Top 5 Plugs

[Outdoor Zack]

If you could only have 5 plugs (squarebills, crankbaits, poppers, spooks, jerkbaits, and others.  No plastics, spinnerbaits, or jigs, please) to fish year-around what would they be?  What lure and color?

[riverbasser]

KVD squarebills (sexy shad, red craw)

StrikeKing XD series cranks (chartreus sexy shad, Tennessee shad, Splatterback)

Bomber Fat Free Shad (pearl)

Heddon super spook (any color)

Strike King Red Eye Shad (natural shad, blue/chrome)

I know this is hypothetical but I would hate only fishing these for a year lol

[MIbassyaker]

No plastics...ouch. Do I even use 5 different "plugs"? lets see:

1. Propbait: heddon tiny torpedo, black shiner (chrome, black back)

2. Popper/walker: Megabass pop max, any color (this is the one I'll splurge on)

3. Squarebill: KVD 1.5 in bluegill

4. Jerkbait/minnow: Rapala original floater, F11, perch

5. Lipless: Strike king red eye shad, bluegill

That about covers the applications I'd need. Hardest decision is to leave a wiggle wart off the list.

[Outdoor Zack]

25 minutes ago, MIbassyaker said:

1. Propbait: heddon tiny torpedo, black shiner (chrome, black back).

This has been my go-to topwater lately, except in chart. with green back.

[WRB]

Plugs refer to old school wooden lures, no plastic limits your choices to a few low production lures.

Wooden BD Tail Wag, Lunker Punker and Shell cracker, all 3 no longer in production.

22nd Century Triple Trout.

MS Slammer.

Poe Super Cider 300

Rapala original balsa minnow.

Tom

[Outdoor Zack]

22 minutes ago, WRB said:

Plugs refer to old school wooden lures, no plastic limits your choices to a few low production lures.

You're correct, but I was really referring to most hardbaits (with the exception of spinnerbaits, frogs, swimbaits, etc.) when I used the term.  When I said plastics, I meant things like senkos, tubes, and 'rubber' lures.  Sorry for the confusion.

[Mike L]

Regular sized Spook

 1.5 sq. bill

Bomber 6A

Bomber Long A

Rapala original floater

 

Mike 

[kickerfish1]

Lucky craft slender pointer

Excalibur one knocker

Excalibur Zell Pop

Lucky craft flatside crankbait

MB x-pod

[the reel ess]

1 Spook Jr in Frog pattern

2. Rat L Trap in Gold/black. But really with the finish worn off from use and fish

3. Chug Bug in frog

4. Shadow Rap in Gold

5. Rapala Minnow size 13, Gold

Honorable Mention: Rebel Wee Craw

[buzzed bait]

MB giant dog x
KVD 1.5
SK 5xd
MB pop x
red eye shad

[papajoe222]

Heddon Zara Spook

Rapala X-Rap (4in.)

Red Eye Shad

Norman Deep Little N

KVD 1.5 Squarebill

[Catt]

Bill Norman 

Rat-L-Trap Echo 1.75

[Bluebasser86]

I'd probably quit fishing if I had to fish hard baits all year. 

SK 1.5 River Minnow and chart/black back

Xcaliber XR50 Rayburn Red and ghost

Custom painted 110 jerkbait Sizzlefry

Super Spook Jr Bone

SK 5XD Green Gizzard Shad

[Molay1292]

LC RC 1.5 

LC SP 100

Zara Spook Jr.

DD22

DT10

[Bankbeater]

No plastics?  You're killing me.

Mann's 1 minus

Rat-l-trap

Pop-R

Shad Rap

Heddon Tiny Torpedo

[Jaw1]

200 series bandit (LA shad)

sk 1.5 chartruese perch

series 5xd (Tennessee shad)

paycheck baits The one (bone )

#5 shadrap (silver and black)

thats 5 but easily could have picked 5 different ones. I think the limit should be 15 but even at that some would have a hard time choosing

[Outdoor Zack]

Mine are:

1. KVD 1.5 in chart. with black back

2. Smithwick rogue in chrome

3. Rat-L-Trap in chrome

4. Cabea's fisherman series 6-8 ft. crank in gizzard shad

5. Custom made popper that I got from a friend, in frog pattern

I don't have a big collection yet, but these are my favorites so far

[Drew03cmc]

Wow, tough question, but let me give it a go. 

1. Red Eye Shad-chrome/blue

2. LC Gunfish 95-chartreuse shad

3. KVD 1.0-sexy shad

4. (Space for hire)

5. (Space for hire)