3 Baits

[ryan808]

If you had three baits to fish with what would they be. I'm trying to stick to just three types of baits/lures and only 2 variations of each. After looking at my stash of plastics and lure, I could probably fill one of the isles at bass pro shops, thinking about it I probably got more gear than Bi-Mart :lol:. This year I'm going to stick to the basic gear and not get tempted to watch the dreaded Tackle Warehouse videos and by crap that I never use.

1. Top Water
- Megabass Popmax
- Spro Bronze eye popping frog

2. Shakey Head Plastics
- Big Bite Flying squirrel
- Owner Yuki bug

3. Jigs
- Northstar Jigs tipped with Urbanbass Man trailers

 

[Combat Chuck]

1. Spinnerbait
2. 3.5" tube jig Gitzit or yamamoto brand
3. Stick bait/senko... im not picky

 

[catfishman89]

1. 3 inch senko drop shot or t rigged.


2. Jig and a pig



3. Yum finesse tube t rigged


I have so many lures and gadgets but in reality this is what i use 95% of the time. I can pretty much cover all the water columns with these lures too. These baits are effective anytime of the year. I really should consolidate my tackle but i dont think thats going to happen. You can't have enough junk

 

[Finneus Polebender]

Soooo hear you on the feeling lost to trying everything new gig . Must have it reel bad cause I still am gonna order some new stuff for spring. Guess I will go with the old gotta show em sumthin new to get some action theory as my excuse. Just like formentioned always comes down to a basic few.
1. Artificial worm: The bait of confidence magnum version " ya had to know it was coming" just cuz it fishes top to bottom and all points between. Second variation would be the senko.
2.topwater: Rage toad , and still gotta say the spro frog over the dahlberg though I am not sure I have given the dahlberg diver a fair chance.
3.Spinner baits: old habits die hard, and until I master swim baits the spinner bait has caught all three of my largest bass ever. Booyah w colorado blades white w blood head usually vary color and size of blade to match conditions / depth or retrieve rates.

 

[Bassdad54]

Hey Ryan
Good question this has to be mine.

1)jig w/trailer
2)senko
3)spinnerbait

 

[tomriker]

i don't even use 3 baits on a regular basis.. but if i had to choose 3...

1 jigs
2 shakey head jigs
3 various topwater plugs

 

[BaitMyLine]

I agree with your desire to consolidate and I think Skeet Reese (maybe Edwin Evers) just wrote an article about doing the same kind of thing. Like some of the others, I don't think I have it in me to do so. My top three are:
1. Natural hair jigs
2. Lipless cranks
3. Topwater assortment
Although I'd still have to carry some spinnerbaits as well.

 

[ryan808]

We need to post a contest to see who has the most baits and gear :lol:, we'll see who the real tackle monkeys are.

 

[veilside180sx]

We need to post a contest to see who has the most baits and gear :lol:, we'll see who the real tackle monkeys are.

Limited to just bass gear? =)

 

[tomriker]

ryan would def win if you counted all the rods he has... lol i think limited to bass gear is a good idea, altho i use several non bass saltwater baits for bass

 

[BaitMyLine]

If my wife found out about such a contest and then found out where I stood...I'd be dead. Last summer we had a garage sale and thought I would sell a few rods and reels. I brought about 12 to 15 of each up from my fishing room in the basement and she asked why I had so many fishing poles and why I was selling all of them. I wasn't sure how to tell her that this was nowhere near all of them. "Oh, I still have a few left that I can use."

 

[catfishman89]

What about a contest on who has the most minimal gear?

 

[tomriker]

i'd win that one catfish! i put a bag of trailers in one pocket and a couple spare jigs in the other when i go

 

[TTFishon]

I have a very limited amount of bass gear. I have a shopping bag full of
1. Soft plastics/mainly 2 sizes of the bait of confidence. lol
2. Spinnerbaits
3. A couple of jigs and some tubes

This year I'm planning on putting some effort into jig fishing and I gotta get me some of those flying squirrels.

 

[ryan808]

Limited to just bass gear? =)

Only bass gear..... You'll take the prize if not. :lol:

 

[ryan808]

Ill have to take a pic this weekend...

 

[colbypearson]

Ill have to take a pic this weekend...

Sweet I have no idea what all you have but it will get me motivated to organize my stuff its always good to take inventory

 

[BaitMyLine]

That's my big goal this year...organize my gear and weed some things out. I have crankbaits with 5% of the paint left, etc. My problem is that I will probably spend the season trying to replace everything I took out of my arsenal.

My other goal...try to fish slower! I like my jigs but will surely have more luck if I slow 'em down.

 

[colbypearson]

That's my big goal this year...organize my gear and weed some things out. I have crankbaits with 5% of the paint left, etc. My problem is that I will probably spend the season trying to replace everything I took out of my arsenal.

The ones with the least paint that still run right are the best ones IMO haha I would take my beat up baits over the new ones hands down any day! they have the Mojo...Talk about organization problems dont make me post another pic lol.

 

[Finneus Polebender]

Sweet I have no idea what all you have but it will get me motivated to organize my stuff its always good to take inventory

Was gonna say my money was on CP for most gear , defintely Ryan on the rods, Starting to get a nice array put together I will always be lookin for the next" bait of confidence "