“You should throw a buzzbait.”

That was the advice I got from Terry Bolton on the phone this spring while he was off fishing an FLW Tour event in March. I of course didn’t throw one. In April, the next time we fished, he picked up a buzzbait and proceeded to crush nice bass on it during our filming session. I quickly tied on the War Eagle Buzz Toad buzzbait and proceeded to crush them myself.

I actually grew up fishing buzzbaits on the Arkansas River and in Florida. In fact, it was my favorite bait for catching big bass growing up. But, I’ve been on about a 10-year hiatus from throwing it. But now the resurgence of buzzbaits with plastics rather than skirts has brought them back into favor so I spent a month throwing the Buzz Toad and rekindling an old fire.