Favorite Plastics

[Guest Don R]

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[Jonn Graham]

Don:

 

Narrowing it down to three is tough, but here are mine:

 

 

4 inch slider worm rigged on a spider slider head

 

 

 

3 inch "Hooked up Baits" tube rigged on a Classic Slider head

 

 

 

 

Zoom Super Fluke rigged on a wide gap 3/0 hook

[Jim J]

5" Twin tail Hula Grub Yamamoto color #301 http://yamamoto.baits.com/cgi-bin/order/97-10 on a 1/8 oz premium slider head all year

 

3" tube Craw colors http://yamamoto.baits.com/cgi-bin/order/33-06 on a 1/8 oz premium slider head all year

 

5" Fluke Pearl on a Falcon Bait Jerker Hook fall to late fall http://www.fishingworld.com/FalconLures/De...028425184917279

Fluke http://www.buckeyebaits.20m.com/catalog.html

 

Slider Pro Heads Spider

http://www.fishingworld.com/Slider/Details...eads%204%20pack

[Paul Trybul]

The bass pro stick-o has been a favorite of mine. 4.25" size is good for larger fish and the 3" size is good for numbers. I rig them on a slider head or an unweighted wide gap hook. Colors I like are pumpkinseed, black, or purple.

 

 

I like this lure in the either the 2.5" or 3.25" size. Colors I like are green pumpkin or carolina pumpkin rigged on a slider head.

 

 

If you can handle the smell, the chompers 4" hulagrub is a big fish magnet. I rig on a 1/4oz sliderhead to get it down on the bottom and fish it slowly through rocky structure. Any nautural color will work.

 

I have one other top plastic but this is the top 3 still in mass production.

[WILLIAM C.]

No question about it,for me the number one plastic for smallmouths in rivers is the YUM crawbug.

Hooked on a Gamakatsu slider jig this set up has accounted for more big smallies than

any other plastic.Everything else is fighting for second place.

 

 

[Jim J]

William: HA

[Guest rich mc]

i already gave don a few larew minnows on a spider hook and a bitsy bug jig with a zoom craw.

a close third would be the smallie beaver or critterbug , very similar to the wooly hawg. that does more for the lm than smallies. rich

[Mark H]

NetBait Watermelon Candy Paca Craw...hands down. If fish are hitting artificials they will hit this. http://www.netbait.com/pacacraw.asp

[Jim Kast]

My top three have to be:

 

1. Yum Crawbug- 2.5" Green Pumpkin texas rigged on a 1/4oz football jig, with the antenae (sp?) and pinchers cut down to 1/2" from the body, to keep the dinks honest!

 

2. Berkely Power Grub- 4" White Single Curly Tail attached to a 1/4oz swimjig!

 

3. Stanley Ribbit- a sweet topwater frog that has the noisiest splash from the feet that I've found, and I've tried every swimming frog on the market! White or purple, texas rigged on a 3/0 red Gammie offset worm hook, seem to be the favorites in the Dup!

[Steve S.]

Still haven't posted my 3. Since I didn't use plastics much this past season, I'm having trouble ranking them amongst each other.

 

I am curious as to how everyone rigs their plastics (not only looking for the what but also the how).

 

Okay, here are my three plastics (historically speaking):

 

Kalin's Salty Lunker Grub on a round unpainted jighead, 3" Pumpkinseed

Zoom Tubes with a BP Tender Tube jighead (inserted), Green Pumpkinseed

YUM Crawbug with a BP tender Tube jighead (inserted), 2.5" Green Pumpkin.

 

The YUM became my "go to" plastic this year, only when topwaters and spinnerbaits were not producing as well as I was used to. Still, I rarely used it unless I was "under the influence" of Don R.

 

The plastic that I look forward to throwing more is the Fluke. I've long used soft jerkbaits in lakes, but I haven't given them the time they deserve in moving water.

[Mark O'Donnell]

Hi Don,

 

My three for 2006 were.

 

1. Roadkill Smallie Beaver on wide 3/0 gamakatsu hook w/ bullet sinker.

 

2. Black Double Tail Mister Twister on weighted Keeper Hook.

 

3. Yum Crawbug on Slider jighead (Thanks Billy Bob!)

 

Mark O'Donnell

[jamie]

Exude Hellgie.

4" Senko.

3" Ika.

[Jim J]

I edited Jamie's post.

 

This board does not allow slurs to pigs.

 

Plus it's a lame old joke.

 

Can't you find any new material?

[Gary L]

I have to put my favorites in here also. When I was up that way it was these most of the time.

 

3" BPS Stick-O in Watermellon on a 1/16oz. Charlie Brewer Crappie Slider

 

2" Black Producto Twister Tail on a 1/16oz. Weedless Jighead

 

3" Tube on a 1/8oz. Tube Jighead

 

I carried a ton of other stuff but usually ended up with one of those three on cause they caught fish for me.

[Guest Don R]

Thanks all! Keep 'em coming.

[jamie]

Thanks Joz.

You're right. I need new material. Here goes. My favorite plastic: Joz's new hip.

[Mike Clifford]

Can't say I used any specific arsenal of plastics this year.

Always experimenting.

An exception is when I'm fishing from a boat on the Calumet or St. Joseph system.

I'm typically just loading up on Tubes rigged on a Gamakatsu red hook with a red bullet weight.

Not really superstitious about the color red or anything, they just happen to make my favorite terminal tackle in this color, and I've gained a great deal of confidence with it.

 

On the Kankakee River as well as lakes and reservoirs, the Garlic Chomper skirted spider grub (mentioned in a post above) on a Falcon Bait Jerker usually gets the nod. This hook offers a real nice horizontal presentation.

 

Oh- and I'm especially fond of river fishing this little gem of a creature bait:

[Dick G]

The 3" Berkley extra scent (walleye) grub in pumpkin color on a plain 1/8th jig head. The only problem with this product is that it catches every type of fish that swims, although I have never caught a walleye on one come to think of it.

 

The Yamamoto IKA in green pumpkin on a wide gap hook with a bullet weight or on a wide gap Slider head. Even though it looks nothing like a crawdad, because of its solid body it gets right to the bottom and hugs the rocks. Smallmouth and largemouth love this bait.

 

The 3 and 4" Senko (or Yum Dinger) on a wide gap hook with or without weight, depending on depth and current. Pumpkin color of course. The Senko casts a mile and works really well in clear water even though it appears to have little or no wiggle to it.

 

All of the above can be fished in black/blue color in murky water (think Fox).

[coryg]

Don, thanks for starting an interesting topic.

 

Plastics are my favorite.

1) YUM 2-1/2" Crawbug in Green on a 'glider jig' from Renosky lures

 

2) Berkeley 4" or 7" Bungee Worm in Blue w/ black flecks on a 1/0 worm hook with 1/16oz or 1/8oz pinch on bullet sinker immediately in front of the hook.

 

3) 2" Case Hellgie in pumpkin green on a 1/8 oz ball-head jig.

 

If we limit it to 3, that's them.

 

Happy New Year, fellow fishin buddies!

CoryG <0))))><

[Guest Don R]

Thanks for all your responses! To date I have 17 that have chimed in (either on this post or in an email). There's got to be a few more plastics fishers out there. Please respond by Jan. 12th.

 

Don R

[Guest rich mc]

did you get a reply from ken d about the cut tail worm?

[Guest Don R]

not yet....

[Paul Trybul]

 

Kinami cut tail worm. I've used it and it works. I fished with Debbie and she did very well with it too. Not a very durable bait because it is that heavy salt plastic and its much thinner than a senko.

[Rick D.]

I'll add my two cents from Ohio.

 

1). A 5" skirted twin-tailed grub on a 1/4 oz. Venom Super-Do jighead.

 

2). A Venom Mad Tom on a 1/8 - 1/4 oz. Venom Super-Do jighead.

 

 

3). A Venom Salt Series or Strike King Pro-Model Tube with a 1/8 oz weight on a 3/0-5/0 Eagle Claw(Grisby) clip hook.

 

Check out www.venonlures.com.

[Guest Don R]

Thanks Rick!