Lucky Lure

[Headhunter]

A 7" Cotten Cordell Redfin in Smoky Joe color. This particular one was used for one day only. Hooked a solid 20-25 lber (rockfish) and my buddy very stupidly reached down to lift up the fish with his bare hands. One of the hooks on the back treble hook buried in his forearm while the front treble was still buried in the fish's mouth. I clipped the line, removed the hook from the fishes mouth while it thrashed all over the place and then we promptly left and I hauled him back to my dental office in M'boro and hit him with some lidocaine in the arm and removed the hook and hung it on some antlers mounted in my office. At some point I removed the front hooks because I needed them for another lure but left the rear in place. He knew better as he is the man that taught me how to catch those rockfish.View attachment 132032

I own several hundred redfins, 5" and 7", in a wide variety of colors. All of mine have 4X strong gamakatsus. Your pic is why I use boga grips.

With all of them I own, it seems like one that has the paint knocked off it and starts looking more like a "bone" redfin than a blue and chrome or black and chrome, they become better fish catchers the more paint they lose. My brother loved this one until a large striper broke off.

 

[Crappieaddict]

Bobby Garland Baby Shad. Black and Chartreuse on a 1/16 pink jighead with #2 hook. I fish for crappie.

 

[Dbllunger]

I own several hundred redfins, 5" and 7", in a wide variety of colors. All of mine have 4X strong gamakatsus. Your pic is why I use boga grips.

With all of them I own, it seems like one that has the paint knocked off it and starts looking more like a "bone" redfin than a blue and chrome or black and chrome, they become better fish catchers the more paint they lose. My brother loved this one until a large striper broke off.

Agree with everything in this post. The bone color underneath is deadly and yes it seems the more paint they lose the better they get. Also I would say that about 5 years ago I started changing out the hooks before I ever used them. Those factory hooks are not very sharp and don't hold a good edge. These are the ones I've been using for several years now and they really make a difference.

 

[beefydeer]

Cotton Cordell Crazy Shad never fails

 

[CliffordN]

A 7" Cotten Cordell Redfin in Smoky Joe color. This particular one was used for one day only. Hooked a solid 20-25 lber (rockfish) and my buddy very stupidly reached down to lift up the fish with his bare hands. One of the hooks on the back treble hook buried in his forearm while the front treble was still buried in the fish's mouth. I clipped the line, removed the hook from the fishes mouth while it thrashed all over the place and then we promptly left and I hauled him back to my dental office in M'boro and hit him with some lidocaine in the arm and removed the hook and hung it on some antlers mounted in my office. At some point I removed the front hooks because I needed them for another lure but left the rear in place. He knew better as he is the man that taught me how to catch those rockfish.View attachment 132032

I have a box full of RedFins, mostly in Smoky Joe.

 

[Sam Davis]

Texas rigged strike king bitsy bug or plastic worm.
Square bill crank bait, shallow diving Berkley pearl white flicker shad.

 

[CliffordN]

I use the Deep Diving Redfins to troll for Hybrids and Stripers.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

For creeks a 1/10 oz. Rebel Wee Craw in chartreuse brown.

 

[Terrier]

Tiny Fluke. It's about 3 inches long. Everything hits it. Crappie, bass, white bass, catfish, gar, stripers, hybrids...if I'm in a fishing mood and don't care what hits, I'm throwing one of those. Typically on a 1/16th ounce head. Maybe 1/8th.

What are your favorite colors for the fluke and jig head?

 

[jwb]

I'm usually targeting bass. Fish 1-3 times a week all year long. Hard to pick just one but always on the deck is a blue and chartreuse 2.8 kytec swimbait on a 1/8-1/4 oz jig head depending on wind and target depth. Also hard to beat a Berkley general in warm months. I think a man has to change that go bait to with seasonal patterns.
Dec.-Feb. kytec, shadrap, damiki
March-April. Shadrap, rattletrap, worm
April-May. Worm, crankbait
May-Aug. big worm, big crankbait
Sept-Nov. crankbait, swimbait, topwater

 

[Biggun4214]

I'll go old school with an original Rapala. I've caught several species of fish with them. Even caught bullfrogs.

 

[Displaced_Vol]

For bass it's a Texas rigged 7" Berkeley power worm in Pumpkin seed.
When we used to wade some creeks I guess I'd have to say a rooster tail for general fish catchin.

Don't really have anything lucky for anything else I haven't logged enough time on other species yet.

 

[clwg97]

7" berkley power worm and an arkie 1/16 oz weighted worm hook.

 

[uncle_loue]

river fishing for bass - soft plastic hellgramite on a 1/16oz mushroom jig head. just plain catches bass, largemouth smallies spots you name it. for panfish i like the berkely gulp minnow in either shad or chartreuse, depending on water clarity, on a black trout magnet jig head.

 

[Headhunter]

Agree with everything in this post. The bone color underneath is deadly and yes it seems the more paint they lose the better they get. Also I would say that about 5 years ago I started changing out the hooks before I ever used them. Those factory hooks are not very sharp and don't hold a good edge. These are the ones I've been using for several years now and they really make a difference. View attachment 132049

Agree with everything in this post. The bone color underneath is deadly and yes it seems the more paint they lose the better they get. Also I would say that about 5 years ago I started changing out the hooks before I ever used them. Those factory hooks are not very sharp and don't hold a good edge. These are the ones I've been using for several years now and they really make a difference. View attachment 132049

I would try those, I am thinking they are less in cost than gamakatsu and maybe work just as well. But I already have a couple thousand lures for striper/hybrid fishing that have gamakatsu 4X strong trebles.

Doublelung, may have to try to sell you some redfins one day. Unless I get time to look for another place to catch them like I used to, I have several hundred 7" redfins and many and unusual colors I may never use.

 

[Dbllunger]

I would try those, I am thinking they are less in cost than gamakatsu and maybe work just as well. But I already have a couple thousand lures for striper/hybrid fishing that have gamakatsu 4X strong trebles.

Doublelung, may have to try to sell you some redfins one day. Unless I get time to look for another place to catch them like I used to, I have several hundred 7" redfins and many and unusual colors I may never use.

That is something I might be interested in.

 

[Chiflyguy]

There was a time, albeit a very LONG time ago,
when the 9" Mann's Purple Jelly Worm was my "go-to"
bait for big bass.

Remember the Manns auger tail with FS-454?
Electric grape wAs deadly.

 

[TheLBLman]

Remember the Manns auger tail with FS-454?

"Think" I do remember that, and didn't like it.

After using the 9" worm (and even a 12" worm in some other brand), I eventually decided the 8" worm was the best overall size to me. Seemed like the 9" to 12" ones were much less durable.

 

[Crow Terminator]

From about May through December my goto confidence bait is a top water walking style bait.

 

[Chiflyguy]

"Think" I do remember that, and didn't like it.

After using the 9" worm (and even a 12" worm in some other brand), I eventually decided the 8" worm was the best overall size to me. Seemed like the 9" to 12" ones were much less durable.

They were pretty fragile but I think 100 were like $9.00
The worm I learned on