What is your favorite fishing lure to use?
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Use plastic worms and plastic lizards.  I right now am using a spinner and that is working well, I am using white.\nAlso what works well is a thing called a brush hog in green color.  It gets the big fish.  Look at http://bassproshop.com for more ideas
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Ebay can kind of give you a ballpark idea.  Older vintage WOOD lures are big bucks!  Do a search on the internet for antique or vintage lures and examples of most will come up.  DO NOT CLEAN THEM!!!!!!!!! If you have the original boxes that they came in the value goes up.  If you have photos of them you can email me the photo and I can do some research for you.  kbwed@yahoo.com
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minnows are really good bait for just about anything that swims bass,crappie,catfish walleye trout carp,pike but try  rooster tails ,road runners jigs with minnows on it
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Once again this week live mackerel was the most effective bait for marlin and boats fished exclusively on the Pacific. \n\nTrolled lures in petrelero, blue/pink/silver and green/black worked well for the Blue Marlin, live bait (small tunas) for the Black Marlin and small brightly colored lures and Caballito for the Striped Marlin and Sailfish.
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Yamamoto Senko is hands down the best bass bait on the market. There are a lot of imitations out there(including the yum dinger mentioned above) but the original Yamamoto senko is step above all of them. They're salt content is very high giving it an action that makes it look alive especially when wacky rigged(hooked in the middle with a #2 bait hook and no weight).  I guarantee if you buy a bag and try them out you will have great success. For more info or to buy some go to www.insideline.net They have a great forum where pro's are always happy to help out and you can order directly from the factory there.\nP.S. Try the watermellon pepper,excellent collor! Good Luck and tight lines.
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Depending on where your fishing at on a river or a lake? \n\nIf a lake i would use a bell weight around a 1/2 once. put it about a foot from your bait. \n\nIf a river I would rig a egg weight dont tie it down let it sild on the line. Tie a swivel at the end then put on your bait.\n\nBait is another big thing I use whole or cut shad works the best for me. \n\nUse 20 + lb line when catfishing.
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Snapper & Grouper like ANY live or cut bait. (Anchovies, Sardines, Squid, Herring, Medhadden, ect)\n\nMost jigging is done with silver spoons, or with skirted lures. The skirts add a life-like effect to the jigs.
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I would go with a floating Rapala, about three inches long.  You cast it out and it floats until you reel it in.  When you start reeling it dives under water and wiggles like a minnow.  You can also use it as a top water bait by twitching it and letting it sit until the ripples die down and then twitch it again.  This works especially well early in the morning or just before dark.  Good luck.
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well, I used to buy locally at walmart till a friend referred me to http://www.enlure.com . They are actually cheaper than walmart but the lure quality is still pretty high. Don't know how they manage to provide free shipping at such low price. Better buy before they go under......
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you can't beat a red and white dare devil for pike. also had great luck using live minnow sucker or shiner and bobber if the current isn't bad. pike are kind of dumb i think and usually anything flashy or minnow looking works. i prefer nice days myself, spring/early summer, 4-8 foot
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The best, most undisputed crappie bait ever, are live minnows.  Crappie go nuts for them.  In fact, in your local tackle shop, they'll probably have a size of minnow called a "crappie minnow."  This isn't because it's a baby crappie, it's because it's the perfect size for catching crappie.\n\nThat being said, there are other lures that will seduce those paper-mouthed rascals into biting.  My personal favorite is a white 1/16 oz. jig head w/ a chartruese "trailer."  I say trailer because when it comes to crappie lures, the sky is the limit.  There are as many different 2" trailers for crappie jigs as there are soft plastics for bass fishing.  You can catch them on almost all of them though, but I really like the white head/chartruese body combo.\n\nAnother good lure is a small rooster tail.  Find one with a silver color and silver blades.  It mimics minnows, and therefore triggers strikes.\n\nGood Luck.
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Depends on what your trying to catch, but myself I always use threadfin herring and squid. The squid is like rubber, tough and resiliant and the herring breaks up and gives off the oils that fire them up. Just my opinion but whatever you go with put squid on there, too...
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I've got three go to baits.\n1. tube bait rigged weedless with no weight(drive 'em nuts)\n2. Jerk bait (red fin, repala)\n3. rattle trap (nuff said.)
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You can use just about anything for catfish... and yes... I have used anchovies as bait before... with limited success... but I also caught a stripped bass that night too.
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Use a frog lure, spinner bait is what my dad said...
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I have found that the best retirieve to catch bass would have to cast it out as close to weeds, or logs, or rock cover as you can, keep your rod tip up and you line taut.  Let the worm sink and usually you will get the hit on the initial fall.  If not, let the worm sink to the bottom.  Then give the worm a few tugs, very small tugs, remember, you have to make it look real, so huge tugs make it look like a super worm, and may result in a hit, but, not many.  After you have given 2,3 maybe 4 little tugs on the worm, let it sink again.  I have found that most hits occur as the worm is falling.  So it is a must to keep your line taut, or you won't even feel the strike.  You must also keep your eye on your line where it enters the water.  Sometimes, you don't feel the hit, even with a tight line, but you will see your line either twitch, or move off to one side or the other.  Be ready to set the hook.  I prefer the YUM dinger in the 4 inch model and 6 inch model, in the watermelon seed color with gold flakes. They have a small slit in the worm to hide the hook in, resulting in easier, and better hook-ups.  Bill Dance once said "Any color and size of worm is good, as long as it is 6 inches and purple."  Try watermelon seed first, it seems to work everywhere.  Purple, black, red, and watermelon seed  also seem to work well.  But you have to experiment to find a good color. Here are a few sites to get you started.  I also have found that if the YUM dinger doesn't work, the YUM 6 inch ribbontail usually does.  If niether of those work, I try the YUM hawgtail, and almost always catch bass with 1 of the 3.  I would be lying if I told you that these three soft plastics have not improved my catch ratio per fishing trip, than any other plastics, and lures combined. I have found that using worms, I have found that it makes little difference on the water condition, when fishing a worm.  I have caught bass in muddy water, clear water, and in between with a worm, as well as at night. Bass have a "sensor" called the lateral lines. The bass can feel the worm before they see it.  In fact the largest bass I have ever caught was caught on a YUM dinger, at 2 a.m. during a full moon. But I have also had good bass at night when it was cloudy out. I prefer to Texas rig my plastics, most always wieghtless, on a 1/0 worm hook.  Have fun, and tight lines.
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I always use a black bullet weight.  I don't know if it works any better than the other ones because I've never tried any other ones except regular lead color and it does work better than that. \n\nAll those flashy colors are a good idea, and after reading your question, I had an idea.  Paint the weight colors that match the bottom of the area you're fishing.  That way the weight blends in and all the fish sees is the soft plastic.  I'm gonna go buy a couple things of bullet weights and start painting.