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FAVORITE LURE

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Guys, we all have that one go to lure we have used for years and trust. (live bait not included) I have always had success with a zara spook jr or she dog in a bone color. just thought id ask what your favorite go to lure? this should be interesting....
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Zara Super spook, the chrome/black Cadillac, their last ride... :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Picture of the lure is worth a thousand word.
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I love a jig. I know that is not as "cool" as top water, but it feels so much like what I grew up doing - worm fishing for bass. To me, setting the hook on a thump is better than doing so on the splash. Just what does it for me. Not that a good topwater strike is not exciting too.

I like a "stand up" style jig, that lets the shad style bait stand up when it hits the bottom.
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Bone superspook jr in bone followed by one knocker spook in bone. followed by a Yo Zuri Crystal Minnow deep diver floating, in 3/8th oz size.

I love to throw topwater, but I've caught more fish with popping cork with DOA rigs; not as fun though.

To date, never caught anything on Gulp.
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A Captain Mike's AquaDreamLiving spoon ..............IN PINK
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Saltwater Assassin Stinky Pink ---Hot! Hot! Hot!
DOA 1/4 oz glo shrimp
Gulp-3 " New Penny
Gulp-3 " Sugar and Spice
Gulp-white w/ chartreuse tail
DOA C.A.L red body-white tail
Mann's root beer grub 3" (when fishing St Joe Bay).
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Gotta be the Skitterwalk (trout color)
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Chug Bug - Trout color.
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oh... and everything else in my tackle box #TheFiddler :lol: :lol:
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Go to is always a jig. Out produces all others. Preferred when the conditions are right, topwater. Spook in bone is as good as it gets, except at the mouth of the Aucilla and I ain't sayin' no more! :lol:
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Re: FAVORITE LURE

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If fishing for reds, gold colored Johnson's 1/2 oz minnow. Trout, new penny gulp. Cobes, artificial eel jig. Macks, blues, jacks - $1.00 bone colored bargain bin WalMart lures that look bit like Zara Spook... one thing I love about them is they stay up top while you work them but fall at rest and I often will get bites both ways (working AND if not when working when let them rest and fall).

If fishing for bass, topwater frog I can throw in lily pads. Bass in nearby pond not so picky as to seemingly matter much the exact manufacturer or design. Plastic worms catch higher numbers but not nearly as fun. :-)
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Re: FAVORITE LURE

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To cover the bases (and the entire water column), I use three lures predominately:

Surface: Rapala Skitterwalk SW-8 Chrome Mullet
Mid-column: DOA 1/4-ounce gold/glow shrimp (with an occasional switch to all glow, holographic glitter or root beer)
Bottom: Aqua Dream 3/8-ounce weedless gold spoon (may switch to pink in tannin-stained water and chartreuse or silver in clear)

Do I have other lures in my tackle bag? Yes, including some classic Bagley Finger Mullet and Smithwick Devil's Horse and Hall 'em In Hitchcock wooden lures, DOA CALs, BaitBusters, jerk baits and swim baits, plus some bucktail skimmer jigs. But if I could only carry three, the ones above would get the nod.
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Re: FAVORITE LURE

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Hard to pick a favorite. The bait that is producing at the time seems to be the fave of the minute. Nothing gets the adrenaline flowing like a topwater crush though.
Red head jig with any number of soft plastics, 3"-4" chartreuse curl tail grub, cocaho minnow, gulp shrimp, fluke style. Top water is one knocker spook in bone or red/white or a skitterwalk in bone or pink. Spoon is the aquadream in red nickle or gold. I love that thump,thump a red gives you with a spoon.
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Re: FAVORITE LURE

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Just a question: An AQL spoon is fished as a bottom lure? I've used Clark and Kastmaster spoons that I've always just cast and crank back. I really do like throwing artificials, and I've given my AQL gold spoon several hours of use, but I still have zero confidence in it, but more so than a Redfish Magic... Are you supposed to just fish it dead slow? Couple twitches here and there, or bounce it off the bottom? At this point I have a feeling I'm working it wrong...
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