best ever If you only can take one lure/bait and combo

[ATA]

I wonder if you only can choose one lure/bait and combo for bass fishing, Regardless of time of year and location, What would you choose?

 

For me Senko Trig with my 844C and Anteras MD, Because also I can do wacky and power shot as well and have option to use weightless or use weight, even I can make it calrolina, haha so Senko is my choice.

What will be yours?

[scaleface]

I go fishing with one lure and combo a lot . When I'm fishing ditches for "Ditch Pickles and they get quite big " or wading a river for smallmouths I often take a med. baitcaster with 12 lb test and large Beetle Spins .

[r83srock]

I bring a mh baitcaster and a jignpig everywhere I go. If I have an assortment of sizes I can fish the entire water column.

[galyonj]

Lately if I could only bring one, it'd be my ML spinning setup with a wacky rig. That's been the most consistent bite for me for some time.

[Dens228]

I'd bring my MH/Fast with a jig/craw trailer.

[Jig Man]

Setup:  All Pro Atlaniis 7.6’ M casting rod paired with Shimano 70 and 12# fluorocarbon line 

 

Bait:  Zero in green pumpkin on my leggy 1/4 oz standup jig

[Cgolf]

Probably a medium action spinning rig and either a small 2.5" crawbug or more likely a tube, both rigged on a slider spider head. The crawbug would get the standard spider head with the 2/0 hook and the tube would get the classic pro with the 3/0 beefier hook.

 

While the crawbug has caught me a ton of bass, the tube gets the nod because it has also caught me a ton of bass and can be worked in all parts of the water column so versatility wins.

 

Also the medium action spinning rod could be one of the only combos I carry. I know not part of the question, but this combo has fished spinnerbaits, topwaters, squarebills, plastics, bass jigs, etc for me very successfully. I think some forget that a spinning rod can do many if not most things that a baitcaster can.

[jbsoonerfan]

Depends, is this to survive or just fish? LOL

 

Mine for just fishing - A 7'2 MH Expride with a 20 Met and 40lb braid - Baby Brush Hog in Green Pumpkin Blue fleck with a 1/4 oz weight and 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG

[GReb]

Falcon Expert Amistad

Shimano Chronarch

Sunline Sniper 16lb

3/16oz weight

Owner Jungle 3/0

Rage Menace GP or Black/Blue

[looking45]

The lake I fish is predominately spotted bass, occasional small mouth and largemouth. I  use a Gloomis GLX 802C, extra fast tip, with a Daiwa Tatula Type R, spooled with 6 pond fluorocarbon. The bait would be a homemade stick bait. I can fish it with multiple techniques, from top to bottom of the water column. 

[Vilas15]

Dang is it winter already?

[jbsoonerfan]

2 minutes ago, Vilas15 said:

Dang is it winter already?

Real close....the "what is the best $100 reel" and "what is the best $100 rod" threads are just around the corner.

[Vilas15]

1 minute ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Real close....the "what is the best $100 reel" and "what is the best $100 rod" threads are just around the corner.

Lol. Im not mad because people are here to discuss even if the topic has been covered before, but I can stil fish here up north (still above freezing) so I thought we could make it another month before winternet.

[Cgolf]

21 minutes ago, Vilas15 said:

Dang is it winter already?

We had flurries in southern WI yesterday so felt like it lol

[Hook2Jaw]

These threads give me anxiety.  Fishing with one setup would give me anxiety.

 

I reckon my medium spinning setup with a ³/¹⁶ shakyhead and a Netbait T-Mac.

 

Now that that's out the way, does anyone know if TWs next sale excludes Megabass?

[Catt]

A sack of plastics, half dozen straight shank hooks, & a half dozen bullet weights.

 

Powell Inferno 703C Medium Heavy X-Fast

 

Lew's Tournament MB 7.5:1

 

Berkley Big Game 15#

[Randy Price]

My SC Legend X 610 MLXF spinning rod w/a 2500 size Stradic Ci4+ spooled w/15lb. Nanofill and some GY senkos (various colors).  I've had the best luck with this setup.

[DaubsNU1]

Medium light spinning rod with 6lb mono...1/4 oz lead head, white power grub.

 

When all else fails trying to catch bass, I throw the white power grub...it catches bass, crappie, bluegill and the occasional pike.  Easy to cast and retrieve. 

 

If I'm only concentrating on Bass, it's the 6' medium action bait caster with 20lb braid, texas rigged blue-fleck power worm. 

[Sissyfishing]

Definitely a 2 inch white single tail grub n 1/16 oz lead head on 6 lb 5 1/2 ft spinning rod can be fish like any other lure and then some

[Mobasser]

X fast med or med/hvy casting rod. T rig straight tail plastic worm. 12 to 15lb Big Game line

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

What I find in my hand most often,

Diawa Fuego mounted on a Dobyns DC735 filled with 50lbs power pro, throwing a 3/4oz football jig in green pumpkin with a rage tail craw. 

[king fisher]

Spinnerbait, MH baitcaster.  Can be buzzed on top,  or crawled on the bottom and everything in-between.  Fast or slow.

[Manly Studson]

Medium light spinning rod with 1/16 oz micro jig and craw trailer.

[soflabasser]

One of the things I like about bass fishing is that bass will hit a large variety of lures so I prefer bringing a couple different lures when I fish for bass. With that said a medium action combo and a couple spinnerbaits in different sizes can catch lots of bass in the hands of someone who is comfortable fishing spinnerbaits.

[Sissyfishing]

Cheater! He said one lure! Lol