Hey all, 

 

Here's my question. 

 

"You get to put together a small fishing kit. You get to fish only on a lake that has all of the basic freshwater species in it (panfish, bass, trout, catfish, pike, pickerel, muskie, gar, bowfin, carp, etc.). You can pick only three different lures to use. They should be lures that are able to catch multiple fish species (not just 3 different bass lures, or a trout, a bass, and a panfish lure, or whatever). You can also include enough terminal tackle to make one rig, if your lure is a soft plastic that requires it."

 

Let's hear some answers!

1 curl tail grub on jig head

2   Strike King  rocket shad

3 1/8 ounce C.C. jigging spoon 

1. Inline spinner, preferably a Panther Martin.

2. Curl tail grub on a jig head.

3. Silver buddy style blade bait.

 

Tom

Hair jig with grub tail

Johnson Silver Minnow

In-line Spinner

Inline Spinner - You can make them any size to suit your needs

Lipless Crank - I'm up to a dozen different species including saltwater

Little Cleo type spoon - just really learned to fish these last fall and have caught at least 4 different species so far

Inline spinner. 

1/8oz size Rooster Tail(should catch all species of smaller size and can be used for ice fishing with the eception of carp)

Bull Shad Swimbait( should catch Predatory fish of all sizes)

Rapala Skitter Walk Spook(Great when fish want a topwater presentation( all species)

Hmmm....

 

1. in-line spinner (Beetle Spin back-up)
2. jigging spoon (3/8-1/2 oz) though a blade bait would be nearly as good IMO
3. small hair/bucktail/marabou jig of some sort, with "Ned" as a suitable back-up

-T9

It's funny just about everyone has mentioned inline spinners, considering how old school it is

Great lure, and when I really want to catch any active fish of any species that's what I'd throw out there. 

I have them in 1/64 oz (homemade version/modification) up to 1/4oz.  Anything that will strike a lure will strike an inline.

This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!

in-line spinner (it's on everbody's list for a reason -- optional swivel, walking sinker for walleye, and wire leader for toothy critters)

Plastic curly tail jig on a round jighead

Jigging spoon

I picked the Rocket Shad over the in-line spinner for fishing in current. 

This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!

Oh god no

grub on jighead

1/4oz spinnerbait

xcalibur zell pop

These are my three because of there versatility and the fact that I have caught pretty most every species in our western lakes on them. 

 

Float n fly ( can cover all of the water column, the sky is the limit.)

 

Kastmaster ( can be used as a spoon or on a straight retrieve.)

 

Kietech 3.3 ( every lake in the country has bait fish this size. )

Inline spinner (mid-high water column)

 

1/16th oz bucktail jig (lower water column)

 

And a heavier spoon for casting longer distances

This looks like a job forrrr.....The Banjo Minnow!!

Nonsense, the Helicopter Lure or the Walking Worm will outfish a Bajo Minnow 5 to 1

Nonsense, the Helicopter Lure or the Walking Worm will outfish a Bajo Minnow 5 to 1

No joke- i have some walking worms, and they do catch bass! I think people just underestimate them because they think they come from some gimmik company.

 

~ish

Alternate top 3:

 

1) Banjo Minnow

2) Dancin' Eel

3) Hannon's Original Fishing Snake

Alternate top 3:

 

1) Banjo Minnow

2) Dancin' Eel

3) Hannon's Original Fishing Snake

Hey now, quit making fun of these Snake Lures! they catch the big ones.

Hey now, quit making fun of these Snake Lures! they catch the big ones.

I eagerly await your next fishing report on the effectiveness of The Snake.

These are my three because of there versatility and the fact that I have caught pretty most every species in our western lakes on them. 

 

Float n fly ( can cover all of the water column, the sky is the limit.)

 

Kastmaster ( can be used as a spoon or on a straight retrieve.)

 

Kietech 3.3 ( every lake in the country has bait fish this size. )

 

Funny but I was going to mention float and fly but I didn't think anyone would know what I was referring to, so I went with inline spinners.

Flies with floats (and/or) weights on a spinning rod will catch just about anything....top to bottom as you mentioned.

I eagerly await your next fishing report on the effectiveness of The Snake.

I have tried the Walking Worms and caught fish, but i guess its time to try the Snake... I'll probably order some this summer, and try them out at a pond up the road. You never know, it might actually catch a fish.

Well, I actually caught a few fish with the Helicopter Lure, but never tell anybody I did.

Inline spinner, freshwater

Spoon, saltwater