shopping list for smallie lures

[Upriver88]

Heading to Bass Pro tomarow just wondering if you guys could give me a few must haves preferably nothing over 3/8 oz I fish a small river and nothing that runs more then 10ft deep. Rivers shallow too.

thanks for the help

[firefightn15]

Just a start.  Mepps #3 inline spinners

[basser89]

A few Smithwick Rattlin Rogues (suspending and flaoting), Bandit 100 series cranks (Limetruese, Rootbeer and Chrome/black are great colors for me) and BPS Magnum Flippin tubes are my top producing baits for smallies.

[roadwarrior]

GYCB Fat Ika and 5 1/2" Single Tail Grub

8-)

[Bronzefly]

some 3/16 oz shakey head jigs and some good shakey head type finesse worms.  1/4 oz brown jigs and tiny paca chunks...

[coolhandlala]

Strike King Coffee Tubes--any color

Storm Wiggle Wart--craw color

Rapala X-Rap--green olive

[rippin_lips]

5" senkos, baby bass color or green pumpkin have always produced for me, but I usually dont fish rivers.

[kevin07]

X-raps they work great in spring

[Mac1]

X-rap Shad shallow and shallow shad rap. Mepps spinner. Hula grubs.

[IDbasser]

I fish on the Snake River with depths similar to what you are describing.  I fish with bandit series 100.  White is a really good color for me.  I also do a lot of dropshotting.  I use finesse worms, 4in lizards, and 4in trick sticks (from *).  This past year I started dragging a T-rigged * (from *) and did quite well with it.

[River Rat 58]

Terminator spinner baits always work for me.

[bigfruits]

bitsy bug jigs with small trailers!

[Crestliner2008]

A small river like that, I'd start off with 3" curly tail on a 1/8 oz. ball head jig. Then move on to a Tx rigged 4" Senko. If these don't produce, try a Fat Ika reverse rigged. Cast upstream and let your offerings drift back into a pool, until parallel to the current then twitch it back. If hangups are not a problem, you might go with a wacky rigged Senko. Good luck!

[Guest Grandfather]

A small river like that, I'd start off with 3" curly tail on a 1/8 oz. ball head jig. Then move on to a Tx rigged 4" Senko. If these don't produce, try a Fat Ika reverse rigged. Cast upstream and let your offerings drift back into a pool, until parallel to the current then twitch it back. If hangups are not a problem, you might go with a wacky rigged Senko. Good luck!

  I agree with my friend Rich; hook an Ika just behind the skirt with a 1/0 hook. Works very well in a river system.

[Other.]

Get a pack of the BPS tender tubes. Great price for a great product  

[budaman]

1.   4 inch senkos

2.   red lipless crank

3.   coffee tubes

[starbuck]

I catch a Ton of smallmouth ticking the bottom rocks and cover on bandit 300 series crankbaits ... trolling them

i used to believe color mattered until i started breaking off crankbaits and jsut went with whatever odd color i had .. when trolling i guess its reaction more than color cuase they bite them all

drifting tubes is great as well

[ldogg]

I like the BPS tender tubes in silver & black, zoom Fat Albert salt & pepper grub, and the Fat Ika.

[Tuckman]

Zoom,Zoom,Zoom 8-)

white superfluke, grn/pumpkin fat albert, watermelon redflake baby Brushhog

[SuperNewbie]

bandit series 200 chartreuse sides blue splatter back storm sub warts storm chug bugs and maybe some yum super fluke J.r.s in white ice and by the way hasn't he probably already gone to bps by now????????