Beginner's Tackle Box

[roadwarrior]

Okay, let's keep this simple and cheap.

5" Senko

Fat Ika

4" Slug-Go

3.5" Gitzit

Rage Tail Space Monkey

Original Floating Rapala

Zara Puppy (black & silver)

XCalibur Xr50

Jitterbug

3/8 oz Cavitron Buzzbait

Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hooks

1/8 & 1/4 oz barrel weights

8-)

[BrianSnat]

I'd add a crankbait like a Bomber, Rapala DT or Rattle Trap.  A popper of some sort like a Rapala Skitterpop or a Hula Popper.

Also a spoon and a few Mepps spinners.

[.ghoti.]

pliers

clippers

spinnerbait

[bweave09]

a fat wallet

[Gamec0cks5]

a fat wallet

I'm with him 

I like the list. I might be the only person on this site that hasn't used the Fat Ika Before :-[ are they that good???

[b.Lee]

I think RW has been having thoughts of wisdom to pouring out him. All his posts lately are advice posts or recommendations LOL. Goodjob!!!! 8-)

[Hammer 4]

Absolutly, they catch fish ..period. Rig em upside down, with a 4/0  worm hook, no weight..cast it out, and let it sit..give it a twitch every 30 seconds or so..be ready to set the hook..There's a thread that RW made on how to fish them..

a fat wallet

I'm with him

I like the list. I might be the only person on this site that hasn't used the Fat Ika Before :-[ are they that good???

[bassman018]

Ive never used a fat Ika

[Hammer 4]

Then your missing out on some great fishing..

Ive never used a fat Ika

[bassman018]

Then I will try!

[grahamb]

Okay, let's keep this simple and cheap.

5" Senko

Fat Ika

4" Slug-Go

3.5" Gitzit

Rage Tail Space Monkey

Original Floating Rapala

Zara Puppy (black & silver)

XCalibur Xr50

Jitterbug

3/8 oz Cavitron Buzzbait

Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hooks

1/8 & 1/4 oz barrel weights

8-)

Four years ago, you started a similar thread. I was just getting back into fishing at the time and basically went down your list and bought one of each lure. I still seem to just replace what I lose from that original list.  Guess I now have to try out your new list!

I was able to find that thread so easily, because I sent it to a few others. 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1141132893

[TruiteBR]

Then your missing out on some great fishing..

Ive never used a fat Ika

How do you fish it??

[roadwarrior]

The bait should be Texposed and skin-hooked. Due to the taste and texture, bass tend to hold this lure longer than most...in some cases indefinitely. Be patient and fish it slow, like you might imagine the movement of a crawdad.

Rigging:

4/0 EWG Gamakatsu Offset Worm Hook. Tentacles forward (skirt up). Weightless & weedless.

I fish the bait on MF spining tackle and Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft #6 (.010" diameter, 11.9 lb test).

Presentation:

Cast parallel to the bank, along weed lines or on structure in water <12'.  Allow the bait to settle to the bottom and sit for at least 30 seconds. With a slow, horizontal sweep, move the bait 6"-12" and let it fall on slack line. Leave the Fat Ika on the bottom for at least 10 seconds between movements and continue this retrieve until you feel you are "out of the zone." Bass will sometimes strike on the fall or occasionally pick it up while it rests motionless on the bottom, but generally the strike occurs when you move the bait.

When you feel a strike, dip the tip of your rod while QUICKLY reeling in slack. When you feel the fish snap your wrists, setting the hook with your rod tip and not moving the positin of your reel relative to your body. This is called a snap-set or quick-set. Maintain pressure, keep your rod tip high and reel when you can, but let the fish run when it wants to. I think your landing ratio will improve with a little patience.

Good luck!

[weekendfisherman]

I wish I would have seen this post 4-5 years ago, before I walked into Bass Pro Shop! 

[Nine Miler]

Okay, let's keep this simple and cheap.

5" Senko

Fat Ika

4" Slug-Go

3.5" Gitzit

Rage Tail Space Monkey

Original Floating Rapala

Zara Puppy (black & silver)

XCalibur Xr50

Jitterbug

3/8 oz Cavitron Buzzbait

Gamakatsu 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hooks

1/8 & 1/4 oz barrel weights

8-)

Size 3 and 4 Mepps spinners

1/2 oz. Red and White Daredevle

GYCB Tubes and Grubs

Zoom Lizards

Ball bearing swivels/snaps

Split shot

[Raul]

You don 't wanna know Raul 's "begginner" ( yeah, it 's not a typo ) list. Follow it and you 'll be a begginner. 

Kidding aside, to RWs suggestion:

Lipless crank

Single Colorado blade spinner bait, any color is fine as long as it 's white.

[bigfruits]

1/4oz finnese jig with 3" craw trailer

bitsy bug/yum craw papi

[mozy]

Definitely need a 7" worm of some sort on that list, too. Probably Powerbait.

[tnbassfisher]

The bait should be Texposed and skin-hooked. Due to the taste and texture, bass tend to hold this lure longer than most...in some cases indefinitely. Be patient and fish it slow, like you might imagine the movement of a crawdad.

Rigging:

4/0 EWG Gamakatsu Offset Worm Hook. Tentacles forward (skirt up). Weightless & weedless.

I fish the bait on MF spining tackle and Yo-Zuri Hybrid Ultra Soft #6 (.010" diameter, 11.9 lb test).

Presentation:

Cast parallel to the bank, along weed lines or on structure in water <12'. Allow the bait to settle to the bottom and sit for at least 30 seconds. With a slow, horizontal sweep, move the bait 6"-12" and let it fall on slack line. Leave the Fat Ika on the bottom for at least 10 seconds between movements and continue this retrieve until you feel you are "out of the zone." Bass will sometimes strike on the fall or occasionally pick it up while it rests motionless on the bottom, but generally the strike occurs when you move the bait.

When you feel a strike, dip the tip of your rod while QUICKLY reeling in slack. When you feel the fish snap your wrists, setting the hook with your rod tip and not moving the positin of your reel relative to your body. This is called a snap-set or quick-set. Maintain pressure, keep your rod tip high and reel when you can, but let the fish run when it wants to. I think your landing ratio will improve with a little patience.

Good luck!

I would love to see you make a post similar to this about the Space Monkey.

[roadwarrior]

This is the year of the Smokin' Rooster!

8-)

[bassmaster85]

I would have to add beetle spins to that list.  you can catch anything on a beetle spin! 8-)

[wormycrm99]

might want to add a pack of zoom trick worms, like a senko it catches fish anyway you fish it

[BassThumb]

You gotta add spinnerbaits and lipless cranks to that list.  Spinnerbaits for the weedlessness and lipless cranks for the versatility.