As I mentioned in another thread I started, I'm really trying to scale down the amount of plastics I carry with me so I wanted to ask some opinions.
If you were forced to select only 8 styles of baits to carry with you to be as versatile as you can be, which would you select? For the purposes of this exercise, let's assume you're packing for a trip but you don't know what lake you're going to, the geography, the weather, the water conditions, etc. Let's not worry about colors here, just styles. And let's also say that two different sizes of the same bait will count as 2 styles (so if you want to carry 5 inch and 7 inch senkos, that would count as 2 styles).
Let's hear 'em!
This is a very broad question but this is what I got if any of that doesn't matter:
Zoom Brush Hogs: probably Baby Brush Hogs in Watermelon Candy, Black Red Glitter, Junebug, and Green Pumpkin
Zoom Shakey Head Worms: same colors as top
Zoom Ultra Speed Craw
Zoom Dead Ringer
Yum F2 Salleemander
Rage Craw
Rage Anaconda
Zoom Swimmin Fluke
1. Baby Brush Hogs. Wattermellon
2. Senko 5". Baby Bass color (greenish)
3. Rage Craw
4. Zoom 7" lizzard (wattermellon)
5. Berkly Gulp Minnow 3" (smelt)
6. Berkly 5" power worm
7. Berkly 3" white power grub
8. Zoom Super Fluke
4" tube
5" senko
4.5" roboworm
6" Roboworm
10" ribbontail
Flappin Hog
Baby Brushhog
3.5" Skinny Bear Drop Shot Worm
4" tube
5" senko
4.5" roboworm
6" Roboworm
10" ribbontail
Flappin Hog
Baby Brushhog
3.5" Skinny Bear Drop Shot Worm
Zoom Finesse Worm
Zoom Trick Worm
Zoom Mag II Worm
Zoom Super Fluke
Zoom Baby Brush Hog
GYCB 5" Senko
Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog
*** Taper Tail
1. Ribbontail worm 9" (like a zoom mag II)
2. 5" Senko
3. Craw (zoom ultravibe craw)
4. Buzz frog
5. Floating finesse worm (Strike King 3x finesse worm...for shakey head or drop shotting)
6. 4" grub (great trailer for swim jig or on a jig head for smallies)
7. Craw Chunks for Jigs
8. Creature bait of your choice, I'd go with something with some bulk to contrast smaller craw and thin worm: Lizard, brush hog, whatever else
1. Smallie Beaver
2. Rage Craw
3. Paca Craw
4. Speed Worm
5. Ribbon Tail
6. Finesse Worm
7. 4" Tube
8. 5" Senko
1. Rage Craw
2. 5" Senko
3. Zoom Ol' Monster
4. LFT Live Magic Shad
5. LFT Craw Tube
6. Zoom Babybrush hog
7. Zoom Trick Worm
8. Rage Toad
In no particular order
Zoom Baby Brush Hogs
5" Senko style bait
GY Fat Ika
Zoom Super Fluke
Culprit 7.5 ribbon tail worm
Zoom Trick Worm
Rage Tail Anaconda
Rage Craw
5" Hag's Tornado
5" Senko style
Sweet Beaver
Zoom Finesse
SK KVD Finesse 4"
That pretty much covers it.
6-7 inch straight tail worm ____________( place here the brand you like ), my personal favorite: Zoom Trickworm
5 inch curly tail grub _____________ ( place here the brand you like ) my personal favorite: Zoom Salty Fat Albert
4 inch tube ___________ , personal favorite: Zoom Tube
5 inch jerkbait _____________, personal favorite: BassAssasin Shad Assasin
5-6 inch creature ____________, personal favorite: Zoom Baby Brush Hog
4 inch craw __________, now personal favorite: SK Rage Tail Craw
5 inch stickbait ___________, personal favorite: Yum Dinger
7-8 inch ribbontail worm ___________, personal favorite Cuplrit 7.5 Ribbon Tail worm
In no particular order
1. Zoom Trick worm
2. Zoom Finesse Worm
3. SK baby craw
4. Senko 4 inch
5. Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver
6. Stanley soft body frog
7. Fat Ika
8. 4” Grub
Rage Tail Baby Craw
Rage Tail Thumper
Rage Tail Anaconda
Rage Tail Eeliminator
GYCB 6" Senko
GYCB Keature
GYCB Kut Tail
Mizmo Grandes Tube
Tubes, worms and grubs.
Tubes are versatile, grubs are great moving plastic and worms for the bottom.
Rage Tail Craw
4" Tube
5" Senko Type Worm
7 - 7.5" Ribbontail Worm
10" Rage Tail Thumper Worm
7" Lizard
7" SK Elaztech Finesse Worms
Zoom Baby Brush hog
Rage Hawg
Rage Craw
Rage Thumper (7" & 10")
Smokin' Rooster
Trick Worm
Senko
Double Tail Hoola Grub
Hollow Body Swimbait
Rage Tail Craw
Rage Tail Baby Craw
Rage Tail Smokin Rooster
Rage Tail Anaconda
Rage Tail 7" Thumper
Rage Tail Shad
Rage Tail Lizard
Rage Tail Eeliminator
5" GYCB Senko
GYCB Fat Ika
Zoom Salty Super Fluke
7" Power Worm
Poor Boys Tube
Net Bait T-Mac worm
Rage Space Monkey
Rage Lobster
Rage Craws
Chigger Craws
5" Senko
Brush Hogs
Kalin's Grubs
Rage Tail Anaconda
Berkley 4" Power Worm
zoom ultra vibe speed worm
zoom ultra vibe speed craw
zoom ol monster
5" senko
5" Lake Fork Creature
5" Berkley PowerBait Shaky Worm
zoom brush hog
zoom trick worm
1. 4 inch Kinami single tail grub
2. 5 inch Chompers dual tail skirted grub
3. 4 inch Berkley Chigger Craw
4. 5 inch Berkley Power Hawg
5. 6 inch Big Bite Baits Squirrel tail worm
6. 4 inch Big Bite Baits Yo Mamma
7. 4.5 inch Strike King Coffee scent tube
8. 10 inch Big Bite Baits Kriet Tail Worm
SJ
Tubes
Grubs
Flukes
Craws
4"finesse worm
7"finesse worm
senko
I ALWAYS carry these baits with me.
Yum 3" grubs,
5" powerworms,
Berkley 4" crawdad,
berkley 4" powerbait hollow swimbait
Zoom horny toad
4" yamamoto senko
1/2 Jigs
any 3" medium diving crankbait
1. senko
2. sweetbeaver
3. paddle tail worm
4. slug-go
5. money craw
1. Culprit 7-1/2" ribbontail worm
2. *** 5" (Senko type bait)
3. Zoom Trick Worm
4. Zoom Finesse Worm
5. Zoom Lizard 6"
6. Zoom Big Tube
7. Zoom Chunk
8. Zoom Horny Toad
Ronnie