One Lure Only 2024

Bartableman7 reply :

Pick the lure you have to use forever if you only get one. Color, size and why.

Me: Black Neon Hula Grub on a 1/2 oz football jig head, no weed guard. I can pitch it, drag it, swim it and burn it like a top water. I fish it at night and day. More bass, northerns and walleye than any other lure for me.

EricTheAngler reply :

A texas rigged black zoom worm. The first lure I caught stuff and keep catching stuff on.

Team9nine reply :

1/2-ZinkerZ green pumpkin on a 1/16-oz. Gopher or 1/15-oz. ShroomZ jig head (chartreuse) - because I really enjoy catching lots of fish

Turtle135 reply :

1/4 ounce Dirty Jigs Swim Jig (Black & Blue) with a Netbait Baby Paca Craw (Black Blue Flk) trailer

It can be fished as a swim jig (fish it just like a spinnerbait) or fished on the bottom as a traditional jig & craw presentation. Works in water temperatures from the 90's down to the high 30's.

Dwight Hottle reply :

Pointer 128 in chartreuse shad. One ounce bait. Big enough to catch both quality largemouth & smallmouth. It also will put the hurt on walleye, pike & skis plus a few steelhead, brown trout & lake trout.

_garrett_ reply :

A watermelon finesse worm (zoom) with a 1/4 oz stand up shaky head.

smallieking reply :

1/2 green pumpkin casting jig with rage menace trailer. Catches fish every where and can be fished anywhere

senile1 reply :

Let me go back to the previous threads on this subject so I can make sure I give the same answer.

Seriously, though, a jig is always my choice. However, you are asking me to narrow it down to a specific color and type of jig. That's a bit more precise. Since I can't have all of the jig heads that I prefer, I guess I would go with a green pumpkin half ounce arky head, to split the difference, with a green pumpkin RageTail DB Craw trailer and a Siebert's grasshopper skirt. It would be nice to have a black-blue jig and trailer along as well though if you would let me cheat a little.

Rick Howard reply :

5/16oz spinner. White

buzzed bait reply :

1/8 oz panther martin spinner black/yellow dots and gold blade. will catch everything i would want to target.

the reel ess reply :

Right now, T-rigged black.blue flake Berkley Powerbait Chigger Craw.

Darren. reply :

Would have to be a 4" Senko, probably
watermelon magic on a 1/0 Gammy
splitshot/drop shot hook.

That's today's "forever", LOL.

blckshirt98 reply :

Watermelon Gold Shad Molix Sator Worm on a drop shot. Bass, trout, crappie, bluegill, they all bite that sucker.

corn-on-the-rob reply :

3'' Green Pumpkin Grub on a smaller weedless head. Anytime, anything, anywhere, any presenation.

gulfcaptain reply :

One lure, one color, one size, and fish forever?.......what am I going to do with the other 25 rods?

Big C reply :

Where's JFrancho saying he would switch hobbies before using only one lure?

Mine's the same every time, black frog (probably a R2S Spittin' Wa) with a Lake Fork trailer hook. Not the most versatile, but the most fun for me.

Jaderose reply :

One and one only? 9" Culprit Fat Max T-rigged on a swinghead jig. Can I have more than one color? and some Megastrike? If so...I'm good

Rich in Co reply :

black & blue jig with trailer about 1/2oz i can make do with that

Jigfishn10 reply :

Every year this subject comes up and I wished I booked marked them, I know I have a different answer for the 5 or 6 years I've been answering this:

I've caught 12 different species with a lipless crank which includes saltwater. To me a lipless crank is the most versatile bait out there. As for a freshwater bass fishing site and thread, here's my lure of choice.

tander reply :

I would have to say a 1/2 oz. spinnerbait, single gold blade with chart./white skirt but it's hard not to say the Ned Rig in Junebug.

pwahmy reply :

3/8 ounce swim jig head, in a bluegill brown pattern, rage craw trailer.

-Payton

Bluebasser86 reply :

If we're just talking bass, 1/2oz black brush jig with a sapphire blue trailer.

If it's one bait for every kind of fish 3" Berkley twitchtail minnow in Smelt color on a 3/32 oz mushroom head.

whitwolf reply :

I'll answer for today as the variables are ever-changing.

Today: I'd go with a Siebert Outdoors brush jig(1/4 oz.) In Bluegill with a Reaction Innovations smallie beaver(fried watermelon) Trailer. It's weedless, can be presented several different ways, and my confidence level Is through the roof.

bowhunter63 reply :

Rage Craw in green pumpkin,Catches Spots, Greenies and Smallies.Can fish in any cover and my number one river bait.

Hurricane reply :

Booyah Spinner bait chartreuse /white..

Insanity reply :

Blue chrome Rattling Rappala same as my profile pic. 3/8 th oz.

Although I think a jig would be the best choice. I just prefer to crank.

rippin-lips reply :

I wouldn't fish. My hobby would be totally different. It's pretty absurd to to think you can only use 1 bait forever.

alzun664 reply :

I'd go with a 1/2 oz dirty jigs bluegill swim jig with a zoom fat albert grub trailer in green pumpkin.

You can throw it pretty much anywhere and work it from top to bottom.

Maxximus Redneckus reply :

A 2" white grub with a chartruese jig and a spinner arm ,i can use just the jig or take off the grub and use live bait .im %100 positive id catch something worldwide everyday with my one lure.

PennBass reply :

Zoom super fluke in Watermelon Gold flake rigged weightless. Works all season in all conditions

Bankbeater reply :

Probably a 3/8 watermelon jig with some kind of green trailer. Have good luck fishing it around vegetation.

RAMBLER reply :

I've looked at this posting several times and I could never think of a logical answer. Then, I finally realized there is no "logical" answer. I grew up having to be completely practical about what I did, so, to me the idea of only one lure would be in a matter of survival. For that I would use an 1/8 ounce white hair jig.

If I were to be in a bass only contest of some kind where only one lure was allowed it would have to be a Zoom trick worm, watermelon/red, t-rig, weightless. It is what I have the most success with and I go through more of them than anything else.

herbu reply :

Yamamoto 6.5" Cut Tail worm, weightless, watermelon w/ red & black flakes. Catch 'em all year w/ this. Plus it's an easy "old man" bait... cast, rest, twitch, rest, twitch, etc.

adam lancia reply :

Gotta be a 3/8 oz football jig with the option of various trailers. You'd be able to cover the entire water column and throw it on either spinning or casting gear too.

jamey1e reply :

Without question a 5 inch Senko in baby bass rigged with a 4/0 EWG.

Master Bait'r reply :

I'm thinking either dynamite or an electrofishing rig. Is an Apache Longbow a valid answer?

aprilbass101 reply :

Dirty Jigs Green Pumpkin Scott Canterbury Shakey Head with Strike King 3X Elaztech Finesse Worm Watermelon Red Flake! Money in the bank

MusicCityAngler reply :

Berkley Powerbait 3 1/2 tube, punkinseed, rigged weedless. You can fish it at any depth, any speed. You can bounce it off the bottom, fish it like a jig or a swim bait, and use it in timber. It has been my "go to" bait for years.

scaleface reply :

I would pick a zoom lizard. That way I can buzz it on top if needed to .

Jake the Cake reply :

3" Powerbait Swim Shad - Shad color. simply because it's my most producing lure spring through fall and I'm incredibly comfortable fishing it. Plus it's got enough weight you can cast it a mile.

Derekbass02 reply :

If I had to use 1 lure it would probably be a 5 inch green pumpkin senko style bait

blckshirt98 reply :

I like seeing the variety of responses here...lots of techniques that wouldn't be on on my top 10 list of confidence techniques that work well for other people. Gives me hope that the bottom line is bass are dumb as rocks and when they're hungry they'll bite anything lol

RB 77 reply :

If were talking just fresh water black bass then a 6" straight tail T-rigged plastic worm in Junebug. If were talking anything that swims a 4" boot-tail swimbait in a bait fish pattern would fit the bill just fine.

fisherrw reply :

probably a panther martin 1/4 ounce

IntroC reply :

A 4" grub that is a translucent pearl with some light purple hues on a 1/4 mauve round ball jighead. At one point or another I have slaughtered smallies, largies, walleye and pike on this lure. Good all year round bait.

Mike L reply :

I changed, now it's a Houdini Skinny Dipper

Mike

Jaw1 reply :

Texas rigged zoom big critter craw (watermelon red ) 3/8 weight and 4/0 Ewg hook

Choporoz reply :

On 1/9/2016 at 12:56 AM, Bartableman7 said:

One lure...

One Lure to rule them all, One Lure to find them,
One Lure to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

lo n slo reply :

On 1/11/2016 at 10:52 PM, scaleface said:

I would pick a zoom lizard. That way I can buzz it on top if needed to .

nailed it

roadwarrior reply :

For the last 18 years the answer would have been the Senko, Fat Ika, Gitzit and Kut Tail ...

Today my answer is the Rage Tail Menace.

Heron reply :

Well obviously, it would be.......The Banjo Minnow!!

Felix77 reply :

Bluegill Flash Keitech swimbait on a 3/16 oz Half Moon Head.

everythingthatswims reply :

Probably a Fat Albert in a smoke color with silver flakes on a 1/8oz strike king football shakey head. Put me anywhere in the country, at any time of year, with any water clarity, for any of the 3 black bass, and I can probably catch some on that.

olegs reply :

1/4 oz. T-rig + Rage Craw

Ratherbfishing reply :

I believe I'm remaining consistent when I say a traditional floating Rapala in chrome or chartreuse. It doesn't alway catch the largest or the most fish in the lake but you can almost bank on it catching something.

BaitMonkey1984 reply :

A 5" GYCB senko in watermelon creme. Versatile bait that can be t-rigged, rigged wacky, or shortened for a drop shot or ned rig application. Can also use with a high speed retrieve to mimic a soft jerk bait. It flat out catches fish for me rigged wacky, yet if push came to shove I could cover a significant portion of the water column.

WI_Angler1989 reply :

Mepps Aglia #3 with brown fur and a silver blade. Easily my best fish catcher.

Buckeye Ron reply :

Texas rigged 7" Yum Tequila Sunrise worm. Any day,any condition.

Drew03cmc reply :

I'll go with a 4" curly tail grub in any color, as long as it's some variation of green, no brown, what about smoke? Dang, yes, a grub on an 1/8oz weedless jighead, but not like a shakeyhead, rather a ball head with wire weedguard.

bigfruits reply :

Cadman's 7 gram arky jig head with living image fry chaser skirt and a 4" green pumpkin Yamamoto double tail grub.

IneedAnewScreenName-33448 reply :

1/2 oz chatterbait zman because you can jig it, burn it, and steady reterive. and thats the first bait i got when i was 4 1/2

MIbassyaker reply :

4 inch black curly tail grub on simple round jighead. Pick a random weight head between 1/8oz and 3/8oz, and I'll make do.

Can be thrown on spinning or casting, will catch almost anything, almost anywhere.

Runner-up #1: in-line spinner, silver blade, undressed treble.

Runner-up #2: original floating rapala F09, silver/black-back

Mosster47 reply :

1/2 ounce white spinnerbait, big willow, small Colorado, chartreuse single tail grub trailer, and a red Gammy trailer hook.

soflabasser reply :

If I could only fish with one lure I would choose a bucktail jig since it's a great lure for both freshwater and saltwater fish.

MissouriMark reply :

Dirty jigs 3/8 oz. tour level pitchin jig - magic craw swirl, with a Reaction Innovation kinkys beaver in magic craw swirl for a trailer.

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