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Favorite lure?


sirsunnyslayer

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Now that spring is almost here (sure felt like it today) and I think that just about everybody here has the itch for soft water, let's see what everybody's favorite lure is?

Mine is an old flatfish that is frog colored, about 4 inches long. I bet it must be 25 years old and I don't even know where I got it. It's got 4 treble hooks and gets caught on everything in the boat. I don't know if it's the color or the action but when the stars line up everything seems to eat it.

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Welcome to FM sirsunnyslayer!

My favorite is a rapala. It catches just about everything that swims.

A jig and twister is a close second.

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spinnerbaits and bucktails....u can fish them fast, slow, deep, shallow, and it seems like for bass, northern, and muskie....it can't be beat!

for walleyes...it is tough to beat casting a jig and a leech!

good luck and have fun!

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If I had to pick one to fish with, it would be a silver/black rapala. Seems to catch just about any species I look for.

My sentimental favorite is an ancient Heddon mouse. The old wood one with the felt skin. My first big bucketmouth was caught on this lure when I was 8. I'm 33 now. I still have this in the box, and still make sure to cast with it anytime the topwater bite is on. Still outfiches any topwater lure in my box.

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Oh you guys have got to try a Yo-Zuri Pin Minnow!!! This is an awsome floating minnow lure and it never fails for me.

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Spinner baits, u can fish them however you want, and they'll always work if nothing else does.

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Lead head jigs. I cast and paint my own, so I have a variety of hook sizes and colors for each weight of jigs. You can fish them with bait or plastics under lots of conditions. My costs for making each one is under 15 cents each, so I can fish the dirty places where the fish hang out and not feel bad if I lose a few jigs.

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Silver Dr. Spoon. Although I've lost several over the years to pike that missed them so badly they've cut the line above the leader.

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I'd hafta say that my favorite lure has been a Vibrax. I've caught more fish on them in-line spinners than anything else. I use a small one that Crappie's have grabbed and I've also caught my share of slightly larger fish on it as well such as a 3 lb smallie in the Rum River.

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It would have to be a jig.In my opinion the most versatile bait out there.You can cast them,swim,jerk,shake,veticaly jig them,or just let it sit under a bobber.You can give it any kind of action that the fish desire.My favorite way to dress a jig is with a Ring-n-Grub.I fished with these grubs last year and from late september through november not once did it not catch a limit of fish for everyone in the boat.

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Mine would have to be... depends on what i'm fishin' for...

Walleye - perch colored rapalas, slow trolled

Northern - Good ol' daredevle red & white

bass - spinners

crappie - small jig of whatever mathces the hatch.

or of course you can always go to the trusy standby of just a hook, a couple of split-shots, and a slip bobber. catches whatever is in the water... and has worked since before any of us were born...

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My favorite is a hook!!!!!
Without it we're siting on the couch!

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