Ok everyone, I am  going to make a large purchase  in the next week to fill several new boxes that I purchased. Give me a list of what a I should get.

What I use the most: Several Eakin jigs, DD22, DT10s, 10' worms, Fat Ika and Senkos.

Give me ideas of something new to buy. Color patterns with lure type would be usueful.

If everyone could list 1-3 items I could really round out my tackle collection and expand my horizons. Thanks.

Do you dropshot?  If not, go pick yourself up some #1 Gamaktsu e.w.g. hooks, 1/4oz Tru-Tungsten convertible dropshot weights, and 4 to 6lb flourocarbon.  Any worm will work, but lately I have been using the Jackall flick shake worm

You also might want to get the new Berkley hollow body shad.  They look pretty nice and they are gonna catch some fish.

If your in to swimbaits, make sure to get a Tru-Tungsten Tru Life swimbait.  It's DONKEY!!  It has a chamber that opens that allows you to add or remove tungsten balls to make the bait float, suspend, sink slow or sink fast.  They are definately worth the price tag.

Good luck filling those empty boxes!

Here's a thread that might help:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1143177139

Three specific suggestions:

3/8 oz Cavitron Buzzbait

GYCB Kreatures

KaRu VibraSpin

8-)

I havent tried drop shotting and I was going to pick up the equipment to try it this spring. Thanks for the suggestion.

RW. I wanted to purchase a few new buzzbait and it looks like these would fit nicely into my collection.

Well, you asked for two or three each, but I'll just give you the whole arsenal.

Really depends on where you fish, water clarity, cover, etc. Base what you buy on the prevailing conditions around you.

If you're flippin shallow dirty water all the time you'll need tons of jigs, creatures, spinnerbaits, etc. If deep, clear water with sparse cover, then more finesse baits like drop shot stuff, shaky heads, finesse jigs, etc.

That said, here are my go-to baits by type:

Plastics (1/2 translucent colors like watermelon seed and 1/2 dark like junebug):

6" and 8" Zoom Lizards

4" Flippin Tubes (Prowler)

3" finesse tubes (Prowler)

Finesse worms for shaky head- Zoom or Roboworm

3" drop shot bait- GYBC shad shape worm

5" Kalin Grubs

Creature baits- Zoom Super Hog and GYBC Kreatures

Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver and Smallie beaver

Zoom Super Fluke in Pearl white

GYBC 5" Senko

" Swim Senko

6" Zoom Trick Worm

Gambler Swebo Worm (wacky worm)

7" Culprit Worm

10" Zoom Ole Monster worm

Zoom Super Chunk and Super Chunk, Jr jig trailers (black n blue and green pumpkin)

4" and 5" Basstrix type swimbait in shad color

Zoom Speed Craw for Football jig trailer

Zoom Little Critter Craw for finesse jig trailer

Stanley Ribbit and Bull Ribbit in white and Caterpilla colors

Gambler Flappin Shad 6" in white and green

Zoom Speed Worm in green and also in red

Cranks:

Shad Rap in #5 and #7 deep diver in craw and shad patterns

200 and 300 Bandits in Craw and shad patterns

Strike King Series 5 CB in Shad and Chartreuse patterns

Norman DD 14 and DD 22 in shad and chart patterns

X Calibur XR 50 Rattlebait in shad and red patterns

1/2 oz Rattle Trap in Chrome n blue

Spinnerbaits:

Not a go-to bait for me, but have an assortment b/w 1/4 oz and 1 oz in various blade combos and I stick with basic colors (white and chartr / white)

Chatterbait type:

I like the Gambler Swim Blade and Booyah Boogie Bait in 3/8 and 1/2 oz. in white or bluegill colors.

Buzzbait:

Cavitron 1/4 oz white with gold blade

Jigs:

Flippin: Peppers or Tournament Force jigs in 3/8 and 1/2 oz some in dark, and some green based.

Swim Jig: All Terrain or Strike King swim jig in 1/4 and 3/8 oz in white or shad color.

Finesse jigs: SK Bitsy Flip in 1/4 oz. and Jewell Eakins jig in 1/4 oz in green based color pattern.

Football Jig: Jewell Mike McLelland 3/4 oz in black n blue and green based.

Shaky head: Davis Original shaky head in the LS (Long shak) version.

Jerkbaits / Topwater:

Smithwick 4 1/2 " suspending Rogue in shad and gold

#100 Pointer in shad color

#100 Sammy in shad colors

650 Pop R in shad colors

Spro Bronzeye Frog

XCalibur Spitin Image in shad color

As far as terminal tackle goes, get a bunch of high quality EWG hooks like the Gammy EWG's in 2/0-5/0. Also, get Carolina rig weights, bead, swivels, etc. Then, you'll need bullet worm weights in various sizes 1/8 - 1 oz.

That about covers most of what I do and what I own. Anything else I buy is just b/c the bait monkey made me do it. Buy things in small quantities untli it becomes a confidence bait for you, then stock up.

Spend most of your time locating fish, and with a basic collection of go-to lures, you will consistently catch them. You could have the finest tackle collection in the US, but unless you can find the fish, and figure out what will make them bite, you will not maximize the fishing experience.

Trying to think of less popular stuff.......

Yamamoto- NEW flappin hog (solo or trailer)

                 fat baby craw  (finnesse style trailor)

                 Double hula skirt and double tail grubs (make a spider jig)

                 6.5 kut-tail worm

                 7" large-style senko

                 

                 

Skinny Bear- Pro series jig (great finnesse style jig)

Cabin Creek Baits- Salty spider jig kit

DJMaxx,

We can give you list after list after list of bait to consider.

However, please make a list based on the bodies of water you fish and the time of the year.

By doing this, you can concentrate on some basic lures for each place and time of the year.

For example, now at Lake Gaston you will throw crankbairts, Rat-L-

Traps and jigs.

On Kerr you throw spinnerbaits and if the water level is in the bushes Kreature baits and weedless plastics.

When the fish are on the beds you think lizards fised Carolina-rigged.

In the summer when the water is hot you fish plastics. after trying your luck with topwaters in the AM and PM.

If any of your bodies of water have cover you throw into the cover with jigs, frogs, trick worms, weedless plastics, etc.

Get my drift?

There are just too many biats to suggest and some may not work or be as productive as you would think on the bodies of water you fish.

And the same goes for your rods, reels and line.

You really do not need 200 pounds of plastics; 250 hard baits; and 20 rods and reels, although that would be nice as a start!!!!

Posted by: djmax22 Posted on: Today at 12:49pm

Ok everyone, I am  going to make a large purchase  in the next week to fill several new boxes that I purchased. Give me a list of what a I should get.  

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DJMaxx,

You really do not need 200 pounds of plastics; 250 hard baits; and 20 rods and reels, although that would be nice as a start!!!!

Why not?

-because you end of confusing yourself and not giving anything a chance. You wonder about what you could be trying instead of fishing what you have.

DJMaxx,

We can give you list after list after list of bait to consider.

However, please make a list based on the bodies of water you fish and the time of the year.

The biggest body of water is the Lake of the Ozarks. Typically I spend a majority of the time fishing jigs and carolina rigs until the summer month when I break out the DD22s. Just trying to find another confidence bait and learn new things.

-because you end of confusing yourself and not giving anything a chance. You wonder about what you could be trying instead of fishing what you have.

That is part of the problem. I tend to stay with something too long when it is not producing just b/c of past success under similar conditions.

Well, you need to add a few lures to that list, for sure:

Fat Ika

Senko

Micro Munch Tackle El Gordo or Mizmo Grande tubes

Rat-L-Trap

Cavitron Buzzbait (already suggested)

8-)

Shadcranker covered most of the list.... and then some! I would be extra sure to have some Rat'L'Traps, LC Pointers and Original Rapala Floaters.

Another thread with more suggestions:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1199915688

8-)

Rat L Trap: Red Crawfish

Booyah Spinner Bait

Shad Rap

Senko

only just a few, Shadcranker coverd most of it

Add a Strike King 3X Zero in Grn. Pumpkin and a Rapala Shallow Shad Rap to that list and thank me later

The only thing I did not see is swim senkos.

Try Storm cranks.

YUM big show worm. I think that is the name. I got a Free pack at the classic expo in sc, they seem to be pretty cool.

Yeah I have a few of those Paca craws. I like them for my small jigs.

I also have and like a wiggle warts from storm too.

Many thanks everyone I have got some good leads.

Let us know what all you buy.

SC