If You Could Only Carry 5 Plastics...

[MOPanfisher]

I would pick all 5 to be clear. i.e. 5 different large 370 Plano boxes each stuffed with baits.

[ness]

Looks like we have a consensus:

Berkley Powerbait Chigger craw (blk & Blu)
Zoom G-tail worm (Greenpumpkin)
Elaztech ZinkerZ (PB & J)
Zoom Finess Worm 6" (Greem Pumpkin)
Berkley Havoc Subwoofer (pearl)

6 or 8 " Red Shad Berkley Powerbait worm

3 " smoke grub (lots of choices)

Chompers 4" french fry in green pumpkin with red flake

Pearl white super fluke

4 " brown Berkley powerbait worm

Green Pumpkin realistic looking Craws. Absolutely the No. 1 for the most conditions and times of the year anywhere I have ever fished.

Brush Hogs. June Bug/Purple

Paddletail Swimming Baits, Fluke etc., Shad type of color.

Giant 10 - 15" Worms. Green Pumpkin.

Finesse Worms/Senkos. Watermelon Red Flake

green pumpkin centipede
green pumpkin speed craw
brush hog
10" power worm
tube - "rootbeer"

Salty Craw-Plum
Baby Brush Hog-Green Pumpkin
6" Lizard- Pumpkin & Chartruese
5" Finesse worm- Green Pumpkin
U-tail worm- Plum

6 inch Zoom Lizard - green pumpkin

6 inch Zoom Lizard - PBJ

Smoke Purple Flake Grub

10" green pumpkin worm like a flake red/purple/blue

Green pumpkin purple flake river bug

6 INCH ZOOM LIZARD

4 INCH GRUB

Strike King Zero

4 inch hula grub

Sluggo

[Jbrant]

1. Netbait Mad Paca - Green Pumpkin Candy

2. Netbait Mad Paca - Watermelon

3. Lake Fork Craw Tube - Green Pumpkin

4. Berkley Havoc - Green Pumpkin Purple Fleck

5. Strike King Coffee Tube - Green Pumpkin

[Quillback]

[dennis boatman]

Looks like we have a consensus:

Berkley Powerbait Chigger craw (blk & Blu)

Zoom G-tail worm (Greenpumpkin)

Elaztech ZinkerZ (PB & J)

Zoom Finess Worm 6" (Greem Pumpkin)

Berkley Havoc Subwoofer (pearl)

6 or 8 " Red Shad Berkley Powerbait worm

3 " smoke grub (lots of choices)

Chompers 4" french fry in green pumpkin with red flake

Pearl white super fluke

4 " brown Berkley powerbait worm

Green Pumpkin realistic looking Craws. Absolutely the No. 1 for the most conditions and times of the year anywhere I have ever fished.

Brush Hogs. June Bug/Purple

Paddletail Swimming Baits, Fluke etc., Shad type of color.

Giant 10 - 15" Worms. Green Pumpkin.

Finesse Worms/Senkos. Watermelon Red Flake

green pumpkin centipede

green pumpkin speed craw

brush hog

10" power worm

tube - "rootbeer"

Salty Craw-Plum

Baby Brush Hog-Green Pumpkin

6" Lizard- Pumpkin & Chartruese

5" Finesse worm- Green Pumpkin

U-tail worm- Plum

6 inch Zoom Lizard - green pumpkin

6 inch Zoom Lizard - PBJ

Smoke Purple Flake Grub

10" green pumpkin worm like a flake red/purple/blue

Green pumpkin purple flake river bug

6 INCH ZOOM LIZARD

4 INCH GRUB

Strike King Zero

4 inch hula grub

Sluggo

6" Pink worm

[Jerry Rapp]

white super fluke

green pumpkin zoom dead ringer

green pumpkin zoom centipede

Green pumpkin and watermelon red chompers twin tail for jig trailers.

K.I.S.S.

p.s., I haven't done the ned thing yet.....

[ness]

6" Pink worm

Sorry -- missed one.

[ness]

Believe me, I'm no expert on this topic -- but could it possibly be that presentation and conditions are more important than the particular bait? I know it seems crazy -- any fishing show will tell you it's all about the tackle -- but, maybe a dinged up Hula Popper will catch as many as a $17 current year model bait, if you put it in the right place, the right way, enough times?

[Walcrabass]

Ness,

I think that is kind of like saying "Is it possible that the presence of fish in the lake are more important than what you are using"? In other words if you are using the greatest lure ever invented ( I know what it is but I am not telling you guys) but fishing it at Mach 5 speed then you probably aren't going to catch much. Maybe snag one?????

I have always said that a good mechanic can do more with a set of channel lock pliers than some idiot with a whole set of tools. However with fish the situation is different. If you want to be successful fishing in all conditions and lakes you need to have a ton of tackle AND the knowledge on how to use it. And colors???? You cannot have too many even though a basic 6 or so will carry you most of the time. I believe that since fish are cold blooded that their perception of color is changed with the temperature of the water.

As far as the Hula Popper and maybe the Jitterbug too...... Wow what a flashback to my childhood years catching fish in ponds. Those are two awesome lures. Bullfrog on the Jitterbug and Red and white on the Hula Popper. Dyno-mite !!!!!

The Old Man Walcrabass