Best Lure?

[FrogTastic]

Hey all, 

 

I was recently asked a simple question - if you could only have one lure ever, what'd it be? The question is so simple yet so difficult to answer. I replied with "I'll get back to you later on that one". I simply couldn't think of a single lure that I would want to fish. So I'll ask you guys - "if you could only have TWELVE baits to fish, what would they be?". Even then, it's pretty vague. List colors, sizes, how you'd rig them - everything. If you want to include a rod, go right ahead. Here's mine, in no particular order:

 

1. A red stickbait. I like the 4" Yamamoto Senko in red/red flake (good luck finding those), but they're hard to get now. I rig them with a 1/0 EWG hook, wacky rigged through the middle
2. Rebel big ant. I need to have one of these in each color. Firetiger if I can't choose more than one, though. In case I want any panfish or small fish
3. Baby kahara frog. One of these for a smaller frog lure in the chartreuse crawdad color
4. Spro Bronzeye Frog 65. Camouflage, green black, outback, and white black are all good colors
5. Berkley Havoc Scott Suggs' 4" Rocket Craw (Perfection green fleck) + 4x4 T-Roy's Signature Series Swim Jig (Goggle Eye, 3/8 oz)
6. Zoom lizard 6" in Red shad, mossy pumpkin, or black red flake. I rig them with a 3/16 ounce bullet weight, clear bead, black crane swivel, 12 pound fluorocarbon leader, and 3/0 EWG hook
7. Mann's Hardnose Snake. I'll get the 4-pack, with one of each color. The scarlet color is also good to get though. Rig them with a 6/0 Owner screw-lock for huge fish, or a 4/0 EWG for smaller ones
8. Zoom Trick Worm. I couldn't have enough colors of these. I like weightless on a 2/0 EWG or a 3/0 Straight shank
9. I feel like I need to include a hard bait, but they're not really my thing. I would throw in a Storm Arashi Squarebill in red craw, though
10. Another frog, let's do the *** Lunker frog in texas toad or rocky toad
11. One more frog, I have to do the Livetarget hollow body frog. I prefer emerald brown in 45T and/or 55T
12. Let's throw in a Leland Lures Panfish Magnet Kit. 

I still feel like I could have all this gear, and not catch a fish :| Well, let's hear yours!

[Jrob78]

[bigbill]

It's all about type of lure, size, color and presentation. That's all I'm going to say.

[Matthew2000]

You wacky rig with EWGs ?

And these topics never go over well.

[eyedabassman]

You can wacky rig with any almost any hook. No set rules here!

[Ozark_Basser]

1. 3/8 oz Arky Jig in green pumpkin/black

2. RI sweetbeaver in gp for a trailer

3. Spro bronzeye frog in black

4. 3/8 oz War eagle spinnerbait in blue herring

5. 3/8 oz White chatterbait

6. White swimming senko for chatterbait trailer

7. 1/2 oz white swim jig with a a white #4 willow blade on the back

8. SK 1.5 square bill in a shad pattern

9. Brown crawdad wiggle wart

10. Green pumpkin reaper

11. Green pumpkin hula grub

12. Ehrlers edge roboworm

[Matthew2000]

You can wacky rig with any almost any hook. No set rules here!

I know that's why I was asking never heard of it before. I use octopus hooks.

[LunkerFisher]

5" senko

Roboworm

Hollow frog

Jig

Spook

Rat l trap

Single Colorado spinnerbait

Chatterbait

Fluke

Grub

Paddle-tail

Hula grub

[eyedabassman]

I know that's why I was asking never heard of it before. I use octopus hooks.

Try a bigger hook and a 6 in. senko. It is a killer!

[fishballer06]

1. DT6

2. DT10

3. DD22

4. Cavitron

5. Skitter Pop

6. Pad Crasher

7. D bomb

8. 5" Senko

9. LC Pointer

10. 3/8oz jig

11. 3/8oz Terminator Spinnerbait

12. Arashi squarebill

[Big C]

In no particular order.

 

1.River2Sea Spittin' Wa (poison)

2.Lunk3rHunt Cobat frog (white)

3. 5.5" Sick Fish (Disco Shad)

4.My Handemade Balsa wood Lipless Crank (brown trout)

5.Spro Rat (Morning Dawn)

6. 9" Big Hammer Swimbait (Bleeding trout)

7. 3/8oz Chompers casting jig (PB&J)

8.River2Sea Whopper Plopper

9.Chatterbait (baby bass/PB&J)

10.Castaic 8" boot tail swimbait (trout)

11.Strike King buzzbait (chart. &blue)

12.Boze Sumo Frog (clear green)

[Master Bait'r]

I would never limit myself.

Seriously. Ask me what my favorites are but there's no way I'm selecting for a doomsday scenario... Again

[Senko lover]

I know that's why I was asking never heard of it before. I use octopus hooks.

 

You can use EWG if you're careful casting. Fling it too hard and there goes your senko. 

[Senko lover]

1. Soft Plastic.

Jig.

Lipless Crankbait

Popper 

Spinnerbait 

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

Soft Plastic

[eyedabassman]

I have fished a EWG 2/0 with mo problems. You just can't cast like a crazy person! Just cast it like you would if you had a small hook!  

[J Francho]

We do some version of this these about once a month. My answer never changes: limit me, and I find another hobby.

[RSM789]

...I was recently asked a simple question - if you could only have one lure ever, what'd it be?...

 

 

All I want to know is who asked you this question and did they have a hidden camera?

[Matthew2000]

1. Rage craw

2. Ragebug

3. A 1/2 oz true south lures arky head.

4. Spro fat Jon 60

5. Lunker lure buzz shad

6. Gambler ugly otter

7. Keitech swing impact fat 4.8

8. Zoom 8 inch dead ringer

9. 5 inch senko

10. Rage lobster

11. Spook

12. A grass jig

[dday07]

1.Fat Ika-watermelon red flake

2.Rage Menace-watermelon red flake

3.Dropshotted Robo Worm-oxblood

4.Xcaliber x50-chrome/blue

5.Spro LittleJohn-olive

6.Rage Lizard-Green Pumpkin

7.Senko-watermelon red flake

8.Zell Pop

9.Strike King Buzz King

10.Boo yah clacker buzzbait-black on black(nite fishing)

11.Zara Spook-clear

12.KVD Jerkbait-chrome

[FrogTastic]

You can use EWG if you're careful casting. Fling it too hard and there goes your senko. 

I find they rip through a lot more than wacky, but for some reason I get better hookup ratios

[Sea NaCl]

1.Rapala Skitter Pop

2.Rapala X-Rap

3.Powerworm Carolina Rigged

4.Storm Arashi Squarebill

5.Rebel Pop-R

6.Arbogast jitterbug

7.Heddon Zara Spook

8.Koppers Glass Minnow Baitball Popper

9.Rapala Clacking Rap

10.Revenge Buzzbait

11.Jig

12.Baby Brush Hog

 

I only actually fish 5-6 lures at all but I use all of these occasionally