Only 5 Baits You'd Take To Any Lake

[Senko lover]

3/8 oz. green pumpkin/blue flipping jig with a rage chunk.

Zoom trick worms (you can do just about anything with them, shakeyhead, dropshot, wacky, etc.)

Ned Rig

Texas rig: rage craw with a 1/4 oz. weight

3/8 oz. chartreuse/white spinnerbait.

[Jar11591]

1. 5" watermelon w/ black flake Yamamoto Senko

 

2. Green pumpkin Rage Tail Craw T-rigged with a 3/16 oz tungsten bullet

 

3. 2.5" Storm Rattlin' Chug Bug in "Tennessee Shad"

 

4. Black Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher

 

5. Rapala DT6 in "bluegill"

[Stingray23]

1. 1/2 oz War Eagle or SK burner double willow spinnerbait in chartruese/white.-1 gold/1 silver blade.

2. SK red eye shad in chrome/blue.

3. Zoom super fluke fished weightless in pearl white.

4. 1/2 jig in blue/blk

5. SK KVD 1.5 in chartruese/blk or an Xcalibur XS4 jerkbait in chrome/ blue

[WI_Angler1989]

#1- Cabin Creek Salty Critter Jr,  watermelon blue fleck. 

#2- Rapala Husky Jerk, 4" perch, silver or gold depending on the conditions.

#3- 1/4 oz Mepps Aglia, brown dressed with a silver blade.

#4- 7" Berkley Power Worm+1/8 oz tungsten worm weight, watermelon red.

#5- War Eagle Mike McClelland Finesse Spinnerbait 3/16, sexy shad.

[alzun664]

I'd have to go with baits I have the most confidence in, so from top to bottom my list would be;

2.5" Skitter Pop - Firetiger

Livetarget HBF - Black

3/4oz Rattlin' Rap - Chrome Blue 

1/2oz Swim Jig - Bluegill/Green Pumpkin Grub

1/2oz Casting Jig - PBJ/Electric Blue Pit Boss

I'd be fine with this list without the frog, but I'd rather bring it in case there's some really thick cover I can't swim jig my way through. I could replace the casting jig with a texas rig but I have more confidence in jigs.

[Hurricane]

Senko 

Booyah Spinnerbait 

Rapala DT6

Black /Blue booyah jig

Whopper plopper  (can't wait to try this)

[long island basser]

3/8 brush jig/tralior- bama craw

5" soft stick bait- watermelon magic

5/16 spinnerbait- shimmer green

hollow body popping frog- leopard 

square bill crank- bluegill

[scaleface]

I would take the 5 I use the most . 

1 plastic worm  Manns Jelly Worm  black grape

2 Long Lip crankbait  Norman deep Little N Sunfish

3 short lip crankbait  Rogers big Jim  bluegill

4 buzzbait  Lunker lure  black

5 spinnerbait  single willowleaf  baitfish color ..Most any brand will do .

[MIbassangler30]

1) 3/8 oz jig in green pumpkin with a Rage Craw trailer 

2) Spro or Snagproof popping frog (black)

3) Texas rig - Zoom brush hog or GYCB senko

4) 1/2 oz War Eagle or Nichols spinnerbait; white and chartreuse, double willow 

5) Swimbait; either a LFT Magic Shad boot tail (perch) or Keitech Swing Impact fat 4.8 (bluegill flash)

[tander]

1. 3/8 oz spinnerbait chart/white with copper single blade

2. 200 series Bandit crankbait Tenn shad

3. 5' Yum Dinger in Junebug

4. Zoom Super Fluke

5. Z Man TRD with 1/10 oz head in Junebug

[MIbassyaker]

I think i've posted an answer to some version of this question about 4-5 times since last summer, and it might have been different each time!

Current answer:

1. 3/8oz cavitron buzzbait, black blade, black skirt

2. KVD 1.5 squarebill, bluegill color

3. 5" green pumpkin GYCB Senko, for wacky and weightless t-rigs

4. 7" Black Berkley Power Worm, bullet weight and hooks for t-rigs

5. 6.5" Zoom trick worm, green pumpkin, for shakyhead, and mojo rigs.

 

Just missing the cut this time: Ned rig, Pop-R, Rapala original floating minnow, flipping jig with rage craw trailer.

[Fishing Rhino]

In no particular order.

1.  4 inch Senko, watermelon w/blk and red flakes, wacky rigged on a Gamakatsu wacky jig head.

2.  4 inch SK or Zman elaztech finesse worm pb&j shaky head rig on a 3/16th ounce Spot Remover or Vike jig head.

3.  Rage Tail Menace, green pumpkin w/gold and purple flakes on a 1/8th ounce Keitech super round tungsten jig head.

4.  Rage Tail craw green pumpkin w/gold and purple flakes fished on an Owner keel weighted hook or weightless for top water, rigged weedless both ways.

5.  Lunker City 2 3/4" Grubster  Clearwater color, on a 1/8th ounce Keitech super round tungsten jig head.

[drew4779]

4" Senko

Tube - venom roadkill

DT-6 

Crazy Leg Chigger Craw - bream

Spinner - venom hidden head

Honorable mention: koppers hollow body frog, jig, magic swimmer, husky jerk, x-cal silent crank, and ribbon tail plastic worm.

Quite honestly, these are what I'm using 95% of the time.

[bigbassin']

Zoom U-vibe speed worm in Junebug Red

Zoom Super Fluke in Watermelon Red

KVD 1.5 in Tennessee Shad

1/2 Green Pumpkin Jig with Zoom U-vibe Speed Craw Trailer

Booyah Pooppin' Pad Crasher in Leopard

[Jigfishn10]

Grass Jig with either a grub or Rage Craw

Skitter Walk or Spit'n Image

Slug-go - I know, going retro

Lipless Crank - Cold Chrome Rippin Rap

Spoon - my build or a Lil Cleo

[ww2farmer]

Booyah Pad Crasher in Bullfrog

My homemade 1/2 oz flip/swim jig with a green pumpkin skirt with a few strands of orange and chart.

5" Green Pumpkin Yum Dinger

4" Green Pumpkin Havoc Pit Poss, I can flip it by itself, or use it as a jig trailer

SK KVD 1.5 Square Bill in Chart. Sexy Shad

 

 

[Big C]

1.R2S Spittin' Wa Poison

2.PB&J casting jig

3.Peanutbutter Lunker City Spanky

4.Hudd 68 (Just in case that "Any Lake" is the Delta)

5.Gambler Cane Toad in Pepper Grass

[kickerfish1]

1. Weightless fluke

2. Spro frog

3. Chatterbait

4. Swimjig with a paddletail

5. Drop shot

Honorable mention for the next 5: lipless bait, jerkbait, Texas rig, rage rigged Keitech swimbait, and a shakeyhead.

 

[N Florida Mike]

1.Watermelon seed Zoom super fluke.    2. 4 inch yamasenkos watermelon red/ with black.                                                     3.Red shad Culprit worm .                          4.Zoom z- hog  Watermelon red.              5.Producto tournament worm. Black grape or black.

[fullcoupe]

1 - Red bug Zoom 6" trick worm (T-rig or D/S)

2 - Dirty plum 5" Senko (weightless or wacky)

3 - Storm arashi squarebill in black/char (size 5)

4 - Lucky craft LV500 in American shad

5 - River2Sea spittin' wa frog in dirty white (size 70)

[5fishlimit]

1) Zoom finesse worm. Black, and junebug color. 

2) Rage Tail craw. Falcon Lake craw color.

3) Keitech 5" EZ Shiner. Sight flash color. 

4) 3/8 oz jig in black, and pb&j 

5) Zoom toad. Black color. 

I feel very comfortable in  feeling like these would produce on any lakes I may fish. 

[Master Bait'r]

T-rigged worm, minnow craw or jerk (depending on conditions)

 Slide swimmer or other glide bait

110 suspending jerkbait

Hollow frog

Arky or brush jig

 

[Cgolf]

Bandit 100 fire tiger 

Norman Deep little N Chartreuse sexy Shad 

Sun Perch 5/16 oz Santone swim jig with a kalins 5" Rons Craw grub

Water Red tube on a slider spider head, most likely 1/4 ounce

Strike King white 3/16 ounce bleeding bait spinner 

All of the above colors will work in gin clear or stained water, the only questionable one is the spinnerbait in stained water  

 

[Ads7633]

1.) Weightless Super Fluke, Watermelon w/ Red Flake

2.) Wacky Rigged  5" Senko, Watermelon w/ Green Pumpkin Laminate

3.) Strike King Red Eye Shad 3/8, Chrome w/ Blue back (Tie with Original Rattle-Trap)

4.) KVD 3/8 Spinnerbait Willow/Colorado blades, Sexy Shad

5.)Zman TRD on  1/15 Shroom Head, Green Pumpkin

(FYI, #6 would be a 3/8 Black Cavitron Buzzbait. I only leave it out because while topwater is my favorite, when pushed to choose what I absolutely need to make sure I cover my bases and catch fish... I suppose I don't need any topwater baits.)

[gobig]

Time of year and type of lake would have a lot of impact on my selection.