That “one” lure

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Log Catcher said:

A 6" purple worm.

Love it 

[BTSyndrome]

As a small kid it was #3 Mepps Aglia's  & Beetle Spins

 

12 yo or so and on it was 7"Berkley power worms color Black

 

Today on any body  of water I can throw a 3/16 shaky head w/ a 4" SK Ocho in Black/ Blue flake and catch fish... guaranty!! 

Any trip now starts with the joke of who can last the longest before the Ocho comes out. lol

[the reel ess]

18 hours ago, Wprich said:

Yup!!!  I've had days I've caught spots, largemouth, crappie, bluegill, redbreast, white bass, and small stripers all on little road runners when nothing else really was working.  I always keep one rigged up in the spring with me.

My buddy trolls the 1/32 and 1/64 oz. for crappie and has caught bass up to 8 lbs. on them in winter. Stripers too.

[Black Hawk Basser]

Rattle Trap, Mepps Comet Mino, Original Floating Rapala

[ironbjorn]

I can always tie on a lipless crankbait and catch a couple when all else fails, in almost any situation and condition. I've even had countless days where not even a Ned Rig would work, but throwing and burning a lipless anywhere and everywhere has saved the day.

[PotatoLake]

In the highland reservoir I fish a lot, it doesn’t matter what month it is, hot / cold whatever, you can get bit with a plain old 05 sized shad rap. 
 

My dad also always used a green pumpkin zoom trick worm wacky rigged anytime we fished weeds or lay downs in our neighborhood lakes. Boring but he always caught numbers.

[Jmurphy87]

No real lures passed down, I taught myself pretty much everything I know now. My favorite go to lure is probably a walking bait. At least till tonight, a poor seagull met a untimely end ?didn’t have my pliers on me tried to get the hook out of his foot. How did the seagull pass from a hooked foot you may ask. I will admit it was totally my fault for not having my pliers on me like I should have. While holding it still so it could not peck me or try to fly off and hook me I ended up having to much pressure on it and it couldn’t breathe. I still feel horrible about it ?from this day on my pliers will always be on me when I fish. I do everything I can to make sure everything I catch is released with the utmost care so that it survives and goes on to live a happy healthy life, so it hurts when you know it was 100% your fault for making a bad decision and it cost a living breathing being it’s life. I can only move forward now what’s done is done now onto making sure it doesn’t happen again.

[thediscochef]

5" purple culprits

I've since moved to chatterbaits mostly but I still have some of his old soft plastics and they do catch fish

47 minutes ago, Jmurphy87 said:

No real lures passed down, I taught myself pretty much everything I know now. My favorite go to lure is probably a walking bait. At least till tonight, a poor seagull met a untimely end ?didn’t have my pliers on me tried to get the hook out of his foot. How did the seagull pass from a hooked foot you may ask. I will admit it was totally my fault for not having my pliers on me like I should have. While holding it still so it could not peck me or try to fly off and hook me I ended up having to much pressure on it and it couldn’t breathe. I still feel horrible about it ?from this day on my pliers will always be on me when I fish. I do everything I can to make sure everything I catch is released with the utmost care so that it survives and goes on to live a happy healthy life, so it hurts when you know it was 100% your fault for making a bad decision and it cost a living breathing being it’s life. I can only move forward now what’s done is done now onto making sure it doesn’t happen again.

Ah I'm sorry that happened bud, I learned my lesson with a catfish in a similar way earlier this year. I still feel I have a karmic debt to pay, despite that being the only casualty of the season thus far. If I'd had my Leatherman I could have let it go.

[TennesseeBASSALLDAY]

If everything fails,I always try the ole 3" white grub with a 1/8 jig head. Seems to work when nothing else will

[evo2s197]

A 6 inch Mann's grape jelly worm.