Favourite/Most Productive Baits

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Re: Favourite/Most Productive Baits

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Spinnerbaits. I can run em on the surface, mid depth, drag bottom, or jig.
Weighted hook swimbaits... For the same reasons.
And I had good luck the last few years with the WhoDat rattling spinner spoon, as a search bait when others weren't producing.
All these have caught me bass, pike, walleye and accidental musky.
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Paired with a 13' 6" custom tied loomis blank, A Serial 612 "Monster Blue Islander" Fav's include: A 3" pink worm, a 1" white tube. Certainly some custom tied Butler jigs. An occasional fat dew worm sometimes a few experiments with other plastics, nymph patters, and hand tied stone flies always in the mid winter/early spring! and on the rare occasion, some fresh eggo's tied in many colors, but always tied in blue. TAKE THAT BASS ANGLERS :P :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: The long timers here will get a kick out of this post.

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Re: Favourite/Most Productive Baits

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If I could only use one bait the rest of my days it would be a Tube jig, Hair jig a close second. They catch anything and everything.

Most productive baits in my boat with clients really depends on what we are targetting but I go through more Senkos and Jackall Cross Tail Shads than anything else and they ain't cheap.. :lol:

Great thread!

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Mepps #5. :lol:

Going hairjig for all the trout, walleye, pike and even few bass I've caught on them.
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My favourite baits

Topwater Frog (Live Target)
Good Ol' Flipping Jig ( Rage craw trailer )
Green pumpkin Tube. 3/8 ounce
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Tungsten
6th Sense Crush 50X & Crush Mini 25X
Lucky Craft Flat CB D20
Xzone Slammers & Swammers
Bass Magnet Bombs
Anglers Choice Flappin’ Weasels & Flappin Craws
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Super Spook Jr.
Single Colorado spinnerbait
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Lovin the PDeez, Cowgirls, and booby traps
Also love jiggin the Bondy Baits in deep water. Always a surprise to see what comes up to say hello..

Enjoy setting the kids up drop shot and turning them loose :)
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The clackin minnow does the job on the eyes and the pike for me,different sizes and color.
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Re: Favourite/Most Productive Baits

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A tube is hard to beat around Eastern Ontario, a weighted belly hook keitech or paddle tail swim bait works everywhere, and a bait that was on sale at Sail in the bargain bin - a shad coloured Bagley B2 is a machine. They don't last long and aren't well built, but at $4 are well worth it, at $14 I stayed away. Perch husky jerk is also an all season favourite.

I caught my 2 biggest smallmouth last year on senkos, but the Daiwa jerk bait caught me my most beautiful and biggest smallmouth if there is such a classification. . Very well priced - but only had them at Le Baron so might be hard to find now.
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Re: Favourite/Most Productive Baits

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Good thread!
I fish mostly in one lake.
I like plastics and jigs the most these days
For trolling I use cranks and worm harnesses.
This year (2017) I plan to become more familiar with swim baits
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