One lure for everything

[52luge]

This may have been brought up before but...If you could only have one lure the rest of your life for all of your fishing trips, for every species, what would it be? Of course, if it got snagged or lost, you would get another one, but it would be the same lure. I would choose a #2 mepps spinner. With this lure, I could catch panfish, bass, northern and with some splitshot to get it down, walleye. I could add a bait walker to it and catch lake trout and it would work well for stream trout.

[gunflint]

Live bait.

[Eskimoman]

1/8oz Jighead and twister or minnow

[stinkweed129]

small Rapala..............you can catch just about everything on those as well.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Silver spoon with a pork rind trailer.

I've caught almost every species of fish, including panfish on this bait.

[tacklejunkie]

 Originally Posted By: gunflint

Live bait.

here, also

[buddha]

A jig will catch anything but I would bet that a rapala would be the one stick bait that would work the best in all conditions.

[ANYFISH]

1/4 oz jig and 3 in twister tail.

[BobT]

How do you catch something with just live bait? Don't you need a hook to go with it?

Bob

So busy being a smart#@% I forgot to add my choice. Chartreuse 1/4oz. jig. Can fish it deep or shallow, swim it, jig it lightly, rip jig it, drag it on the bottom, vertical, troll, tip with minnow, leech, crawler, plastics, skirt it, add feathers or hair, and catch just about anything with it. Well most guys do anyway.

[porterhouse]

Perch colored Shad Rap.

Brian

[52luge]

O.K. let me rephrase...One "artificial" lure. Great responses so far. Now that I think about it, an 1/8 jig with a twister tail would be pretty universal. I wouldn't need much of a tackle box either.

[DTro]

 Originally Posted By: ANYFISH

1/4 oz jig and 3 in twister tail.

Ditto

Check out the latest HSO Podcast about this topic:

http://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1366445#Post1366445

[Stick in Mud]

I'd take a topwater--maybe a popper. I know it wouldn't catch as many fish as a jig/twister, rapala, or a mepps, but I'd have more fun! And I can catch northern, largemouth, smallmouth, and even walleyes in the river!

[NCLaker]

Rattling rap fire tiger #5 (bass/walleye/pike)

[fishgutz77]

It's why theres a jig in a military survival kit, JIG.

[jwhjr]

 Originally Posted By: porterhouse

Perch colored Shad Rap.

I've caught everything on these, it would be my choice as well.

[Bandit]

1/4 oz jig

[eyepatrol]

1/8oz jig tipped with a minnow. That'll catch just about any fish that swims in MN waters.

[eurolarva]

Beetle spin

[harvey lee]

1/4oz rattle jig with a twister tail or gulp alive minnow.

[IFallsRon]

I mix in a Johnson Silver Minnow or Rapala Spoon Plug when nothing else seems to be working.

[Lotwfisher]

1/4oz jigs with a 3" gulp minnow...usable in all bodies of water.

[Grant]

Live bait- specifically a big fat nightcrawler.. it'll catch durn near anything.

[snoozebutton]

I'd go with a 1/4 ounce jig too. Just so many ways and depths you can use it for.

[Rippinlip]

Silver-n-Black #5 Shad Rap.