Most Versatile Lure?

[Sea NaCl]

What do you think the most versatile hard bait is? In other words, If there was one (hard) lure that would produce fish any given situation, what would it be?

[iceintheveins]

Jig. Followed closely by a spinnerbait.

[ThatZX14Fella]

I'd have to say a spinnerbait.

[flyfisher]

Fluke.  You can rig it a bunch of different ways and it can be fished in any conceivable cover and produces year round.  Jig would be my second choice.

[kingmotorboat]

Speed craw

[benthinkin]

jig

[doyle8218]

Jig or Chatterbait type.

[HoosierHawgs]

I believe he said hardbait...... At which point I would say lipless crankbait. If it's any bait then I'm gonna have to go spinnerbait.

[ThatZX14Fella]

I thought a spinnerbait was considered a hardbait. Lol

[EvanT123]

Fluke.

[BaitMonkey1984]

I would have to say an X-rap with some suspend dots

[gobig]

I would have to say LV500. You can burn it, yoyo it, rip it out of grass, fish it like a jig, bang it along rip rap etc... Lipless baits are effective all year long and you can cover a good portion of the water column.

[SirSnookalot]

Toss up between a spoon and bucktail jig, both lures catch any kind of fish in any kind of place.

[iceintheveins]

Whoa I misread I'm sorry. Most versatile hardbait is a lipless crankbait. Fish it right under the surface, or along the bottom. Fast or slow.

[Senko lover]

I believe he said hardbait...... At which point I would say lipless crankbait. If it's any bait then I'm gonna have to go spinnerbait.

 

A jig is hard, at least the jighead. That's my choice. 

[HoosierHawgs]

A jig is hard, at least the jighead. That's my choice.

I just think of jigs and Spinnerbait, and chatterbaits as a skirted bait category, but if you feel that way, then that's totally cool. To each his own. A jig is definitely a versatile bait, my pick would be the DB structure hi for its ability to go through more types of cover then other jigs, and serve double duty.

[Senko lover]

I just think of jigs and Spinnerbait, and chatterbaits as a skirted bait category, but if you feel that way, then that's totally cool. To each his own. A jig is definitely a versatile bait, my pick would be the DB structure hi for its ability to go through more types of cover then other jigs, and serve double duty.

 

I was being sarcastic

[jbw252]

Lipless crankbait.

[flyfisher]

I didn't see the hard bait reference either....i am gonna go with a suspending jerkbait.  You can fish them in lots of different ways and they produce pretty much all year round.  The big problem with hard baits is the trebles do tend ot get caught up in weeds and grass more often which limits their use in certain scenarios.

[Arv]

Lipless crank in terms of hardbaits

[A KGB Operative]

Chatterbait. Go to lure with a devils spear attatched. Catches all types of fish, big and small. Goes through weeds, all of the water column, just a great bait

[gardnerjigman]

If you are going with the technical term of hard bait it's a toss up between suspending jerk-bait and lipless. 

 

If you are going with how I categorize them (I go by consumable time line. I.E, Can use a jig, bladed jig, spinner just as long as you can a crank for the most part. Sure you have to replace skirts every now and then, I only use wire tied, but I bet you replace hooks on those cranks too.) then I say bladed jig. 

[Keiran Beam]

My all time favorite and always have it on my rod is the new shadow rap jerk bait. I can fish it fast with a lot of action right near the bottom depending on the model you get. I can fish it slow and leave it in the strike zone a lot longer. It works in cold water, warm water all depending on the retrieve. It suspends allowing me to either catch highly pressured bass suspending or when they are tight to cover and their strike zone is small I can get it in there and leave it in there for a long period of time. I can also use it to get reaction bites. It's the bait that caught me my biggest bass! Its always something you always want on your deck!

[einscodek]

Fluke jerkbaits

[BasshunterJGH]

Most versatile hardbait? Depends on what you mean by versatile. I would probably say lipless because of the various speeds and parts of the water column you can cover, but my go-to hardbait in a tough situation when I need to get bit would be a toss-up between a square-bill and a jerkbait.