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[prjavelin]

I have 0 spoons, jerkbaits, or finesse worms as far as I know. i have a LOT of crancks a lot of plastics and now i went out and bought 9 kvd and other spinsterhood. So yes I pretty much have a bunch of fishing tackle and Im not proficient on any of it. Im ok on senkos cause ive been practicing a LOT and I can cast a crank and retrieve, besides that, nothing else. I want to know what are must have in everybody's tackle box.?

when its enough?


whats a finnesse worm?

[matstone7]

Never enough Juan.
The tackle addiction is the price we pay for the sport.

A finesse worm - usually 5-6" long, slimmer than other worms with a straight tail. Often fished on a shakey head.

Do you have a little of everything listed below?
What did I miss?

Plastics:
craws, worms, grubs, creatures, more worms, more senkos, the whole Rage Tail selection and so on

Hardbaits

Cranks: shallow, medium depth, and deep divers, rattling and no rattle
Suspending Jerkbaits
Topwater poppers, gitterbugs, torpedo s
spinnerbaits every cool color known to man
buzzbaits

[catchnm]

There is no such thing as "too much tackle".

[quanjig]

At this point, why stop!! Now that you have started, and now that you have been subjected to this great sport, there is no turning back! Get used to these two words......... Bait Monkey!

[grimlin]

You'll stop when you realize what works and what doesn't work.


Only downside is you'll just start buying more of what works.

[prjavelin]

I have 0 spoons, jerkbaits, or finesse worms as far as I know. i have a LOT of crancks a lot of plastics and now i went out and bought 9 kvd and other spinsterhood.

what the hell is a spinsterhood. what was I thinking, I meant spinerbaits

Never enough Juan.
The tackle addiction is the price we pay for the sport.

A finesse worm - usually 5-6" long, slimmer than other worms with a straight tail. Often fished on a shakey head.

Do you have a little of everything listed below?
What did I miss?

Plastics:
craws, worms, grubs, creatures, more worms, more senkos, the whole Rage Tail selection and so on

Hardbaits

Cranks: shallow, medium depth, and deep divers, rattling and no rattle
Suspending Jerkbaits
Topwater poppers, gitterbugs, torpedo s
spinnerbaits every cool color known to man
buzzbaits

here goes the list:

rebel bumble bug
manns baby 1-minus
bps crappy crank
mans wakker crank
rebel crappy crank-r (in pink)
manns 1-minus series
bps xps lazer series(its like a fat shad rap)
bps crank similar to a kvd crank
creature crank(has hairs on the sides)
bps xts mini dad
2 bps super shallow crank(perch and bluegill colors)
strike king kvd gizzard shad crank
manns super frog
bomber square A
shad rap rapala(shad)
rapala skitter popper
rat L Trap (chrome) 1/2 oz
arbogast jitterbug
bps shallow crank
bps tournament minnow

worms
senko 5" in black/chartresuse tip, pumpkin/blk flake, watermelon/blk flakes
yum lizards carolina pumpkin/chrt tail
yamamoto fat ika watermelon
zoom salty super fluke pumpkin spice
bps tournament series 7" ribbon tail worm
havoc bottom hopper jr plum(got it rigged with a jig, does this constitutes a finesse worm?)
zoom horny toad bullfrog
havoc hawk hawg green pumpkin
zoom trick worm limetreuse
bps super squirming worm 10" plum
manns jelly worm blueberry

spinnerbaits
kvd scorcher
bassinator
swing arm jig
kvd tournament spinnerbait
kvd spinnerbait doble willow
booyah super shad
booyah pond magic
hart spinnerbait

I think I can also post a pic

[Bass Dude]

I don't think you can have too much tackle...but in your case, I would stop buying lures for a while. You stated you're not proficient in anything yet. I would stop worrying about buying lures and start learning how to use the ones you have. You can have a million lures and if you don't know how to use them they're useless. Get out there and use the ones you have, learn when and how to use them.



You have a great start in your arsenal.....learn how to use those and then start buying out Bass Pro!!

[prjavelin]

I don't think you can have too much tackle...but in your case, I would stop buying lures for a while. You stated you're not proficient in anything yet. I would stop worrying about buying lures and start learning how to use the ones you have. You can have a million lures and if you don't know how to use them they're useless. Get out there and use the ones you have, learn when and how to use them.



You have a great start in your arsenal.....learn how to use those and then start buying out Bass Pro!!

what do you mean by that? buying more? Excuse me, English is not my first language.

I will love to buy from other vendors like the guy that sells plastics from here. those are cheap and look very good. But yes, I suck at this kind of fishing and I want to start catching bass and learning all these new techniques.

[prjavelin]

[Bass Dude]

what do you mean by that? buying more? Excuse me, English is not my first language.

I will love to buy from other vendors like the guy that sells plastics from here. those are cheap and look very good. But yes, I suck at this kind of fishing and I want to start catching bass and learning all these new techniques.

I meant---get proficient in the lures you have, then you should worry about expanding your collection. It was just a sarcastic remark.

[whitwolf]

I don't think you can have too much tackle...

I agree....

[WookieeJedi]

You can have a million lures and if you don't know how to use them they're useless. Get out there and use the ones you have, learn when and how to use them.

^This^

When I first started out, I was a one-trick pony. That trick was jigs, and it is still a good trick, but there's always more to learn. Start out with your bottom-bouncing soft plastics and teach yourself what a strike feels like and work on timing your hookset. That will get you a long way. From there, I would learn to use that lipless crankbait (rat-l-trap), because there are a thousand ways to catch fish with it and it works all year long, just like the soft plastics. Learn that jerkbait, too. The BPS gold/red head in your box there is a good place to start. I have one like that and a gold/orange that is a good producer.

[bassmaster3541]

No such thing as too much... I have freezer bags STUFFED full of just about every type and color of soft plastic you can find... most of which I rarely/never use... I just can't help myself... the worst thing is when I shop online and want to get up to whatever price the "free shipping' sets in on that website, I hate spending the 5-8 bucks on shipping, so I end up spending an extra 30 on lures I didn't even need

[prjavelin]

i have to admit it my friends, I have relapsed. went to the local kmart looking for a vanish line and went out with a spiderwire stealth, a booyah spinner bait, a bag of culprit ribbon tails and a bag of yum hawk tail thingies ooohhh and a rapala same color of the shad rap I have but its bigger and thicker( for the really hungry fish)

$48 more spent, my wife doesnt know how much Im spending otherwise I would be single right as we speak.

worse thing is my rod is an ugly stick 6.5 foot medium action. it came with a crappy shakespeare reel. this thing when setting the hook, it goes 3 quarters back meaning, the handles moves back and it locks itself a lot late. Its a spinning reel.

I have a daiwa around that is a little older, its definitely a very good reel. so I swapped reels when I got back here today. I dont know how much time i can wait, i know i like abu garcia line of setups. ohhh God, that its going to cost me a lot.

[scrutch]

You're already hooked my friend. You've got the fever. I suggest reading this forum about how to catch bass. There's a ton of great info here for beginners...start here... http://www.bassresou...om/how-to-fish/
Read everything. Then go through the rest of the articles in the articles section. It will take you a long time, but learning this takes a long time. You're gonna go out and catch nothing, many times, before it all starts to click and you see some quality results. You need experience. Thats the best teacher. Most importantly...have fun!

Oh, and if you're really lucky, your wife will take an interest in it and you can do this together!