Help Identifying Lure/when To Use

[Balshy Fishing]

I found this lure in my old mans tackle box today and he said he never uses it and I was wondering what it's aimed at catching? It's like a wooden looking jig with a brush over it? 

 

Also, I was wondering when you would use the spinnerbaits because I see the type of blades you use correlate to the water conditions? Also, what color skirt would go well with the buzzbait? I'm trying to get more acquainted! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

[Balshy Fishing]

Also, this one! 

 

[primetime]

I would pick the  colors that you think will work best, as there truly are no absolutes in Fishiing. White is always safe for spinnerbaits, and so is Chartruese, and most guys will use a 3-4" Grub or soft bait as a trailer in a contrasting or same color.....Before the Spawn and actually all year, I find I always do well on spinnerbaits with an Orange/Brown skirt and a White or Black trailer, but they are fun lures to throw, adding a trailer hook with a 4" Trick worm in Pink with a Yellow skirt may not be the most popular pattern, but often what others are not using works best as fish get conditioned in my opinion.

 

A spinnerbait is a lure that will catch bass almost any day anytime of year if fished correctly and it is usually what I hand any new fisherman learning to use a baitcaster to work with.

 

The First lure is simply a Bullet Jig head and it is just a style of a Jig and in this case appears to be a hair Jig. You can find endless articles on how to fish jigs as they will catch every species of gamefish all over the world for the most part and kind of hard to fish wrong......

 

 

Hope that helps you out. Don't overthink things, go to the local sporting goods store, look for some colors that catch your eye and just Chuck Em. Good Luck.

[Balshy Fishing]

Thanks a bunch! Much appreciated

[smalljaw67]

The lures there brought back some memories, the first spinnerbait in the picture is an old Strike King models with ribbed blades, it originally had a rubber skirt, that was the bait that got me hooked on using spinnerbaits to the point I began building them myself. Spinnerbaits will work anytime but are best between spring and fall with water temps from the mid 50's on up. All you need to spruce them up is a new skirt and hone the hook and you'll be good to go. The buzzbait is a warm water deal, 60 degrees on up, mid to late spring right through the summer. Throw the jig away, it looks to be an early model with the first generation of imitation buck tail of some sort.

[Fishes in trees]

Cut the skirt off the second spinnerbait and throw it away.  Replacement skirts are readily available.  I like the War Eagle replacement skirts because they have lots of unique colors.  I'd go with Table Rock Shad on that second spinner bait.  How much does it weigh?  Remove all that rubber stuff off of the buzz bait and put a new skirt on it as well, or don't.   I've had some buzz bait success using no skirt and just using some plastic trailer.  A 4 1/2" boot tailed swim bait  in some bait fish color appropriate to your neighborhood would be a place to start there.

 

I wouldn't throw the jig away, rather I'd start a shrine of used tackle that will never see water again and put it there.

[Balshy Fishing]

Much appreciated buddy. I'm fishing outta' the Susquehanna and I mainly throw yellow twister tails. 

[BobP]

You've got a bucktail, a spinner bait and a buzz bait.  Throw the bucktail away, it's mainly a saltwater lure and that one's toast.  Put new skirts on the spinner bait and the buzz bait and you're in business.  A white/chartreuse skirt is a good general color that works well in most situations.  Throw the spinner bait when there's a little chop on the water and retrieve it at a depth just below where you can see it in the water.  Throw the buzz bait, keep it churning on the surface early and late in the day when fish are most interested in topwater lures.

[WRB]

The little jig being defined as a bucktail doesn't look like deer hair to me. Without a scale to determine size it looks like a 1/8 oz bullet or dart head with fiber skirt used for smallmouth under a bobber; float n fly, but not worth saving. The modern version, look up Phat Fly, Bill Siemantel video.

You may need heavier tackle to fish the spinnerbaits and buzzer, depending on how much they weigh, if your tackle is spinning used for inline spinners.

Go to a local tackle shop and buy a few pearl white silicone skirts for the spinnerbaits and buzzer. The buzz bait is fished on the surface, the spinnerbaits like you fish the inline spinner.

Good luck.

Tom