Favourite Lures

Sartorius · #1 02-24-2009, 05:04 PM

So, does anyone feel like mentioning their favourite lures/flies/baits? I know it's a bit of a touchy subject (no one wants to divulge all of their secrets!), but it could be an interesting discussion...

Personally, I'm a lure angler. I haven't quite yet dared to pick up (or pay for!) a fly rod, though that will come in the future.

For general trout fishing, my favourite all-around lure has got to be a little #1 Panther Martin spinner (sliver blade, yellow/red body).

My go-to pike lure is a largish (not sure exactly what size) Len Thompson red and white spoon.

And for perch and walleye, I like to use jigs in various sizes and colours.

Chris K · #2 02-24-2009, 06:23 PM

For walleyes, I use a lot of 6" Gulp crawlers if I am fishing bottom bouncers and Spinners. I hardly ever use real crawlers and I find these work so well, and are just as if not more effective for this presentation.
I really like Northland Baitfish Image Blades in Perch color (gold or silver back). That is my go to spinner color in size 5. The shiner and golden shiner are right up there too.

I use a lot of diving Shad Raps on 18 pound leadcore too...the Pearl ones in sizes 5 and 7 are my favourites. You can't beat black and silver either in the same sizes.

Reef Runner Ripsticks work great for me in 6 to 12 feet of water. Black Chrome, Parrot, Bare Naked, Emerald Shiner, Purple Demon, Cheap Sunglasses, and Firetiger.

The Deep Ripsticks work great too, you can get them down to 30 feet pretty easy with a snapweight. Same colors as the Ripsticks. I have some with chrome and red lips that seem to work better than others.

Around weedbeds and submerged weeds, I did pretty good with X-Raps last summer on the walleyes. After fishing through and around them with Jigs and having things slow down a bit, I could cast a size 10 X-Rap overtop and around the edges and pick up a few more fish. The fish absolutely pound these cranks when they hit them. Cast out and pause, twitch the rodtip and give it little sweeps forward.

When I jig with plastic and Gulp, I always hook them as thin as I can so more hook is exposed, and I glue the body to the jighead to make sure it stays put. I used lots of the 5 inch jerkshads in Pearl, and they worked really well for me. I used to use the little Powerbait Power Minnows in 2 and 3 inch before, but I can't get them anymore and I started using the Gulp Minnows in the tubs. I really like them and use them all the time.

Chris K

impatient_hunter · #3 02-24-2009, 10:33 PM

I pretty much just fish Pike and Walleye with lures. My favorites are Canada Flag Len Thompson, It looks like a gimmick but it works amazing, Rapala Husky Jerk and K.O. Wobbler.

uicehole · #4 02-25-2009, 09:48 PM

Pretty much a trout guy now. Bead head black woolybugger on a sinking line is my go to fly. Use this as my search pattern until I can tell what they're hitting. Other choices might be a dragon nymph or shrimp.

If I'm after the toothy critters, then I use a jig and twister tail. But then I'll have to relearn how to work the bail on the reel.

cujo1969 · #5 02-26-2009, 12:28 AM

len tompson 5 diamonds what else would a guy need.

Cal · #6 02-26-2009, 08:45 AM

If I had to fish a lake I'd never been to befor and all I could use is one lure it would be a spinner bait. I've caught more pike on these than all other hooks put togeather. You can buzz them along the top, drag them along the bottom, and they are about as weedless as anything out there. I like the standard and ratling rapalas, curly tail jigs, and bucktail spinners as well. The orange and white len thompsons have always worked well for me as well. I used them for trout as well before I started fly fishing. Havnt realy developed any favorite flys, if they cast well and are easy to see I'll use them, this method of choosing my fly has worked pretty well for a few years, maby someday I'll get more scientific.

mooseknuckle · #7 03-02-2009, 10:23 AM

I agree Len Thompson 5 of diamonds. However my loyalty is at question. I found another five of diamonds made by blue fox it has way nicer action the color's are more vibrant and the back side has a little more "bling bling" as they say. And wait for it..... it's about a buck cheaper. I'll always continue to buy LT's I'm all about supporting canadian/albertan companies but hey gotta find the deals when you can and I've caught a bunch on them.

driverlong · #8 02-26-2009, 10:22 AM

A Canadian Wiggler knock off, I found at a pawn shop. Out fishes every other lure I have for Pike and Walleys. I don't even use it, most of the time, because I can not find it at ANY store. I only bring it out when not catching on any thing else.

Able · #9 02-26-2009, 10:30 AM

Well Sartorius you are rite about anglers and ther secrets.But I don't mind telling you what I have in my tackle box.
I to fish for pike and I have duplicates for all of the luers I'm going to menchin for a reason.
Storm live pike. Tales keep geting ripte off.
Storm live anchovy. No tales lost yet.
Krocodile 3/4 silver and chrome. good for walleyes or pike.
Forge minnow silver. chewed to crap.
And my all time favorite. Pelican lures nature spoon with pike pattern.

I hope this halps you.

jesse34567 · #10 02-26-2009, 06:58 PM

for pike i like a white spinnerbait

then for the walleye in (pine coulle in summer) i would have to say a bright pink jig with a white gulp minnow

Backwoods boy · #11 02-26-2009, 08:14 PM

I use everything for anything if that makes sense, home made rigs, jigs and grubs, crank baits, topwaters, bait, and Im gonna start fly fishing soon enough

LacLaBicheNS · #12 02-27-2009, 03:44 AM

Bass (grew up in southern ont)
Large mouths-"flying lure", spinnerbait, shap raps, any Heddon top water, power bait rubber worms.

Pike- red and white dare devil, spinnerbait, Rapala's silver and blue "rattlin rap".

Walleye- the only thing I troll with is Blue fox "vibrax" spinners.. For jigging I usually use a yellow bucktail jib. Or a white buck tail.

LacLaBicheNS · #13 02-27-2009, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by LacLaBicheNS

Bass (grew up in southern ont)
Large mouths-"flying lure", spinnerbait, shap raps, any Heddon top water, power bait rubber worms.

Pike- red and white dare devil, spinnerbait, Rapala's silver and blue "rattlin rap".

Walleye- the only thing I troll with is Blue fox "vibrax" spinners.. For jigging I usually use a yellow bucktail jib. Or a white buck tail.

add to my walleye baits- Cotton Cordell's C.C. Shad, black and silver colour