Northwest Fishing Reports

davidwat1 wrote:I'll throw in my fav's Pyre.....chart/shad lucky craft pointer 78DD, orange craw luhr jensen 1/4oz speedtrap, 3/8 oz strike king burner sexy shad, chartreuse shad sammy, spro bronzeye frog, and a lucky craft LV500 also in chart/shad. Usually have every one tied on to start the day out. For plastics, you just can't beat a 4 or 5" zoom green pumpkin lizard, on a light c-rig, or splitshot rig, and a brown sniper snub or bolt on a dropshot. I also throw the 3/8 - 1/2 oz football head with a yamamoto 176 or 221 spider grub. I throw lots of other stuff too, but those are my confidence baits!

Desertcreek wrote:Wow! I hope my bait choices don't inspire somone to go to the tackle shop tomorrow and buy all this stuff cause they could be in trouble when the wife sees the bill.

Spring- Outlaw slim slam tube in mean green.
Yozuri hardcore #2 mad craw crank
Crystal craw speed trap
3/8 football head and 5 inch coke spider grub
1/2 ounce War Eagle jig PBJ
chrome red ratl trap
Texas rigged black/red sweet beaver

Summer- Texas rigged chigger craw
Texas rigged Double Wide beaver
Bronze eye frog
buzz bait
spinner bait
Aurora black Sammy

Fall- 70#Mathews Adrenelin
Easton Axis arrows
Shuttle T-Lock 100 gr. broadhead
Primos diaphram and grunt tube
Primos hyper lip cow call

saltyseadog wrote:t locks rock:cheers:

Desertcreek wrote:

saltyseadog wrote:t locks rock:cheers:

I shot Muzzy's for years and made the switch to the Shuttle T's 2 years ago. They are flat nasty!

Anglinarcher wrote:I have seen some great lures posted here, and I only have one real comment.

A lure is just a tool, nothing more, nothing less. In-Fishermen use to preach their FLP method, Fish - Location - Presentation.

First, know your fish. A bass is not going to eat many insects once it gets to size, so know it's habits, it's life cycle, the preferred food in the system your fish - know the fish.

Additionally, it make little difference what lure you use if the Fish are not there, and 10% of the water holds 90% of the fish.

Finally, Presentation. That is where the lures come in. Bass can be caught on so many different lures, and so many different companies produce great lures, you need to determine what method or lure will get you to the depths you are targeting, with the best action for the occasion, and then the best coloration for the conditions.

Each and every lure or presentation given to you will work, and has worked for me very well, at times. But no lure or method or presentation will work every time at all locations.

In short, consider the above list a great start, but if you are new, try getting one of the guys giving the list a PM and setting up a trip. A few hours on the water with any of these guys will get you much farther then hours reading magazine articles or watching You Tube videos. Of course, you can't fish all the time, and the articles and videos are great as well.