Best lures on Reddit

220 reviews from r/FishingForBeginners, r/Fishing, r/Fishing_Gear and 15 more subreddits

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#1

Rooster Tail

4.9
(16)
"Can't go wrong with a rooster tail."
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"Rooster tail!!"
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"Rooster tail or any kind of spinner."
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"And everything loves a rooster tail."
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"Can't go wrong with rooster tails, or any inline spinner really."
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"I’ve probably caught more fish (including trout) on a white rooster tail than every other lure combined."
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"These are the third or fourth lure I pull out. The super duper is first, then spoons or panther martin spinners, then the rooster tail spinners."
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"That one in the middle is my go to color scheme. Trout DESTROYED the one I had, and I mean that literally lol."
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"Yes, rooster tail spinner gotta be in the top 5 trout lures all time."
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"These are excellent for trout! I prefer 1/16 as my all-around size, but these will catch them."
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#2

Rapala

4.8
(12)
"I do my best to mimic their actual forage such as a black and silver or black and gold Rapala Xrap size 10."
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"I throw something larger/brighter such as a Rapala Husky jerk size 14 in clown/firetiger."
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"I use ralapa countdowns and husky jerks almost exclusively when fishing for peacock bass."
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"I use ralapa countdowns and husky jerks almost exclusively when fishing for peacock bass."
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"Best I've found is the rapala countdown for both salmon and trout in rivers."
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"Spinner/rooster tail, rapala countdown, 5 inch senko, hollow body frog, and spinner bait with paddle tail trailer"
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"Rapala j13, HJ13, 3/4oz spoon and a bucktail and a swim bait. I’m covered"
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"Whopper Plopper (just fell in love with this), Rapala JSR5 jointed shad bait."
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"Hammered some today on a rapala floating minnow and a Charley Brewer 2” slider."
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"Some type of stick bait like the Rap."
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#3

N/A

4.4
(13)
"1/8oz jighead, 3inch white paddletail, make sure you’re using a fluorocarbon leader."
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"Chatterbaits, crank baits, whopper ploppers, buzz baits, bigger swimbaits, and glide baits are my favorite to use."
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"Every time I've gone striper fishing... it's been on chartreuse swim baits and squid poppers."
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"4” Senko wacky rigged, ideally thrown toward the bank."
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"Been smoking them on tubes lately."
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"Great results with buzze bait, just need a very hard and fast casting rod."
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"Frog is good. But a toad is also something that works in slop like that, and often gets overlooked for the frog."
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"Five of diamonds red and yellow spoon can jig it or cast and retrieve."
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"Spoons, people forget spoons! Silver, gold and copper little cleos in whatever sizes you want."
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"For striped bass I always do well with spoons. Especially the gourmet spoon."
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#4

Berkley

4.5
(8)
"Berkley 4inch power minnow in pearl watermelon scale is the best plastic ever... I never leave home without some."
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"Berkeley flicker Shad 7. Runs about 10 feet deep."
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"Runs about 10 feet deep. More than effective for trolling."
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"Spinnerbait, original rapala jointed floating minnow, steelshad, whopper plopper(but the berkley brand cuz the tail spins quicker), senko worm."
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"T-rigged weightless Berkley Maxscent jerk shad and second would be Keitech Swing Impact 2.8”."
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"Weedless swimbait, Berkely sandworms, lucky craft flashminnow, and for freshwater: rooster tail and senko."
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"Berkley choppo or any kind of surface lure that makes sound/big movements."
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"That or a flicker shad, reeled in erratically."
#5

Whopper Plopper

4.9
(7)
"Whopper Plopper. Cast and retrieve."
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"Trick worm, Karashi, Whopper Plopper 90, Savage Gear Ned Salamander, Roster Tail"
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"Whopper plopper."
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"Caught my first bass ever on a whopper plopper."
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"Another easy lure to start with is a whopper plopper."
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"Have been doing very well with whopper ploppers."
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"Whopper Ploppers are great too, but less of a must."
#6

Keitech

5.0
(5)
"Keitech easy shiner 4” catches almost everything."
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"Keitech Easy shiner, perch love em."
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"Keitech paddle tail swim bait, Roboworm, Ned rig, craw/ creature bait, rooster tail."
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"Lipless crankbait. Small soft swimbaits like the keitech fat swing impact. Ned rig."
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"For rivers I suggest a simple keitech style bait. The 3.8 size works pretty well with a 3/8 oz jig head."
#7

Mepps

4.0
(6)
"Mepps Black Fury #5."
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"Mepps #3."
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"White beetlespin with red dot,(spring,) mepps black fury(May and June), daredevil spoon."
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"I love those mepps."
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"Mepps spinners. I think they make a trout kit."
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"Inline spinners mepps #4."
#8

Daiwa

4.3
(4)
"I personally like Daiwa Slippery Dogs. Walk the dog retrieve with lots of pauses."
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"The most sought after lure right now is the Prorex Lazy Jerk & Prorex Lazy Shad."
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"Daiwa double clutch go well too."
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"I have read many a recommendation for Daiwa Slippery Dogs."
#9

Johnson Silver Minnow

4.3
(3)
"Classic- always works: Johnson Silver Minnow."
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"Johnson silver minnow, large Texas rugged baits work well."
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"Johnson silver minnow."
#10

Chatterbait

4.0
(3)
"Something in the middle of the water column like a chatter bait."
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"Chatterbaits and rattle traps."
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"Chatter bait as well!"
#11

Kastmaster

4.0
(3)
"Kastmasters, Panther Martins"
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"Kastmaster is pretty good."
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"Also 1/8 oz kastmasters, any color but I like the silver with teal."
#12

River2Sea

5.0
(2)
"Bone, Loon, T-1000 and Munkybutt have all been staple pike/musky/smallmouth colours for me for the last 15 years"
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"Whopper Plopper."
#13

Senko

5.0
(2)
"Senko, rooster tail, beetle spinner, whopper plopper, crankbait"
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"Weightless Texas rig Senko on EWG hook"
#14

Texas Rig Senko

5.0
(2)
"Can't go wrong with a Texas rig senko."
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"Weightless Texas rig senko has always been my go to."
#15

Daiwa Double Clutch

5.0
(2)
"Second the Daiwa double clutch."
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"Like others have said diawa double clutch."
#16

Rooster Tails

5.0
(2)
"Start out with some rooster tails!"
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"Rooster tails work good."
#17

Mule Fishing

4.5
(2)
"Trout magnets and/or anything from Mule Fishing."
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"Look up Mule Fishing and Z-Man micro finesse."
#18

Rattle Trap

4.5
(2)
"If the water is clean enough, I cannot stress this enough, RATTLE TRAP!"
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"Rattle trap silver or chartreuse."
#19

Inline Spinners

4.5
(2)
"Inline spinners (e.g. Mepps, Rooster Tail)."
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"Get some inlines spinners."
#20

Spinnerbaits

4.5
(2)
"Spinnerbaits are good. Easy to use, work well, works with or without plastic."
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"Smaller spinnerbaits with double Colorado or Indiana blades and bluegill colored skirts have been my best lures lately."
#21

Frog

4.5
(2)
"Frog and whopper ploppers"
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"Frogs and whopper ploppers baby!"
#22

Beetle Spin

4.5
(2)
"The beattle spin is always sooo under rated. Great for beginners and advanced."
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"Beetle Spin - the smaller the better!"
#23

Zoom

4.5
(2)
"Senko, 1/16 rooster tail, 1/8 panther martin, zoom lizard black/chart, zoom fluke pearl white."
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"Zoom super fluke has kept the skunk away lately."
#24

Panther Martin

4.5
(2)
"I’m partial to Panther Martins usually, but definitely keep a few Rooster Tails in my tackle box."
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"#6 black and gold panther Martin, 3/8 oz chrome/blue kastmaster, Brad’s wee wiggler crank bait."
#25

SP Minnow

4.0
(2)
"Also had luck with the SP minnow."
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"Sp Minnow."
#26

Strike King

4.0
(2)
"Strike king mini king in charteuse & white."
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"I deep crank for big ones personally (most of the time), with a strike king 3XD."
#27

Megabass

5.0
(1)
"Megabass Vision 110."
#28

Savage Gear

5.0
(1)
"Savage Gear Tough Toads."
#29

Heddon

5.0
(1)
"Heddon Spook."
#30

Moonshine

5.0
(1)
"Moonshine shiver minnow."
#31

Maria

5.0
(1)
"I've had good luck with a maria rerise 130."
#32

Jackson

5.0
(1)
"I caught a monster black bream on a Jackson Artist JR70 hard body lure."
#33

Rogue

5.0
(1)
"My favorites are rouge 10sand 4” keitechs."
#34

Duo-Realis

5.0
(1)
"Tougher overall bait, durable paint, with stout hooks and good action."
#35

Chatter Baits

5.0
(1)
"I have had the most luck trolling with chatter baits."
#36

Illex

5.0
(1)
"If I don’t know what to tie on, i always take an illex tiny fry 50 sp. I know it‘s a „baby lure“ but i caught nearly everything with it."
#37

Roxstar

5.0
(1)
"I also recommend checking out Roxstar spinners on Amazon. They're handmade, quality spinners, and great for trout."
#38

Marabou

5.0
(1)
"Maribou jigs are amazing especially when they're spawning in their beds they will aggressive attack it."
#39

Duo

5.0
(1)
"1. duo realis jerkbait 120SP."
#40

EGB

5.0
(1)
"1/8 oz EGB inline spinner. Black/gold/red or blue/silver/red."
#41

Roland Martin

5.0
(1)
"Roland Martin Helicopter Lure all day."
#42

Missile Baits

5.0
(1)
"Drop shot! I caught 12 today on the drop shot."
#43

XSeries

5.0
(1)
"42g, 4/0 XSeries single spoon. It crushes White Moose and is a lot of fun."
#44

Vudu

5.0
(1)
"I would be using vudu shrimp, zoom flukes, 3" NLBN paddletails"
#45

Savage

5.0
(1)
"The best lure for consistently hammering big pike was the savage 10” lure with the long tail that looks like a small pike."
#46

5" Senko

5.0
(1)
"Wacky rigged 5” senko always does the trick for me!"
#47

Chatterbait 4.8" Keitech Fat Impact

5.0
(1)
"Chatterbait with a 4.8" keitech fat impact on the back."
#48

Rapala #5 Floating Original Minnow

5.0
(1)
"A #5 floating Rapala original minnow is super effective."
#49

Rapala Floating, X-Rap, Shadow Rap

5.0
(1)
"Rapala floating, x-rap, and shadow rap are my favorite hard baits."
#50

Eco Gear ZX Series

5.0
(1)
"I’ve had great results with bream and whiting with these."
#51

Sebile Koolie Minnow

5.0
(1)
"Sebile koolie minnow in pink/black."
#53

Rapala Weedless Spoon

5.0
(1)
"Rapala makes or used to make a weedless spoon with a wire hook guard."
#54

Johnson Weedless Spoons

5.0
(1)
"Johnson weedless spoons are clutch."
#55

Berkley Flickers Shads

5.0
(1)
"I absolutely love Berkley Flickers Shads, very solid lures."
#56

Mepps Moneybadger

5.0
(1)
"I love Mepps! Also, the moneybadger is a new favorite."
#57

Donkey Tail Jr

5.0
(1)
"Donkey tail jr (mule fishing) on a 1/32 or 1/64 oz jig head."
#58

Berley Gulp Plastic Maggots

5.0
(1)
"Berley Gulp plastic maggots with a size 10 or 12 gamakatsu octopus hook."
#59

Powerbait Floating Trout Worms

5.0
(1)
"My go to confidence bait is the Powerbait floating trout worms."
#60

Crickhopper Rebel Lure

5.0
(1)
"Crickhopper rebel lure, its so fun to watch sunfish explode on the surface."
#61

Gulp Leeches

5.0
(1)
"Gold shakey jigheads and gulp leeches are almost a guarantee for walleye."
#62

Pink & White Knuckle Ball Jig

5.0
(1)
"If you ain't using a pink & white knuckle ball jig with a frozen shiner then you AINT catching walleye."
#63

Johnson Silver Minnows

5.0
(1)
"I have always done well on Johnson Silver Minnows."
#64

Whopper Plopper 110

5.0
(1)
"110 whopper plopper in perch, absolutely slays."
#65

Strike King 1.0 Square Bill Crank Bait

5.0
(1)
"Fill a 3600 box with a strike king 1.0 square bill crank bait."
#66

Len Thompson 5 of Diamonds

5.0
(1)
"The best I’ve done on the river is with a Len Thompson 5 of Diamonds."
#67

Rooster Tail Spoons

5.0
(1)
"Watermelon colored Rooster Tail spoons work really good."
#68

Bobby Garland Chartreuse Curly Tail Lures

5.0
(1)
"Buy a pack of 2” chartreuse curly tail lures off amazon for pretty cheap."
#69

Zoom Z Craws

5.0
(1)
"Zoom z craws have been absolutely killing for me this summer."
#70

Deps Slideswimmers

5.0
(1)
"I really like to use Japanese glidebaits - Deps Slideswimmers."
#71

Berkley Powerbait 6" NightCrawler

5.0
(1)
"Had good luck a couple weekends ago tossing those out on the rocks."
#72

13 Fishing Scamp

5.0
(1)
"My favorite is a squarebill (13 fishing scamp is my favorite)."
#73

Trout Magnet Jigs

5.0
(1)
"Trout magnet jigs with a small split shot pinched a foot up the line."
#74

Kastmasters

5.0
(1)
"Kastmasters are my secret weapon."
#75

Rooster Tail Inline Spinner

5.0
(1)
"A white rooster tail is always a good bet."
#76

Gulp Curly Tail Grub

5.0
(1)
"3-4in Gulp Curly tail grub on a jighead."
#77

Pointer 78

5.0
(1)
"The almighty pointer 78 (probably my favorite all around lure)"
#78

Zman

4.0
(1)
"Deffo soft plastics, if only because you cry less when you loose them."
#79

Daredevil

4.0
(1)
"If he typically uses a daredevil then maybe get him one or two but he’s probably got tons."
#80

Stump Jumpers

4.0
(1)
"Small vibe lures and plastic grubs on leadhead jigs."
#81

Reaction Innovations

4.0
(1)
"Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4.20 - Hollow Body Frog (poppin’/regular) - Yum Dinger - Megabass Pop Max."
#82

Flying C

4.0
(1)
"Size 3 and size 4 Flying C lures are what ya need all different colours will work at different times."
#83

JYG

4.0
(1)
"I like crappie jigs. Either get some custom made with good hooks or JYG makes some that are pretty solid."
#84

Bomber

4.0
(1)
"Black single Colorado spinnerbait with gold blade, 6” pumpkinseed curly tailed worm, white swimbait, hollow frog, apple red craw Bomber crankbait."
#85

6th Sense

4.0
(1)
"Swimjig, evo elite chatterbait, 5 inch stick bait, spinnerbait, 6th sense 50x crush squarebill."
#86

Shad Rap

4.0
(1)
"Shad rap #5 & #7 work for me, we mainly have smallmouths and variety of trout and salmon."
#87

MegaBass

4.0
(1)
"Jerkbait, i like the MegaBass x80s but they’re pricey."
#88

Booyah

4.0
(1)
"The only booyah product I like is their tiny spinnerbaits."
#89

Z-Man

4.0
(1)
"Z-Man Trout Eye with a 3 inch White Swimming Mullet Gulp."
#90

Rebel

4.0
(1)
"Rebel Tiny and Wee Tiny Craw, Hellgramites, ploppers, surface crankbaits."
#91

Oceans Legacy

4.0
(1)
"Oceans Legacy Keeling is a great lure (caught a GT on one in Coffs area)."
#92

Cranka

4.0
(1)
"Cranka crabs 🦀."
#93

Solvkroken

4.0
(1)
"Solvkroken bush salmon lures are very good-especially the silver."
#94

Manns

4.0
(1)
"These are really hard to find but the Manns 5+ and 10+ green tiger always worked well for me."
#95

Battlestar

4.0
(1)
"I also recommend the battlestar. It casts a bit further than the LC."
#96

Lucky Craft

4.0
(1)
"Lucky craft 110/115 are gunna be the most common suggestion."
#97

Gulp

4.0
(1)
"Gulp and vudu shrimp work pretty well in shallow water with my experience in new river."
#98

Mr Twisters

4.0
(1)
"I’ve caught them on the original Mr Twisters in puke neon green!"
#99

Small Shads

4.0
(1)
"I’ve had better luck with small shads and split-tails in more natural colours."
#100

Small Shrimp Plastics

4.0
(1)
"Don’t forget the small shrimp plastics either, again in natural colours."
#101

Texas Senko

4.0
(1)
"Green pumpkin candy (green purple flake), green pumpkin, or baby bass color weedless Texas Senko."
#102

Mepps Black Fury #5

4.0
(1)
"Just caught 2 nice bass this weekend on a Mepps’ Black Fury #5."
#103

Topwater Lures

4.0
(1)
"I’ve been hammering them on topwater, Diesel minnows, NLBNs, Rapalas."
#104

Crank Baits

4.0
(1)
"Also crank baits are your friend."
#105

Blue/Black Jig

4.0
(1)
"For bass, a blue/black jig with matching trailer."
#106

Shiny Spoon

4.0
(1)
"I like a shiny spoon."
#107

Black Lures

4.0
(1)
"Anything black."
#108

Colorado/Indiana Spinnerbait

4.0
(1)
"Colorado/Indiana spinnerbait."
#109

Big Chatterbaits

4.0
(1)
"Get a big 6-8" black paddletail, big chatterbaits."
#110

Dark Auger Tail Worm

4.0
(1)
"A dark auger tail worm preferably black."
#111

Noise Lures

4.0
(1)
"I’d use lures that make noise or vibrate."
#112

Plastic Stick Worms

4.0
(1)
"Plastic stick worms. Look up wacky rig for the stick worm."
#113

Mepps Spinner

4.0
(1)
"You can never go wrong with a Mepps spinner."
#114

Ned Rigs

4.0
(1)
"Ned rigs work great."
#115

Rapala X-Rap 12cm

4.0
(1)
"Landed a couple of flathead on the Rapala X-Rap 12cm."
#116

Savage Gear Weedless Corkscrew Hooks

4.0
(1)
"Ya could try something like that and use your own soft bait for pike."
#117

Bass Spinner Baits

4.0
(1)
"Bass type spinner baits are relatively weedless and work really well on pike."
#118

Texas Rigged Senko

4.0
(1)
"I've been catching pike on a texas rigged senko."
#119

Swimbaits

4.0
(1)
"Swimbaits with weedless hooks."
#120

Weedless Spoons

4.0
(1)
"Weedless spoons."
#121

Beetle Spins

4.0
(1)
"Go to Walmart and find Beetle Spins."
#122

Bitsy Pond Minnow

4.0
(1)
"Try a Bitsy Pond Minnow in Sexy Shad from Wal Mart."
#123

Creme Frisky Frog

4.0
(1)
"The company creme makes a lot of good lures for panfish."
#124

Hula Popper

4.0
(1)
"I'd go topwater. Frog, hula popper, or whopper plopper."
#125

Eppinger Daredevle

4.0
(1)
"A Eppinger Daredevle any size, jerk baits , chatter baits etc."
#126

Lures

4.0
(1)
"Spoons like little Cleo’s, Len Thompson, and kastmasters are the most popular."
#127

Frozen Shiner Minnows

4.0
(1)
"Frozen shiner minnows on a 1/4 oz jig works for me."
#128

Zman Nuked Chicken

4.0
(1)
"A nuked chicken or electric chicken zman."
#129

Kastmaster Chrome

4.0
(1)
"I wouldn’t choose anything over a 3/8 chrome kastmaster."
#130

YUM Hellgrammite

4.0
(1)
"I had smallies hitting a YUM Hellgrammite."
#131

Strikepro Hunchback

4.0
(1)
"[Strikepro hunchback] is a good lure."
#132

Daredevil Spoons

4.0
(1)
"For pike, I would get some daredevil spoons, for trout, little Cleo’s and castmasters are good."
#133

Yo-Zuri Crystal Minnows

4.0
(1)
"I like using the yo-zuri crystal minnows or rapala twitching minnows."
#134

Jackall Big Backer

4.0
(1)
"I like to use lures like the Jackall Big Backer."
#135

Whopper Plopper 90

4.0
(1)
"Can also try a whooper plopper 90 size, I suggest the white with red underbelly color way."
#136

Googan Baits

3.0
(1)
"5 inch senko with a 1/2 oz slip weight, 6 inch paddletail on a 1/2 oz swim jig head, frog, googan bait trench hawg."

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