What lure has brought you the best luck over all other tackle?

[Bantam1]

Yamamoto Fat Ika in my custom poured colors   They work all over the US and in Mexico.

My other favorite is the 3:16 Wake Baits in both the full size and Jr.

[basspimple]

my bread and butter lure for years when i was younger was a 7 in. black powerworm. i really didnt know how to fish other lures then. i mean sure, i tried other lures, but whats the fun in that when you dont catch anything? ;D but now, i cant pinpoint one lure over another. all the lures i have actually took the confidence in using have been very consistent. im planning on makin it a jig, but only time will tell.

-j

[TournyFish001]

I have caught some of my bigger fish on spinnerbaits- but yeah I can't brag on one lure- I got lots

[.ghoti.]

Over the last two years, a Fat Ika.

Over the last eight years, a Senko.

Over the last twenty+ years, a #7 Shallow Shad Rap.

[Redlinerobert]

More recently, Horny Toad.  Before that, Senko.   I'm now starting to like the Fluke quite a bit too.

[DADto4]

Without a doubt Manns or Berkley worms.

It's purely a confidence thing

[CameronB]

Soft: 10" Power Worm

Hard: Yellow Magic 1/4oz

[Bankbeater]

Texas rigged plastic, and a weightless Texas rigged plastic.

[fishizzle]

senko senko senko

[fishinfergy]

manns stone jig, your choice of trailer

[Primus]

I am a true junk fisherman and may have up to 15 rods rigged and ready to go when I show up at a lake and I'll try different depths & presentations until the fish tell me what they're looking for. Of course each day I have a few educated guesses based on type of lake, weather patterns and time of year. With all that being said I catch more fish on various soft plastics rigged in all sorts of ways (Carolina, Texas, weightless, split shot, drop shot etc.) than other bait types though I tend to catch bigger fish on cranks & jigs. If had to pick one lure I would go with a texas rigged worm in the summer, jerkbaits late spring, cranks early fall and jigs early spring and late fall.

[Josh.]

Crank bait and senkos blue w/ black flake all the way  ;D ;D

[Jimzee]

Spinnerbait

[johnbr19792003]

by far a zoom salty centipede. It is great t rigged, wacky rigged carolina and especially dropshot rigged.

[Jeff H]

This is weird, because I've been thinking how to answer this for several days now.  I feel that were I able to provide a single lure as the answer to this question it would point out to ME that I am not or have not been versatile enough.  I do not have a single lure that has brought me "best luck over ALL other tackle".

I'm not saying anyone who has answered this is not a versatile angler, but that it is just how it makes me look at myself.

Thing is, I want to say T-rig worm.  But.... when I really think about it, I just can't make that commitment when I consider several others.  

[MALTESE FALCON]

I'm with Raul on this one. Over the past twenty plus years the Original Shad Rap SR07 has put more fish in my boat than any other lure.

Falcon

[BirdNestBen]

ZOOM FLUKE WATERMELON SEED- it's the only color I buy.....

when fish go deep for me it loses its effectiveness, then I go with a Blue Fleck powerworm

[CookieMonst3r]

Strike King 1/8 oz. Buzzbait (forgot name) by far. Other topwater baits are also great producers.

[Fishing Rhino]

Spinnerbait.  Very versatile, nearly weedless, can work it over rocky bottom, through lily pads.  Works in the shallows or deeper water.

The best for me are the Strike King spinnerbaits.  Three types seem to be equal.  The first is a "bleeding bait" that I believe you can only get at WalMart.  I've seen bleeding bait Strike Kings elsewhere but the one's at WalMart have a red wire.  It's supposedly a special.  Don't remember the fisherman, but he's wearing a WalMart fishing shirt.

The next is the Red Eye Special with a small Colorado Blade (Silver) and a small willow leaf with a holographic image of an eye and scales.  I use the all green willow leaf version, but also have a half green, half white willow leaf version.  

The third has a medium size silver Colorado spinner and a copper colored Colorado spinner.

All are green/chartreuse with some white and red in some of the skirts.

The bleeding bait is on a baitcaster.  The other two lighter spinnerbaits are used on a spinning rod with 20lb braid with 20lb flourocarbon leader.

I've got some Terminator spinnerbaits, but they haven't produced like the Strike Kings.

[MichiganFisherman]

Jitterbug, Senko, and Spinnerbait.  

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  

[avid]

I don 't fish by "luck", my best producer is that old Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD I 've fished with for more than 20 years, don 't ask me what 's so special about it, it 's all beat up and it still catches fish.

You might just have one of "special individuals"  by that I mean all baits are not the same.  You can go to a shop and there may be twenty of the identical bait.   I mean IDENTICAL  same manufacturer, same color, same size, same lot number.  Yet if you bought all 20 you would find that 10 fished about the same 5 fished worse than the others and 5 fished better.  Then there are those one in hundred, or maybe even one in athousand individual baits that are totally superior.  I had one once.  it was a heddon dying flutter.  It would catch fish when nothing else would.  It ALWAYS produced.  Many was the day that it rescued me from the skunk.  Then one day it got lost in the jaws of a mighty huge pickerel and that was that.  I immediately went out and bought another, not nearly as good, so I bought another.  Again not so good.  I bought a bunch more....none as good.  Over the years I still occasionally buy one but I long ago concluded that that particular example just had something special about.  Yes, I have bent the props, tweaked it this way and that.  NO dice.  You either get one or you don't.

[Viper21773]

I don 't fish by "luck", my best producer is that old Rapala Shad Rap SR7SD I 've fished with for more than 20 years, don 't ask me what 's so special about it, it 's all beat up and it still catches fish.

You might just have one of "special individuals" by that I mean all baits are not the same. You can go to a shop and there may be twenty of the identical bait. I mean IDENTICAL same manufacturer, same color, same size, same lot number. Yet if you bought all 20 you would find that 10 fished about the same 5 fished worse than the others and 5 fished better. Then there are those one in hundred, or maybe even one in athousand individual baits that are totally superior. I had one once. it was a heddon dying flutter. It would catch fish when nothing else would. It ALWAYS produced. Many was the day that it rescued me from the skunk. Then one day it got lost in the jaws of a mighty huge pickerel and that was that. I immediately went out and bought another, not nearly as good, so I bought another. Again not so good. I bought a bunch more....none as good. Over the years I still occasionally buy one but I long ago concluded that that particular example just had something special about. Yes, I have bent the props, tweaked it this way and that. NO dice. You either get one or you don't.

Avid,

I know exactly what you mean. I have a Luhr-Jensen "Wobble-Pop" in bone white that a rep gave me 20 yrs ago. I have thrown that lure so much, and it has has been eaten so often, that it has little paint left on it. I have risked life and limb to save it a couple of times! I've got other ones but none produce like it does.

[Black Bass]

Welcome to THE list! I like fishing frogs and poppers. However, worms catch more fish for me.

[baboosicbass08]

Early morning or night-Jitterbug

Anyother time- Carolina rigged 6" Zoom Watermelon seed lizard

[Dorkus]

it used to be the weightless t-rig plastics.  

but in the last couple years i now bring 6 rods and RARELY change the baits.  I have actually sold off a lot of other gear because I finally figured out what works for me.  These may not always be the best choices but its what I have the most confidence in.  Thats the BIGGEST key, Confidence.  

6'6" spinning H - 65lb white PP with a 5/8oz BICO jig with Ugly otter or Yup Craw trailer

7' H spinning - 65 white PP with a spro frog

7' casting M-MH - 50lb green braid with a Strike King double buzzer or spinnerbait

7'11" H casting 25lb mono - Swimbait (usually MS, 316, or tru tungsten) or 1oz pegged brush hog for punching

6'6'' M spinning - weightless soft

6'6'' M- ML spinning for dropshot