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Post by jrbhunter on Feb 28, 2014 10:19:51 GMT -5
I guess it's been about 12 years since I fished very hard, considering a few trips this year. My tackle has been lost, damaged or otherwise depleted pretty bad so I'm starting from scratch. I was at the store the other day and noticed they have a massive selection of lures to choose from. If I'm targeting panfish like bluegill, redear, crappie and smaller bass like rockbass/smallmouth what type of lures do you guys suggest? Photos would be helpful!
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Post by alhersch on Mar 4, 2014 18:17:23 GMT -5
Crappie: 1/32 -1/16oz jig heads with 1-1.5" jigs or tube jigs. Green/black, any color with orange or chartruse will generally do good. Road runners are good for casting and retrieving to cover a larger area to find the crappie. Or a hook, weight and bobber with redworm, beemoth, or minnow.
Bluegill: I usually only use a bobber and hook with a redworm or beemoth on it.
Bass: to many options for bass and I don't generally target them.
Al
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Post by alhersch on Mar 4, 2014 18:23:55 GMT -5
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Post by bleas on Mar 5, 2014 8:09:10 GMT -5
Ol Al, you must sleep in that hat don't ya little buddy. Nice fish also!! Is that Salamonie?
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Post by alhersch on Mar 5, 2014 16:34:01 GMT -5
Nope, i take it off to sleep. I might take naps between fishing holes with it on though! LOL
Not sure where that fish pic was taken at. Either Missy or Sally.
Al
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Post by jrbhunter on Mar 21, 2014 12:01:16 GMT -5
Those are some good looking jigs Al. I have been picking up half a dozen items every time I'm in the store, finally to the point I'm ready to start organizing them in trays and filling in the gaps. My old bag (from the days I had a boat) was pretty tattered from sitting outside for two years (sold the boat and forgot the bag was in it, dipshit never used the boat so I got the bag back 2 years later) The trays kept the baits in good shape. I must've had 60-80 different roostertails accumulated over the years, 40ish crank baits and 9 trays of bass worms. I had 5 trays of bass worms here in the shop and at a glance assumed that was ALL my tackle until the phone call about my bag in the boat, I used to get carried away at the Indy Fishing show where they sold soft baits by the pound! I put together a tray of small lures last night with what I had & what I bought, this is a diverse group of baits but they fit together in size when compared to the rest of my tackle. I'll try to pickup a couple more trays this weekend and start assembling the tubes/jigs/heads that I've stacked up lately! I guess once I get 5-6 trays put together it's time to buy another bag- damn those things went up in price over the years! PS: I used to catch a hell of a lot of fish on these hard-bodied grasshopper lures. They have a crankbait nose on them so they dive 6-8" on retrieval, but they have a great topwater action to them. A big fish would rip off the small trebles but they worked well on the small rivers & creeks around here.
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Post by alhersch on Mar 27, 2014 16:06:27 GMT -5
The pictured box looks like a good selection to start with!
Al
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Post by jrbhunter on Mar 29, 2014 15:06:15 GMT -5
I got two more treys of baits/lures put together since it's been cold/windy and rainy all day. Last project, starting on terminal tackle!
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Post by moose1am on Apr 15, 2014 18:32:08 GMT -5
Those are nice hair jigs. I like to use the tube jigs (hollow type) Bass Pro Shops Squirmin Squirts. The crappie really like them. Jason I'd highly recommend buying and using some Berkley Crappie Nibbles. They really do help catch more fish. I know a lot of crappie guides that won't leave home without them in the boat. Think slip floats and jigs for crappie in water up to 12 ft deep. They allow you to stand off and cast to the bigger fish without spooking them. You can fish down to 8 ft deep with the slip floats and hang a jig right off the bottom in clear water like at Patoka Lake. Fish spawn deeper in the clear water lakes. Or you can fish them 1 or 2 ft below the surface for lakes that are muddy like KY lake. The last time I took some kids fishing with me I set them up to catch blue gills on the bank. They enjoyed the action even thought he fish were small. I've yet to get the boat out this year. I've been filling it up with junk and was too lazy to get it ready to fish in time. Just didn't feel like fishing this years. Once it warms up a bit I'll probably clean the boat out and hit the local lake.
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