Ok don't want to repeat the earlier topic but 20 years ago i was 16 and bass fished every day all I fished was Rattle Traps , Culprit worms , Spinnerbait , and topwater Rapala's and caught so many fish ....Now Raul sent out Rapala's new lure and I'm on my way to Dick's this afternoon to see if they have any(hope not) (hope so) (hope not) see what the bait monkey does,so it got me thinking what if I went back to just 4 lures like when I was young and poor. But if you had to choose 4 lures to fish year around WHAT WOULD THEY BE?
5" Senko
Lucky Craft (pearl Ieu pointer)
Spinnerbait
Jig and trailer
My list is very close to yours.
5" Tiki Stick (Junebug)
LC Pointer 100SP (Ghost Brown)
1/2oz Willow Tandem White Spinnerbait
Tournament Pro Weedless Frog
2 1/2in Crooked Creek Tube (Green Pumpkin)
Lucky Craft (Ghost Minnow) Staysee
5in GYCB Senko (Green Pumpkin/Watermelon)
Eakins Jig (Brown) w/ Zoom Lil Critter Craw Trailer (Green Pumpkin)
Quote2 1/2in Crooked Creek Tube (Green Pumpkin)Lucky Craft (Ghost Minnow) Staysee
5in GYCB Senko (Green Pumpkin/Watermelon)
Eakins Jig (Brown) w/ Zoom Lil Critter Craw Trailer (Green Pumpkin)
You'd better lay off my crooked Creek tubes and my Ghost minnow Staysee Cliff! ;D
banjo minnow/fluke
S King bleed'n tubes
rapala husky jerk No. 10
jig n pig
5" Senko
Jig 'n' Pig
Spinnerbait
Popper
toad
jig
creature
ultimate bluegill (based on others experience)
5" gycb watermelon/blk senko
zoom finesse worm, pumpkinseed
rico popper.
horney toad.
5" senko
Zoom U-vibe speed worm
Spinnerbait
Pop-R type lure
5" Senko
jig
Paca Craws
spinnerbait
;D 8-) :-? : :P
Senko 'Knock-off" Watermelon seed, Wackey & T-Rig
Shakey head, Watermelon seed
Buzzbait
Rattle Trap
Spinnerbait
Rattlin Rapala
Senko
6" plastic lizard
1/4oz Craw Jig
7" T-rig Powerbait Melon/Chart
Booyah Moon Talker w/blue 3/8
Mattlures Baby Bass
I started thinking about that and it is tough but I think my top four would be
Zoom Super Fluke (pearl)
Jig n pig (brown/blue)
Storm Wiggle Wart (V45, V38, or v63)
T-Rigged 10" worm (Red with silver flakes)
6" straight plastic worm
6" senko knock off
Rat-l-trap
Ultravibe crawfish
Black-Grape 7.5" Curlytail, Texas rigged
Tenn shad Husky Jerk
Pumpkinseed Spittin' Image
Salt and Pepper 4" worm, Drop shot
This year, the four baits that are working well for me are:
1-3/8 oz double willow spinnerbait.
2-silver/blue X-Rap #10
3-Shad Rap 07 in shad color.
4-Rattlin Rapala 07 in silver/blue.
Falcon
#1 Texas Rigged Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage).
#2 Oldham's Lures Trailer Hitch Jig, 3/8 oz Black/Blue, Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws in 6 with 1 ½ cut off the tail
#3 Bill Lewis ½ oz Rat-L-Trap Gold/Black Back/Orange Belly
#4 Stanley Wedge Spinner Bait ½ oz Double Gold Willow Leaf/White Skirt
Megabass Vision 110
Zoom Super Fluke
Lucky Craft LV500 and Xcalibur XR50
Jigs
1. Pearl super Fluke
2. Tx rigged 4" tube
3. Carolina Rigged Lizard
4. #7 Shad Rap
Could do most of what I need to do year round.
Honorable mention:
Bitsy Flip jig and cavitron Buzzbait
Watermelon/Pearl Stanley Ribbit on 20 pd Berkley Iron Silk
5" Junebug/Chartreuse Wave Worm Tiki Dip Stick on 10 pf Sufix Pro Mix
5" Coonnasty Reaction Innovations Boom Boom Tube w/ Smart Pegged 1/2 oz Tru-Tungsten Flipping Weight and red 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG on 50 pd Power Pro
Chartreuse/Blue Back Bandit Footloose on 10 pd Berkley Vanish Transition
1)Rogue floater
2)spinnerbait
3)plastics(finese,senkos,tubes,lizards,regular T-rigged worms,C-rig plastics)
4)Crankbaits
Who could limit themselves to just 4 baits? Well, my dad could. Although he has passed away, i still hear him telling me to tie on a plow jockey every time i get out on the lake. (a pre-rigged 6" straight-tailed worm) These days, i guess a white 3/8 oz. spnrb8, a 1/16 oz. jighead pushed inside a white/blk. flake Bitsy tube, a Bandit flat maxx (deep) in perch, and a 3" berkley minnow on a dropshot.
GYCB 4" senko, watermelon w/ black flk.
1/4 oz. Cavitron buzzbait, chartruse and white
RC 1.5, copper green shad
3/16 oz. booyah baby boo jig and yum chunk trailer, black and blue
Lunker City 4" and 5-3/4" Fin S Fish (Rainbow Trout or Silver Pepper Shiner) If I have to choose one size it would be the 5 3/4"
GMAN Poison Tail jig 1/2 oz black skirt with emerald green flake w/ Producto 4" craw in Junebug/blue glitter claw
Berkley 7" powerworms (Junebug and Blue Fleck)
Rapala #12 Husky Jerk in Tennesee Shad
6inch senko - Wacky Rigged
Zoom Trick worm - Shaky head
Zoom Super Fluke
1/2oz black/blue jig
Salty Hawg
Jig and Pig (Arky Head Jig, Silicone Super Breather Skirt, Beaver Craw)
Original Floating Rapala
Jerk Shad
I don't have any of those actually. I do have very similar baits and these are cheap alternatives for the future.
#1) 3/0 or 4/0 EWG X-point hook with a bag of either Powerbait or Senko Pumpkin colored worms.
#2) Frog colored Spook (the one with the golden yellow belly).
#3) 1/2oz Jitterbug (again, one with a yellow bottom).
#4) Bluegill trap or shad rap, I can't decide.
1) 3/32oz Picasso Shakedown jighead with a watermelon/green zoom trick worm
2) 1/2oz Bill Lewis Lures Rat-L-Trap in Diamond Dust
3) 5/16oz "senko77" special jig that Gman makes for me. Jig would be matched with a GYCB Flappin Hog II in Green pumpkin
4) Sammy 100 in American Shad
7 in roboworm(oxblood)
senko(gycb)
crank
spinner bait( premier plus)
5" stick --- Black w/ Blue flake
Fat Ika--Watermellon/ Red Flake
Ribbit Frog-- Mustard Yellow
Chatter bait--Chartruse Skirt / Black trailer
1. 3/8 oz Terminator Pro Top Secret jig w/ a Paca Craw in flippin blue
2. 1/4 oz. Strike king Bitsy Flip Watermelon / a Paca Craw trailer in watermelon
3. 1/4 oz. Rapala style rattle-trap in Chrome and black
4. 4 3/4 " Zoom Finesse worm in Watermelon Candy-fished anyway Shakey, Wacky, Texas, Carolina
Number 5: Even though I hate to fish it... 4" Watermelon w/ black and gold Senko Texas Rigged
-Terminator Spinnerbait 3/8oz
-Terminator Football Jig 1/2oz
-All-Terrain Jig 1/2oz
-Pro Tournament snagless frog
1. DD22
2. Berkley Power Shaky Worm/Spot Remover head
3. Jig n pig
4. 5" *** ***
I would use
Poe's 1100 series crankbait
Bagley's diving B 1 crankbait
Heddon super spook JR.
Northland mimic minnow shad(3/8 oz)
Green pumpkin PJ's jig and trailer 3/8oz
T-rig 1/4 oz ugly otter black or green pumpkin(gambler's baits)
brown 3/8 skirtless G-man jig with sabertail from berkley(my favorite smallie bait)
T-rig 3/8 oz with a tequila sunrise powerworm.
4" yum dinger (junebug)
7" berkley power worm (junebug)
#9 rapala original floater in silver
white spinnerbait
1.Purple Manns jelly worm 6 in
2. zoom fluke in white
3.strike king zero in white
4.blk/Blue jig with a blue bacon rind
Yall notice jigs are just about on every post
Kicktail
walking worm
helicopter lure
and
flying lure
I like a challenge,lmao
hydra lure
bionic minnow
banjo minnow
zip lure
Don't forget the bite lite lure!!!
Zoom Horny Toad
Zoom Finesse Worm
Rapala X-Rap
Mepps Aglia #3
Don't forget the bite lite lure!!!
i once thought that would work. Man was i a fool.
QuoteKicktailwalking worm
helicopter lure
and
flying lure
I like a challenge,lmao
....except for the walking worm. Deadly on spawning bass.
1. Jig
2. ZOOM trick worm
3. Sweet beaver
4. War Eagle spinnerbait
1. LC Fat BDS 2 american shad
2. Jig and trailer
3. power worm red shad
4. walking topwater(spook or sammy)
QuoteDon't forget the bite lite lure!!!
Too risky,...."Illegal" in 47 states,....lmao
QuoteKicktailwalking worm
helicopter lure
and
flying lure
I like a challenge,lmao
You forgot the banjo lure!!! ;D
Spinnerbait
7" worm
Pointer or X-Rap
Original floater
8-)
5" *** Salty Tirk Stiks any dark green/purple or black will do
#11 Original Floating or Jointed Rapala silver
RAPALA DT-15 in Crawfish
*** Brush Hog on a 1/2 jig ( No skirt or weed protector) also dark colors