chris61182

The recent thread on fishing Walter Wirth and Walling Ponds got my thinking, if I could only pick a handful of lures trout fishing what would I take?

So I sat down to take a peak through my tackle box and set out what I use the most often.

From Left to Right:

1/4oz Silver Blue Fox Vibrax: I'm a fan of the Blue Fox spinners but they aren't the most consistent producers so I'd actually give or take having one of these with. More importantly to me is having a light colored spinner in this size (1/4 to 3/8oz), I might replace it with a white bang tail.

3/8oz Black Bang Tail: I love this lure, if I had to pick a single lure to fish with for the rest of my life this would be the one. It runs deep for a spinner of it's size, the blades spin easily, and most importantly it drives the fish crazy.

1/16oz Chartreuse Rooster Tail: This used to be my go-to brand and color until for some reason they made a change and you get dud-lures where the blades don't spin freely.

1/8oz Chatterbait: This lure is still new to me, and I bought it right before it got really cold out. This lure runs deeper than the 3/8oz bang tail I'm already a fan of, and it produces a real unique shake. The one trip I used it, it produced a real aggressive and repeated set of strikes where I was unable to get the hook into the fish. So I will definitely be using it again, but only time will tell how if it stays in the must have pile.

1/8 to 1/16oz jigs: I believe all of these are marketed as crappie jigs but they work unbelievably for trout as well. Must have colors are the usual, black, pink, and white, but I've also found sparkley works well too.

3" trout worm: Same as with the jigs, whether it's marketed as a trout worm or a crappie worm, the fish don't care. Usually I actually just use one as a trailer on one of my lures, but I'll also use them when bobber fishing instead of powerbait.

Blue Fox Flash Spoon: I don't know what it is but the fish go wild for this particular type of spoon. I've got a whole box full of your standard daredevil style spoons in nearly every color and pattern imaginable, they even have their days where they'll work. But when all else fails this is the one that'll produce.


And that rounds out my must have lures, what are everyone else's must have lures?

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tongo

very nice read, i have one questions though. i have recently got into jig fishing and am having a very hard time. how do you set up your rig for jigs and also what technique?

my must have lures are about the same as yours.
blue fox spinners work great for brooders
rooster tails are great during warmer weather
i also like the kastmaster and also panther martins.

chris61182

I actually just cast them and let them float naturally, no floats or anything. This is no problem in lakes, but in rivers it takes a little bit of work and planning to keep as much slack out of the line as possible. Oh and a good pair of polarized glasses go a long way too .

tongo

sweet thanks but one more question, how do you cast them far?

chris61182

How do you cast them far? Well in short you don't.

Because of the marabou (or so I assume) they definitely don't fly as far as a spinner of the same weight but the difference doesn't seem to be too bad.

So other than just dealing with the natural weightlessness of the lure, I generally only fish ultra light gear. A 7' ultra light rod, ultra light reel, and 10lb test braid which has 2lb test diameter. My only complaint is that braid can be kind of finicky on a small reel with a light lure; if it gets too loose on the spool, it sometimes just kind of explodes and you end up having to cut it off and throw most of it out.

DethanB

This is awesome... Being I'm a "Rookie" (first year fishing starting last month) can I ask a bunch of stupid questions regarding lures and so forth. I'm about as green as one gets so I'm really looking to learn here...

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chris61182

Just figured I'd offer up some "proof" of my techniques. The chinook was caught at Green Peter after just paddling away from the Thistle Creek ramp on my 3/8oz black bangtail. The bass was caught at Fern Ridge, Perkin's Peninsula Park on one of those 1/16oz black jigs cast from shore.

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chris61182

By all means ask away!

Combat Chuck

I have some questions with the kinds of lures you can throw from the bank successfully. Ive typically left lures for trolling and powerbait for the bank but ive recently had success with panther martins and rooster tails on the bank. Is there a good way to cast the lighter lures such as triple teaser, tasmanian devils, midge wobbler etc...? Ive tried doing things like adding a split shot but never really seemed to get it to work quite right.