Favorite freshwater fishing lure

[imschur]

Behind the seat of my pickup I keep a Daiwa 4' Micro Ultra light armed with a 2" Black and Gold Rapala Original Floating Minnow. I use this lure nearly 75% of the time for Trout and Bass here in New England.

Last year I started using a similar minnow from Yo-Zuri and had fantastic results. Ill look up the model numbers later

[buc378]

guess i would have to say my trusty rattle trap in a shad color.

[DrDover]

Zoom Super Fluke/Chartruse Color/Carolina rigged  <thumbsup>

[edgecrusher]

In the spring in fast cool waters I've had lots of luck with medium size brass colored spoons for trout, in the fall red and brown rooster tails

[unforgiven]

Mainly livebait but the cotton cordell rattle trap silver blue has worked,and gold silver spoon for trout type fishies.

[tolbndfishin]

H&H spinnerbait.  White/Chartreuse in muddy water, Blue/Chart in Clear (both with colorado or double colorado blades).  There are other lures that are great at varrying times, but for a go to, that is it.  It works on white perch, stripers, bass, occasional catfish, and even speckled trout if Im going saltwater.  If I'm in a new body of water, it's what I use to find fish, then I fine tune how i want to fish.  The only time it's not the first bait out of the box is when Im bass fishing at nite, because the blades arent big enough to create the thump I look for in a spinnerbait.  Only thing I do is use a split ring, and cut off one hook of a treble hook, and attach that instead of the factory hook, because it can and will spread when you have a large fish hooked.  (look at how the factory hook attaches and you'll understand).

Russ

[washguy]

Chartruse/green red head sassy shad has put four freshwater stripers on the wall :)  Wash

[98Z5V]

Crickets and grasshoppers, caught fresh, speared over a barbed hook, and fishing for bluegill and crappie in some southeastern Ohio lake...  <thumbsup> ;D

My whole childhood revolved around that. 

[shepp]

Small pink jig head with a small white rubber worm caught everything from pike to pan fish. 

Ill agree tho that black and gold or silver floating rap is money!!!!!!!

[USMCbassman]

Spro Black Widow poppin' frog or a 5" watermelon/black pepper Senko wacky rigged on a drop shot  <thumbsup>

[Boerboel guy]

I always use live bait unless it can't be found, and if no live is available I use fake Crawdads and Hellgrammites.

[sketch]

Roosters and blue fox mainly fish rivers.

[unforgiven]

Took the grand daughter to fish southern Ill Dam.Stoped to get nightcrawlers and the guy ask what color did I want.He had these green ones.They were fat and lively.Cut them in half and hammered the fish.First time for Jess and she loved it.Asked the guy on the way out of town what he used.It's called "worm glow".Put a table spoon in with regular crawlers in the container they come in and they turn green,fat and lively.

[Magwa]

I like fishing for rainbow trout in the winter .... here is a nice little one.... :) or two or three.... ok four....LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 31, 2013 by Magwa

[BLKSHEEP]

Those are some beautiful fish mike!....I didn't know rainbows even grew that big  :o

[unforgiven]

That is some bueatiful fish brother Mike. <thumbsup>

[Magwa]

well i kinda fudged some they are steelhead which are searun rainbow trout.....still a rainbow though.....

[imschur]

wow....holy cow

[Magwa]

and my favorite way to catch them is with a single orange or mottled 10mm bead rigged with a number 2 gamagatzu octopus hook.....

[shepp]

well i kinda fudged some they are steelhead which are searun rainbow trout.....still a rainbow though.....

same when they run out into the Great Lakes inland we call them rainbow outta Michigan or superior they're steal head. Browns and Brookie's will do the same too I can't think of their. " lake " names off the top my head