best lure awards

[Gunpowder]

ok i came up with a couple different categories because i was wondering what other people thought of certain lures and brands. they can be any thing from a bomber lure all the way to GRS and RM Smith. just want to know what people think. try to answer each one. (i really want to kno now that hab's are hard to come by, who has the best needle)

1. Danny
2. Deep Diver
3. Broken Back
4. Rubber (general)
5. Needlefish
6. Darter
7. Squid
8. Pencil
9. Popper
10. Bottle plug
11. Stubby Needle
12. OTHER

have fun
mike

[tattoobob]

My top 10 plugs
1) Needlefish
2) Needlefish
3) Needlefish
4) Needlefish
5) Needlefish
6) Needlefish
7) Needlefish
8) Needlefish
9) Needlefish
10) Needlefish

[Gunpowder]

ok wat i meant to ask is to go through each one and select ure favorite brand for the given plug, not just ure favorite plug :P nice try tattoobob

[Vogt]

1:Tattoo
2:Tattoo
3:Bomber
4:Calcutta Shad/ Lunker city Sluggo
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6:SuperStrike
7:??
8:Plugcasters look awesome but Gibbs are great producers
9:SuperStrike
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12: Spook-tattoo

Throw in a few 7" Mambos and Bomber A-salts and you have yourself a very solid line-up.
IMO

[numbskull]

This should be limited to currently available plugs, but since I don't buy many anymore I'll give you my all time bests.
1. Danny.....................BM/Lupo
2. Deep Diver..............Rapala
3. Broken Back............Bomber
4. Rubber (general).....Alou
5. Needlefish...............BM wad
6. Darter.....................BM 3oz
7. Squid......................Atom Reverse
8. Pencil......................Gibbs (old)
9. Popper....................Pili
10. Bottle plug.............Gibbs (old)
11. Stubby Needle.......?
12. OTHER..................A40.....Plastic Atom
"Spook".....Bernzy

[wader-dad]

Stubby Needle--Billy D. (Bill Delizio)

[zimmy]

I have a relatively small stash... so my experience is limited compared to others. Also, there are a bunch I could choose for several catagories. So fwiw...
1. Danny- beachmaster
2. Deep Diver ? If the river was whisky...
3. Broken Back- rebel 5"
4. Rubber (general)- Trojan
5. Needlefish-Habs
6. Darter-? I like those mag yozuris, but they are sorta different. My choopies and superstrike work pretty good, but thats all I got.
7. Squid- skin jig
8. Pencil- Gibbs, salty sheriff
9. Popper- Superstrike, salty fathead
10. Bottle plug- salty lipless
11. Stubby Needle-salty
12. OTHER-Red Fin

[bart]

these are the only plugs i really use:

Danny: MAC
Pencil: Plugcaster, Gibbs Canal Special
Needle: Superstrike, Gibbs
Plastic swimmer: black mambo, redfin, yo-zuri mag minnow
rubbah: 9" slug-gos

SS bottles are killer plugs as well...

[fishbones]

1. RM Smith 2.75oz
2. Don't use
3. Rapala
4. Tsunami sand eel
5. Habs
6. Tattoo
7. Can't remember the brand name
8. After Hours
9. Gibbs Polaris
10. Gibbs
11. Don't use
12. YoZuri Mag Darter

This is just a list of lures I carry and have had success with. There are a lot of plugs that I have not tried yet and look forward to using next season.

[Flaptail]

1. Beachmaster (medium)
2. Gibbs Danny Deep diver (medium)
3. Rebel 5-1/2
4. Nebe Pleasure Stick w/1oz lead cone
5. My own
6. Gibbs older version
7. Atom Reverse (Pond era)
8. Bigfish Bait Co.
9. My own
10. Gibbs (the original)
11. My own
12. Bernzy Howdy of course!

[leptar]

1. Danny ------Tough.... BM, Hahn, Trouble Maker.
2. Deep Diver ----- Rapala, Tattoo
3. Broken Back ----- Hahn eel for wood, redfin 5"
4. Rubber (general) ----- Asylum worked for me
5. Needlefish ----- BM and SS
6. Darter ----- Tattoo and SS
7. Squid ----- Atom reverse, Afterhours
8. Pencil ----- Afterhours, Gibbs, Fixter,Gags, Bernzy
9. Popper ----- Gibbs , SS
10. Bottle plug ----- Hahn ,SS and Gibbs
11. Stubby Needle ----- Gibbs.
12. OTHER ----- Metal i like Pt. Jude, Acme, Hooligan and T-Hex.

Pocket rockets.....a must have in the bag/box..

looking for everyone's best will give you a general idea of what is good... but you need to look for yourself for what works for you...
Didn't get to fish much this year so...
So much to list/talk about so little time...

[striperondafly]

1. Large Danny - RM Smith - small Danny - Tattoo
2. Deep Diver - Tattoo
3. Broken Back - RM Smith
4. Rubber (general) - 9" sluggo
5. Needlefish - Habs and Afterhours
6. Darter - don't fish them enough to comment
7. Squid - don't fish them enough to comment
8. Pencil - Big Don
9. Popper - haven't found many I like so I am working on one
10. Bottle plug - don't use them much so no comment
11. Stubby Needle - Habs
12. Spook - Tattoo

[capecodkid]

1. BM and RM Smith
2. Tattoo
3. Rebel
4. Hogy Baits
5. Habs, BM, Choopy
6. BM and LiFishinVT
7. Habs A40 with squid eye on back I got 5 years ago from him
8. Plugcaster
9. SS
10. SS
11. Habs
12. Tattoo sea dogs

[flyben24]

1.Gibbs
2. havn't fished enough
3. Bomber
4. Ronz
5. Superstrike
6. havn't fished enough
7. havn't fished enough
8. Gibbs
9. Gibbs
10. Gibbs
11. Habs

[Gunpowder]

i knew the ronz addict would come out of his cave! (nice avatar by the way )

[BasicPatrick]

different plugs of the same style shine in different situations....here are some of my favorites

1. Danny-------------Bassmaster
2. Deep Diver--------Bucktail jig
3. Broken Back------Big Fish Bait co (wooden)
4. Rubber (general)--Got Stryper (Project Rubber)/H&H Cocahoe
5. Needlefish---------Al Gags/Habs in a tie
6. Darter-------------Tattoo 3oz
7. Squid--------------Habs Squid Popper/Tattoo Darter
8. Pencil--------------Big Fish/Guppy/Salty Sherrif all have their place
9. Popper------------Tsunami Electic School Bus
10. Bottle plug------Gibbs
11. Stubby Needle--Habs
12. OTHER-----------Mambo Minnow

[NIGHT STRIKES]

1. Danny ---------Small TroubleMaker
2. Deep Diver -------Danny Pichney Conrad Jr.
3. Broken Back -------RM Smith Jointed Big-Eye
4. Rubber (general)-----GULP! 3'&4" Pogie
5. Needlefish -----HAB'S 1.5oz.
6. Darter----------BeachMaster 2oz
7. Squid N/A
8. Pencil------MAC Canal Special
9. Popper-------PA Surfer Pop Rocket
10. Bottle plug------Superstrike
11. Stubby Needle N/A
12. OTHER-----Surf Asylum Hammerhead