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bradylynn
  
05/12/2008 09:46PM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
If you could only take ten pieces of tackle or raps what would they be? Pictures would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Dirtydan
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05/12/2008 10:22PM  
I would just assume not to fish at all!!! I could snag that many in a single day!!! You can fit 50+ lures just in 1 tiny 12inch by 18 inch box!!! If you ask me you can never bring too much tackle and its not too big of an issue to be carrying a little extra gear!!! 2-3 of those small boxes!!
 
05/12/2008 10:36PM  
10?..........What's the point? Taking up Gin Rummy instead of fishing? I'm with Dirtydan, I could lose that many in a day. Bring lots! It's a vacation!
 
bradylynn
  
05/12/2008 11:20PM  
I appreciate the view of your box. The question really focused on what are the 10 best rigs, raps, baits you could use in the BWCA. If everyone just listed 10...it would be a great list. I agree though bring lot's. I plan to just looking for what works best for you if only given 10 choices.
 
wildernessjoe
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05/12/2008 11:41PM  
10 Pieces of tackle for what species.... what lake.... what date?
 
05/13/2008 12:36AM  
I see this thread is posted in 2 places, so I'll reply to both:

Mepps Spinner. #3 (dressed) Silver/white.
Mepps Syclops. Orange
Rapala Taildancer. Silver (or purpledescent)
Rapala Husky Jerk. Silver
Little Cleo 2/5 oz nickel/blue
1/8 oz jighead (for leeches and twister tail)
white twister tail grub
steel leader
3 way swivel (for use with sinker and spoon/spinner/crankbait for deep trolling)
1.5 oz lead sinker

This is assuming I want to be able to catch Bass, Pike, Walleye, AND Trout (with spinning gear I guess). How does live bait fit into the only 10 pieces equation?


BB
 
dmcc445465
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05/13/2008 05:38AM  
1. A red and white Daredevil spoon
2. A size 4 Mepps spoon, silver blade, dressed hooks
4. A perch colored size 13 Rapala
5. A LAzy Ike, also called Flatfish, in 1/2 or 3/4 oz size

Now, just take 2 of each! Dave
 
Mad_Angler
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05/13/2008 06:16AM  
Okay, here's mine

1. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches
2. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches (so good it deserves 2 votes)
3. Firetiger, Huskyjerk Rapalla - pretty big, size 7 or 9 I think
4. Tiny Torpedo black
5. Senko worms - watermellon w/ red flakes, wacky rigged
6. Basstrix swimbaits - texas rigged w/ weighted belly hooks
7. 1/8 oz tube jigs
8. 1/4 oz tube jigs
9. More of 1 to 8
10. More of 1 to 8
 
bassmaster
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05/13/2008 09:24AM  
1 Thill Mille Lacs Slider Slip bobber, walleye snell w colored hook, leech.
2 Rebel PopR
3 Rebel crawfish crankbait
4 Heddon tiny torpedo any color
5 Rapala Husky jerk
6 Rapala jointed perch colored
7 1/8 or 1/4 oz jigs w/ assorted plastic worms and power craws
8 Daredevil 5 of diamonds
9 Little Cleo spoon
10 Small Spinner bait 1/4 oz
 
Journeyman
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05/13/2008 12:19PM  
Hey Fishguts,

That lighter in your tackle box, is that to catch them there Smoked fish ? Thanks for sharing.
 
05/13/2008 02:32PM  
Journeyman,
ya!........na! it's just a back-up, in case I loose the one in my pocket........since I don't smoke any more, I forget about lighters....and loose them.:)
 
Mad_Angler
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05/13/2008 09:42PM  
Now if I had to (sorta) play by the rules and only take 10 pieces, I'd take:

3 x 1/8 oz tube jigs (heads are already inserted so each counts as 1)
3 x firetiger Rapallas
3 x 1/8 oz jig heads (used with leeches which are not counted)
1 slip bobber
 
Bromel
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05/13/2008 10:05PM  
I've been going to the Boundary Waters and Quetico since 1984, and I've caught a lot of bass, walleye and pike with a #8 Shad Rap -- both casting and trolling. In fact, last year I kept the same blue and silver Shad Rap on my rod almost the entire week. I caught so many fish on that one lure that the blue paint is chipping off the sides. The Shad Rap is so versatile. You can cast and retrieve it in relatively shallow water along shorelines or below rapids. And you can troll it down to 15 feet. After my trip last year, I was thinking to myself that I could take a small tackle box to the Boundwary Waters with only a half dozen #8 Shad Raps and I would still have a heck of a week fishing.

You really don't need that much tackle. It's more important to have knowledge about fishing than tackle. Lure placement and presentation are more important than the lure itself. But if I had to bring one lure, it would be a #8 Shad Rap.

If you need a few more ideas, the following are tried and true for bass and walleyes in the Boundary Waters:

Rapala Tail Dancer TD-9 (silver/black, silver/blue, perch)
Storm Original Hot-n-Tot (silver/black, gold/black, silver/blue)
Rapala Original floating minnow in size 11
Rapala X-Rap in size 10
Mr. Twister Jig -- 4 inch in white or yellow
Heddon Tiny Torpedo
Heddon Zara Spook
Heddon Zara Puppy
Hula Popper
Mepps Aglia spinner with gold blade in size 3

 
05/14/2008 03:27AM  
i'm with bromel on the #8 shad rap (a couple of em)
mix in a couple original floating raps in like the 3.5" size #9 or 11?
slip bobber and plain hooks
floating jig heads and splitshot
1/8 oz jigheads and twister tails-perhaps Gulp
Storm Chug Bug or Rapala Skitter Pop for surface smallies
tg
 
05/14/2008 06:43AM  
torpedo,origional rapala,husky jerk,rattlin rogue,copper blade mepps, bobber,sinker,3 #8 kahle hooks
 
05/14/2008 07:44AM  
Guys, don't forget the Rapala Minnow Rap! I generally bring about 10 lures, but most of the time we don't use them. You can have some really great fishing with about 12 spinner rigs, and leeches or gulp leeches or minnows, I bring a kit along that has all you need to tie up spinner rigs as you need them and the whole thing takes up about as much room as my water filter. When I need to replace lost rigs, I just tie up a few more, when I'm lounging around at camp.
 
05/14/2008 01:26PM  
i dragged this off the bottom of oyster saturday...seems the angler who lost this contraption was trying to use all 10 pieces at once!

btw-my understanding is that this is illegal in Minnesota (1 lure/line rule)

bottom bouncer, 4 steel leaders, 2 crankbaits (thunderstick and berkley frenzy) and mepps agila #4

tg

 
chadwick
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05/14/2008 03:45PM  
there are still some retards in the bwca from the looks of that picture.
minnow rap
mepps #3
jig w/ leech or twister tail
spinnerbait- green
chatterbait
slipbobber rig
5 of diamonds spoon
little cleo- orange/gold or blue gold
original rapala
shadrap
 
05/15/2008 05:23AM  
tg, that rig is outrageous. I'd love to see that thing being casted and reeled in.
 
05/15/2008 12:31PM  
yeah-i didn't even get all of it! something was still snagged up on the bottom that broke off. we trolled through this "saddle" area on the lake and snagged up pretty frequently with our single shad raps-i can only imagine how quickly they got hung up with this contraption.

tg
 
rockskipper
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05/20/2008 03:08PM  
Shad rap
Tail Dancer
Reef Runner
Rattle trap
Storm Sub Wart
tiny torpedo
Daredevil
spinnerbait
jigheads w/twister tail
bobber rigs (sinker, bobber stop, bare hook)
 
Monnster
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05/20/2008 07:48PM  
1 bottom bouncer
1 spinner rig
8 worms
 
05/20/2008 07:52PM  
2 - 5 of diamonds.
2 - gold vibrax inlines.
2 - #8 black/silver shadraps.
2 - black tiny torpedos.
2 - j9 orange/gold floating raps.
 
Mad_Angler
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03/06/2009 10:28AM  
bumping back to top. Lots of good info...
 
Mad_Angler
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03/06/2009 10:31AM  
After 2 trips last year, I've rethought my list:

With ten pieces, I'd take:
4 - 1/8 oz jigs
1 - slip bobber
1 - Firetiger husky jerk
1 - Firetiger shad rap
1 - Puplesence tail dancer
2 - topwater skitter pops

With 10 catagories, I'd take:
- 1/8 oz jigs with slip bobbers
- Lindy rig: 1/8 oz sliding sinkers, small split shot and floating jigs
- 1/8 oz tube jigs
- Firetiger Huskyjerks
- Firetiger shad raps
- Puplesence tail dancers
- Topwater skitterpops
- Big spoons and steel leader
 
Rapid Runner
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03/06/2009 10:42AM  
I never hit the BWCA without a mixture of these.

Moss Bosses
Mepps Aglia #5 PLAIN.
 
reelcowboy
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03/06/2009 11:45AM  
Best all around lure I have used is the Mepps #5 Plain
 
Mad_Angler
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03/06/2009 11:55AM  
rapid and reel,

What color Mepps?
 
reelcowboy
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03/06/2009 02:14PM  
Copper, Silver and Gold. They work well for All species.
 
Dbldppr1250
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03/06/2009 06:02PM  
It's really obvious to me after reading these responses that there are lots of great lures to throw at all those great fish in this great place! I go for rattletraps and repalas!
 
03/07/2009 11:51AM  
I tend to be sortof old-fashioned. I fish mostly top-water. I love bass-oreno's, weedless jitterbugs, rapalas, creek chubs, torpedos, and the occasional firetiger. As a side note I crimp all of my barbs. So add these up any way you want and you can't go far wrong - at least I haven't.
 
apaulsen5
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03/09/2009 10:24AM  
2 Slip bobber set-ups
1 1/4 oz mimic minnows
1 1/8 oz mimic minnows
2 1/4 oz jigs
2 1/8 oz jigs
1 Rapala Tail Dancer
1 Husky Jerk
 
03/09/2009 11:34AM  
Various sizes and colors of Mepps/Blue Fox spinners and Rapalas.
 
Rapid Runner
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03/11/2009 11:58AM  
any color of a blade/body on a plain mepps aglia # 5 will work.
 
Geronimo
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03/14/2009 07:39PM  
Shad rap
Classic Daredevil
Silver spoon
Mepps agila
Mr. Twisters
Rapala Husky Jerk
Rapala DT Crawfish
Strike King shad
Floating jigs
Spinner bait
 
shoreviewswede
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03/16/2009 01:50PM  
1x Mepps Syclops spoon
1x Blue Fox spinner
2x Northland spinbaits
1x shallow-diving Berkley Flicker Shad
1x Shad Rap
1x Storm Sub-wart
2x jig heads with Powerbait or gulp

 
doggypaddle
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03/16/2009 04:43PM  
Other than the bobber attack,
2 Husky jerks
2 Topwater baits
1 Original rap
1 Shad rap
3 1/4 oz. jigs and twisters
1 Weedless spoon
 
03/17/2009 12:49PM  
Perhaps this is a stupid question but to those who use Mepps spinners, do you also use bait? I don't use a lot of lures with treble hooks and was wondering.
 
Rapid Runner
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03/17/2009 12:54PM  
i dont use bait on the mepps.
 
03/17/2009 01:15PM  
Thanks Rapid Runner.

When using Mepps, do you tie directly to line and snap a weight on a few feet up from lure, or do you use a weight & swivel setup with line between lure and swivel?
 
shoreviewswede
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03/19/2009 04:26PM  
Yea, I haven't used bait on a Mepps spinner either.

Swivel... usually.
Weight... I haven't.

Bradylynn... I take a pic of my list for you... 'cept I'm reluctant to play with the tackle box yet; my wife will say "you're doing that ALREADY!" She'll make fun of me.
 
03/20/2009 10:30AM  
My 10 pieces would be:

2 snell harnesses with glow hook and glow bead
1 snell harness with red hook and red bead
1 spinner harness with perch blade
2 1/8 oz jigs in charteuse or blue & white
2 1/4 oz jigs in charteuse or blue & white
1 shadrap in perch or silver & black
1 slip-bobber rig
 
Rez
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03/20/2009 11:21AM  
I would like to know the same specifically for Lakers, in the Gunflint area, first week in June...size/weight would be helpful. Thanks.
 
03/21/2009 10:06PM  

Where's the love for the kalins smoke colored grubs? That's always been the consistently top performing lure for me.

I always bring a bunch of the grubs, some jig heads and a variety of rapalas.

 
Rapid Runner
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03/24/2009 11:02AM  
i tie a leader on my line hook the lure on and cast... no special tricks just keep it about 1-2 feet deep and dont ever give up on a cast!.
 
lsvanderploeg
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03/29/2009 12:03AM  
You cant go wrong with a Rapala f18 original floater with perch coloring.
 
03/29/2009 03:07PM  
My "Go to" lure is a 3 inch sinking rapala in perch color. I let it sink a few feet (or deeper if need be) and jerk 2 feet, pause then jerk.

I had my best fishing day using this. I was on Eagle Lake in Ontario and in the morning I caught a 4LB 12 oz. smallie then lost it's mate a few casts later at the boat. Later that afternoon I landed a 34 inch muskie with the same set up.
 
missing it
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03/30/2009 09:24PM  
TNT!! Actually I have never done really well on Walley up there pulling around all kinds of rapalas. Three years ago I started going to Lake St.Josephs in northern ontario.I have not been to the BDUBS since I started going there. the walley fishing is unbelieveable up there using jigs and white Mr. Twisters. at any rate I was talking to the guide one year about BDUB fishing and he laughed at me and told me to fish with the jigs and tails the fishing would be great. I plan on doing just that this year. I am going to Canada in the spring and the dubs in the fall.
 
lundojam
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04/13/2009 03:02PM  
10. red-n-white
9. original rapala
8. shad rap
7. slip bobber rig
6. jigs
5. plastics
4. husky-jerk
3. skitter pop
2. tail dancer
1. husky jerk again
 
dschuett
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04/13/2009 08:05PM  
zara spook
x-rap
x-rap shad
x-rap subwalk
storm swimbait
terminator spinnerbait
jig and twister tail
daredevil
rapala skitter prop
Gulp
 
drw
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04/18/2009 03:36PM  
Copper Vibrax in several sizes
Shad Rap in several sizes and colors
Original Floating Rapala in several sizes and colors
And a couple of jigs
 
Bromel
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04/19/2009 07:59PM  
1. Rapala Shad Rap #8 blue/silver
2. Rapala Jointed Floating Minnow J-9 gold/black
3. Bag of Yum Dinger 4-inch stick worms green pumpkin/chartreuse tail and some 3/0 extra wide gap worm hooks
4. Some four-inch yellow twister tail jigs
5. Rapala Floating Minnow F-11 gold/black
6. Deep Rebel Craw crankbait in natural craw color
7. Bag of four-inch green tubes and some jig heads
8. Storm Chug bug gold or silver
9. Rapala X-Rap XR-10 silver/black
10. Deep Tail Dancer silver
 
togue
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04/19/2009 08:57PM  
You make this tuff on tackle junkies. Heres 10 and the fish I would target in order and expect to catch on the lure.

1)blue silver countdown rap ( laketrout walleye pike)
2)charteuse countdown rap (walleye pike laketrout)
3)perch countdown rap (walleye pike)
4)orange-green rap spoon (laketrout pike)
5)jig charteuse twister (walleye pike)
6)jig white twister (walleye laketrout pike)
7)spoon natural reflective (pike laketrout)
8)inline spinner silver (whitefish laketrout brooktrout)
9)inline spinner charteuse (walleye pike whitefish laketrout)
10)hooks for bugs and worms ( laketrout brooktrout walleye)
 
Mad_Angler
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02/14/2010 10:21PM  
bump

an oldie but a goodie
 
QueticoMike
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02/15/2010 07:39AM  
In no exact order........

Rapala J9 Gold

Rapala Husky Jerk Gold

Power bait leeches

Dr. Spoon Silver

Zulu Pearl

Lucky 13 Bull Frog

Double Willow Spinner Bait Chartreuse

Spoon Red and White

Tube Jig Bleeding Bait Green Pumpkin

Rapala X Rap Pearl
 
Mad_Angler
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02/15/2010 07:45AM  
quote QueticoMike: "In no exact order........

...
Zulu Pearl
...
"


"pearl"??

I thought the BWJ article recommended blue glimmer or grey glimmer??
 
QueticoMike
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02/15/2010 08:43AM  
OK......... Blue Glimmer Pearl Zulus.

Actually I would be OK with either Blue Glimmer Pearl, Grey Glimmer Pearl or just plain Pearl. It's hard to pick just one. Sometimes color doesn't matter and other times it can make a big difference, but if I had to choose between the three, I would go with Blue Glimmer Pearl.
 
wawasee
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02/15/2010 09:26AM  
Nine sticks of dynamite and one lighter.
 
OldGreyGoose
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02/15/2010 02:08PM  
Bradylynn,

Others have given you a good start on tackle, so I'll just say "welcome to the forum." (As you can see, you'll find everything here from the sublime to the ridiculous.)

Enjoy the fun!

--Goose


 
02/15/2010 03:48PM  
10. Small ducks.
9. My fist.
8. 50" Northern Mating call whistle.
7. Large gray squirrels with trebles.
6. Moose poop on a hook.
5. My friends GPS on a hook.
4. Slingshot armed with liquid balls of DDT.
3. Large pointy sticks.
2. Ladies swimsuits.
1. Stupefying agents.


 
Spookmeister
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02/15/2010 08:10PM  
1. Super Spook
2. Regular Zara Spook (bull-frog)
3. Baby Torpedo
4. Pointer 100
5. Husky Jerk
6. Gold Blade Bait
7. White Spinnerbait
8. Black Bungee Leeches
9. Watermelon 4" Dead Ringers
10.Pearl Super-Flukes

I mostly target smallies, but the Husky Jerk, bladebaits, leeches and dead ringers all pull double duty for walleye as well.
 
Basspro69
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02/16/2010 09:38AM  
 
Piker
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02/26/2010 09:21AM  

1. #7 Rapala Shad Rap
2. #9 Rapala Shad Rap
3. #10 Rapala Husky Jerk
4. #12 Rapala Husky Jerk
5. #12 Rapala Husky Jerk (deep diving)
6. Rapala Skitter Pop
7. 1/2 ounce firetiger flash johnson silver minnow w/ 4 inch char powerbait twister tail (hard to come by but, deadly on pike)
8. 3/4 ounce daredevle is red/white or 5 of diamonds
9. gulp leeches w/ 1/8 ounce chartreuse jig head
10. 3 inch powerbait twister tail (chartreuse) w/ 1/8 ounce jig head
 
02/28/2010 08:01AM  
In order
1. #4 Mepps spinner
2. lindy rigs
3. slip bobbers
4. leaches
5. little cleo spoons
6. gold back rapalas
7. rebel crawdads
8-10. What ever else looks good
 
03/02/2010 09:45AM  
1. slip bobber
2. hooks
3. splitshot
4. leeches
5. tiny torpedo
6. 5 of diamonds spoon
7. canadian wiggler flatfish
8. chartuese shad rap
9. 1/8 oz jig
10. plastics
 
07/18/2010 12:58PM  
I thought I'd bump this to the top. There is a lot of good basic advise here. We are planning for a 8-1 trip to Knife Lake and I am helping a friend put his fishing gear together.
 
Basspro69
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07/18/2010 01:34PM  
In no order
1. Number #2 Mepps dressed
2. 4 Inch Berkley Power worm black with weedless hook
3. Spinnerbait
4. Blue and Silver floating rapala
5. Black and Silver Shad Rap
6. 1/16th ounch Road Runner yellow or white
7. 1/4 Silver little cleo spoon
8. Inch berkley micro tube 1/32nd ounce on betts jig head
9. Rattlin Rapala
10. 3 inch Berkley twist tail grub on 1/4 0r 1/2 ounce jig head
My top ten list changes from time to time based upon memory.Also a hook and leech can be substituted for most of theses lures if the fish are really inactive.
 
Spookmeister
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07/18/2010 06:40PM  
1. White-bellied Super Spook (daytime)
2. Black regular Zara Spook (night)
3. Blue/Silver Wake-tail
4. Gold Bladebait (Cicada-type)
5. 3/8 oz thumper jig with 3-inch yellow curl-tail grub
6. 1/4 oz. jig with 4-inch black PowerBait worm
7. 1/8 oz black fuzzygrub with 3-inch Gulp! leech
8. Pearl super fluke on a weightless 3/0 hook
9. Brownie Pointer 100 suspending jerkbait
10. Wacky-Rigged watermelon senko

They are either biting on top (1-3), on the bottom (4-7) or somewhere in between (8-10)!
 
07/18/2010 09:15PM  
quote fishguts:Again! "10?..........What's the point? Taking up Gin Rummy instead of fishing? I'm with Dirtydan, I could lose that many in a day. Bring lots! It's a vacation!"
 
07/19/2010 03:42PM  
1/8 ounce Jig
Floating jigs
Lindy Rigs
Mr Twister Tails
Plain Hook
Heddon Spook
Rapala X-Rap
Rapala Husky Jerk (Deep)
Rapala Floating Jointed
Storm Wildeye Swim shad


I assumed split shots, swivels, leaders, and slip bobbers were a given.
 
bruceye
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07/21/2010 08:36PM  
1/16 oz jigs
1/8 oz jigs
3/8 oz jigs
1/2 oz jigs
3/4 oz jigs
1 oz bucktail jigs
a few floaters
silver cleos
The gaudiest most phsychadelic 4" spoons I can find in in the discount bargain bins.
bare hooks


 
Mad_Angler
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07/21/2010 09:37PM  
If you really want to catch all the fish you could want...
I've brought mountains of tackle on my two trips this year. This is all i've really needed...

single hook and small splitshot
slip bobber
1/8 oz jigs
leeches or gulp leeches
rapala husky jerk - size 9, firetiger
rapala taildancer - blue
rapala deep taildancer - size 9, purplescense
rapala skitterpop - firetiger or frog
zulu rigged weedless with swivle

I fished hard to two separate trips. I caught a lot of fish and this all I really used.
 
jeroldharter
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07/22/2010 01:27AM  
If you are trying to go that light, you are barking up the wrong tree. Start fly fishing.

Take two each: one sized for smallies and the other for pike/large bass-

Clouser
Deceiver
Clouser Suspender
Popper
Dahlberg diver

 
Basspro69
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12/29/2010 03:39PM  
bump
 
Walleye001
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12/29/2010 04:43PM  
I go the BW to fish. That said, you can never have to much tackle.

Heddon Torpedo
Tiny Heddon Torpedo
Luck 7
Floating Rapala
gigs
tube baits
Z-Too
Zulu
Mepps Spinner
Large Creek Chub

 
BenWitham
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12/29/2010 05:18PM  
1. slip bobber set up
2. 1/8oz jig
3. lindy rig
4. taildancer
5. husky jerk
6. floating rap
7. rattle rap
8. tube
9. jerk shad
10. scotch, just in case the 9 lures I brought all get bit off by pike.
 
01/01/2011 09:25AM  
I agree with jeroldharter with these changes:
Sub articulated nernuff frogs for the clouser suspender
Add 2 more clouser minnows for the decievers

PS - clousers work well on walleye
 
BWfishingfanatic12
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01/11/2011 08:38PM  
quote reelcowboy: "Best all around lure I have used is the Mepps #5 Plain"


Wow I've heard alot of people that like mepps. I believe you but I have had basically zero success with them. kinda weird I guess
 
BWfishingfanatic12
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01/11/2011 08:51PM  
and from my expirience the best lure is an 1/8 or 1/4 oz jig with twister tails and a leech.
 
01/11/2011 09:06PM  
quote Bromel: "I've been going to the Boundary Waters and Quetico since 1984, and I've caught a lot of bass, walleye and pike with a #8 Shad Rap -- both casting and trolling. In fact, last year I kept the same blue and silver Shad Rap on my rod almost the entire week. "


I never tried my blue and silver last year :( I'll add that to my list this year.
 
missmolly
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01/12/2011 09:30AM  
Yikes.

Considering I can lose six lures in a day due to pike, if I were limited to ten, I'd be picking long lures that keep some distance between the pike and the line.

As much as I like plain, brass-bladed Mepps (and I thought that that was my little secret), I'd pass on that lure because it's so little and pike easily swallow them.

I'd just open my tackle box and grab my ten longest lures and even then, without using a steel leader, I'll probably only be able to fish for three days.

If I decided to fish with a steel leader all the time, then I'd be picking high action, heavier lures that can overcome the resistance of the steel leader.
 
Basspro69
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02/09/2011 07:53PM  
bump
 
fishmaster
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02/14/2011 05:31PM  
whatever tgo isn't taking.
 
timhutson1
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04/25/2011 09:05AM  
No particular order

1. Jig set-up
2. Slip bobber/live bait set up
3. Deep tail dancer
4. Spoons, large five of diamonds or red stripe
5. Shap rap/x-rap size 8
6. Lindy rig
7. In-line spinners (at least one large, size 5, and one smaller, size 2-3)
8. Rattle trap/clackin rap
9. Heddon Tiny torpedo
10. Husky jerk
 
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04/25/2011 03:12PM  
In no particular order...

1. Mann's Baby 1-Minus (gold/black)
2. Rapala J-13 (black/gold)
3. Rapala Minnow Rap (yellow perch)
4. Rapala DT-4 (red craw)
5. Heddon Super Spook Jr. (white/red head)
6. Strike King Red Eye Shad (baby carp)
7. Musky Mayhem Baby Girl (black/silver blades)
8. Johnson Silver Minnow Spoon (gold)
9. 1/8oz jig/grub (black)
10. 1/4oz tube jig/3.5" tubes (watermelon/red)

11....a few less changes of clothes so I could bring more lures!
 
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05/29/2011 06:29PM  
Great lists of lures!
 
Nicollet
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06/01/2011 04:42PM  
I was surprised that I didn't see bottom bouncers listed more often. I like to troll with spinners or rapalas, and if the action near the top 2-5 feet isn't so great, I slip on a bottom bouncer (one that has a rubber tipped alligator tip at the top, that can be quickly added).

I am a fan of slip bobbers, jigs and leeches, too. But does trolling and/or drifting with bottom bouncers not work so well in BWCA?
 
Basspro69
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06/01/2011 06:14PM  
quote Nicollet: "I was surprised that I didn't see bottom bouncers listed more often. I like to troll with spinners or rapalas, and if the action near the top 2-5 feet isn't so great, I slip on a bottom bouncer (one that has a rubber tipped alligator tip at the top, that can be quickly added).


I am a fan of slip bobbers, jigs and leeches, too. But does trolling and/or drifting with bottom bouncers not work so well in BWCA?"
Theres so many super snaggy rocky lakes in the bwca that if im bouncing bottom I go as vertical as possible over it and only make occasional contact with bottom or you will lose alot of tackle. The occasional lake that has a more sandy bottom, then its bouncers all the way with spinner rigs .
 
interested
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06/01/2011 10:53PM  
1/8 jigs
1/4 oz. jigs
tubes and twistirs to fit jig heads
senkos
rapala tail dance
rapala shad rap
zell pop
bomber square "A"
salmo hornet
stanley ribbit
mor plasics to fill jig heads.
 
Mad_Angler
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06/02/2011 02:16PM  
I take hundreds of pieces of tackle. I just got back.

Here is all you need:

- Leeches and slip bobbers: a leech, 1/8 oz jig, slip bobber, bobber stop. Catch lots of fish.

- Taildancer (blue) or deep taildancer (purple): Great trolling lure. Might as well be fishing while paddling.

- Topwater poppers: Nothing is quite as cool as a nice smallie or pike crashing a topwatwer bait.

- Zulu: Check out the BWJ article and other threads. Great lure that works similar to a topwater popper,
 
analyzer
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06/03/2011 01:11AM  
If anyone finds my trolling rig, I'd like it back. I think I lost it on oyster a couple weeks ago. It has a couple soft plastic crank baits, and some steel leaders on it, with a bottom bouncer. If not perhaps I'll need to post this on the lost and found forum. Thanks.
 
analyzer
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06/03/2011 01:14AM  
seriously though. I drag a rapala (chartreuse or black n silver) when I'm on the move, or throw slip bobbers and leeches when i'm stationary. I keep four rods in the canoe, 2 for me and 2 for my wife. While we're paddling we troll the raps, and when we get to our favorite, hump, weedbed, whatever, we put the rod with rap away, and pull out the slip bobber and leech. In the afternoons when the walleye bite slows down, we go along shore with the floating raps, pitching and twitching next to down timber, or rocks.

Sometimes, I'll take the rap off the snap swivel, and replace with a floating lindy type rig. The beaver hut in grand marais has these nice little floating rigs with colorful float balls. It's about a 28" leader, with around a #4 hook, float ball, a couple beeds, and a loop at the far end. The loop gets hooked to the snap swivel, and there's about 6-8" of extra dead line coming from the loop. You attach a split shot or two to the excess line. Whenever the split shot get hung up in the rocks, a steady pull, will pull the split shot off the line, and your rig will float free. We use leaches on them. But minnows or a chunk of crawler would probably work too. It's a great little rig, because all you lose are your split shot, and get everything else back.

I really believe in slip bobbing though. We bring a portable depth finder, and if you can find some mid lake humps that the majority of fisherman don't know are there, you have a gold mine.

The lake I've been going to for 35 years, has about 8 spots on the lake. You can hit them all in a couple hours, and one of them is almost always holding fish. I'd say 4 of them, avg joe wouldn't find on a casual pass through the lake. You just wouldn't even know that hump is there. One spot is actually about the size of an infield in baseball. The water around it is 12 or 13 feet deep, and the elevated plateau is just 2 feet shallower, but has an abundance of weeds, and holds fish as long as it's early, late, or overcast with wind. If you try to go in there between 10-4 on a calm sunny day, you'll just spook em out of there, and they don't bite. In May and June, the weeds come up about 1/2 way to the surface and it works great to drift a slip bobber set at about 4 1/2 - 5', over the weed tops. Once you get into July it's pretty tough to get you leech in front of them, as the weeds come nearly to the surface and are really thick. Then you need to jig, and get the bait down. Any sort of sideways movement though, you're bringing in a big clump of green.

Sorry for waxing on.

My son played hockey with this kid, who's dad was an attorney. He had a good chunk of money. He and 3 of his friends split the cost of a float plane, and got their pilots license. They'd go up into Canada, fly over lakes, and just look for patches of weeds. Weed beds aren't all that common, that far north, and whenever they'd see a nice patch, they'd put her down, and pull out some very big pike. Find the humps, find the weeds, find the fish.
 
eguygabe210
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06/07/2011 06:22PM  
3 x 1/8 oz tube jigs (heads are already inserted so each counts as 1)

3 x firetiger Rapalas

3 x 1/8 oz jig heads (used with leeches which are not counted)

1 slip bobber

Firetiger Rapalas are best.
 
eguygabe210
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06/07/2011 06:37PM  
1.Rapala Deep Runner Fire-tiger
2.STORM® WildEye® Live Series Lures - Crappie
3.Rapala Shad Rap
4.Beetle Spin
5.Fire-Tiger Spoon
6.Mepps No. 4 Black Fury
7.Leeders
8.Live Bait
9.Bobbers
10.Hooks

I love the fire-tiger stuff.
 
06/10/2011 02:39PM  

I probably bring more than a 100 different pieces of tackle with me, but If I could only have 10.

1. Rapala Husky Jerk
2-6. Beaver Flicks
7-8. Slip Bobbers
9-10. Split Shot


It's hard to beat the reliability of a big leech or a piece of night crawler on a beaver flick under a slip bobber.
 
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bump
 
toddhunter
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02/22/2012 04:57PM  
So what if I could only bring 2?
Hard to pass up Senkos, but when fishing from a canoe, it is easier to just cast and reel a jig/grub. And I would die if I didn't have a topwater when they are on that bite (and wouldn't I go crazy not knowing?). Or would it be senkos and jig/grub, for slow and fast options, respectively? No jerkbait? Bite your tongue. No shad rap? Heresy. And only in the BW could I imagine fishing for smallies without a tube bait, which only gets snagged anyway. Now what did I do with all those old Mepps and my flashy new spinnerbaits? Did someone say live bait (TGO)?
(Sigh)It's still winter.
 
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05/22/2013 07:25AM  
Kanoe's minimal tackle thread reminded me of this oldie but goodie...
 
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05/22/2013 07:47AM  
quote tyh: "I probably bring more than a 100 different pieces of tackle with me, but If I could only have 10.

1. Rapala Husky Jerk
2-6. Beaver Flicks
7-8. Slip Bobbers
9-10. Split Shot

It's hard to beat the reliability of a big leech or a piece of night crawler on a beaver flick under a slip bobber."

I have a few beaver flick's but have never used them . I will have to give them a shot this year since we are going to lake with walleye in it. Are they as good as advertised?
 
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05/22/2013 07:51AM  
They are very good around rocks, when I fish Crocodile its the first lure I tie on.
 
Gravy33
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05/22/2013 08:57AM  
quote Basspro69: "They are very good around rocks, when I fish Crocodile its the first lure I tie on."


Cool thanks man. Heading up June 6th with my brother . Finally getting him off the farm . We plan on fishing Aspen , North , South and Rose.
 
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05/22/2013 09:08AM  
Mister Twister grub tails 1"-3"
Road Runner Jig Heads 1/16 - 1/4oz.
Mepps or Rooster Tail inline spinners - #1-5
Plain hooks with some Gulp Leeches.
Split Shot for weight.
 
Trock
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05/22/2013 10:19AM  
Orange Jointed floating rap
Tail dancer
Shad rap
1/8 - 1/2 oz jig heads
Ring worms
Rage tail craw Texas rigged
Gulp minnows
Banjo minnows
Slip bobber rigs
Skeeter prop
That would be for if I go next week.


 
irishluck
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06/18/2018 01:58PM  
tg: "i dragged this off the bottom of oyster saturday...seems the angler who lost this contraption was trying to use all 10 pieces at once!

btw-my understanding is that this is illegal in Minnesota (1 lure/line rule)

bottom bouncer, 4 steel leaders, 2 crankbaits (thunderstick and berkley frenzy) and mepps agila #4

tg

"


hahaha! the old tried and true Libarace, or "Candelabra" setup. Definitely a can't miss.
 
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06/18/2018 02:11PM  
IF YOU'RE LIMITING ME TO 10 IT WILL BE JIGS AND TWISTERS, by far the most versatile lure there is. I'll likely pick yellow jigs and yellow or white twisters
 
06/18/2018 02:37PM  
I would take crank baits and snap weights. I could lose 10 jigs in 5 minutes.
 
Lotw
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06/18/2018 03:13PM  
AmarilloJim: "I would take crank baits and snap weights. I could lose 10 jigs in 5 minutes."

crank faster
 
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06/18/2018 03:35PM  
5 - 1/4 oz jig heads in chartreuse, purple, red
2 - 3/4 oz daredevils in red& white, 5 of diamonds
1 - 3/4 oz johnson silver minnow in silver or gold
1 - rapala j-11 in firetiger
1 - heddon tiny torpedo

 
Atb
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06/18/2018 03:35PM  
dp...

 
Savage Voyageur
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06/18/2018 05:41PM  
A ten year old thread, I’ll play.
1-daredevil spoon
2-silver and blue Rapala minnows
2-#3 Mepps spinners
1-PopR
2-Heddon Super Spook Jr
2-jigs

This setup will guarantee fish in the pan.
 
06/19/2018 12:42AM  
10 lures ok , time of the year and target species the list would change.
1) my blk/wht 1oz daredevil with squirrel dress(pic)
2) my 1.8oz little cleo gold/org with black/wht dress(pic)
3) jig spinner with twister tail (can i bring more than 1 ?)(pic)
4)chrome/blk 1/2 oz rattl'n rap
5) 2" crawdad fat rap for fishing the wood(pic)
6) bomber 8a chartreuse crawdad(pic)
7)J-18 blk/gld original rapala (trolling)(pic)
8) deadbait rig ,, (fishing from camp)
9) another bomber 8a but a bill dance suspending emerald shad(pic )
10) mepps musky killer org/blk (pic)
 
06/19/2018 02:27AM  
Lotw: "IF YOU'RE LIMITING ME TO 10 IT WILL BE JIGS AND TWISTERS, by far the most versatile lure there is. I'll likely pick yellow jigs and yellow or white twisters"
you forgot to add the spinner part ;)
 
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06/19/2018 05:47AM  
shock: "
Lotw: "IF YOU'RE LIMITING ME TO 10 IT WILL BE JIGS AND TWISTERS, by far the most versatile lure there is. I'll likely pick yellow jigs and yellow or white twisters"
you forgot to add the spinner part ;) "


I’ll bring the spinner if that whole rig counts as one otherwise I’m leaving it.
 
missmolly
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06/19/2018 06:04AM  
I fish north of the BWCA, where ten pieces of tackle will last two days if you don't have a steel leader. I'm guessing the BWCA would be the same.
 
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06/19/2018 07:40AM  
1- pound of leeches
2- slip bobber rig with #6 octopus hook
3- jigs
4- wacky rig
5- soft plastic jerkbaits
6- rapala skitter pop
7- heddon torpedo
8-10- 3 random cranks I’ll use less than 10% of the time because I catch most of my fish on 1-7
 
Mad_Angler
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06/19/2018 08:18AM  
Mad_Angler: "Okay, here's mine

1. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches
2. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches (so good it deserves 2 votes)
3. Firetiger, Huskyjerk Rapalla - pretty big, size 7 or 9 I think
4. Tiny Torpedo black
5. Senko worms - watermellon w/ red flakes, wacky rigged
6. Basstrix swimbaits - texas rigged w/ weighted belly hooks
7. 1/8 oz tube jigs
8. 1/4 oz tube jigs
9. More of 1 to 8
10. More of 1 to 8"


That was my list 10 years ago. Here is my current list:

1. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches
2. 1/8 oz jigs, slip bobbers and leeches (so good it deserves 2 votes)
3. Rapala Deep taildancer - purplesence
4. Rapala Deep taildancer - purplesence (I might lose the first one)
5. Senko worms - watermellon w/ red flakes, wacky rigged
6. Zulu's
7. Poppper
8. Popper (a pike will probably take the first one)
9. More of 1 to 8
10. More of 1 to 8

 
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06/19/2018 08:56AM  
Seriously?
 
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06/19/2018 09:12AM  
I read this question to mean not live bait, so notwithstanding live bait:

1. Jointed Rapala – #9 – Gold/Fluorescent Orange
2. Dardevle Spoon - Red / White – 3 ½”
3. Dardevle Spoon – Blue / Silver – 2 ½”
4. Hula Popper – 2” – Perch Color
5. Mepps - #5 – Black Fury Dressed
6. Mepps - #3 – Aglia Gold/Red/White Dressed
7. Rapala - #7 – Original – Black/Gold
8. Reef Runner – ½ oz – Silver/Blue
9. Jig with Yum Dinger – Watermelon/Red Flake
10. Rapala – #11 Deep Tail Dancer - (upon recommendation here, trying in August!)

Unless I am fairly confident it won't be a northern on the line, I always use a steel leader. The risk is just not worth the "extra action" IMHO.
 
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06/20/2018 04:45PM  
Well since it's back..........

3 swimbait heads
7 swimbait bodies.

1 bottle of superglue.

I can and have caught every species up there on swimbaits. Walleye and bass especially love them. I'd have to be careful to not use them in what I call northern zone. I'd not throw them where I was pretty sure I'd catch a northern. That way I may only lose a couple to northerns.

One those 7 bodies, I suspect I could potentially catch 100-150 fish....Maybe. :)
 
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06/20/2018 07:14PM  
dmcc445465: "1. A red and white Daredevil spoon

2. A size 4 Mepps spoon, silver blade, dressed hooks

4. A perch colored size 13 Rapala

5. A LAzy Ike, also called Flatfish, in 1/2 or 3/4 oz size



Now, just take 2 of each! Dave"


That’s my mindset as well.

Although last trip I used three lures to catch everything.

Floating wood rapala, Jig and leech, and the killer of Pike (aka baby bass Zara spook jr)
 
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