If you could only have ONE lure what would you pick. I'll even give you season. No soft plastics it has to be hard.

Winter. A shiner and my trusty Indian Hill tip-ups.

Spring. Spinner bait with a big willow blade

Summer. Split back jitterbugs in black

Fall. Suspending jerk bait minnow colored

Not that I would ever limit myself to one

Winter................hair jig

Spring ........lipless crank

Summer.....Zara Spook

Fall........short arm single willow spinnerbait

Winter - jerk bait

Spring - spinnerbait

Summer - one knocker spook (all around favorite)

Fall - red eye shad

spook ;spring, summer, fall

rat l trap  spring, summer, fall

and a minus 1 all seasons,, with these 3 hardbaits i can do it all fresh and salt

Hold up, you said, "no soft baits, only hard," and then pick live bait (shiner) as one of your choices?  Just when I thought these pick one threads couldn't get any dumber....

Spinnerbait

7" Power Worm Texas rigged.

Winter- lipless crank

Spring- blk/blue jig

Summer- lipless crank

Fall- lipless crank

Hold up, you said, "no soft baits, only hard," and then pick live bait (shiner) as one of your choices? Just when I thought these pick one threads couldn't get any dumber....

When the water is frozen 20+" I am not the guy to drill a thousand holes so I can jig with a lure so.... I drill 5 and use shiners on my tip-ups. If I lived somewhere where the water doesn't freeze maybe I could use a hard lure and share what I used. Just sayin

This early summer I have had some crazy success on Hula Poppers. I have pulled in about 30 bass with the things right at sunset. Can't say I have had trophy fish, but it is fun. Do some spot fishing along the shallows right at sunset and they get grabbed all the time. 

 

Early spring - Jigs

Spring - Spinner baits

Summer - Hula poppers, broken back minnows,

Fall - Shad

Spring- Spinnerbait

Summer- Spinnerbait

Fall- Spinnerbait

Winter - I'm to warm blooded for ice fishing LOL

winter - jig

spring - jig

summer - jig

fall - jig

 

I recently broke myself the habit of carrying 15 pounds of lures in a crate in the back of the kayak for those quick after work trips. Of late I carry just one rod, about 10 jigs and jig heads and four bags of worms and trailers. I find I fish much more efficiently focusing on where the bass are and not so much on lure/color/profile changes. On the weekends for longer trips I still go fully loaded cause you just never know what you might need.

 

Winter, spring, summer, or fall I have a jig-n-craw tied on!

winter - jig

spring - jig

summer - jig

fall - jig

 

I recently broke myself the habit of carrying 15 pounds of lures in a crate in the back of the kayak for those quick after work trips. Of late I carry just one rod, about 10 jigs and jig heads and four bags of worms and trailers. I find I fish much more efficiently focusing on where the bass are and not so much on lure/color/profile changes. On the weekends for longer trips I still go fully loaded cause you just never know what you might need.

 

  

Winter, spring, summer, or fall I have a jig-n-craw tied on!

X3. Jig n craw all year long!

X3. Jig n craw all year long!

Are jigs your favorite bait? Or are they just consistent fish catchers for you year round?

Are jigs your favorite bait? Or are they just consistent fish catchers for you year round?

 

For me, they're both. If it catches fish consistently year 'round, It's gonna be one of my favorite lures.

 

Tom

My favorite is a frog. Is it my best? No. It's the most fun to fish and get bites on.

For me, they're both. If it catches fish consistently year 'round, It's gonna be one of my favorite lures.

 

Tom

Exactly.