Are These The Top 5 Fishing Lures in History?
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Desperation time ….
1/. Senko wacky rig
2/ Drop shot. Max scent flat worm
3/ Zoom fluke
4/. Keitech swim bait
5. Tube bait …max scent
My top 5:
*Spinnerbait
*Berkley Kingtail
*Traditional Floating Rapala
*Jig & Pig
*Johnson Silver Minnow and pork strip
Great topic, I liked your choices.
Vibe.Stick.Grub tail or paddle tail plastic and jerks
Spook, spinnerbaits, crankbait, worm and jig.
in no particular order:
Senko 5" in black/blue laminate, Texas rigged
Rapala DT6 in bluegill
BOSS Swim jig head, 3/8 ounce, Baby Paca Craw, black/blue live rubber skirt
Jack Hammer chatterbait, spunk shad trailer, bluegill colors or black/blue
Berkley Warpig 1/2 ounce
I'm going Megabass z2 crankbait, Fat straight tail roboworm, Finesse Jig, 3.3 keitech, and probably a megabass 110+1 jr or a spinnerbait
#2 mepps, 3" red and white daredevil, kietech swim bait, chartreuse and black medium diver, crawfish red diver
Thanks!
If you had one spinning rod to use for these 5 lure presentations, what power would you use: medium light, medium, or medium heavy? Thanks
Just a dumb question; what type / size of hooks do you use for various rigging on your soft plastics, flukes, worms, etc? Thanks
If terminal tackle is not restricted, your Queentackle vibrating jig blade would work great on the swimjig. As well as an inline spinner a la Snagless Sally, a bit of a cheat I know. I was surprised about the fluke, but it replaces the jerkbait with your Core tackle jighead so FFS is no problem. If you can have both half and quarter ounce lipless, you are pretty well covered. Maybe even attach the fluke or Keitech to the back of the half ounce lipless, wow new lure, I will have to test that one. Good subject.
Rattletrap, Power Worm,Wiggle Wart(original),Jig and Big Daddy Pork Trailer, Zara Spook!!!!! Baits of all time!
Old School top five
Rapala Shad Rap
Zoom Brush Hog
Storm Rattling Chug Bug
Stanley Jig and UJ #11
Bomber Model A
New School
Yamamoto Senko
Keitech Swimbait
ZMan Chatterbait
Missle D Bomb
Ned Rig
I get your reasons for all your picks, but I’m shocked you didn’t include a top water of some sort.
It’s tough to pick just 5 but here we go.
1) 4 1/2” 6th sense whale in sun gill color. Pec. fins trimmed.
2) 7” ribbon tail worm. Green pumpkin or watermelon with red flake.
3) lipless crank bait in golden shiner or bluegill.
4) spinner bait. White/char.
5) gotta have top water, but since I can only have one I’m taking a popping frog.
1)5 inch senko in june bug.
2)Mini max chatterbait in bluegill.
3)Fritts flat side in Tennessee shad.
4)3 inch Swimbait in a shad pattern.
5)Some type of soft craw plastic in green pumpkin.
Spinnerbait Whi/Chart 3/8 where I fish. Stick Bait. Black and Pumkin. Fluke Bubblegum.. Buzbait whit chart. Lipless in Chrome Blk
Thanx Matt,
1) 7" power worm blue fleck
2) 1/2oz green pumpkin Jackhammer
3) 1/2oz Megabass SV-3 AYU spinnerbait
4)Stike King Blue Craw Ragebug
5) 1/4 oz bluegill swimjig
I know the stickbait gets more bits than any soft plastic but that and a drop-shot put me to sleep. I have to fish what I enjoy fishing or why go.
Square bill brush hog spook style topwater senko fluke
I would have to have a crank bait Rapala shad rap a jig a spinner bait and a swim bait
1. Zoom 10.5 inch worm
2. Lipless
3. Frog
4. Stick bait
5. Medium crank bait – dt 8
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Cotton Cordell in the late 70's was the largest lure manufacture in the world. A reporter once asked him with all the variety of lures you sell, if you could only take one lure fishing which would it be. Without hesitation he said his blade bait. I have to agree, its extremely versatile.
I rely on Keitech also. Just have not had a bit of luck with the Smallie color though.
100% agree with all those choices except the last one sort of … classic Rat-L-Trap lipless needs to be #5. These 5 baits have dedicated rods on my boat. Since I picked out these 5 prior to watching to the just to see and scored 100% I guess I'm on the way to being a pro fisherman … NOT! …![😬](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f62c.svg)
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This is a fun topic! Here are mine:
1) Zoom Super Fluke
2) 3/8 Beast Coast Lil Magnum jig with a Zoom Super Chunk
3) 7" Berkley Power Worm
4) 1.5 Bill Lewis ATV squarebill
5) 3/8 Booyah Covert Spinnerbait (Willow/Colorado blades)
It's very hard to leave out the Berkley Pit Boss, but I felt the Power worm would give me more versatility and I've caught fish on that worm for 30 years.
worm/jig/spinnerbait/frog/jerkbait
Roboworm drop shot (Aarons Pro Shad), Berkeley General wacky rigged (baby bass color), Chug Bug (chrome), jig (green pumpkin), jerk bait (Megabass or Stunna ivory color)
Matt somehow just knew you would add the General and Pitboss in there![😊](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f60a.svg)
My Five Baits: 1/2 OZ spinnerbait (WHT-CHART), popping frog (BLK-BLUE, Z-Man fluke (PEARL), 5" General (WTRM-RED FLAKE, pit boss (BLK-BLUE)
Probably the most boring fishing video I’ve seen you do. Get more creative man
Gotta have a chatterbait or spinnerbait and don't forget core tackle hooks
Excellent topic. Hard to argue with your choices. Your videos are a solid blend of knowledge, experience and angler passion. Could this list be more than 5? There are so many variables to consider when choosing a bait. I'd like to hear your top 3 for each phase/season of the year. Thanks for another fine video
Matt that's a good thought if you could only pick three colors and use those three colors in any combination
For bass, easy. OG stickybait Senko, CA worm, Zoomy fluke, Baby Brushhogger, and finessy swimmybait, but your fans love to counter me. I don't know why they get butthurted so easy when I teach them the best. Hardbaits cannot make the list bc they're not versatile. Jigs tend to do the same as plastics at the bottom and anywhere else. Jigs are overpriced and they get lost after a few casts in Commiefornia. You right about the two hardbaits, but they wouldn't make the list of all time, even though I don't care for all time lures. They make fishing too easy and boring. I like easy, but with hard lures. Anyone can catch fish with plastics, but again, your fans say I am a legend to myself.
In general a jig, worm, lizard, crawdad imitation, stick bait.
As a shore fisherman I find the lipless to be my go to. I can cover lots of water with it. Seems to work best for me when I burn it past weed lines. They hit it like they are mad at it. From the California Delta to small lakes/ponds.
My fav baits
1. Trick/finesse/senko worm
2. UV speed craw
3. Rage swimmer paddletail
4. Kvd Squarebill crankbait
5. Buzzbait/Choppo/Popper
I like your pics but i want a carolina rigged cocoon instead of a small plastic swimsuit.
Jerkbait, lipless, inline spinner, spoon, bottom jig with some kind of creature bait.
stickworms and neutrally buoyant slash baits. swimbait plastics have been imprinted in the brains of most fish around here as something fake.
These videos are interesting and Matt does a good job but keep in mind it's all about selling baits for the sponsors. The key to success is not the bait but variables like depth, presentation, retrieve, etc.
Very hard choices…. No top water lures?![😅](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f605.svg)
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Wow im right there with you the only change would be a spinnerbait instead of the swim jig
I mentioned this before, but thought I would again, so you'd have a little time to think about it.(Won't work on the ice…) I've always been amazed when I watch you fish at how easily and accurately you cast. If presentation is a key to catching fish, I'd like to see you do a little tutorial on casting, with both spinning and baitcasters. I've been fishing for 55 years, and I could still use some improvement in that area…..
Stick worm, square bill, swim jig, spinner bait, chatter bait
Good video Matt![🤛](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/svg/1f91b.svg)
Don't forget a tube!!!
5 inch stick bait, small swimbait, large swimbait, soft plastic craw style bait and a rapala dt 6.
I'm pretty basic old-school when I go fishing, which is rarely in recent years, and still way behind the curve of what people do today. Deep diving crankbaits, Texas rig worms, lipless cranks, spinnerbaiits, and smaller topwaters like the old Excaliber that I like to use with different retrieves. I need to learn how to use jerk baits, swimbaits, chatterbaits and of course all the Core Tackle rigs. I'm gonna work on that this year, even if only from the bank.