Hello,
I've come up with a cool scenario and I'd like to see how you all would adapt and decide.
The Location
Somewhere in the South Florida Everglades, a shallow swamp littered with mangrove trees and brush piles.
The Time
Mid-July, sun is high in the sky
The body of water
Overall very shallow swamp with some few deeper holes. The water tends to be very warm during the heat of the day and the mangrove trees provide sparse shade. The only real escape from the heat is under a mangrove in deeper holes. The bottom is very muddy with some sawgrass scattered in shallower sections. The swamp experiences essentially zero fishing pressure.
The animals
-Largemouth Bass
-Bluegill
-Mayan Cichlid
-Various species of Tilapia
-Various species of Killifish
-Florida Gar
-Spotted Gar
-Northern Snakehead
-Bowfin
-Shiners
-Various small baitfish
-Various species of frogs
-Various species of lizards and newts
-Turtles
-Various types of birds
-Small alligators
The challenge
You are lost in the Everglades with your fishing rod and ONE LURE, you must fish to eat. You must pick ONE lure that you can use to catch various species to survive. The species distribution is fairly equal, you will need an all-around lure that can catch and withstand the fish in the swamp. State your lure, reasoning and how you will tackle the swamp and survive.
Tips-
-Remember the toothy critters
-Max depth is 4ft, while most of the swamp is 1-2ft deep.
-Be strategic
RULES-
-You do not have a net
-Lures only
-If you choose a soft plastic you can also pick ONE hook to use with it and you have FIVE of these plastics to use.
-You can catch live bait on lures and use them to your advantage (you CANNOT have a lure and a bait hook together, you have to choose ONE).
-All lures come in stock condition (no swapping out hooks)
-Lures with plastics as trailers come with TWO plastic trailers
-You have a small jon boat with a paddle
-You conveniently have a large cooler, anything you catch will be preserved in it.
Here is a map of I made of "The Swamp"
This should be interesting!
GOOD LUCK! CHOOSE WISELY AND BE CREATIVE!