If You Could Have One Lure? 2024
bassin' 4 life reply :
If you could have just one lure/bait to use in a tournament what would it be? I have a tournament coming up and I don't have much tackle and can't buy much tackle. It is just a small tournament, held by a local club for people like me with little boats and electric motors. It is on Flowing lake, Washington, on August 10th.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks.
BradGuenette reply :
Zoom finesse worm.
NJBasstard reply :
Probably a weightless zoom trick worm they're really durable and catch fish.
Catch and Grease reply :
Rage craw. Can be used on top water, Texas rig, Carolina rig, very versatile bait.
FishTank reply :
5in Senko in any dark color
smallies24/7 reply :
I live in Washington and know what lake your talking about. Its fairly shallow compared to the many deeper smallmouth lakes in washington. Heavy trout lake, but good numbers of largemouth too. I would personally throw a spinnerbait over the shallows for largemouth or a fluke with a nail weight or a light texas rig. Something to get it to sink a little faster. A senko is also a good choice. Good luck in the tourney.
einscodek reply :
thats easy.. spinnerbait
esp if theres a tournament where I need to cover water fast
Gotfishyfingers? reply :
Jig...
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
A lipless crankbait.
bassin' 4 life reply :
Thanks for the input! What about fishing deeper, I believe it is a prooven fact that 90 some percent of bass hang out in the deeper areas rather than the shalows. So obveously the jig works here, but what jig and how do I use it? This is my first tournament and I have only fished one lake all my life, so I don't know what to do.
LMB KING reply :
Jig. Most versatile lure in the world.
einscodek reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 6:39 AM, bassin said:Thanks for the input! What about fishing deeper, I believe it is a prooven fact that 90 some percent of bass hang out in the deeper areas rather than the shalows. So obveously the jig works here, but what jig and how do I use it? This is my first tournament and I have only fished one lake all my life, so I don't know what to do.
Where did you get the idea or research that said 90%+ of bass are in the deep? .. and what is deep to you?
Coherence reply :
Jig or senko....let them fight it out between themselves - I'm happy fishing either 
crazyjoeclemens reply :
Zoom u tale worm.
Catch and Grease reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 6:39 AM, bassin said:Thanks for the input! What about fishing deeper, I believe it is a prooven fact that 90 some percent of bass hang out in the deeper areas rather than the shalows. So obveously the jig works here, but what jig and how do I use it? This is my first tournament and I have only fished one lake all my life, so I don't know what to do.
This is simply not true, bass change depths constantly. One month mostly bass will be deep and the next they could mostly be shallow. Changes every season and even daily.
lmbfisherman reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 6:39 AM, bassin said:Thanks for the input! What about fishing deeper, I believe it is a prooven fact that 90 some percent of bass hang out in the deeper areas rather than the shalows. So obveously the jig works here, but what jig and how do I use it? This is my first tournament and I have only fished one lake all my life, so I don't know what to do.
This is totally not tue...I was just fishing a lake where there 6" and spots that go up to 100+ feet. I caught largemouth bass in 6" to a foot of water, it was a lily pad field mixed with other weeds and laydowns everywhere. Caught 4 pike too.
I would bring a white pearl or white ice super fluke, which is what I caught a bulk of my fish on that day. My 2nd killer was a havoc bottom hopper, smoke color.
geo g reply :
A senko type bait, watermelon red. You can fish them in thick cover, open water, shallow, deep, Texas rig, wacky rig, Carolina rig, dead stick, jerk them back so they walk, and drop shot them. Extremely versatile bait, and they flat out catch fish all over the country. I love senko type baits.
olegs reply :
Senko 5"
plumworm reply :
Well, you don't know the lake and you are new to bass fishing, You are at the novice stage in your bass fishing life. None of us can give you a winning formula. Listen to all the advice on BR, go with what you can afford and let us know how you do with the information provided to by the BR crew. I'd go with a 5" wacky rigged, unweighted senko.. Either pumpkin or black/blue. But, it will probably be won by something totally different. That's bass fishing my friend. Be positive, enjoy the event. Please let us know how you do. The posters on this this thread are all now invested in your endeavor.
Back Country reply :
Zoom trick worm.
Josh Smith reply :
Enough votes for Zoom; I like them as well.
I found something that's working better, though: Mann's Jelly Worms.
Give me a couple of those Jelly Worms and a tungsten bullet weight for a Texas rig, and I'll give you some bass.
Josh
Catch and Grease reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 10:24 AM, Josh Smith said:Enough votes for Zoom; I like them as well.
I found something that's working better, though: Mann's Jelly Worms.
Give me a couple of those Jelly Worms and a tungsten bullet weight for a Texas rig, and I'll give you some bass.
Josh
Gotta love a 12" Mann's jelly worm paddle tail!!
bassin' 4 life reply :
Here is where I found my info on deep bass.
http://www.bassmaster.com/tips/wirth-deep-water-hot-spots
http://www.umpquavalleybassmasters.com/bassbook.htm
I will definintly use a wacky rig/senko, it is something I use often and am comfortable with. I think I will get a swim bait just for the heck of it, and some worms and a jig as suggested.
Thanks again for all the help, and I will give you the tournament results as soon as posible. Thanks agian!
Bluebasser86 reply :
Jigs catch bass everywhere they swim all times of year in all conditions.
Lund Explorer reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 3:38 AM, bassin said:If you could have just one lure/bait to use in a tournament what would it be? I have a tournament coming up and I don't have much tackle and can't buy much tackle. It is just a small tournament, held by a local club for people like me with little boats and electric motors. It is on Flowing lake, Washington, on August 10th.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks.
My only suggestion would be to take the reply below as your best possible answer. Someone who has fished the lake you are asking about should trump all the others.
On 7/28/2014 at 5:03 AM, smallies24/7 said:I live in Washington and know what lake your talking about. Its fairly shallow compared to the many deeper smallmouth lakes in washington. Heavy trout lake, but good numbers of largemouth too. I would personally throw a spinnerbait over the shallows for largemouth or a fluke with a nail weight or a light texas rig. Something to get it to sink a little faster. A senko is also a good choice. Good luck in the tourney.
Mainebass1984 reply :
Its got to be the jig for me. I most likely would have a rage craw trailer on for this time of year. Jigs win tournaments all across the country every month of the year. It consistently produces bigger then average fish.
Darren. reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 10:04 AM, geo g said:A senko type bait, watermelon red. You can fish them in thick cover, open water, shallow, deep, Texas rig, wacky rig, Carolina rig, dead stick, jerk them back so they walk, and drop shot them. Extremely versatile bait, and they flat out catch fish all over the country. I love senko type baits.
x2. For me it would be a 4" version in watermelon magic, green pumpkin + chartreuse tip, hot pepper frog.
Mr Swim Jig reply :
For me it would be a swim jig...
einscodek reply :
On 7/28/2014 at 12:39 PM, bassin said:Here is where I found my info on deep bass.
http://www.bassmaster.com/tips/wirth-deep-water-hot-spots
http://www.umpquavalleybassmasters.com/bassbook.htm
I will definintly use a wacky rig/senko, it is something I use often and am comfortable with. I think I will get a swim bait just for the heck of it, and some worms and a jig as suggested.
Thanks again for all the help, and I will give you the tournament results as soon as posible. Thanks agian!
It is theorized that 90% of fish are in the deep.. theory is not fact.
It is said bass is a deepwater fish..
Like gentlemen said before, it depends on the season and conditions where they go but yes there are deep in the winter and some in the summer but thats a stretch to say they are a deepwater fish. There are many myself included whom would argue the opposite.. and in summer and winter alot of fish become deeper water fish.
NathanW reply :
My advice is that you limit yourself to the type of lure your gear is best suited for and lean towards the ones you have the most confidance in.
I have not fished that lake but it looks like you've got a lot of vegetation to deal with. If you like chucking and winding a spinnerbait, buzzbait, swimjig combo could put a few fish in the boat in the morning. Note that throwing a buzzbait is somewhat of a gamble but has big-fish potential and takes little experiance to fish dangerously. As the day progresses you could slow down and fish the outside of the weeds and docks with a dropshot or Senko, again baits that take little to no experiance to catch em on. If you have depth a dropshot would be a better choice. Your morning bite will last longer if you fish the East bank and if its a high skies sunny day do whatever you can to cast your bait into shaded waters.
I would be curious to know what kind of stuff you are used to fishing.
bassin' 4 life reply :
On 7/29/2014 at 2:14 AM, NathanW said:My advice is that you limit yourself to the type of lure your gear is best suited for and lean towards the ones you have the most confidance in.
I have not fished that lake but it looks like you've got a lot of vegetation to deal with. If you like chucking and winding a spinnerbait, buzzbait, swimjig combo could put a few fish in the boat in the morning. Note that throwing a buzzbait is somewhat of a gamble but has big-fish potential and takes little experiance to fish dangerously. As the day progresses you could slow down and fish the outside of the weeds and docks with a dropshot or Senko, again baits that take little to no experiance to catch em on. If you have depth a dropshot would be a better choice. Your morning bite will last longer if you fish the East bank and if its a high skies sunny day do whatever you can to cast your bait into shaded waters.
I would be curious to know what kind of stuff you are used to fishing.
I have only one rod, it is a six foot spinning rod and I like to run 20lb braid on it. Usually I go out in the afternoon and fish the edges of docks and weeds with an x-rap jerkbait, and if that does not work I will switch to a wacky rig. That's about all I use. I had two spinnerbaits but one broke and I lost the other, I am thinking of getting the terminator t1 spinnerbait though.
BasshunterJGH reply :
Senko. Close second dirty jigs finesse football jig
Squirmin Wormin reply :
Any make of worm.
NJBasstard reply :
1/4oz Bitsy Bug jig in black&blue with paca chunk trailer.
iceintheveins reply :
Jig with a rage chunk.
maryhugh3274 reply :
5" senko in pumpkin with green and black flake..I've thrown this bait in countless lakes at depths from 0 to 25ft and caught both smallmouth and largemouth..if no success with regular texas rigging I'll switch to wacky..good luck
DropTheBass reply :
4.5 inch Roboworm
bassin' 4 life reply :
Well the tournament was fun, even though I did not catch any fish. Only three people out of ten weighed in, and everybody was telling us we picked a hard first tournament. It was a hard day fishing, but I had fun.
Master Bait'r reply :
I'd choose a Roman made swimbait.
Id then sell said swimbait in the tourney parking lot and go fish a pond on the way home with $400 in my pocket.
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