Ima Bass Ninja Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I was crusing the isles of a local fishng store the other day and got into the saltwater section. While i was there i had the thought that some of the lures might work well cause it would be something the bass hadn't seen very often. The colors were very different than the freshwater section also which may help or hurt. I was just wondering if anyone has used saltwater lures for freshwater fishing and if you had any luck with it?? Thanks Quote
FL_Sharpshooter Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 I was crusing the isles of a local fishng store the other day and got into the saltwater section. While i was there i had the thought that some of the lures might work well cause it would be something the bass hadn't seen very often. The colors were very different than the freshwater section also which may help or hurt. I was just wondering if anyone has used saltwater lures for freshwater fishing and if you had any luck with it?? Thanks Don't know if this counts, but I use a saltwater Excalibur Super Spook all the time. I've caught a ton of fish on it too. Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 22, 2011 Global Moderator Posted April 22, 2011 Lots of saltwater baits will also catch bass. Many redfish baits can double as bass baits and vice versa. Most bait companies make popluar freshwater baits in saltwater colors. Quote
EastTexasBassin Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Big lures for less money. The saltwater section is awesome. Many of these lures are more durable as well. One that I'd recommend is the Bomber Badonk-a-donk. It's a 'walk the dog' style topwater and the action is great. It looks like I could run it over with my truck and it wouldn't hurt it. 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 22, 2011 Super User Posted April 22, 2011 I use fresh in salt and salt in fresh almost on a daily basis, fish are fish, it makes no difference to them. Some SW lures are made more durable, not all, some have SW hooks or better hooks, not all, some are larger, not all. A multitude of colors is to hook you, not the fish. A very popular SW color is white with red trim, I've used this color combo for bass umpteen hundreds of times, works as well as any other color combo. The aforementioned redfish magic is nothing but a spinnerbait with a soft plastic bait, a freshwater spinnerbait will work fine too. Soft plastics like Zoom flukes( for bass) work real good for SW fish. I have used mirror lure and DOA soft baits made for SW for bass, they work as well as Zooms. I don't own a freshwater jig, I use SW bucktails, bass love em. Many people use crappie jigs for lookdowns, pompano, spanish mackeral and snook will hit them too. My arsenal for fresh and salt consists of a spoon, hard jerkbait. soft jerkbait, jig and top popper.......have no need for much more. IMO just about every artificial lure can be used anywhere. Quote
Super User Raul Posted April 22, 2011 Super User Posted April 22, 2011 A couple of my favorite non bass baits for bass: Jitterbug musky size Rapala Magnum Quote
hookingem Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Shh don't tell! The same swimbaits in the saltwater section are half the price and are twice as durable Quote
piscicidal Posted April 22, 2011 Posted April 22, 2011 Bass love my redfish "rootbeer jig". I've caught big bass in the C-13 canal (brackish) on a mirrolure jerkbait while fishing for snook. I've caught a few bass on a luhr jensen jigging spoon I bought in the saltwater section at Dicks Sporting Goods. I bought some Sebile Soft Swimmers in the saltwater section at Dicks. I haven't tried them yet for bass, but they look great. Quote
Super User Catt Posted April 22, 2011 Super User Posted April 22, 2011 Freshwater anglers are slowly learning saltwater lures will catch bass! Saltwater angers are slowly learning freshwater lures catch saltwater fish! The fish don’t care Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted April 22, 2011 Super User Posted April 22, 2011 EastTexasBassin, what a great lure you mentioned! Stripers love em up here, so do freshwater bass. Catt is right on. Big Spinnerbaits are making it into striper fishing up here and Luhr Jensens Crippled herrings are awesome for fresh water bassn. Quote
bass or bass ? Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 I use my L&S Mirro Lures, silver scale finish, for bass on every outing. Very good shad immitators. Quote
I.rar Posted April 23, 2011 Posted April 23, 2011 the peacocks seem to love the doa terroreyez when they are active. Quote
Super User Hooligan Posted April 23, 2011 Super User Posted April 23, 2011 Clackin Raps and Xraps in slatwater colors like Mossback shiner don't work. That's why they had to turn them into freshwater colors, so they would work. Quote
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