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Hard bodied Bass lures ?
I've been fishing primarily Saltwater in Fla. for a number of years. I do fish freshwater from time to time, using mostly palstic worms. I need to know what are your favorite hard bodied lures for Bass? Please be specific, brand names and colors. All feedback will be appreciated.
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this is just the few i have in the boat most of the time...
you want a list prepare for a list..a LONG one.. warning dial up users crankbait porn.. if you fish salt water you should reconise some of these baits... nuff said zooker
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Zook you pig , btw welcome aboard man .
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Hey there Jim P...
First thing I want to do is welcome you to Bassfishin.com. You just missed a thread titled CRANKBAITS, its full of the info. that your asking about. You can do a search, just look up CRANKBAITS. It should be what your looking for... |
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WELCOME TO THE NUTHOUSE JIM!!! and man di you hit the jackpot on ol zooker bout dem cranks, hahaha. hey gang... the ol bait monkey got him another one. welcome to the site pal. best on the web.
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Wow! My local bait shop don't have that many cranks...
Hey Zooker - Just wondering...Do you fish live bait or arties when fishing the salt in your yak? BTW - welcome Jim! |
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Thanks Zook them crank pics made my day.
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i use both. the gulp shad in new penny being a top preformer for me. x-raps trolled along and bandit 200 also being favored fake baits. live finger mullet, shrimp,pogie's,spots are what i use alot of.. i use a cast net. while i do move a bunch while fishing the salt marsh. i do tend to put out at least 3 rods if i see tailing fish or bait bustin the surface. zooker
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Hey Zooker,
Nice cranks! What can you tell me about the boxes. Don't think I know those, I like the slots for the dividers |
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Zooker don't have a corner on the crankbait market-he's got a few more than me but it is (or used to be until he "inherited" a tackle store) close.
Jim, welcome to the forum! To be truthful you can get by with just a few baits for starters. Here is what I'd stock a tackle box with to get started, in no particular order: 1/2 oz. chrome/blue back Rat-L-Trap. Just be sure to sharpen or better yet change the hooks. The stock hooks are about as sharp as a Q-tip. A pearl/black back Bandit 100. Small, square billed crankbait. A square billed bait runs shallow and is surprisingly snag free. I love to throw one in flooded timber. A deep running crawfish color-Bandit 300, Rapala DT-10, Bomber Model A. I throw these shallow so they dig into the bottom kicking up a mud trail like a crawfish. A 1/2 oz. Smokey Joe Rat-L-Trap. See above. A chrome or shad color jerkbait-Bomber Long A, Cordell Redfin-there are a number of different brands out there. Good for warmer water. A suspending jerkbait-good for cold water. Bomber Suspending A, Smithwick Rogue, or if you want to spend the $ a Lucky Craft pointer. these baits will suspend under water and just sit there. Not all that productive in warm water but can be killer in cold water. A Norman Deep Little N, shad color. these run 10-12 feet deep and are productive anywhere from real shallow down. Now, if you are like most of us this collection will grow expontionally. The key to fishing a lipped bait is contact-you want it to bounce off cover-rocks, wood, etc. Strikes usually come when it deflects off something. Lipless baits work better around grass-if you hang up and rip it free it can generate some hard strikes. Hope this helps!
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who said i inherited a tackle store?? i don't own it... but you can't prove it by the pic's huh?? zooker
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Nope, and after our conversations a few months back you can't convince me you didn't inherit it!
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are ya standing guard zooker? hahahaha. ya know, not to steal this thread. but since i wuz 16 years old, i always wanted to own and operate a bait and tackle store. but now....after really looking into it, i found out that it would take up most of my fishing time, hahaha.
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when we moved here, right across from the launch is a store. it was empty at first, then a couple opened it up, i thought it was gonna be a bait and tackle, but nooooo. just beer and crap. it would make a fantastic bait shop. right across from the launch, plenty of parking, plenty of square footage to stock LOTS of baits. it would really do well i think. if i EVER win the dang ol lottery, i am gonna buy that place and stock it up for what it SHOULD be.
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Hey Zook dem some purty crankbaits der but where are the warriors??? You know, the ones that have the battle scars.
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I would guess they're still tied to the rod, Smitty.
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lol all but the top box is used on a regular bases... i only have 6 rods set up for cranking.. so there is 6 baits missing..
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Oh, I forgot, you buff and polish your crankbaits like you do your boat after every outing. No wonder they look so good.............
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J.P. - You can't go wrong with Bandit, Norman, and Strike King. There are a few more brands that I like specific baits like the Mann's Baby 1, Lucky Craft RC 1.5 and 2.5, Luhr Jensen Speed Trap, and others. Rapala DT series have a good reputation around here too. Match the baits with the depth you are targeting and buy one or two and test them out. Colors - can't go wrong with the different Shads like Tenn. or Sexy. Firetiger has it's place too.
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Zooker where the dam Pose crankbait at. No acomplished crankbait fishermen goes to the lake without a box of retro pose baits.
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you know what moose your right there is no poes pictured there they have there own box. fear not moose i have several dozen of them.i do fish in the land that poes built..i just chose not to picture them as some are truely customized..
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there he goes again with dem "secrets". hahahahahahahahahahaha.
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