what's everyone's most productive lure?

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by bradjames12 » Wed Aug 06, 2014 3:44 am

Jig or Texas Rigged RI Beaver or SK Craw/Lobster

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by Jighead61 » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:22 pm

Jigs... by a mile. They are effective under all seasons, depths, conditions, etc.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by Cagey » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:31 am

Hot dogs and bread balls!
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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by senkosam » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:36 am

My best lure for almost all freshwater species and numbers is a hand poured minnow/grub I rig on a 1/16-1/8 oz leadhead jig.

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I stay with 4 or 6# test line and a light action spinning or spincast rod. It blows away curl tail grubs and is more versatile - I've drop shot it, caught fish with it under a float, vertical jigged in 8' or more and cast into the wind and had days that 30 plus fish was not unusual.

Strange though - I've sent anglers the lure to compare along side their usual grub style lures and never get any feedback. The only report I got back was from a 70 y.o. gentleman I rent a boat from who loved it the first time he used it! Since he gives me a discount, I give him lures and jigs for free.

* note the wire from the line tie to the plastic. It holds soft plastics in place fish after caught fish.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by stingray23 » Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:55 pm

I'm gonna say a weightless Zoom super salty fluke, 3/0 EWG Gamakatsu hook.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by Seb2fn » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:23 am

Jig

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by BigG » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:49 am

Pop R for me, not because it's the best technique; because I fish with so much. Topwater lots of fun :D

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by stalking coyote » Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:29 pm

Crankbaits !

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by DanfromMD » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:24 am

Yamamoto Flappin Hawg...Jeez. I call it the meatball, it just bounces and hops up off the rocks. I texas rig it with a weight.Never been a color person, they all work. I love to work it slowly...BIG fish bait.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by Bubbleboy » Wed Apr 08, 2015 1:41 pm

Senko. By far catch my most fish on this bait. Otherwise Texas rigged craw with a 1/4 oz weight.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by reddragon » Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:20 am

Jig w/ beaver trailer. lots and lots of big fish from this.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by Handler » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:41 pm

For smallmouth, the Little John MD 50 is awesome. Casts mile with a tungsten weight transfer system, rattles but not loud (weight is coated with rubber). If there are fish around, the will bite.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by progressive816 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:16 am

progressive816 wrote:spinnerbaits, crankbaits, worms, etc? and how do you like to fish it?

i'm just curious. i'm losing faith with the soft stick baits. i've fished every imagineable way. tx rig, car rig, weightless, wacky none of them are producing.

i also fish around a lot of junk so crankbaits don't work out for me. I fish from the bank. no boat yet.
dragon1 wrote:Thanks for "necro-mancing" this one...good to see some of the old TT members on the first couple of pages. 8-)
I'm still here dragon1! Good to see you're still around. :D

I can't believe it's been almost 9 years since I started this thread. At the time, I was just getting into bass fishing. Not much experience or patience. Man how time flies.

My favorite lures today:
-Jig n Pig
-Wacky Senko

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by vinnieb729 » Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:20 pm

Most productive would have to be the in line spinner. It'll catch everything that swims under many conditions. Funny how I don't use it as much anymore...currently though, the one lure I always have tied on for the shallow bass waters I fish is the Rapala Flat Rap, size 6 or 8. in shallow streams/rivers and over weeds, it's killer.

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Re: what's everyone's most productive lure?

Post by TFOUR » Mon Aug 03, 2015 6:36 am

Senkos or Trick worms it really just comes down to how well you can line watch and your patience.

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