If you had one lure to choose?
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:14 am
To fish all day, what lure would you choose? My choice would be a Gulp 3" minnow, chartreuse rigged on a swim bait hook with 1/8th ounce weight.
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I’d like to get better and more confident with this lure. I bought a few packs while in rock port but didn’t really give them a chance. It’s been difficult lure for me to learn in stained water where it’s hard to tell what kind of action I’m imparting on itRon Mc wrote:I don't want to choose, but couldn't give up TroutSupportLure - it's too fun to fish, and I've had many successful days fishing through just one lure.
My buddy Lou, every big fish he's caught has been on TSL chicken-on-a-chain.
Throw in Steve, the 3 of us had successful trips where we all fished nothing else.
Good topic, Tom.
TSL is also another swimbait-hook lure. Swimbait hooks are a bit harder to set, I've never gulleted a fish with one, and they pick up almost no grass.
An aside on gulleting fish - two weeks ago at Arroyo, gulleted an under-sized trout on a 2" Storm-type shad lure.
Was able to chase the lure down his gullet with a hook extractor and release the fish
Does tackle town have troutsupport's lures??OldTownYakBoi wrote:I’d like to get better and more confident with this lure. I bought a few packs while in rock port but didn’t really give them a chance. It’s been difficult lure for me to learn in stained water where it’s hard to tell what kind of action I’m imparting on itRon Mc wrote:I don't want to choose, but couldn't give up TroutSupportLure - it's too fun to fish, and I've had many successful days fishing through just one lure.
My buddy Lou, every big fish he's caught has been on TSL chicken-on-a-chain.
Throw in Steve, the 3 of us had successful trips where we all fished nothing else.
Good topic, Tom.
TSL is also another swimbait-hook lure. Swimbait hooks are a bit harder to set, I've never gulleted a fish with one, and they pick up almost no grass.
An aside on gulleting fish - two weeks ago at Arroyo, gulleted an under-sized trout on a 2" Storm-type shad lure.
Was able to chase the lure down his gullet with a hook extractor and release the fish
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Ok, thanks!Ron Mc wrote:yes
Thanks! I typically take 2 rods with me when I use the yak. One is a MM Salinity for power fishing big top waters and twitch baits. The other is a ML MF Old 18 Suppressor which I use for soft plastics and finesse applications. The tip is pretty soft on this rod. I’ve watched his videos, I may even be retrieving it properly, but haven’t hooked up on many fish. Probably just need to practice and force myself to use itRon Mc wrote:Love your surf trout photo
I like the action soft-tip or MM (medium-moderate) rods give it. The best I've used is my Crowder E-series Lite (what they call ML is my MM).
Second best is my St. Croix Legend Glass spinner, but I prefer fishing these on baitcaster, because they very often get grabbed on the splash.
The trick is dog-walk retrieve, even better, what they used to call Half-step as described by Tobin in his videos.
But the key is not to reel the lure, but impart action from the rod, and take up slack with the reel.
It's too easy to overpower the twitch with a MHF rod.
Robin recommends a 5/0 hook but when I’ve used it it was with a 3/0 and seemed to work fineRon Mc wrote:yes
You have to rig them with a swimbait hook - my favorite is Trokar 3/0
they're a neutral-density lure, sink very slowly and suspend - very much like fishing slime line on a fly rod, but you can't dog walk a fly rod.
OldTownYakBoi, you might try these in the surf - they have a lot of success there.
Is the middle one a hogie superminnow?OldTownYakBoi wrote:
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Yes top down it is2 Weight Willie wrote:Is the middle one a hogie superminnow?OldTownYakBoi wrote:
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I like the superminnow when I am fishing around drop offs. I don't know why but fish seem to love it on the edge of a flat.OldTownYakBoi wrote:Yes top down it is2 Weight Willie wrote:Is the middle one a hogie superminnow?OldTownYakBoi wrote:
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Top - Catch 2000
Middle - Hogie Super Minnow
Bottom- Norton Bull Minnow
I’m honestly not sure what the color pattern on the Hogie is called though. If you held my feet to the fire I’d throw the Hogie over anything else if I had to
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Now that you mention it I bet TSL would be killer in the surf. It suspends in that sweet spot of the water column where the mullet are running. We are definitely in left field haha, especially it being late November but I think it’s still good info. I would’ve never thought to try the TSL in the surf until you mentioned itRon Mc wrote:I mentioned TSL in the surf - exactly what I set up this rig for - haven't used it there...
btw, we're getting way off OP topic of what's your single all-day-long lure
Tombo, which of the big 3 do you catch the most frequently w/ the 3” minnow?Tombo wrote:To fish all day, what lure would you choose? My choice would be a Gulp 3" minnow, chartreuse rigged on a swim bait hook with 1/8th ounce weight.
OldTownYakBoi wrote:Tombo, which of the big 3 do you catch the most frequently w/ the 3” minnow?Tombo wrote:To fish all day, what lure would you choose? My choice would be a Gulp 3" minnow, chartreuse rigged on a swim bait hook with 1/8th ounce weight.
Redfish, sight casting.
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Awesome. I wish I had more opportunities to sight cast redfish, so fun.Tombo wrote:OldTownYakBoi wrote:Tombo, which of the big 3 do you catch the most frequently w/ the 3” minnow?Tombo wrote:To fish all day, what lure would you choose? My choice would be a Gulp 3" minnow, chartreuse rigged on a swim bait hook with 1/8th ounce weight.
Redfish, sight casting.
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