If you could only have one lure

[greentrout]

zoom green pumpkin trick worm t-rigged ... 3/16 oz. bullet wt. with 12 - 15 lb. test ...

 

 

good fishing ...

[OCdockskipper]

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head.  Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

 

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1?  After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Na we pick worms we get the whole pack. 

Just 1 hook ?

[scaleface]

10 hours ago, OCdockskipper said:

ZMan TRD on a 1/15 oz Zman head.  Color depends on the lake, first choice would be California Craw.

 

Also, do all the guys who chose various plastic worms know that they only get 1?  After 3 fish, they would be done, unless you let them use Mend-it...

I figured it would be an unlimited supply .

[Choporoz]

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

[SuperDuty]

19 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I'd move somewhere that I can fish year round

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

[Choporoz]

25 minutes ago, SuperDuty said:

You can fish year round pretty much everywhere lol

Don't tell me....tell the OP...?

[FryDog62]

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.  
 

Unbelievable action with this set up.  This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward.  Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail.  Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction.  If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed. 
 

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait.  Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.  

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species. 

[Bass Rutten]

42 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

One lure for both species: 5 inch Strike King Caffeine Shad on an Owner Twistlock Light 3/32 weighted hook.  
 

Unbelievable action with this set up.  This specific weighted hook keeps the Shad horizontal while moving forward.  Unlike other plastics of this style, the Shad has a bubble in the tail.  Once cast out, the Shad slowly swims forward, then slows and with a kick of the bubble tail, changes directions and descends further while swimming/dying in a different direction.  If there are smallmouth or largemouth present it gets engulfed. 
 

This is the only lure I need whether throwing in open water, along weed edges, skipped under docks, or twitched like a jerkbait.  Also works great swimming with the current along river banks and is mostly resistant to branches/rocks/weeds.  

Most any color works, but if I had to pick one color, white would be it for both species. 

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

[FryDog62]

36 minutes ago, Bassjam2000 said:

What size do you use 5/0? That’s a good sized plastic

4/0 fits the bill perfectly on the 5 inch Shad..

[fishballer06]

Surprised it only took until January 18th for this thread to show up. 

 

 

For me, I'll take a casting style jig. So many possible ways to fish it. Pitching/flipping, swim it, drag it. I can cover the whole water column. 

[Bankbeater]

I don’t get to fish for smallies that often so for largemouth I’m going to say a jig and craw. 

[Log Catcher]

It would a jig in PB&J color with a matching Zoom Twin Tail Grub or an Ultra Vibe Speed Craw for a trailer.

[LCG]

BPS Stick-O 5 3/8" watermelon candy. So many ways to rig it, hard to go wrong. 

 

[Ratherbfishing]

Can't say.  Don't wanna say.  Too many great lures out there and too many places to fish them to narrow it down.  Glad I don't have to.