Kingdom Cicada Topwater Lure - Floating Hard Bait with Soft Wings
Kingdom Cicada Topwater Lure - Floating Hard Bait with Soft Wings
This cicada-style topwater bait pairs a hard body with soft, flexible wings that flutter and kick on the retrieve. The ribbed back, glass eyes, and layered finish give it a realistic silhouette that reads well to bass looking up from below. It floats at rest and sits with a natural, buggy profile until you move it.
Worked with short twitches and pauses, the soft wings slap the surface and push water, calling fish up from shade and cover. It shines around overhanging trees, brush, and grass edges where real cicadas and bugs fall in, and it holds up on the follow-through thanks to a 3X treble hook set built for solid hookups on largemouth, smallmouth, and other aggressive surface feeders.
Specifications
| Type | Topwater cicada, floating hard bait |
| Body | Hard body with soft, flexible wings |
| Weight | 5.5g or 12g (size options) |
| Depth | Surface |
| Action | Twitch and pause, wing flutter with surface disturbance |
| Hooks | 3X treble hooks |
| Best for | Largemouth and smallmouth bass, also catfish and snakehead |
How to fish it
- Cast tight to overhanging brush, grass lines, or shade where bugs would naturally fall.
- Let it sit still after landing to let the rings settle before starting your retrieve.
- Work it with short twitches and pauses so the soft wings slap and flutter on the surface.
- Set the hook on the strike with a firm sweep, not a hard jerk, to keep the trebles pinned.
Frequently asked
The 5.5g is a smaller, lighter profile for finesse presentations and lighter line, while the 12g casts farther and pushes more water for bigger fish or windier conditions.
Darker, high-contrast patterns like this blue-black shad work well in stained or low-light water, while more translucent or natural patterns tend to suit clear water.
A medium to medium-heavy rod with 12-20 lb braided or fluorocarbon line gives you the control needed for twitch retrieves and enough backbone to handle topwater strikes.
It performs best during warm months in low-light hours, early morning or evening, and around structure where bugs naturally fall into the water.