I’m to the age now that “the trick” is the allure to bass fishing for me. What interesting new ways can I trick a bass into thinking what is on the end of my line is something they would enjoy eating and making it appear real enough to do so. So it’s nice when companies go the extra mile to create little baits that cater to that impulse. Baits like the DUO Realis Shinmushi Cicada Bug topwater hard bait hybrid.

The Shinmushi Cicada Bug is part hard bait, part soft bait and all finesse bug bait. It mimics a small bug like a cicada vibrating on the surface and tempting bass with an ultra finesse topwater presentation. It features soft-rubber wings, threaded silicone legs, dynamic paint jobs on the hard bait body and sticky-sharp, tiny No. 10 hooks with feathers on the back treble. It’s a very detailed package at just a hair over 1 1/2 inches and 1/5 ounce.