If You Had To Choose 4 Lures 2024

TaliskerStorm reply :

I just picked up bass fishing again. I used to fish a lot when I was about 16-17. I'm turning 26 now, and I want to become very familiar with tackle, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

I'm not looking to really do tournaments or anything, but I want to catch fish. I've been doing decent with worms, but I need to leave my comfort zone and pick up some new tools.

So my question is this. If you had to master four lures, with presentations, and all depths, what would they be?

aavery2 reply :

Jigs with a trailer, can be fished at most any depth

T-rigged plastics, any depth

Crankbaits, 1 foot to 20 foot depending on the bait

Spinnerbait, swimjig, chatterbait, all can be worked at most any depth

I could get a lot done with this group

robster80 reply :

t-rigs,weightless plastics,cranks,amy topwater like buzzbait or popR

long island basser reply :

For the mostly shallow ponds and lakes in my area my 4 would be and are.....

Hollow body frog

Jig with trailer

Shallow crankbait

T rigged any soft plastic weighted or not.

Raul reply :

On 6/25/2014 at 6:14 AM, TaliskerStorm said:

, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

Dude, that´s part of the fun !

Okie dokie, for the sake of the argument:

3/8 oz single Tennessee ( or Colorado ) blade spinnerbait

1/2 oz lipless crank

6-7 inch straight tail worm

1/2 oz skirted jig

With those I can catch fish anywhere.

Tried to convince The BaitMonkey but he don´t understand nor bother to understand.

tcbass reply :

KVD Sexy Dawg

Ragetail Toad (solid body)

Senkos

Spinnerbait

Catch and Grease reply :

Square bill crankbaits

Texas rigged plastics

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nascar2428 reply :

1/2oz spinnerbait

1/2oz lipless crank

T-rigged worm

1/2oz swim jig

Mccallister25 reply :

5/16 oz jig with Rage Tail chunk trailer

Weightless trick worm

Topwater spook

Some kind of crankbait

And as far as this goes:

On 6/25/2014 at 6:14 AM, TaliskerStorm said:
I want to become very familiar with tackle, before I get sucked into the never ending spiral of buying tons of lures that I will never use.

Its gonna happen.. Prepare yourself!!

OntarioFishingGuy reply :

Jig

Jerkbait

Crankbait

Dropshot

C0lt reply :

BPS- stik o's

pad crasher frog

Arbogast jitter bug (black)

black spinner bait

TNBassin' reply :

T-Rigged worm, red eye shad, swim jig, and jig.

A-Jay reply :

Hello and Welcome to BR ~

As for mastering four lures, with presentations, and all depths, I'm still working on the Mastering part but here's my list; when you're talking green bass ~

1/2 oz jig & craw

Lipless Crank bait

Drop Shot

Hollow or solid body swim bait

Now for the brownies ~

Jerk bait

Spinner bait

Drop shot

Tube.

A-Jay

jonnyblazex reply :

Texas rigged worm or craw

Shaky head with finesse worm (if you cant catch them on this, nothing will)

Topwater baits, Buzzbait, popper, walk baits, frogs etc.

Weightless plastics, like flukes or worms

Each requires a different setup (rod/reel/line) and technique however, for maximum performance.

J Francho reply :

Spinner bait, arkey jig, traditional T-rigged craw, and some kind of finesses worm that could be rigged countless ways.

Cgrinder reply :

These are fun! For summer, I'd take:

-a walking topwater, like a LC Gunfish.

-a 5"-ish soft plastic swimbait on a weighted hook; Missile Baits Shockwave in Candygill works for me.

-a 5" Senko-style bait, probably a Yum Dinger.

-a Texas-rig with a craw or beaver; 1/4 oz. tungsten weight is a good starting point. Rage Craw, Paca Craw, Paca Punch, RI Sweet Beaver, Rage Bug; anything sort of compact and/or flappy.

This way I've got something on top, something in the middle that swims and is relatively weedless, a bait that falls slowly, and a bait that falls quickly and has a profile that will penetrate cover. Honorable mention goes to the hollow-body frog.

Hi Salenity reply :

If a jerkbaits working that's what I'll use, the same with a Jig.

You can have everything else!

Those 2 baits can get me through most of the year and catch me some pretty nice fish!

Inoah88 reply :

Football jig 1/2 ounce with trailer

Carolina rig

Spinnerbait

Crankbait- 5-10 foot if bank fishing and if fishing off a boat all the way down to 20

Balshy Fishing reply :

Jig: Yellow Twister Tail

Plastic: Senko T'Rigged or Wacky Rigged.

That's what pulls me my fish.

Jar11591 reply :

1/2 oz. jig & Rage chunk

Baby Rage craw

5" senko

2.5" Chugbug

Felix77 reply :

Mojo Rig & Finesse Worm

Weightless Senko (wacky and t-rigged)

Walk the Dog bait (Zara Spook, Sexy Dawg)

Squarebill Crankbait

Mr Swim Jig reply :

Jigs

T-Rigs

Crankbaits

and

Swimbaits

FirstnameLastname reply :

Hula popper, flat fish lure "probably in Orange", daredevil spoon "red and white", purple and white rooster tail "probably 1/8 oz.

Brock Grigsby67 reply :

1. Slider worm

2. T-rigged zoom lizard

3. Spook Jr

4. Shaky head with a zoom trick worm

Brian Needham reply :

jigs

shakeyheads

senkos

10ft cranks

RoLo reply :

7 - 8" T-rigged Straight-Tailed Worm

5 - 6" Soft Swimbait (1/4 oz swimbait hook)

5/8 oz Lipless Plug

1/2 oz Swim Jig & 4.5" Twin-tail Trailer

Roger

primetime reply :

Have fun and catch fish anywhere.

1- senko 5" green pumpkin, junebug, black....grab some trick worms in 4" and large size, baby bass, green pumpkin gold, purple chart....and some 7.5 and 10" power worms in black and blue and motor oil...then grab a pack of white, chart and smoke grubs in 4" size curly tail....worm hook assortment ewg size 2 to 5/0

2- Spinnerbaits- Grab some Booyah, strikeking Real gill, white, chart, and few tandem, colorodo and grab 4-5 in 1/8, 1/4,3/8 and then pick up a buzzbait in black and a small one in white.

3- Now you need to have a floating minnow or jerkbait like a rapala jointed J-11 balsa, Long A, Rapala J-9 or any 3-4.5" hardbaits that float and cast far double as cranks, jerkbaits, topwaters and bomber, storm, cordell, Rapala, Sebile action first, Strike King have some good ones....

4- grab some split shots, but also grab a rattle trap or 2, and then don't forget the Rebel pop'r and heddon torpedo any topwater on sale, one prop, one popper, and make sure you have the right hooks, terminal tackle and line....most important, and also get an inline spinner like a Mepps Aglia 1 size as a confidence bait if times are tough or some beetle spins as they will always get a bite going for confidence even if small fish, crappie, perch, or big bass, never know, but do not fear large lures as I know the spinnerbaits look big to new guys, they always think rooster tail size.....Zara spook, skitter walk 9-11 are good sizes topwater, 2,5-5" lures are good, worms up to 10 good, and read articles on this site to learn.....most important and enter tournaments to fish with guys who will teach you a ton...good luck.

Bankbeater reply :

This time of year I would use a jig w/ trailer, topwater, t-rigged bait, and have an ultra light set up handy.

McAlpine reply :

Spinnerbait

Squarebill

Jig

Frog

That right there will do it all.

FishTank reply :

Quote

5 in Senko> Any dark color with a 4/0 Gami EWG weightless.

LC Flat Mini Crankbait

Zoom Lizard> Again, any dark color 4/0 Gami EWG with a 3/16 ounce Tungsten bullet weight

Fat Ika> It always works when nothing else will. Weightless with a 4/0 G Lock Gami

bigbill reply :

4 lures?

1. BPS TOPNOCKER COLOR #25

2. REBEL BIGCLAW CRAWFISH CRANKBAIT CHARTRUESE.

3. BOMBER FAT A SIZE 05 in REDAPPLE CRAW.

4. JOESFLY 1/4oz FIRETIGER APACHE.

Schuyler co reply :

1. Nothing beats a football jig if you can work it clean enough on bottom, 3/8 most of time can't go wrong with greens and browns. I like pit chunk trailer or chigger craw.

2. Square bill or swim jig

3. Spook jr on top

4. Drop shot worm when bite gets tough

Jon G reply :

Brush Jig

Chatterbait

Red Eye Shad

T-Rig Rage Craws in Green Pumpkin

Slipknot_Fan666 reply :

Jig with trailer

Spinnerbait

T-rig soft plastic

Hollow body frog

That's my four, but I'm a pretty bad fisherman so don't trust my word. Those just seem like the most versatile baits to me.

LMB KING reply :

Worms

Jigs

Frogs

Swim baits

Alonerankin2 reply :

3" to 5" senkos or Trick Stixs

4" plastic worm to 12"

Jig w/ rage craw

Jackall Tn 60 & 70

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