Favorite lure

[fishingtx]

What is your favorite lure. Is there one that you will fish every time you go out, or have 5 or more bags/boxes of that bait? All time favorites and seasonal favorites.

Spring: Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4.20 in color California 420

Summer: Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper Purple Smoke or Terminator popping frog

Fall: Spinner Bait any brand 3/8 oz shad or white trailer reaction innovations little dipper white trash

Winter: Strike King tour grade swim jig  smokey shad 3/8 oz with reaction innovations little dipper white trash or impact blue gill 

Over all Favorite: tie between Reaction Innovations skinny dipper and sweet beaver

[jimmyjoe]

   No matter the season, no matter the weight and power of my rig, there are two lures that I always have. One is the Dardevle, from 3/16 up to 1 oz, The other is a spinnerbait, from 1/8 oz. to 1/2 or 5/8 oz.

   I'm not saying that I always catch fish on them, or that they catch me more fish than some other lure on a certain day. But all year long, day in and day out, they are the most reliable and repeatable lures that I've ever used.                              jj

[Michigander]

Rage Bug, jig, and a tube are always getting wet.

[OkobojiEagle]

Not even the OP can choose just ONE bait as requested...

 

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[QUAKEnSHAKE]

[walleyecrazy]

My all time favorite lure would have to be a jerk bait. If I have a chance to fish one I am using one.

[Bluebasser86]

Jig

[Fishes in trees]

Too many to name.  That's why I'm a "junk" fisherman and  carry 20 or so different rigs in the boat.  And those 20 or so rigs change some from season to season.  To address the posters question - these days I'm favoring higher tech Ned rigs and/or throwing various plastics on 10 lb line with my finesse bait caster rig.    Most of the time I'm using a Brewer Slider head to rig the plastics on.

At some point this spring I'll spend most of an afternoon throwing an old school Berkley "Frenzy" lipless crank over gently sloping shallow vegetation beds.  I'll be planning too catch 1 or 2 fish in the 20" - 22" range.   That's the current plan anyway.

[Ski]

For me, it's gotta be a Senko or a knockoff of. Weightless, light weight texas, Carolina rig, Flipping & pitching or Wacky. Does not matter. One of my rods will always include one on a trip.

[Catt]

Plastics ?

[Bubba 460]

Favorite baits?... yes, I think everyone has a few baits that have produced for them over and over and get top billing on their boat. Of course these favorites change with the seasons somewhat but some produce all year.

 

I'll list my go too lures in no particular order and start with the jerk bait because I have so many. The Shadow Rap and Shadow Rap Shad ~ I have two large boxes plus a stash at the house. Probably have 40 or so. I have caught a ton of bass on these, big and small. They work best in colder water but still an all year bait. I have many other jerk baits as well (big and small) but I like the action of the Shadow Rap. The down side of the "raps" are weak hooks (bend or break) and the body can crack easily.

 

Whopper Plopper 130~ Wow, what a killer bait and about as fun to catch a bass on as anything. If your an adrenaline junky this is the one for you.

 

Spinner baits/chatterbaits ~ Old faithful, gets the job done a lot of the time. Cast and reel with a few "pops" thrown it. Slow roll it in cold weather burn it in the shallows.

 

Skinny Dipper and variants to include flukes ~ Meat and potatoes fishing. Must have.

 

Big 10 inch+ Texas rigged worm ~ Down and dirty. When you want a big bass or things are a little slow this set-up has a good chance  of changing your luck.

 

Frogs of all kinds ~ In the thick of it, pads, grass, lay-downs or shallow shorelines. Frogs spell fun.

 

Buzzbaits ~ They have their days and cover a lot of water fast.

 

5" Senko ~ Straight up or wacky, don't leave home without it

 

Ned rig and jigs ~ Probably my least favorite to use but at times that's the ticket.

 

Big swim baits ~ Oh yeah. I throw the ones I can afford. You don't need a $300 bait to catch a fish. There are plenty of good baits for under $50

 

Anyway, these are a few of my personal favorites... so why do I have all the other thousands of dollars in lures ~ something to do with a monkey I hear.

 

 

 

 

[Biglittle8]

1/2 oz Ratl-Trap, assorted jerkbaits and Texas rigged anything. 

[Deleted account]

My favorite bait is the fish's favorite bait.

[NavyVet1204]

As far as soft plastics go I will second your choice of the sweet beaver both in 420 and green pumpkin because I have had a good bit of luck with them both pretty much equally on a weightless T-Rig. Zoom trick worms, especially black, scuppernong, and June bug have kept their places in my shakey head line ups.

[cdlittle]

The one bait that I always have is a 3/8 swim jig with a 3.5" Swammer. I even have a rod/reel that is dedicated to this setup and never has anything else tied on. 

[Lead Head]

Without a doubt my favorite is a jig.

[Mike L]

Magnum UV Speed Worm and Scum frog. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike
 

 

 

 

 

[Mobasser]

Plastic worm

[FishTank]

11 hours ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

Where did you find this particular color.   I love the fat ika.

[fishingtx]

11 hours ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

Is that how you rig them? I thought you would rig them the other way around.

[Skunkmaster-k]

Zoom super fluke

[Fisher0517]

Senko

[CrankFate]

Very rare for me to not throw at least a few casts with a crank bait. They work the best for me overall. 

[MAN]

Mine's going to be the zoom fluke.  

 

I do enjoy when these threads pop up and someone says...my favorite go to lure of all time is....."insert lure that has been on the market less than 1 year".   

[HaydenS]

1/2 ounce War Eagle finesse jig(Green Pumpkin Purple) with a Yum Craw Chunk trailer(Green Pumpkin)