What lures to get started with?

[ReelMaster]

Good Morning,

I am new to fishing and would like to know the name brand, sizes, and colors of some basic lures to get started with? I will be fishing from a nearby lake from the bank,

Thanks

[Jig Man]

Most any kind of plastic bait should catch you some fish.  Get some and spend some time learning to use them.  Brush hogs, senkos, tubes, worms just to name a few should do the trick.  Colors vary with different waters so I'd start with some shades of brown/ green/ and some black.

[Josh.]

First welcome to bass fishing! A good starter bait would be a senko black with blue flake in 4 or 5 inch. Good luck!

[Black Bass]

Welcome to THE list!

Everything listed plus a Rat-L-Trap or two.

[NOVA Angler]

5" Senko in green pumpkin w/ black flake, Strike King Red Eye Shad in Sexy Shad, Mann's Baby -1,  Zoom lizard in pumpkin with chartruesse tail.

[Hot Rod]

I'd start with some 6" curly tail worms texas rigged w/ a 1/8 or 1/4 oz weight and a 2/0 hook.  Use black, smoke or watermellon.   you can't fish em wrong as long as you fish them slow.  Let em sink then slowly drag them along the bottom preferiblly around cover/structure.  When you think you are fishing slow enough, then slow down some more and that should be about right.

Second I'd get a top water popper.  like a Rapala Skitter pop or a rebel Pop R in natrual shad colors like blue/chrome.  Just thow it out let it sit a few seconds then twitch it across the surface to make it spit, chug and splash.  It's easy to fish and nothing beats a top water bite!  Best morning/evening and all day on overcast days.

[roadwarrior]

Welcome aboard!

This might help:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1182371999/0

[Btech]

Welcome and i love to use Gary yamamoto Custom Baits (bit pricy for starters) 5in Senko (Reffered to me by someone here!) Works great and is easy to learn to use .

Run a 3 or 4/0 hook and the worm only no weights... It floats a bit than sinks slowly which is great for fall here in NC.

Keep it REEL

[E-3 FE]

I always start with the old trusty Strike King bleeding chartreuse and white spinner bait.

[IDbasser]

Get some bandit series 100 crankbaits.  They are inexpensive, but work great.

[dman]

try a spinnerbait or lipless crank.....They catch fish and dont really require technique...Just cast and retrieve

[Other.]

Pick up a few different crank baits so you can hit all the depths of the water. Shad, Firetiger, and Crawfish and other similar designs are popular and will catch you fish. Senkos and Zoom Trickworms are also very good. You can fish the senko either Wacky or T-rigged. There are other ways but thats the most common and most effective from what I have found. As for spinnerbaits Strike King and Booyah are my favorite brands. Stick with the white and chartreuse colors.

[xxmurrxx]

-Rapala Origional Floater - Silver / Black

-Couple Skirted spinner baits  (I like booyah brand) - White or chart colour

-4/o Ewg hooks

-Plastic frogs (Yum, Berkley, zoom, other)

-Senko 5" (Cheaper option is a yum dinger, or the *** trick sticks)

[flatbass]

If I wasjust starting out I would keep it as simple as possible. Small crankbaits, rattletraps, and spinnerbaits can all be just cast out and reeled in and will catch fish. Probably the first thing I would try would be a 1/4 oz. or smaller Roadrunneer.

[KYntucky Warmouth]

Like many have said...a senko type stick bait...I persoally started with BPS Stick-o's, Kinami Flash, and the Strike King Zero's....I would also say an original Zara Spook or Super Spook Jr.  may take time to learn but very productive during a topwater bite

[sambrochill]

ummm lets see

zoom finesse worms (pumpkin color) with a 2/0 ewg hook and a 1/8 OZ weight. (for t- rigging)

any lure rapala. They're good quality and not to expensive.

a few of the lures i really like fromt hem are the X-rap: XR-8

the JSR-5 and the Dt flat series.

[Fishing Rhino]

I'll recommend three baits/lures.  The only way to fish them wrong is not to fish them.  There is no special technique needed to fish them properly.  They can be retrieved quickly or slowly.  You can vary the speed.  You can retrieve them at  steady speed or twitch them.  Two of the three are fairly weedless.

The first and most basic is the Mepps Black Fury, size 3 with chartreuse or fluorescent red polka dots.  You might want to use a swivel and leader since they can twist the line.  They'll catch just about anything that swims.  The #3 will also catch panfish, but not as many as the smaller sizes.  The Mepps will snag anything it comes into contact with, so don't fish it near the bottom if there are stones, submerged logs, etc.  

The second is a spinnerbait.  I recommend three, all Strike Kings, some of which can only be found at Walmart.  My favorite is Cochran's Lil' Money in the green/chartreuse color combo.  The center strands of the skirt are about an inch longer than the outer strands.  I use a 4 inch Mister Twister, curlytail grub, chartreuse w/ silver flake as a trailer.  I've only seen the Lil' Money at Walmart, not at Dick's or Bass Pro Shops.

The Premier Elite Bleeding Bait is another, larger spinnerbait with a large gold willow leaf blade and a small silver Colorado or Indiana blade.  Yellow head with yellow, white, and red skirt.

The last spinnerbait is the REDEYE Special.  has a small willow leaf spinner with a holographic scale finish, a small silver spinner and a red eye.  I prefer the greenish willow leaf an a yellow head with a red eye and a yellow skirt.

These can be bumped along the bottom and fished through light grass and weeds pretty well.  The only way I've hung on the bottom is if the lure gets wedged between a couple of rocks.  Other than that it will bump its way over them.

If you are fishing the lure, and bumping rocks, be sure to check the last 3 or 4 feet of your line regularly.  It will get frayed.

The last is a Chatterfrog.  Color, head and blade green and white with black spots.  The skirt is a patterned combination of green, yellow, chartreuse, and a touch of white.  Some of the strands have a green mottled pattern.

The lure comes with two tails.  One green and the other a transparent chartreuse with silver flake.  I use the chartreuse with flake.  I started with it, and it has worked so well I am reluctant to try the darker green.  I may be missing the boat, but it's tough to switch when something works so well.

When installing the tail, bring the point of the hook out of it so that the body of the frog legs is straight and not bent around the curve of the hook.  The front of the leg assembly should be snug to the head of the lure.  Once you have it on correctly, a drop or two of Super Glue between the plastic legs and the head will keep it in place, even if a fish grabs just the legs.

This lure, like the spinnerbait is fairly weedless, and can be bumped along the bottom.  Be advised it can also get wedged between rocks, and your line will need to be checked for fraying regularly.

The Chatterfrog will throb and vibrate.  If it doesn't, it's either fouled, or has snagged some blades of grass or other weeds.  Sometimes a hard tug, like a hook set will shed the gunk, and it will "chatter" again.  If it doesn't, retrieve it and clean the lure.  

I suggest fishing them fast enough to keep them off the bottom, for starters anyway.

Of the three, the Chatterfrog is my favorite (at the moment), but all work well and will catch fish.