Best Multi-Species Lures? 2024
FrogTastic reply :
Hey all,
Here's my question.
"You get to put together a small fishing kit. You get to fish only on a lake that has all of the basic freshwater species in it (panfish, bass, trout, catfish, pike, pickerel, muskie, gar, bowfin, carp, etc.). You can pick only three different lures to use. They should be lures that are able to catch multiple fish species (not just 3 different bass lures, or a trout, a bass, and a panfish lure, or whatever). You can also include enough terminal tackle to make one rig, if your lure is a soft plastic that requires it."
Let's hear some answers!
scaleface reply :
1 curl tail grub on jig head
2 Strike King rocket shad
3 1/8 ounce C.C. jigging spoon
tholmes reply :
1. Inline spinner, preferably a Panther Martin.
2. Curl tail grub on a jig head.
3. Silver buddy style blade bait.
Tom
Choporoz reply :
Hair jig with grub tail
Johnson Silver Minnow
In-line Spinner
Jigfishn10 reply :
Inline Spinner - You can make them any size to suit your needs
Lipless Crank - I'm up to a dozen different species including saltwater
Little Cleo type spoon - just really learned to fish these last fall and have caught at least 4 different species so far
CeeJay reply :
Inline spinner.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
1/8oz size Rooster Tail(should catch all species of smaller size and can be used for ice fishing with the eception of carp)
Bull Shad Swimbait( should catch Predatory fish of all sizes)
Rapala Skitter Walk Spook(Great when fish want a topwater presentation( all species)
Team9nine reply :
Hmmm....
- in-line spinner (Beetle Spin back-up)
- jigging spoon (3/8-1/2 oz) though a blade bait would be nearly as good IMO
- small hair/bucktail/marabou jig of some sort, with "Ned" as a suitable back-up
-T9
CeeJay reply :
It's funny just about everyone has mentioned inline spinners, considering how old school it is 
Great lure, and when I really want to catch any active fish of any species that's what I'd throw out there.
I have them in 1/64 oz (homemade version/modification) up to 1/4oz. Anything that will strike a lure will strike an inline.
Heron reply :
This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!
MIbassyaker reply :
in-line spinner (it's on everbody's list for a reason -- optional swivel, walking sinker for walleye, and wire leader for toothy critters)
Plastic curly tail jig on a round jighead
Jigging spoon
scaleface reply :
I picked the Rocket Shad over the in-line spinner for fishing in current.
FrogTastic reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 5:21 AM, Heron said:This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!
Oh god no
Weld's Largemouth reply :
grub on jighead
1/4oz spinnerbait
xcalibur zell pop
gobig reply :
These are my three because of there versatility and the fact that I have caught pretty most every species in our western lakes on them.
Float n fly ( can cover all of the water column, the sky is the limit.)
Kastmaster ( can be used as a spoon or on a straight retrieve.)
Kietech 3.3 ( every lake in the country has bait fish this size. )
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Inline spinner (mid-high water column)
1/16th oz bucktail jig (lower water column)
And a heavier spoon for casting longer distances
Raul reply :
Nonsense, the Helicopter Lure or the Walking Worm will outfish a Bajo Minnow 5 to 1On 6/5/2015 at 5:21 AM, Heron said:This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 9:30 AM, Raul said:Nonsense, the Helicopter Lure or the Walking Worm will outfish a Bajo Minnow 5 to 1
No joke- i have some walking worms, and they do catch bass! I think people just underestimate them because they think they come from some gimmik company.
~ish
MIbassyaker reply :
Alternate top 3:
1) Banjo Minnow
2) Dancin' Eel
3) Hannon's Original Fishing Snake
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 9:55 AM, MIbassyaker said:Alternate top 3:
1) Banjo Minnow
2) Dancin' Eel
3) Hannon's Original Fishing Snake
Hey now, quit making fun of these Snake Lures! they catch the big ones. 
MIbassyaker reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 9:59 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:Hey now, quit making fun of these Snake Lures! they catch the big ones.
I eagerly await your next fishing report on the effectiveness of The Snake.
CeeJay reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 7:42 AM, gobig said:These are my three because of there versatility and the fact that I have caught pretty most every species in our western lakes on them.
Float n fly ( can cover all of the water column, the sky is the limit.)
Kastmaster ( can be used as a spoon or on a straight retrieve.)
Kietech 3.3 ( every lake in the country has bait fish this size. )
Funny but I was going to mention float and fly but I didn't think anyone would know what I was referring to, so I went with inline spinners.
Flies with floats (and/or) weights on a spinning rod will catch just about anything....top to bottom as you mentioned.
FloridaBasser1 reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 10:03 AM, MIbassyaker said:I eagerly await your next fishing report on the effectiveness of The Snake.
I have tried the Walking Worms and caught fish, but i guess its time to try the Snake... I'll probably order some this summer, and try them out at a pond up the road. You never know, it might actually catch a fish. 
Raul reply :
Well, I actually caught a few fish with the Helicopter Lure, but never tell anybody I did.
SirSnookalot reply :
Inline spinner, freshwater
Spoon, saltwater
shanksmare reply :
I would have to say that the most effective multi species lure for freshwater (at least for me) was the original wooden Helin's Flatfish. I think I caught just about every species that inhabited SE Massachusetts on this lure in the 1960's and 1970's.
Other versatile lures would include an Al's Goldfish and a plain old 1/8 - 1/4 oz black bucktail jig (with or without a curly tailed trailer).
More recently here in SW FLA I've caught numerous species on a 1/4 oz tandem Spinnerbait.
In saltwater, its tough to beat a Bomber swimmer. It will catch just about any fish that feeds on smaller fish.
Crestliner2008 reply :
All I would need is one. A 1/8 oz. jig head with a 3" curly tailed grub on the back.
Heron reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 10:09 AM, FloridaBasser1 said:I have tried the Walking Worms and caught fish, but i guess its time to try the Snake... I'll probably order some this summer, and try them out at a pond up the road. You never know, it might actually catch a fish.
I have a hunch that the snake wont do much good on my waters. Ive watched numerous water snakes swim past when fishing, and have to see any of them snatched by a fish.
the reel ess reply :
Small curly tail grub, inline spinner, Beetle Spin.
Derekbass02 reply :
1 Small Inline Spinner
2 Mid sized Curly tail grub on Jighead
3 Large Inline Spinner
These three baits could probably catch most of the fish that you listed.
KayakBasser reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 3:43 AM, scaleface said:1 curl tail grub on jig head
2 Strike King rocket shad
3 1/8 ounce C.C. jigging spoon
Spot on.
gobig reply :
On 6/5/2015 at 10:03 AM, CeeJay said:Funny but I was going to mention float and fly but I didn't think anyone would know what I was referring to, so I went with inline spinners.
Flies with floats (and/or) weights on a spinning rod will catch just about anything....top to bottom as you mentioned.
The cool part about the float n fly. Very few people throw it, nor do they understand its fish catching capabilities.
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