Tough to pick 3

GP Chatterbait-Hard to be more versatile then a chatterbait

3,3 GP Swing Fat- Trailer, Swimbait, DS

GP ZinkerZ- Neko, T rigged, Wacky Rig, Shakey Head, Ned Rig

 

Jerkbait, 3/8 finesse jig and yum dinger rigged various ways

10 hours ago, riplips.tc said:

Do you throw the finesse jig on a medium or medium heavy? 

I throw that particular jig on a medium heavy because it has a solid hook. Jigs that size and smaller with a lighter wire hook I throw on a medium.

2 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I throw that particular jig on a medium heavy because it has a solid hook. Jigs that size and smaller with a lighter wire hook I throw on a medium.

I must have missed it, the rod I use for smaller and finesse jigs is good with 1/4s but absolutely perfect with 5/16s and there aren't a ton of them.  What jig is it? 

I hate these sorts of questions because I always feel like I'm cheating on the rest of my tackle...

1) Jig - If I could fish only one lure for the rest of my life, it would have to be a jig, every PB I have caught has always been on a jig, they are far and away my #1 confidence bait.

 

2) Spinnerbait - First bass I ever caught was on this bait, it is an enormous confidence thing for me, it's also in my opinion the 4x4 of the fishing world, jig it, cast and retrieve, yo yo, grass, wood, rocks, search bait, you name it the Spinnerbait can do it.

 

3) Walking bait - this is a bit of a cheat for an answer, because there are tons of options here, but some kind of a walking topwater option be that a frog, cigar style, balanced popper, something along those lines.

 

I think that going from prespawn until the beginning of winter I could get it done with these three, if we added a 4th bait for winter I'd add a jerkbait to the list, but out of those listed I still think I could manage year round to get fish on those 3.

24 minutes ago, Rusty_Shackleford said:

I must have missed it, the rod I use for smaller and finesse jigs is good with 1/4s but absolutely perfect with 5/16s and there aren't a ton of them.  What jig is it? 

Boss finesse flip...siebert sniper is another similar option that is also very good

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

Boss finesse flip...siebert sniper is another similar option that is also very good

Big fan of there skirts....TY sir

Bottom up...

 

Rage Bug

Spinnerbait

Frog

My 3 lures to cover most lakes would be something like this...

 

Arky head jig

Spinnerbait or crankbait - would really have to think long and hard about this, but leaning towards the spinnerbait for being weedless.

drop shot for summer or jerkbait or popper for the early and late season - roll the dice really because I literally can't make up my mind.

20 hours ago, Rusty_Shackleford said:

Big fan of there skirts....TY sir

I'm a big jig guy and use a lot of different sizes and styles. The past few years the boss finesse flip or siebert sniper have been tied on more than my other jigs combined. Highly recommend either one.

Gimmie three cranks.  A squarebill, a medium diver, and a deep diver.  I don't throw them as often as I'll throw other lures.  They're not my most productive presentation when the bite is good.  But when the bite gets tough and nothing else is working, I can usually get something in the boat with a crankbait. 

I've changed a lot this year compared to last. 

 

I was fishing spinnerbaits, rattle traps, whopper plopper, keitechs, spybaits 90% of the time. 

 

This year? 

 

Senko in green/white, jerkbaits, keitechs, whopper plopper, ima finesse popper, keitech crazy flapper or other t-rigged creature baits 90% of the time. I also went from covering water to working over areas more thoroughly.  

 

I've barely thrown a crankbait, spinner, frog, tube, spybait etc all year. 

 

I've thrown but had marginal success with flukes and chatterbaits (zero fish caught). 

 

The senko has been the only bait that has gotten hammered all year at different lakes, basically no matter what. As you'd expect. 

Paddletail Swimbait

Senko / Ned Rig

Frog

 

if I cant catch fish using 1 of those, then I would assume there aren’t any fish in that pond ?