As I mentioned in another thread I started, I'm really trying to scale down the amount of plastics I carry with me so I wanted to ask some opinions.

If you were forced to select only 8 styles of baits to carry with you to be as versatile as you can be, which would you select? For the purposes of this exercise, let's assume you're packing for a trip but you don't know what lake you're going to, the geography, the weather, the water conditions, etc. Let's not worry about colors here, just styles. And let's also say that two different sizes of the same bait will count as 2 styles (so if you want to carry 5 inch and 7 inch senkos, that would count as 2 styles).

Let's hear 'em!

This is a very broad question but this is what I got if any of that doesn't matter:

Zoom Brush Hogs: probably Baby Brush Hogs in Watermelon Candy, Black Red Glitter, Junebug, and Green Pumpkin

Zoom Shakey Head Worms: same colors as top

Zoom Ultra Speed Craw

Zoom Dead Ringer

Yum F2 Salleemander

Rage Craw

Rage Anaconda

Zoom Swimmin Fluke

1. Baby Brush Hogs. Wattermellon

2. Senko 5". Baby Bass color (greenish)

3. Rage Craw

4. Zoom 7" lizzard (wattermellon)

5. Berkly Gulp Minnow 3" (smelt)

6. Berkly 5" power worm

7. Berkly 3" white power grub

8. Zoom Super Fluke

4" tube

5" senko

4.5" roboworm

6" Roboworm

10" ribbontail

Flappin Hog

Baby Brushhog

3.5" Skinny Bear Drop Shot Worm

4" tube

5" senko

4.5" roboworm

6" Roboworm

10" ribbontail

Flappin Hog

Baby Brushhog

3.5" Skinny Bear Drop Shot Worm

Zoom Finesse Worm

Zoom Trick Worm

Zoom Mag II Worm

Zoom Super Fluke

Zoom Baby Brush Hog

GYCB 5" Senko

Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog

*** Taper Tail

1. Ribbontail worm 9" (like a zoom mag II)

2. 5" Senko

3. Craw (zoom ultravibe craw)

4. Buzz frog

5. Floating finesse worm (Strike King 3x finesse worm...for shakey head or drop shotting)

6. 4" grub (great trailer for swim jig or on a jig head for smallies)

7. Craw Chunks for Jigs

8. Creature bait of your choice, I'd go with something with some bulk to contrast smaller craw and thin worm: Lizard, brush hog, whatever else

1. Smallie Beaver

2. Rage Craw

3. Paca Craw

4. Speed Worm

5. Ribbon Tail

6. Finesse Worm

7. 4" Tube

8. 5" Senko

1. Rage Craw

2. 5" Senko

3. Zoom Ol' Monster

4. LFT Live Magic Shad

5. LFT Craw Tube

6. Zoom Babybrush hog

7. Zoom Trick Worm

8. Rage Toad

In no particular order

Zoom Baby Brush Hogs

5" Senko style bait

GY Fat Ika

Zoom Super Fluke

Culprit 7.5 ribbon tail worm

Zoom Trick Worm

Rage Tail Anaconda

Rage Craw

5" Hag's Tornado

5" Senko style

Sweet Beaver

Zoom Finesse

SK KVD Finesse 4"

That pretty much covers it.

6-7 inch straight tail worm ____________( place here the brand you like ), my personal favorite: Zoom Trickworm

5 inch curly tail grub _____________ ( place here the brand you like ) my personal favorite: Zoom Salty Fat Albert

4 inch tube ___________ , personal favorite: Zoom Tube

5 inch jerkbait _____________, personal favorite: BassAssasin Shad Assasin

5-6 inch creature ____________, personal favorite: Zoom Baby Brush Hog

4 inch craw __________, now personal favorite: SK Rage Tail Craw

5 inch stickbait ___________, personal favorite: Yum Dinger

7-8 inch ribbontail worm ___________, personal favorite Cuplrit 7.5 Ribbon Tail worm

In no particular order

1. Zoom Trick worm

2. Zoom Finesse Worm

3. SK baby craw

4. Senko 4 inch

5. Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver

6. Stanley soft body frog

7. Fat Ika

8. 4” Grub

Rage Tail Baby Craw

Rage Tail Thumper

Rage Tail Anaconda

Rage Tail Eeliminator

GYCB 6" Senko

GYCB Keature

GYCB Kut Tail

Mizmo Grandes Tube

Tubes, worms and grubs.

Tubes are versatile, grubs are great moving plastic and worms for the bottom.

Rage Tail Craw

4" Tube

5" Senko Type Worm

7 - 7.5" Ribbontail Worm

10" Rage Tail Thumper Worm

7" Lizard

7" SK Elaztech Finesse Worms

Zoom Baby Brush hog

Rage Hawg

Rage Craw

Rage Thumper (7" & 10")

Smokin' Rooster

Trick Worm

Senko

Double Tail Hoola Grub

Hollow Body Swimbait

Rage Tail Craw

Rage Tail Baby Craw

Rage Tail Smokin Rooster

Rage Tail Anaconda

Rage Tail 7" Thumper

Rage Tail Shad

Rage Tail Lizard

Rage Tail Eeliminator

5" GYCB Senko

GYCB Fat Ika

Zoom Salty Super Fluke

7" Power Worm

Poor Boys Tube

Net Bait T-Mac worm

Rage Space Monkey

Rage Lobster

Rage Craws

Chigger Craws

5" Senko

Brush Hogs

Kalin's Grubs

Rage Tail Anaconda

Berkley 4" Power Worm

zoom ultra vibe speed worm

zoom ultra vibe speed craw

zoom ol monster

5" senko

5" Lake Fork Creature

5" Berkley PowerBait Shaky Worm

zoom brush hog

zoom trick worm

1. 4 inch Kinami single tail grub

2. 5 inch Chompers dual tail skirted grub

3. 4 inch Berkley Chigger Craw

4. 5 inch Berkley Power Hawg

5. 6 inch Big Bite Baits Squirrel tail worm

6. 4 inch Big Bite Baits Yo Mamma

7. 4.5 inch Strike King Coffee scent tube

8. 10 inch Big Bite Baits Kriet Tail Worm

SJ

Tubes

Grubs

Flukes

Craws

4"finesse worm

7"finesse worm

senko

I ALWAYS carry these baits with me.

Yum 3" grubs,

5" powerworms,

Berkley 4" crawdad,

berkley 4" powerbait hollow swimbait

Zoom horny toad

4" yamamoto senko

1/2 Jigs

any 3" medium diving crankbait

1. senko

2. sweetbeaver

3. paddle tail worm

4. slug-go

5. money craw