I'm looking at my tackle trying to get it ready for the season. I started out with a lot of strike king stuff jerkbaits,lipless,squarebills etc. Since then I've gotten better baits like lucky craft. Now I'm having trouble debating what to bring in my boxes since I can't bring it all. Anyways I guess I'm asking would you use your "cheaper" baits to use them up because otherwise they will just be on the back burner or how would you pack? 

 

Just to be clear I'm talking stuff like a kvd jerkbait vs the same depth lucky craft jerkbait kind of stuff

Fish don't know how much lures cost. Bring what has worked for you, and you have confidence in. 

Get a bigger boat and bring it all.

If you aren't going to throw it, don't bring it.  My tackle box has gotten smaller each year for a while now...although my rod collection isn't following suit.  Confidence is what you will throw, the items that don't bring that are dead weight.

I don’t know where you fish but where I fish time temp and season plays a big role in what I need to have.  For me top water, jerks, spoons and cranks are seasonal and stay home most of the time.

 

Jigs, worms, Ned, spinnerbaits are always on board.

Leave everything at home except for that one lure that is really going to slay them and bring two of those.

It's been said on BR, pack less, catch more. There's really no need to haul a bunch of stuff that probably won't work.                     Keep it simple, and carry the baits that work best, depending on the time of year.

I have Lucky Craft jerkbaits, lipless crankbaits and squarebills. As well as other higher priced baits from Megabass, Jackall etc.

 

And I still find myself throwing Strike King KVD 1.5's and Red Eyed Shad's just as much as the others. 

15 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

It's been said on BR, pack less, catch more. There's really no need to haul a bunch of stuff that probably won't work.                     Keep it simple, and carry the baits that work best, depending on the time of year.

Ok I think I do agree with this. The next question would be how would you decide how many of x to pack so say you know you want to toss a jerkbait but not sure on the color what would you do if you wanted to cover the different depth ranges and sounds they make deep rattle or silent etc

       I am the worlds worst at playing the what if I might need  game. What if they don't want green, I might need blue, etc.  What if the wind picks up, I might need a spinnerbait.  What color, what blades. It is never ending.  I finally get to the point where I look at all the lures I cram in to my kayak and say, If the fish don't have enough good sense to bite something I have brought with me, then they don't deserve the honor of getting caught that day.  I then just go fishing to have fun.

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

Leave everything at home except for that one lure that is really going to slay them and bring two of those.

This. As a bonus I’ll share my super duper secret fishing formula; all you have to do is select the right lure, in the right color, in the right weight, and the right size, and then present it at the right location, at the right depth, at the right speed. Simple! ?

3 minutes ago, Bassjam2000 said:

This. As a bonus I’ll share my super duper secret fishing formula; all you have to do is select the right lure, in the right color, in the right weight, and the right size, and then present it at the right location, at the right depth, at the right speed. Simple! ?

I do that every time I make a cast.  The problem is most of the time the bass don't realize it.

4 hours ago, king fisher said:

Leave everything at home except for that one lure that is really going to slay them and bring two of those.

Best advice I'll never use.

Bring everything.  Just because the baits are both jerkbaits doesn't mean that their action will be the same.

This is why I own so much d**n tackle. 

 

If you buy 10 jerkbaits and then the 11th seems to outfish the other 10 (or cast better, don't have a treble snag the line etc.), why would you ever fish the other 10? Then you buy the 11th in a few different sizes and colours, but eventually find something better. So now it's obsolete too. 

 

I try to use the redundant lures when bank fishing, in high snag zones, camping fishing trips or when the fish are literally biting anything. I'm also happy to give them to friends.  They basically have minimal resale value, so might as well keep them. 

I rake no more tackle with me than I can carry if I was bank fishing. Rods and reels however are whole 'nother matter. I always take way more rods and reels than I really need.

MUST have.... 5 gallon pail & toilet paper.

Rolled up FULL rain suit in sealed clear bag. 

a pair of the top of long cotton socks cut off......They prevent ankle & calf sunburns 

SPF 50....white gloves.... long white shirt.....long billhat with face side & neck flaps.

Extra sunglasses polarized.

5 clear plastic bottles of water that stay in full sunlight to kill bacteria.

filled 12 gallon and 6 gallon tanks. 

working VHF radio & old cell phone

Plenty of Rapala 1.5" floaters and pack of BB split shot 

2 complete rods.....4# pound and a 60 #.

 

Lunch to eat.