Confidence lures

When trolling with flatfish, I start off with the "coachdog" and "blue pirate" colors in the F7 size. Rapalas or similar cranks in black and white or perch colors. Spinner and buzz baits in white or chartreuse. Soft swimmies in black and white or glow.

Sorry I didn't call you back Jeff. We've been crazy busy getting ready for our yard sale this weekend.

Anyone interested in a 10" Jiffy power auger?

when fishing a new and unknown location for warm water i start from the top down trying to catch the agressive fish first
 
i'll throw a pop-r or zara spook and if it's pike water a buzz or spinner bait
next i'll work down with a crank bait, i like poe's and mann's baby & deep n's
finally i'll follow up in rocky sections with a pumpkin gitzit or in weed beds,chestnuts ect. with a charlie brewer slider worm or motor oil 7" worm with a pegged sinker
pig & jig set up for heavy pad fishing.
 
really is there just one lure ?  (LOL)
 
 

 
ah, trout:
go to lure for me is a FJ-7 gold & black it is small, but gives tons of action and does not hang up in shallow streams
as for ponds and lakes , nothing beats a Lake Clear Wabbler size #1 either rigged w/worm or fly the LC is the ticket

NYY:
when using a top water , best to use them early & late in the day
if the sun is high or the water is choppy than they are not very effective.
cast them out and retrieve the fast, use your rod tip to give lots of action and make commotion
it's a searching lure that targets aggressive fish
with a spinner or buzz bait i put a trailer hook on them as the fish seem to short strike them
as for a pop-r or spook wait until the fish pulls the lure under before giving that Roland Martin hook set
most times the fish hook themselves
if a fish misses than keep reeling at same speed or slightly slower but don’t stop
than cast right back to same place, if then no strike follow up with a crank bait or worm.
right now the top water & cranks should be the hot baits being there are so many fry shad,herring & stripers in the water (well rivers)

I have caught my biggest Bass on topwater, high noon, with slightly choppy water, on the deep edge
of a lilly pad patch. I was using a yum buzztoad, and casting at the edge of the lilly's.
I caught many bass that day using this technique. They would chase it out of the pads and explode
on the lure when it hit open water.
I have also had great success in both moonlit, and nearly pitch black nights.
During these nights, patiently working a nice popper, like a pop-r or the classic hula popper,
can be extremly fun and produce a lot of big fish.
My #1 lure for most fishing situations, my Confidence lure, is no doubt the Slug-Go .. White, alwive, and gold-black colors
have made some fishing trips of mine almost unbelivable, this combined with my other go-to lure, the vibrax spinner,
have given me 100 fish days.  Other notable mentions should be most slug-go knock offs (my #1 is the floating Z-too, and bas-assasins)
rapala minnowspin, manns baby 1-, whacky rigged worms (trick worms, jersey riggs, senkos, finesse), chug bugs, spooks/puppys, rapala minnows,
storm thunder sticks etc.  I should really give the chug bug, and the zara puppy some additional credit (perch/baby bass colors) Have given me
and my fishing buddies some unforgettable days on the water. For one example, me and my buddy rob found a very weedy shallow cove, luckily we had
a canoe. We were able to get through all the thick weeds, and on the inside was a decently large stream opening into the lake, which we were eventually able to get a few
hundred yards up it. We fished the entrance at first, because we had heard tons of fish splashing around there. I should mention this was early spring at the end of a warm day, with the sun setting. We caught back to back to back fish, chug bug vs. zara puppy. We each caught a ton of fish, but I think the chug bug out did me by a few.

Anyway, sorry for ranting but this is my first post, and I really love fishing.


- Dan