What lure has brought you the best luck over all other tackle? 2024
stoocher reply :
Post the lure that you pick over the others and why.
roadwarrior reply :
Welcome aboard!
Spend some time looking around the site...
Here are a few threads to get you started:
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1143177139
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1182371999
http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1199915688
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frogtog reply :
Welcome to BR and I would have to say the Rattle Trap.
The Rooster reply :
I'm learning to fish a variety of baits and getting a little better with some of them so this should be no reflection on any of them that I DON'T mention...........but my number one fish producer, most of which are 12 to 14 inch bass, is a Worden's Roostertail.
People constantly tell me this is not a bass bait, and one tackle shop around here told me it's a trout bait exclusively and wouldn't even order them when I asked about them.....said they were out of season.
They're dead wrong. Period.
Tie one on in the 1/8 or 1/6 ounce size, in any kind of white color especially, and you'll see what I mean. I don't go fishing without them and I take over 100 of them with me when I go. I never buy them in less than quantities of 3 for any color or size and I almost never NOT have a rod with one tied on, sometimes more than one rod with different colors or sizes. 
Don't get me wrong, I still fish the cranks and buzz's and T-rigs but when they don't work, it's a Rooster, and when THEY don't work.....then I get worried......but I still fish on..... 
CRFisher reply :
Mepps spinners, pretty much what Rooster says, not a lot of press on inline spinners, but do quite well.
bigfruits reply :
i always have a 1/4 jig and small craw trailer tied on to one of my rods
best producer of large and smallmouth bass for me yr round (i dont fish in the winter or middle of summer however). although i have to admit, i dont give senkos as much "showtime". they bore me a bit but theyre pretty dependable.
Grey Wolf reply :
WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crank bait
What's your favorite ?
Raul reply :
I don 't fish by "luck", my best producer is that old Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD I 've fished with for more than 20 years, don 't ask me what 's so special about it, it 's all beat up and it still catches fish.
snapper G reply :
Welcome to BR!
I've gotta say they my favorite bait it a Stanley Floating Ribbit frog, I love at top water bass bite!! The reason I like the floating models is because the frogs aren't to heavy. So what I do to get a longer cast is add a 5/0 weighted hook. The reason i use the weighted hooks with the floater, is so i can cast it far and the bait will still the bouncy so that I can reel it with out having to "burn" the bait to get it to stay on the top, but i can still let it sink under the water a few inches after i come of a weed mat.
(still have not used a hollow body frog)
J Francho reply :
My sonar unit.
Catt reply :
Texas Rigged Plastic & the guy in the front of that boat
bilgerat reply :
Good old reliable rubber worm. Also hard to beat the already mentioned inline spinners ( I personally like Panther Martin)
Inline spinners are killers for ALL species. Just be sure to attatch a ball bearing swivel to them. This will just about eliminate line twist.
grimlin reply :
QuoteMepps spinners, pretty much what Rooster says, not a lot of press on inline spinners, but do quite well.
X2... i started on a inline spinner...still use them to this day.They flat out catch just about anything and everything.
Jig Man reply :
Jigs by far and away. That is why I carry hundreds of jigs in 8 different sizes and many color patterns in 5 different materials. I hardly ever fish without at least 4 or 5 jigs tied on.
FishinDaddy reply :
My biggest producer in the 2-4 lb range is a Gambler Cane Toad rigged on a Zoom frog hook using 65 lb Power Pro braid. Over 100 fish in the last year.
Wayne P. reply :
I catch the most and the largest with a wacky rigged finesse worm. There is no luck involved, its establishing a pattern and using the presentation that the bass respond to.
Pigsticker reply :
QuoteMy biggest producer in the 2-4 lb range is a Gambler Cane Toad rigged on a Zoom frog hook using 65 lb Power Pro braid. Over 100 fish in the last year.
Hey thats my best producing frog . 100 fish hmmmm.... I should move down there ;D
My best producing bait is a gambler 10 inch ribbontail worm in junebug
rigged weigthless.
SJex reply :
Zoom Finesse Worms and Yamamoto Fat Ikas.
guitarkid reply :
weightless and weedless Trick worms. great baits.
-tumnus
fishinfiend reply :
worms
BassFishingMachine reply :
I hate to be a buzz kill, but I don't really have a "single" lure I choose over the others. For me choosing a bait is detemined by wind conditions, water clarity, season, water temperature, forage, cover, etc. I have yet to find a bait that catches the most fish out of all my lures under any condition, if I did I wouldn't be bothered buying so many baits.
Although I love throwing jigs. But they work best for me only in a few conditions. There is always a right tool/tools(bait) for the job, there is no such thing as a single best tool that will work for every job, and if there is I haven't found it .
Certified Public Angler reply :
Wave worm watermelon red flake senko.
roadwarrior reply :
#1 GYCB Senko
#2 GYCB Fat Ika
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avid reply :
I can't pick just one. So, like RW I'll give you my top two.
1. Senko
2. ratltrap.
These two baits are always tied on, always thrown, and usually catch bass. My
3. would be a crankbait, if on my home lake a wiggle wart. when somewhere else a bomber or rapala often work better. Why? I dunno but i have a theory... good idea for a new post.
good luck.
Chad. reply :
Definatly a some sort of lipless crank, anyone usually produces a fish or two when nothing else works.
Bantam1 reply :
Yamamoto Fat Ika in my custom poured colors They work all over the US and in Mexico.
My other favorite is the 3:16 Wake Baits in both the full size and Jr.
basspimple reply :
my bread and butter lure for years when i was younger was a 7 in. black powerworm. i really didnt know how to fish other lures then. i mean sure, i tried other lures, but whats the fun in that when you dont catch anything? ;D but now, i cant pinpoint one lure over another. all the lures i have actually took the confidence in using have been very consistent. im planning on makin it a jig, but only time will tell.
-j
TournyFish001 reply :
I have caught some of my bigger fish on spinnerbaits- but yeah I can't brag on one lure- I got lots
.ghoti. reply :
Over the last two years, a Fat Ika.
Over the last eight years, a Senko.
Over the last twenty+ years, a #7 Shallow Shad Rap.
Redlinerobert reply :
More recently, Horny Toad. Before that, Senko. I'm now starting to like the Fluke quite a bit too.
DADto4 reply :
Without a doubt Manns or Berkley worms.
It's purely a confidence thing
CameronB reply :
Soft: 10" Power Worm
Hard: Yellow Magic 1/4oz
Bankbeater reply :
Texas rigged plastic, and a weightless Texas rigged plastic.
fishizzle reply :
senko senko senko
fishinfergy reply :
manns stone jig, your choice of trailer
Primus reply :
I am a true junk fisherman and may have up to 15 rods rigged and ready to go when I show up at a lake and I'll try different depths & presentations until the fish tell me what they're looking for. Of course each day I have a few educated guesses based on type of lake, weather patterns and time of year. With all that being said I catch more fish on various soft plastics rigged in all sorts of ways (Carolina, Texas, weightless, split shot, drop shot etc.) than other bait types though I tend to catch bigger fish on cranks & jigs. If had to pick one lure I would go with a texas rigged worm in the summer, jerkbaits late spring, cranks early fall and jigs early spring and late fall.
Josh. reply :
Crank bait and senkos blue w/ black flake all the way ;D ;D
Jimzee reply :
Spinnerbait
johnbr19792003 reply :
by far a zoom salty centipede. It is great t rigged, wacky rigged carolina and especially dropshot rigged.
Jeff H reply :
This is weird, because I've been thinking how to answer this for several days now. I feel that were I able to provide a single lure as the answer to this question it would point out to ME that I am not or have not been versatile enough. I do not have a single lure that has brought me "best luck over ALL other tackle".
I'm not saying anyone who has answered this is not a versatile angler, but that it is just how it makes me look at myself.
Thing is, I want to say T-rig worm. But.... when I really think about it, I just can't make that commitment when I consider several others.
MALTESE FALCON reply :
I'm with Raul on this one. Over the past twenty plus years the Original Shad Rap SR07 has put more fish in my boat than any other lure.
Falcon
BirdNestBen reply :
ZOOM FLUKE WATERMELON SEED- it's the only color I buy.....
when fish go deep for me it loses its effectiveness, then I go with a Blue Fleck powerworm
CookieMonst3r reply :
Strike King 1/8 oz. Buzzbait (forgot name) by far. Other topwater baits are also great producers.
Fishing Rhino reply :
Spinnerbait. Very versatile, nearly weedless, can work it over rocky bottom, through lily pads. Works in the shallows or deeper water.
The best for me are the Strike King spinnerbaits. Three types seem to be equal. The first is a "bleeding bait" that I believe you can only get at WalMart. I've seen bleeding bait Strike Kings elsewhere but the one's at WalMart have a red wire. It's supposedly a special. Don't remember the fisherman, but he's wearing a WalMart fishing shirt.
The next is the Red Eye Special with a small Colorado Blade (Silver) and a small willow leaf with a holographic image of an eye and scales. I use the all green willow leaf version, but also have a half green, half white willow leaf version.
The third has a medium size silver Colorado spinner and a copper colored Colorado spinner.
All are green/chartreuse with some white and red in some of the skirts.
The bleeding bait is on a baitcaster. The other two lighter spinnerbaits are used on a spinning rod with 20lb braid with 20lb flourocarbon leader.
I've got some Terminator spinnerbaits, but they haven't produced like the Strike Kings.
MichiganFisherman reply :
Jitterbug, Senko, and Spinnerbait.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
avid reply :
QuoteI don 't fish by "luck", my best producer is that old Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD I 've fished with for more than 20 years, don 't ask me what 's so special about it, it 's all beat up and it still catches fish.
You might just have one of "special individuals" by that I mean all baits are not the same. You can go to a shop and there may be twenty of the identical bait. I mean IDENTICAL same manufacturer, same color, same size, same lot number. Yet if you bought all 20 you would find that 10 fished about the same 5 fished worse than the others and 5 fished better. Then there are those one in hundred, or maybe even one in athousand individual baits that are totally superior. I had one once. it was a heddon dying flutter. It would catch fish when nothing else would. It ALWAYS produced. Many was the day that it rescued me from the skunk. Then one day it got lost in the jaws of a mighty huge pickerel and that was that. I immediately went out and bought another, not nearly as good, so I bought another. Again not so good. I bought a bunch more....none as good. Over the years I still occasionally buy one but I long ago concluded that that particular example just had something special about. Yes, I have bent the props, tweaked it this way and that. NO dice. You either get one or you don't.
Viper21773 reply :
QuoteQuoteI don 't fish by "luck", my best producer is that old Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD I 've fished with for more than 20 years, don 't ask me what 's so special about it, it 's all beat up and it still catches fish.You might just have one of "special individuals" by that I mean all baits are not the same. You can go to a shop and there may be twenty of the identical bait. I mean IDENTICAL same manufacturer, same color, same size, same lot number. Yet if you bought all 20 you would find that 10 fished about the same 5 fished worse than the others and 5 fished better. Then there are those one in hundred, or maybe even one in athousand individual baits that are totally superior. I had one once. it was a heddon dying flutter. It would catch fish when nothing else would. It ALWAYS produced. Many was the day that it rescued me from the skunk. Then one day it got lost in the jaws of a mighty huge pickerel and that was that. I immediately went out and bought another, not nearly as good, so I bought another. Again not so good. I bought a bunch more....none as good. Over the years I still occasionally buy one but I long ago concluded that that particular example just had something special about. Yes, I have bent the props, tweaked it this way and that. NO dice. You either get one or you don't.
Avid,
I know exactly what you mean. I have a Luhr-Jensen "Wobble-Pop" in bone white that a rep gave me 20 yrs ago. I have thrown that lure so much, and it has has been eaten so often, that it has little paint left on it. I have risked life and limb to save it a couple of times! I've got other ones but none produce like it does.
Black Bass reply :
Welcome to THE list! I like fishing frogs and poppers. However, worms catch more fish for me.
baboosicbass08 reply :
Early morning or night-Jitterbug
Anyother time- Carolina rigged 6" Zoom Watermelon seed lizard
Dorkus reply :
it used to be the weightless t-rig plastics.
but in the last couple years i now bring 6 rods and RARELY change the baits. I have actually sold off a lot of other gear because I finally figured out what works for me. These may not always be the best choices but its what I have the most confidence in. Thats the BIGGEST key, Confidence.
6'6" spinning H - 65lb white PP with a 5/8oz BICO jig with Ugly otter or Yup Craw trailer
7' H spinning - 65 white PP with a spro frog
7' casting M-MH - 50lb green braid with a Strike King double buzzer or spinnerbait
7'11" H casting 25lb mono - Swimbait (usually MS, 316, or tru tungsten) or 1oz pegged brush hog for punching
6'6'' M spinning - weightless soft
6'6'' M- ML spinning for dropshot
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