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Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 5:31:07 AM   
hufftwnboy1967

 

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I love to fish with minnows, and was wondering what is the best minnow lure out there. I'm looking info on realistic lure, and one that produces for all types of fish.




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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 5:49:38 AM   
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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 1:15:27 PM   
kill3ducks1deer

 

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Status: offline 		ive done ok with the mimic minnow by northland tackle

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 1:15:58 PM   
TransAmWS6

 

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 1:45:42 PM   
Cold


Posts: 676
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Status: online 		My standout lures this year have been a rapala F-3 in chrome and a HJ-6 in metallic silver.  I've caught bluegill, perch, crappie, rainbow, largemouth, smallmouth, walleye, and sauger on the smaller one, and laregmouth, walleye, and sauger on the HJ.  The X-Rap is a good producer too if the fish are aggressive.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 5:29:00 PM   
Timachro

 

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Status: offline 		The Rapala Minnow Rap is the best one  I have used.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 6:29:18 PM   
bronzeback2


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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 7:50:28 PM   
Snag_826

 

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Status: online 		Have any of you guys tried the KICKTAIL MINNOW? The action it has is amazing. Its very expensive as well. Im just wondering wether or not the thing actually does what they advertise. If youve never seen this thing check it out here...
http://www.ngcsports.com/?ccode=GOOGLEG&gclid=CP3N2fL4gZUCFQNfFQodAWqhqA
Theres some other crazy lures there as well

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 9:05:11 PM   
kill3ducks1deer

 

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 10:22:21 PM   
Icastalot


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Status: offline 		Rapala Tail Dancer....a close second is the P-Chip but it is only locally made. I picked one up at the convention center.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/9/2008 11:35:48 PM   
Marklu

 

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Status: offline 		Love Resnosky Darting Shad Mirror Image in green or black.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 12:25:17 AM   
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< Message edited by gobyking -- 8/10/2008 2:16:18 AM >

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 1:31:15 AM   
venomous grin


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Status: offline 		Yozuri Pins Minnow, thanks to all that recommended this lure to me previously

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 8:00:09 AM   
marsh rabbit

 

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Status: offline 		My favorite artificial is a Rapala J9 or J11. My favorite for jig fishing is the GULP 3" minnow. I recieved some for fathers day this year from the wife and kids so i had to give them a try. In my opinion they work as well as live minnows maybe better because with a dab of super glue will stay on for multiple fish. Have caught walleye, pike, bass, perch, crappies, etc on them. I am still in disbelief how well they work.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 8:52:40 AM   
HardCore Fisher


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Status: offline 		Rapala Countdown, they don't make the color anymore that i use.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 9:11:35 AM   
chauncy

 

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Status: offline 		Try a silver 1/32oz microspoon, with a black beadhead. Will catch everything that swims, at a price you wont believe.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 10:33:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you fishing on top Zoom Flukes for sure they will produce all sorts of fish also another really good lure on top is a white Magnum Flipping Tube rigged texas rigged with no weight. Sometimes fish will take a tube on top due to it's smaller profile if they are being picky. If I'm going a little deeper a Rapala Husky Jerk can't be beat.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 1:41:13 PM   
bennyhanna


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Status: offline 		my hands down never fail favorite lure is Lucky Craft 65DD American Shad...


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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 1:54:41 PM   
Cold


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ORIGINAL: HardCore Fisher

Rapala Countdown, they don't make the color anymore that i use.

Ronnie


What size Countdown do you use?  I have a CD-3 that I never fish with because whenever I do, I get about 1 in 3 casts that it behaves like it should, usually getting a hook stuck on the lip or tangled around the line.  Even when it does work, it's action leaves alot to be desired.  I normally try it for about 5 minutes then switch back to an F-3 instead.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 3:32:13 PM   
acmaul13

 

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Status: offline 		X-Rap in ghost color 3 1/2 to 5 inch has been killin smallys for me all year

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 3:50:35 PM   
chauncy

 

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ORIGINAL: Cold

quote:

ORIGINAL: HardCore Fisher

Rapala Countdown, they don't make the color anymore that i use.

Ronnie


What size Countdown do you use?  I have a CD-3 that I never fish with because whenever I do, I get about 1 in 3 casts that it behaves like it should, usually getting a hook stuck on the lip or tangled around the line.  Even when it does work, it's action leaves alot to be desired.  I normally try it for about 5 minutes then switch back to an F-3 instead.



Change the hooks to the next smaller size. That should fix the problem.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 9:14:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		for me pins minnow i have caught about every species of fish on em even the elusive koke,

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 9:35:42 PM   
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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/10/2008 11:47:08 PM   
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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 9:35:40 AM   
D-nymph

 

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 1:30:28 PM   
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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 1:53:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		i myself ,gotta be rapala,suspending and countdown,black/silver still my biggest producer

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 2:16:10 PM   
JMZ82


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Status: offline 		Check out storms hybrid lures.  I always try to have a couple on me, they wear out faster than hard baits but in my opinion look 10 times better coming though the water.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 4:38:51 PM   
kjjm4

 

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Status: offline 		My favorite minnow lure is a rapala F9 in silver/black.  If I'm fishing for largemouth in a lake, I use an F13 a lot of the time, and if I'm fishing in a smaller stream for trout or smallmouth I drop down to an F5 or F7.  I've caught a lot of crappies on F5's.

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RE: Best Minnow Lure - 8/11/2008 7:32:02 PM   
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Status: online 		All of these have there place and all can be deadly under the right circumstances.  Lucky Craft Pointer, Smithwick Rogue, HJ and XRAP, Fluke, MoMoney Swimbait, 4" white tube with a Kalins Darter Head.  I don't have an order I would put them in, they all work well. I believe it is more how you rig them and fish them rather than the action that they each have.  Generally when I am bass fishing (lm or sm), I have 2-3 Plano 3700's filled with stick baits in every color possibly imaginable.  They are my number one search bait, be they hard or soft, plastic or wood...  There is a reason why KVD many times has been successful locating fish when other tournament anglers can't, and stick baits are a big part of that success.

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