Assuming you can only pack 5 baits in the early Spring, what are your go to lures (45-55 degree water temps say in March). Trailers don't count as a lure, but jig heads, trig, etc do count as one.

Here are my 5:

Suspending jerkbait

#5 shad rap in craw color

3/8 oz finesse jig with small craw trailer

1/2 oz Red Eye Shad

4" grub on swimming grub head 3/16 oz.

Had a hard time leaving out the spinnerbait, but it usually doesn't produce until the water hits the top end of the range for me.

suspending jerkbait

D&M Piranha in bluegill color with some kind of swimbait trailer

Xcalibur One Knocker lipless crankbait

Storm Arashi Flat 7 crankbait

finesse worm on a shakey head

Little John in Cell Mate

Fat Papa 55 in Nasty Herring

War Eagle Heavy Finesse Jig in Pond Scum w/ Zoom Super Chunk Jr in Watermelon seed

Zoom 4" Deadringer in Pumpkinseed on a 3/16 oz Texas Rig

Zoom Baby Brush Hog in Watermelon Seed on a Carolina Rig

Frog

KVD 1.5 crank bait

6" Senko on size 4 screw hook

Swim jig with rage craw trailer

Rebel pop'r

1/2 ounce jig

LC pointer 100

Rage Craws

GYCB Senko

# 5 is a toss up between a shad rap, lipless crank and squarebill, I can't decide.

That's for a pre spawn bite... It changes after that.

In response to you question, what I got is a headache.

In response to you question, what I got is a headache.

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It wasn't that hard for me. I try not answer these questions unless it is clear to me, because things do change and I do grow as a fisherman. But this one was easy, these are usually all I have tied on during this tim.e of year. There are others that ill try and I do catch fish on but I was going tmw, i would make sure I would have the listed baits tied on...history has shown I have done my best with those 4 or five baits during that time of year which is pre spawn here... Which has been known to give me fits.

1/2 ounce jig

LC pointer 100

Rage Craws

GYCB Senko

# 5 is a toss up between a shad rap, lipless crank and squarebill, I can't decide.

That's for a pre spawn bite... It changes after that.

Got to go with the squarebill! I swear by em very versitile... I was on the shad rap for a while this year but the squarebill took over when I found the ultimate color (my top producer)

KVD 1.5

Trick worm

3/8oz White Willow/Colorado Spinnerbait

3/8oz Black/Blue jig with a craw trailer

6" Lizard

Keitech swing impact in bluegill flash

Zoom super fluke in all white

1 spinner bait

7" power bait curly tail worm in green pumpkin

Rapala xrap in purple gold

It took me years to narrow down my lure arsenal to the 'Necessary Nine'.

Realistically, I could never cut it with just 5 lures:

 

 

Lipless Plug

> Jackall TN/70 (sexy shad)

 

Mat Punch

> Strike King Rage Craw (junebug)

> 1-1/4 oz Tungsten Bullet Sinker

> Gamakatsu 5/0 Superline EWG Hook

> Cobra Bobber Stop

 

Hard Jerkbait

> Rapala JH-12 Husky Jerk (silver)

 

Jig & Craw

> Strike King Rage Lobster (black blue-flake)

> All-Terrain 3/8oz Grassmaster Jig (black/blue)

 

Unwieghted Worm

> Yamamoto 6" Senko (green pumpkin black-flake)

> Gamakatsu 4/0 Skip-Gap Hook

 

Roger

I get a better way to carry more than five lures.

Keitech Ez Shiner bluegill flash

Roboworm bold bluegill on a mojo rig

Spinner bait

Flippin weight and chigger craw

Crankbait 1.5 KVD

OK here it goes:

 

1/2 Rat-L-Trap

1/4 Rat-L-Trap

3/8 jig and craw

Super Fluke

Mann's 1 minus.

 

This list is subject to change at a moments notice.

1. KVD 1.5 in sexy shad color

2. Red eye shad in sexy shad color

3. Bitsy minnow in Tennesee shad color

4. Strike King Tri-Wing buzzbait in white 3/8 oz

5. Cotton Cordell Lipless Crankbait in Bass color, 1/2 oz

Jerkbait

weightless fluke

spinnerbait

lipless crank

grub on a jig head

Plastics

Jigs

Spinner baits

Cranks

Top water

Hot pink Backwards Buzz

High Roller Rip Roller in Alabaster Slammer

Jerky J's Joint Jigger

1/8 Ounce Hotflash Spinnerbait with a #12 Black Nickle Supermag Indiana Blade

16" Hooktail worm in Bubblegum over red with Chart flake.

Serious response-

I can't do it.  It's entirely too limited.  There's no possible way I'm going to limit myself to just five lures to use.

 

Five Categories, maybe-

jerkbait

Jig

Big Spinnerbait

Squarebill

Plastics- Senko, Finesse Worm, Ringers, the like.

Hot pink Backwards Buzz

High Roller Rip Roller in Alabaster Slammer

Jerky J's Joint Jigger

1/8 Ounce Hotflash Spinnerbait with a #12 Black Nickle Supermag Indiana Blade

16" Hooktail worm in Bubblegum over red with Chart flake.

I almost choked on my Pepsi when I read this.

1. Missile Baits D Bomb 

2. Missile Baits Fuse 4.4 on a Shaky head 

3. 1/2oz Siebert Outdoors Big O Jig 

4. KVD Silent Square Bill 

5. SPRO Little John crankbait 

Rat'L'trap

Spook

Jig

Shaky head

Fluke

1. 5" YCB watermelon/pepper senko

2. 2-3/4 " Storm Chugbug in Tennessee Shad color

3. 7" Culprit curly tail worm in Green Pumpkin color

4. Rapala DT-6 in Bluegill color

5. Matzuo Phantom Minnow in shiny blue color

I like to use something different everyday.  I don't necessarily take what I think will be the best bait of the day, I may read something on BR and decide to use that.  If people are taking about spoons I'll say to myself " haven't used that in a while, let's give it shot".  Could be senkos, or jigs, top water or whatever and I stick with it.  I could use a senko everyday and catch fish, gotta have variety to keep it interesting.

Spro Aruku Shad - Perch

GYCB 4" Senko - Green Pumpkin

SK KVD 1.5 - Bluegill

Zoom Finesse Worm - Green Pumpkin

1/2 DW Spinnerbait - Chart/white