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Old 06-03-2004, 10:32 AM   #1
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Lure you most enjoy using

I was wondering which lures you like using the most. It doesnt have to be the most effective lure, just the styles you enjoy fishing with.

I like using big darters and fat sized metal lip swimmers :th:
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Old 06-03-2004, 10:36 AM   #2
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poppers. i love to catch bluefish on poppers.
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Old 06-03-2004, 10:43 AM   #3
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NICE!! somehow I forget that I love tagging big blues on 3+oz polaris poppers. Nothing beats fish going bonkers on top
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Old 06-03-2004, 10:46 AM   #4
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POPPERS!!!!

by far , nothing comes close for me.....watching a big a$$ bass slap your popper 3 feet in the air with it's tail gives me the chills!!
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Old 06-03-2004, 10:48 AM   #5
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Definetly surface plugs and flys.

But in a close second is the thump, thump, thump of the swimmer and the rod going down
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Old 06-03-2004, 10:49 AM   #6
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I think jigs and poppers are the most fun. Jigs cause you have to be super aware to do it correctly and poppers cause you get the see the repeated strikes until the hook up. I think in fishing , working a popper over a school of blitzing stripers on a crisp fall day , is one of the biggest thrills.

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Old 06-03-2004, 10:54 AM   #7
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I agree with salt about jigs.... takes more concentration...

Also big swimmers (take your pick metal or scandanavian) both the vibrating thumping and the feel of the plug surfing the waves... that takes a bit of feel...

needles... just cause there is soo many ways to fish em...

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Old 06-03-2004, 10:59 AM   #8
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the one that catches fish not the fisherman !

poppers for their top water action
swimmers for the arm jarring hits you get from fish

freshwater roostertails for the ferocity of the hit and that its a trout magnet .
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:04 AM   #9
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Every year or so I find I concentrate more or less on certain styles of fishing depending on what floats my boat at the given time. But having said that, I don't think you can beat the satisfaction of getting fish to hit on lures/flys you build yourself. No one particular style in mind just so long as it's self made. I don't build plugs but I do tie my own flys and droppers and I would say that seeing how they work is the most enjoyable for me.
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:09 AM   #10
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needles
Kastmasters
needles
wigglys
needles
swimming plugs

oh.. did I say needles?
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:10 AM   #11
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Poppers are fun but after a while they are too much like work.

I love the sensation of a big old windcheater drummin' across a rip. You don't even have to reel. Every time it hits a litlle seam or eddy the drummin' slacks off and you anticipate the "POW". When the fish are thick I can almost say, "now" a subsecond before the hit. It's sweet when it happens.

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Old 06-03-2004, 11:17 AM   #12
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Spooks - between the explosions on the surface on them when they get thwacked, and the work that goes into walking them the way you want...

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Old 06-03-2004, 11:17 AM   #13
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Poppers are fun but after a while they are too much like work.

I love the sensation of a big old windcheater drummin' across a rip. You don't even have to reel. Every time it hits a litlle seam or eddy the drummin' slacks off and you anticipate the "POW". When the fish are thick I can almost say, "now" a subsecond before the hit. It's sweet when it happens.

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Old 06-03-2004, 11:25 AM   #14
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Gotta' go w/ poppers!
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:32 AM   #15
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Polaris Popper
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Old 06-03-2004, 11:34 AM   #16
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:32 PM   #17
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I like them them all, I couldn't pick a favorite. Depending on the conditons they all have a place when they shine.

Even the potato peeler has a place
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:47 PM   #18
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Popper without a doubt
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:48 PM   #19
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I like the sabiki rig, cause I love live bait.
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:49 PM   #20
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For me, a fly that I tied myself. All the work going into tying and then casting/presenting makes the catch that much more rewarding.

Poppers are fun, but man, it does get to be work after a while.
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Old 06-03-2004, 12:53 PM   #21
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Old 06-03-2004, 01:18 PM   #22
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I used to catch almost 90% of my bass on bucktail Jigs grub combo & also on Tins.. Now I would have to say a Danny Swimmer . Give me a conventional outfit w/ mono line,a Danny swimmer and bass in the suds and I am in heaven.
I think Bernzys Boy Howdy looks like a lure I would really enjoy too.
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Old 06-03-2004, 01:21 PM   #23
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I catch most on Bassassassins, but definitely pencil poppers are the lures I enjoy catching on the most.

seals + plovers =
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Old 06-03-2004, 01:46 PM   #24
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Talking SMACK ITS

97 is my favorite
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Old 06-03-2004, 02:03 PM   #25
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Pencil Poppers and the big 3.5 oz danny. Nothing beats the action on those things

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Old 06-03-2004, 02:13 PM   #26
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poppers, and then anything that walks the dog, like a pencil or spook.

live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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Old 06-03-2004, 03:44 PM   #27
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This is a tough one...

I would have to say big swimmers at night. A nice steady retrieve, all is quiet, the lure is doing it's thing, then BAM the fight is on!
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Old 06-03-2004, 04:00 PM   #28
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All of them!!!
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Old 06-03-2004, 04:10 PM   #29
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Jigs, and wooden swimmers.

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Old 06-03-2004, 06:53 PM   #30
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I would rank them as follows

Jigs
needles
Pikies
then poppers.
I mostly fish at night.
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