Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

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Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by ultralight » Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:29 am

I travel a fair bit with my wife teaching overseas. Going on a trip where there will be rivers and ponds near where we are serving. I hope to bring two UL rods and spinning reels.

Question - assuming that you only know that there will be bodies of waters where you are, but have no clue what type of fish are in there, what types of lures/hooks/lines will you bring if you can only bring a small box of lures? What would be the most 'universal' lures?

Love to have any suggestions.

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Re: Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by poisonokie » Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:53 am

Crappie jig heads and plastics for sure and maybe some UL cranks/spoons. You can fit a lot of that stuff in a small space.
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Re: Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by hoohoorjoo » Fri Jun 07, 2019 11:15 am

Mepp's/Roostertail in-line spinners will catch virtually anything that swims. 2-3" curlytail grubs and 1/16-1/8 jigheads are a must, also.
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Re: Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by Houndfish » Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:15 pm

Echoing the “spinners, spoons, and grubs”.

I would also add some 3” stickbaits. I use them a lot t-rigged on a #1 EWG hook when fishing snaggy rivers and ponds.

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Re: Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by earthworm77 » Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:09 am

beetlespins, roostertails, roadrunners, small jig heads with 1.5" plastics......some spoons and rapala minnows. Those will catch anything, anywhere for UL.

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Re: Uncharted Foreign Waters - what lures?

Post by ShimanoFan » Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:26 am

You can not beat a good selection of paddle tail swimbaits and paddle tail flukes! I agree with the inline spinner and would only add that as far as rooster tails go, Walmart and most tackle stores only carry the 3/8 ounce or smaller. So I special order the biggest they make, the 1/2, 3/4, and full ounce versions (#216, 217, 218) and use them in freshwater and saltwater and as stated, they will catch just about anything. Oh, and I modify the inlines with heavier hooks and add a touch of flash to them as well since the rooster tail skirts often just don't cut it out of the box.
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