Help Me Lure Shop!

[TedderX]

Keep in mind, I'm a bank fisherman and the depths I fish aren't what a person with a boat might fish.  I likely won't be casting ~20 foot deep.

I've been saving up my money and am ready to purchase a good selection of lures.

I mostly fish dark/dirty water, fishing for large mouth and spotted bass.  I've got two and half 3600 series boxes I can fill up.  I'm looking for just generally "good" lures that will give me a good selection.

Don't forget some good suggestions for plastic lures as well!

In the other one and a half boxes so far I've got:

2- H2O Express Hollow Body Tiny Toads (black/yellow and limetreuse)

2- Strike King "Denny Brauer Structure Jig". 1/2 oz. (green pumpkin color and dark green w/ red)

2- ZMan Chatter Bait. 1/4 oz and 1/2 oz. (green pumpkin and white/chartreuse)

1- H2O Xpress Crankbait Model CRS, 2'-5' Depth (threadfin shad)

1- H2O Express Lipless Crank Bait Model LCR, 5/8 oz (summer shad)

1- Rat-L-Trap, 1/2 oz, 3 inch (golden/bronze color)

1 - Rebel Pop-R (silver with black back)

1- Heddon Zara Spook (baby bass)

1- Strike King "KVD Splash" (silver with black black)

1- Rapala Original Floating, F11, 4-6 foot depth (silver with black back)

1- Heddon Baby Torpedo (bullfrog)

1- H2O Xpress, Crank "M", 3-5 foot depth (southern bluegill)

2- H2O Xpress, "5/8 oz Rattlin T Lipess Crankbait" (male bluegill and summer shad)

1- H2O Xpress, Model S, 2-4 foot depth (Summer Shad)

1- Zoom "Super Salt Plus Finesse Black" worms, red Gamakatsu 2/0 offset shank worm hooks, 1/4 oz tungsten worm weights

1- H2O Xpress weedless spoon (1/2 oz I think, it's rather large) (silver)

 

So let me know what you think I can fill up these other boxes with!  Thanks a bunch!

 

[Oklahoma Mike]

Well you definitely need a couple of Cavitron buzzbaits in there. 

A Baby Mann's 1-minus

Booyah pond magic spinnerbait

Wopper Plopper 130

Livetarget sunfish

Some GY senkos - watermelon and junebug colors are my favorites

Jackall pompadour 

 

[SDoolittle]

The first thing I noticed about your current tackle is a major lack of soft plastics. The Texas rig has always been my most productive bait for bank fishing. Get yourself some worms, craws, lizards, etc., and have some fun. There's no need to spend a fortune on hard baits just to fill up your box. Pick up something new from time to time to try out, and you'll be amazed at how quickly the stuff accumulates. 

[redbirdsfan44]

Scratch the super salt plus finesse worms and go with the original trick worm from zoom for finesse. 1/8th-7/16th oz shakey heads. Rage thumper tail worms. (place brand name here) senkos, 1/4-1/2oz bullet weights (I prefer tungsten). and a wide variety of hooks. 2/0 octopus for wacky rig, 6/0 ewg monster for the 10 inch rage thumpers (just a couple that I use)

[blckshirt98]

I'm a 100% shore guy and if I had to fill up a tackle box for a day on the water I would grab -

- A topwater rat/mouse type of bait, like a Spro BBZ Rat (I currently bring a CL8 Mighty Mouse but those are hard to find).
- A misc topwater bait - Whopper Plopper 90
- KVD 1.0 and 1.5 size squarebills - Sexy Shad/Chartreuse Sexy Shad/Ghost Bluegill/Natural Shad.
- 2-3 lipless cranks - Strike King Red Eye Shads and Rat L Traps
- Chatterbaits
- Dropshot plastics up the wazoo - KVD Dream Shots, GYCB Kut Tails, Molix Sator Worms, Jackall Crosstail Shads
- Wacky style plastics - 5" Senkos, Jackall Flick Shakes
- Plastics that can dual purpose as a dropshot and shakey head - GYCB Pro Senko, Damiki Air Pocket Worm, Gambler Shakey Shad

Dropshot covers "off the bottom", and shakey head covers "bottom" finesse.  From the shore the bass are chasing baitfish that swim shallow/on the surface, so the 1.0/1.5 squarebills cover that.  The lipless cranks sink and can be cast a mile, so those can look for the deeper/suspended bass.  Topwater covers topwater if you see the fish active.

I'm not a topwater Frog/Spook person or jig guy so I don't use those, but if you're confident with them by all means bring them along.  I don't carry deep diving cranks because like you said you rarely encounter that from the shore, and if you did you still have the lipless cranks and chatterbaits for deeper water.  I don't bring any wire baits because the whopper plopper works like a buzzbait and the chatterbaits work like spinnerbaits and are both easier to carry in a standard Plano.  By keeping my finesse presentations limited to what I'm comfortable/confident with I don't bring a bunch of extra plastics that take up space.  If I feel like I need a crawfish imitator I'll throw in a bag or Damiki Air Craws and use them on a shakey head.

EDIT:  One thing I forgot to add is that I can throw everything above on 2 rods - a spinning rod and a glass/composite crankbait rod.  I can throw most of it on a spinning rod if I really don't feel like taking two rods and it only eliminates a few of the options (like the chatterbaits or heavier lipless cranks).

[S. Sass]

Mann's 1-Minus Crankbaits dives 1ft

Bandit 100 Series SB 16 Crankbait  dives 2ft to 5ft

I now use the above 2 now more than ever. These stay in that zone much better than trying to keep another bait that sinks non stop in your target area. Also considering their depths they are awesome for fishing ponds etc from shore.

 I still rely heavily on my Mann's Jelly Worms and Peppers Custom Spinnerbaits as my go to baits. So I would have to add some of those. 

 

[avidone1]

don't forget the original troll lure

 

and do not leave home without big bud

[Ohio Yakker]

I would for sure get some senko type baits and some craw type baits. Wacky rig the senkos and texas rig the craws and pitch those into cover off the bank. Before I got my kayak I bank fished and caught a majority of my fish with those two presentations.

[Senko lover]

-Basically anything Rage Tail, but their Rage Craws are a must-have.
-War Eagle Mike McClelland finesse spinnerbaits
-Chatterbaits
 

[Wbeadlescomb]

The war eagle spinner baits are a good choice. I'd add in a bigger frog I prefer the scum popping frogs. Grab a couple 3/8 war eagle finesse jigs, net bait swim jig,zoom ultravibe speed craw,reaction innovation kinky beaver,zoom ol monster worms, zoom flukes,assorted hooks in all sizes, I really prefer the standard offset  hook for a worm or craw. I'd go with a natural color like green pumpkin or water melon for clear water and black for stained water. For the flukes I'd want something visible like white or chartreuse. The ultravibe doubles as a jig or chatter bait trailer so I'd want some of those in white or pearl. Lastly and most importantly I'd have to have some jj's magic dye in chartreuse

[TedderX]

8 hours ago, redbirdsfan44 said:

Scratch the super salt plus finesse worms and go with the original trick worm from zoom for finesse. 1/8th-7/16th oz shakey heads. Rage thumper tail worms. (place brand name here) senkos, 1/4-1/2oz bullet weights (I prefer tungsten). and a wide variety of hooks. 2/0 octopus for wacky rig, 6/0 ewg monster for the 10 inch rage thumpers (just a couple that I use)

What's wrong with the super salt plus finesse worms?

 

Thanks everyone for your help!  I'm taking time to look into all these.

Any suggestions on swimbaits? 

[redbirdsfan44]

45 minutes ago, TedderX said:

What's wrong with the super salt plus finesse worms?

 

Thanks everyone for your help!  I'm taking time to look into all these.

Any suggestions on swimbaits? 

It depends on what you're going to use the super salt plus finesse worm for. If you're using it for texas rigs there are definitely better worms for t-rigs IMO and on a shakey head the super salt plus worms do not float as well as the original trick worms so your shakey head can roll over with the super salt plus finesse worms. For swimbaits it depends on if you're looking for smaller paddle tail swimbaits or diving into the big swimbait game. For paddle tails the swing impact and easy shiner are great. Big swimbaits are a whole new ball game 

[TedderX]

1 hour ago, redbirdsfan44 said:

It depends on what you're going to use the super salt plus finesse worm for. If you're using it for texas rigs there are definitely better worms for t-rigs IMO and on a shakey head the super salt plus worms do not float as well as the original trick worms so your shakey head can roll over with the super salt plus finesse worms. For swimbaits it depends on if you're looking for smaller paddle tail swimbaits or diving into the big swimbait game. For paddle tails the swing impact and easy shiner are great. Big swimbaits are a whole new ball game 

Alright, I'll try the original trick worm them.  So far I've used them wacky rigged and texas rigged with those 1/2 oz worm weights.

[RyneB]

Cavitron buzzbaits, and scrap the denny brauer structure jig and get yourself some hack attacks, very very versatile. Also Gambler Big Ez and Little Ezs

[TedderX]

Thank you everyone for your help!  I bought a bunch today.  I'm still keeping an eye out for some of these I wasn't able to find (whopper popper, live target sunfish, jackal pompadour, a few others).  "Unfortunately", I still have plenty of room in two of those plano boxes.  Lol!  I'm having a hard time fitting all the soft plastics in my tackle box, but I do think I want to leave them in the original packaging.

Here is everything I got:

 

-Strike King 1.5 (black/chartreuse (2), Neon Bluegill, Blue Gill, Chartreuse Sexy Sad, DB Craw,

-Yum Crawbug (Green pumpkin, watermelon red flake)

-Zoom Z Craw (black sapphire

-Zoom Swimmin Super Fluke Jr (white ice)

-Zoom Super Fluke (Midnite Chartreuse)

-Zoom Ol Monster 10.5" (green pumpkin)

-Zoom Ultravibe Speed Worm (red shad)

-Zoom Original Trick Worm (Okeechobee craw)

-Strike King Swimming Jig, 3/8 oz (white/silver sparkes, and a multicolor one)

-Strike King Premier Pro-Model Jig, 1/2 oz (black/blue)

-War Eagle Shakey Head, 3/8 oz (black and green pumpkin)

-Eagle Claw Bobber Stops

-Eagle Claw Wacky Worm Hooks, 2/0

-Cabelas Dropp Shot sinkers, 1/4 oz

-Jitterbug (black)

-Rat-l-trap 1/2 oz (kinda of a bloody shad/blue)

-Original Dardevle 1/4 oz

 

[primetime]

Go to Tackle Warehouse and click on top selling items....They are top selling for a reason...That should give you all the info you need to make your final decision even if you choose to go with a different brand etc...

When I fish from the shore, I find terminal tackle is the most important since having the right size hook, weight, and ability to modify any lure or soft bait on the spot important. I wouldn't buy expensive lures since you can't get them back as easy. 

One lure I would make sure to have at all times is the Original Rapala Floater in Silver/Black and one in gold and black...F-9 size or F-11 should fit the bill....

Don't forget your ribbon tail worms...6" Culprits, and 7.5" and 10" Power Worms...and Split shots get more use in ponds for me than standard bullet weights...You can buy a pack of bullshot for .50 and you only need 4-5 sizes....You can add a split shot to any lure or bait and fish any spot exactly the way you want.

[trick worms]

Get some 1/8 oz worm weights and some trick worms. I would also get some seniors and spinnerbaits 

[thomas15]

On ‎4‎/‎26‎/‎2016 at 6:51 AM, S. Doolittle said:

The first thing I noticed about your current tackle is a major lack of soft plastics. The Texas rig has always been my most productive bait for bank fishing. Get yourself some worms, craws, lizards, etc., and have some fun. There's no need to spend a fortune on hard baits just to fill up your box. Pick up something new from time to time to try out, and you'll be amazed at how quickly the stuff accumulates. 

Every time I'm in WalMart I pick up something, be it plastics or a hardbait.

[scaleface]

You dont need everything . Learning  basic skills is far more important than having dozens of new lures . 

Get some basic 6 inch plastic worms  , hooks and bullet weights and learn how to Texas rig . You will not reach the next level until you get proficient at it . The day I caught my first bass on a Texas rig was the single most important day of my bass fishing life . It will open up a whole new fishing world . All those lures you have are great lures  but if you dont know the Texas rig you dont yet  know how to fish.  I'm partial to  Manns Jelly worms They have been serving me well  forty plus years . .