Best Lure For Year Round Use 2025
FirstnameLastname reply :
What lure is good for both open water in late spring to late fall and ice on in early winter to early spring. Is there really a do it all lure I have not yet discovered? Sorry but if you live south of the mason Dixon line I doubt you can help me. Try if you want though.
A-Jay reply :
Lipless Crank Bait.
A-Jay
Tylertut reply :
I think a jig would get bites in any season.
Bluebasser86 reply :
A jig will catch fish year round and almost anywhere they swim.
A-Jay reply :
On 9/2/2014 at 1:12 PM, Bluebasser86 said:A jig will catch fish year round and almost anywhere they swim.
I happen to agree with you but I really thought your vote would go to a Chatterbait ~
A-Jay
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
A 1/4oz ball head jig and...... wait for it......... A 4" black Mr Twister.
Raul reply :
On 9/2/2014 at 11:54 AM, FirstnameLastname said:What lure is good for both open water in late spring to late fall and ice on in early winter to early spring. Is there really a do it all lure I have not yet discovered? Sorry but if you live south of the mason Dixon line I doubt you can help me. Try if you want though.
Move South, that way you won´t have to worry and catch fish year round.
KritterGitter reply :
Jig would prob be best in all seasons, although Ive had great luck with jerkbaits of varying sizes throughout this year...
Catch and Grease reply :
On 9/2/2014 at 11:39 PM, Raul said:Move South, that way you won´t have to worry and catch fish year round.
*2 hahaha
Brian6428 reply :
Jig-n-pig
iceintheveins reply :
Jig
Bassguytom reply :
A jig is good. Also don't forget an inline spinner. You can throw a spinner anytime of the year and catch fish.
hawgmaster reply :
A jig would be my number 1 choice. After that a chatterbait
Todd2 reply :
Jig, then spinnerbait.
Dwight Hottle reply :
On 9/2/2014 at 12:09 PM, Tylertut said:I think a jig would get bites in any season.
X2 jigs work 24-7 365 days per year .
FirstnameLastname reply :
Thanks for the advice but I was looking for a specific lure. Not just a type of lure like a jig. Also, how would a lipless crankbait be effective under the ice?
Raul reply :
You can jig it up and down.On 9/3/2014 at 10:40 AM, FirstnameLastname said:Thanks for the advice but I was looking for a specific lure. Not just a type of lure like a jig. Also, how would a lipless crankbait be effective under the ice?
doyle8218 reply :
Jig here too.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 9/2/2014 at 6:27 PM, A-Jay said:I happen to agree with you but I really thought your vote would go to a Chatterbait ~
A-Jay
They are a very good bait year round, even when the waters cold and there's snow on the ground
Arv reply :
Jig
JDJ reply :
Has anyone mentioned jig yet???
PersicoTrotaVA reply :
1/8 oz wacky jighead(VMC or Owner are my favs), 5" Yum Dinger, whatever color you like, I like red shad. I fully believe that a wacky worm will work 365 days a year.
roadwarrior reply :
A jig is your best bet, but here is something else to try: Sworming Hornet/ LFT Live Magic Shad.
DON'T pump you rod, reel about 5 turns and let the lure drop on slack line, repeat until you feel
you are out of "the zone". The blade lifts the bait when you reel, keep your rod steady at about
10 o'clock.
einscodek reply :
I used to ask the same question a long time ago and the answer (or the shortlist) seems to change or rotate with the seasons and then the conditions so I venture it will probably change for you as well
EmersonFish reply :
Probably not a lot of true 'ice fishing' for bass happening with the guys responding, so they are talking about what they would use in 'ice out' conditions in winter. Of course "jig" could mean a million different things if you were to get technical. Plenty of jigs that can be fished vertically. I don't ice fish around here either, because we don't get enough ice, but if I had to use one lure in the heat of Summer and through a hole in the ice in Winter to catch bass, I suppose a Kastmaster Spoon could always do some good in deep water. I'm not sure it's the "Best Year-Round Lure," but it's a pretty time tested, fool proof design.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
Jigs, Chatterbait. And I catch fish dragging worms all year to.
Jigfishn10 reply :
On 9/3/2014 at 10:40 AM, FirstnameLastname said:Thanks for the advice but I was looking for a specific lure. Not just a type of lure like a jig. Also, how would a lipless crankbait be effective under the ice?
On 9/3/2014 at 10:58 AM, Raul said:You can jig it up and down.
Yep, I was reading how the lipless crank that we know it today evolve from a similar lure northern anglers used to use for ice fishing. Check it out: http://www.jimporter.org/articles/article117.shtml
If you think of it, jigging a lipless crank thru the ice is pretty much the same as a yo-yo retrieve you'd use in the winter. I understand that the yo-yo still produces the bait to go horizontal during the time your reeling up slack line, but the action you're looking for is more vertical.
Just my $0.02 worth.
I'll take either a Jig or a Lipless Crank as my year round lure. They both can produce multi species of fish year round.
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