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Location: Lebanon,Mo | if you could only pick one. im not talkin "bucktail" "topwater" etc...i want to know the name of the bait if you could have only one for the entire season to fish with.
whats it gonna be....
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Location: The desert | I think if you would have asked me a few months ago I would have said a manta, but with my recent success with a Topraider I'd have to go with that. Its great all season long. |
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| Dupont Spinner aka: 1/4 stick of dynamite. LOL Sometimes makes release a little more difficult though. |
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Location: Roseau | 10" jointed believer - use as top water, troll it, use shallow over weeds or rocks, use deep bang rocks, all in one lure and the fish just slam the things!! |
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| Super Chinook Spinnerbait or Jointed Super Believer  |
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| Black/Silver Bucktail |
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| Regular sized shallow bulldog in LOTW colour uptown dog! |
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Location: Eau Claire,WI | Mag BullDawg |
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Location: Hoboken, NJ / North Webster, IN | I would need some clarification in that....if you ask me for one lure for strictly catching the most fish I'd choose one thing(probably kickin minnow, bulldog or bucktail)....but if it was truly my choice based on enjoyment for the year....
PACEMAKER every time.
A blast to fish, produces decenlty well.
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| Low Rider |
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| All Black Suick--9 inch weighted. Have caught fish on these spring till Fall |
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Location: Appleton | I think I'd go Hot Whitefish Suick 9" Weighted |
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Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI | Mepps Musky Marabou, white blade with a black/white tail. Anytime, anywhere. |
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| Beaver Slivinski custom Weagle |
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| Grandma |
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Location: Hayward, WI | For my typical style of fishing, I would probably pick a single blade Rad Dog spinnerbait. Probably black/flame.
If I had to pick one bait that could fish nearly all year, any depth, fast or slow, I would probably pick something like an 8" Jake. Can be twitched just under the surface, ripped, cranked, or trolled. Medium sized bait that would produce all year long. Lots of guys would probably substitute a Dawg for that, but you couldn't speed troll with it as easily. Also, good luck with a soft plastic lasting for one year if you really only got ONE of them.
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Burmek-B1, Awesome bait!!! |
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| Any swim bait - Castaic or Huddleston type! |
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Location: Waterford,WI | suick ,sucker pattern non-weighted. |
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| 10" Perka-Sucker flavored.
Go big or stay home.
Work it high, just sub-surface, or left it wobble on down a few feet.
I'd fish it, because as little as I get to fish, I'm going to target big fish.
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| A crescent wrench bait such as a spinnerbait or a DDD. Either would do. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | 10" Suick weighted orange belly gold sides and top! I don't even own a Burmek-B1!! LOL  The 9" model gives me way to many small pike! |
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| no question in my mind, bulldawg. fishes shallow, deep, fast or slow, straight or erratic and it can be trolled. |
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Location: minocqua, wi. | black and smoke double cowgirl and a cabin on eagle ... and i'm good |
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Location: SE, WI. | BAGLEY CRANK !!! |
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Location: mad chain | big joe.......... |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Only one lure?
Hmmm...depends, i guess, but to catch fish 24/7 all year long...a Creature. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Black hair, tandem orange fluted indiana blades, size 8---made by me. |
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Location: Wis. Rapids, WI | It's been proven....Joel Wick's Flap-Tail. |
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Location: South Portsmouth, KY | It would have to be my 8in Chartreuse Manta. This thing has been on fire in the last couple of trips! |
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Location: Washington, PA | Mag Dawg |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | No question, Talonz Little claw in the crank version, Cast it, twitch it, Troll it . All around great bait. Kingfisher |
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Location: Pittsburgh, pa | I would pick a 6" straight Wiley in perch. I could twitch it or troll it. |
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Location: Brookfield | I have over 400 baits and you want me to pick only one. Mania lift off rig with some form of meat attatched to it. If that doesnt count I would go with my black Pacemaker. I cant believe how much thought I put into this LOL.
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Location: WI | Either a black bucktail or a 10inch Believer. Hard to choose...has to be something I can fish in most conditions which rules out topwater...and something that I can troll in the fall...but I can't cast those big believers without them getting all tangled up..so I suppose..ugh..I hate bucktails...but it'd probably be one. To break it down seasonally it would be, bucktail, suick, believer. |
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Big Fork Reef Digger. |
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| black 10 inch suick |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | I know this has been asked in the past post but it's great to know what baits are working for all of us. I would have to have a weighted Suick at the end of the rod. I've consistantly caught fish on this bait all year.
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Location: Watertown, MN | I bait all year 24/7, I would have to go with a mag walleye dawg, versatile to fish all time of year, shallow deep, fast/slow. Cowgirl would be second choice, but loose confidence in them in late fall or early season conditions.
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Location: Mauston, Wisconsin | I'd have to go with a 22cm/8.7" Suspending Zam in Emerald Perch (#33).
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| needa70lber - 11/1/2007 6:02 PM
Burmek-B1, Awesome bait!!! ;) yes but nothing can beat my bigM |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I think the most consistent producer from ice-out to ice-up would be a crankbait such as the TripleD.... but I'd have to go with a LongTale Spinnerbait... probably a Big Shot.... for the most productive lure overall. Rack up the numbers in spring/summer/early fall and then slow roll or jig it in late fall for a few more bigguns.
I always love these "one lure" questions as it makes you really think. However, it also makes your realize that there is a time to optimize and a time to compromise. Choosing one lure for all applications is definitely a compromise. |
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| I don't fish in the fall so I'd go with a nickel- blk/red double cowgirl as no. 1
a red bladed-blk/red cyco spin no. 2
and a sucker mag dawg no. three.
Brad Hoppe should love me with this post |
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Location: Belleville, WI | Depthraider, straight, perch. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | It really depends on where I would be fishing. If fishing locally, I could literally fish all year quite effectively with a J-13 Rapala. For spring in the weeds (flooded willows) it's buoyancy would keep it relatively weedless, it can be trolled, twitched, ripped and retrieved straight. Heck, I could even put it behind a downrigger ball and get plenty of depth out of the presentation. It even produces a nice fish on occasion...
S.
If I were expanding the breadth of locations to include all waters that I may fish, I'd go with a jig. |
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Location: Passaic, NJ - Upper French River, ON |
Red October Vibe Tube - Black with Gold Blade |
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Location: Syracuse, New York | Initially i was thinking suick, but for variety i'll go with an 8" perch colored sand cat
Edited by hitchcos 11/2/2007 9:57 AM
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Location: Land of the Musky | SuperD 8oz. |
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| PURPLE COWGIRL, GOLD BLADES, SORE ARMS |
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| Huh, I'd have to go with jig/creature combo. Then again, Wabulls are up there for me. |
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Location: Michigan | 8" Surface Twitch from Big Game Tackle
http://biggamelureco.com |
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| Slimeball nailed it on a twitch bait, but my choice would be a super shad rap, in the silver baitfish pattern. Kdawg |
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| I belive the winner is: Steve Sworrall.
Creature and a jig head will out fish any lure any day any place.
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, Musky Central, USA | Any French Lemay I've got, mainly the Giant Creeper. |
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Location: lansing, il | i used to say if i could only take 1 bait...gimmie a mag dawg and ill be happy, but if its a new one it probablly wouldnt last very long and my year would be over pretty quick...... so ill go with a 11" curly sue! |
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| Big Dipper, Black/orange tail flavour. |
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Location: Rhinelander. | bagley bango minnow, firetiger If ya have some you wnt to seel pm me.
color makes no difference,I'll repaint them
Pfeiff
Edited by Don Pfeiffer 11/3/2007 1:50 AM
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| Tandom white/silver Raddog. |
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Location: north central wisconsin | GP Thumper spinnerbait, 1.5 or 2oz with a variety of blades to change out. That is IF I only had one lure to choose. |
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The only lure I'd not get sick of fishing with would be a topwater.
I'd rather catch one topwater fish then 5 any other way.
Water Chopper would probably be my first choice.
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | guess i should post mine and that would be a 6.5 inch sq. phantom. fish it fast,slow,shallow,deep,not to big and not to small. has worked for me all year. |
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Location: Roscoe IL | Ace Tandem Spinnerbait. Black & Chart blades |
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Location: Tomahawk, Wisconsin | Hmmmm, customized mag dawg |
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Location: Janesville | I would say custom rubber bait. The RUBBER DUBBER. caught alot of fish on that lure will be on the market this spring. Matt McCumber |
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Location: Neenah, WI | Bucktail Black with silver or copper blades ( DC , Big Mama)
SAINT |
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Location: New Brighton, MN | Bulldawg Magnum Cisco
Edited by Willis 11/8/2007 2:44 PM
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | Come on Chuck! You took my pick!
Mepps Musky Marabou white blade/ black white tail
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Location: St. Louis, MO., Marco Is., FL, Nestor Falls, ON | I think I would have to go with the Crane 307 in black bars/white.
Edited by rpieske 11/8/2007 2:58 PM
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| spinnerbait. grinder, longtale. something like that. |
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Location: Indiana | 7" turmoil or a mag dawg |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Top Water on AHL Baits, when you catch a 50" on the top you will never go back under the water. To see a pig do a back flip and nail your bait on the top, that is what I fish for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| After reading through all three pages of posts you would think that one lure would be a standout a little more than the rest, but none seem to. Well, I guess it seems a lot of people have picked Bull Dawgs which suprises me a little. Wouldn't they be all tore up after a few fish?
Am really suprised more people ain't saying some kind of bucktail.
This is a tough question, for versatillity I'd have to say a jointed 8" believer in firetiger, but I don't think a lure like that could keep my interest all year long so I'll go with a lure I like to fish,Super Top-Raider blck/orange tail.
Edited by IntroC 11/12/2007 7:32 PM
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | ron f - 11/2/2007 6:11 AM
needa70lber - 11/1/2007 6:02 PM
Burmek-B1, Awesome bait!!! ;) yes but nothing can beat my bigM
Na I still like the Burmek, it will toast your lindy! BigM. Which you use the suspended version or shallow! What color would you pick, my colors don't catch a thing! Not even a hammerhandle! |
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| pink+gold suspended is a good start,i caught a 53 last week on it |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | ron f,
Nice fish, congratulations! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | ron f - 11/14/2007 3:14 AM
pink+gold suspended is a good start,i caught a 53 last week on it
I'll have to pick up some in the bargain bin at the local bait shop, not sure if they have pink and gold though, maybe purple and silver. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | or not... |
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| Creatures!!! |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | tnt triclops bucktail green and black |
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| One lure?? Impossible! ERRONEOUS!!!!
Shallow Invader. Troll it, straight crank it, twitch it, rip it, flop it around some slop. Close second would be a Hoodini (zig zag topwater), but for whatever reason I can't seem to find too many fish in Illinois to chase down topwater on a "consistent" basis. |
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Location: Northern Illinois | 9" red and white Suick. The bigger Suicks seem lethargic compared to the quick darting action of the 9". No weights please, I like to jerk 'em over weed beds. |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Renaldo - 11/19/2007 8:18 PM
9" red and white Suick. The bigger Suicks seem lethargic compared to the quick darting action of the 9". No weights please, I like to jerk 'em over weed beds.
Try a weighted suick in the weeds. Look for pockets! |
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| Whats a creature?
Who makes it
i see them mentioned a couple times in this thread |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Jig and plastics, Frank. |
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Location: SE, WI. | Frank; Go to buy ,sell, trade, and go to page 9. You can view what jig and creatures look like!!!
JIM |
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Location: So. Illinois | Super Shad Rap in Fire Tiger
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Location: Land of the Musky | Something I made with my own hands in my garage with my own tools. |
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