I enjoy carving topwater patterns for the bass here in Central Florida. Here are two more that work well for me. The top one I call Prop Job for obvious reasons. It creates a bit of disturbance which often draws reflext strikes from bass. THe bottom one I call a cigar popper because of the bulky body shape. The both have single inline hooks in the point up position to minimize snagging weeds.
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Nice patterns. Ever catch crappie on them?
Just curious.
Rick
I don’s usually catch crappie on topwater patterns. I find that they mainly feed subsurface. One of the most effective patterns for crappie (and cool weather blugills) is the Carter’s Sculpin. I tye it with small dumbell eyes, a bit of black rabbit fur tail, black chenille body, some black crystel flash for the throat, and grizzly hackel collar. Not a difficuly pattern to tie and very effective. The best retrieve is to cast it out, let it sink for about 4-5 seconds, they do a quick 6" strip retrieve with a 2 second pause between strips.
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GREAT bugs James!
Creativity at it’s utmost…useful creativity. 
…lee s.
Thank you for the kind words. I like to try different ideas when making patterns. Some work out well, others, not so much. Either way, it always fun and I learn something with each new pattern.