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marc bates
03/24/2007 08:51AM
 
Jitterbug
Floating Rapala
Hot-N-Tot
Tiny Torpedo
Pop-R
Dare Devil spoon or Thompson Silver Minnow
Tail Dancer
Spinnerbait
 
chadwick
03/24/2007 11:20AM
 
marc, have you realy had good luck on the blade dancer, Ive never caught anything on mine. I might have to give it another try this year though.
 
popeye
05/22/2007 09:01PM
 
bass popper fly
muddler minnow fly
rabbit fur leech fly
beetle spin
crippled killer
white tandem spinnerbait
crayfish fat rap
chartreuse mister twister jig

Fly fishing for smallies is the king of all sportfishing! The rest is for eater pike and walleye...
 
bassmaster
04/02/2007 03:47PM
 
Dardevle 5 of diamonds
Spinner bait - big green and ugly for Northerns
Heddon Tiny Torpedo
Rapala Shad Rap Perch or crawfish
Rebel Pop R
Rapala Floating various sizes
Rebel Crawfish crankbait
Jigs/plastics






 
kanoes
04/02/2007 07:14PM
 
2 black/silver #8 shadraps

2 medium doctor spoons

2 4/0 gamma worm hooks

4 berkley powerbait, 5" minnow, shad

(do leaders count as lures? i hope not) :)

Jan hey Bass? didnt you go over the 8 with "jigS/plasticS"? :)
 
The Great Outdoors
04/02/2007 10:49PM
 
I agree with BWCA dreamer and fishinfey8, wholeheartedly. But if you insist on others, bring chartreuse jigs with chartreuse and pepper double twister tails. You stick with all of these, and you will not be sorry.
 
john 800
04/03/2007 02:05AM
 
1 Firetiger Rapala husky jerk
2 Chrome/black Rapala husky jerk
3 Smithwick devils horse
4 Heddon baby torpedo
5 Red eye spoon
6 Chartruse jig
7 Orange jig
8 Weedless frog

These are tailored to when I usually go early to mid June and my old standbys have have something simalor incase I lose one 1 and 3 could be substituted with 2 and 4 like 6 and seven as a mater of fact I could probobly get by with 1,3 and 6 if I had to
 
sternpaddler
04/02/2007 09:12PM
 

Bass-oreno red and white 3/8oz and 5/8oz
Bass-oreno frog 3/8oz and 5/8 oz
Rapala blue jointed shallow runner J09
(assorted jig heads and crayfish color/black powerbaits)
White Bucktail jig 3/4oz
After that I mix it up.

 
Arkansas Man
04/03/2007 07:18AM
 
1. Gitzit with hooks and sinkers, (smoke/red flake)
2. Leeches and accessories...
3. Buzz Bait
4. Pop R topwater
5. Mepps #3 Blackfury
6. Fire Tiger Johnson weedless spoon
7. Five of Diamonds spoon for trolling
8. Rattling Rogue Suspending in gold, black and orange.

Bruce
 
jberns
05/29/2007 09:02PM
 
In no order of preference & not going for any lake trout:
-#4 or #5 yellow mepps bucktail
-#18 floating Rapala
-1/2 oz Rat-L-Trap
-1/8 oz jig w/ white twister and option of beetle spin
-slip bobber, colored hook and leech
-Northland spinnerbait (closed loop for use w/ leader)
-jointed floating Rapala
-brown tube jig

With these you can get some fish in any open water conditions.
 
overthehill
05/22/2007 11:45PM
 
silver/black floating rapala ; gold/black floating rapala ; tiny torpedo ; small black jitterbug ; rapala jointed #7 firetiger ; zara puppy ; dying flutter ; pre-rigged 3-hook 6" black Charley's Wonder Worm ; copper mepps #2 : Do I Have to Stop?
 
chadwick
03/23/2007 11:45PM
 
1- lead head jig chartruse
2-chartruse twistertails
3-NOT TELLING THIS ONE!!!
4-rapala, original floater, chartruse J9
5-red bladed mepps #3 w/o squireltail
6-shad rap, chartruse, meduim sized one
7- spoon, 5 of diamonds
8- little cleo, silver and orange

these are mine, what would yours be?
 
L.T.sully
03/24/2007 08:17AM
 
Let's see This may even be easy....
1 mepps scyclops - do I go anywhare without that?
2 A good jig - for the walleyes
3 The orange rattler that I chaught that 33 in nothern on
4 A hulla hopper - to rid the bwca of it's invasive spicies
5 A good snagless plastic worm
6 a snagless spoon - prefeably a dare devil
7 Sisco kid or similar rapala
8 A good large deep diver
 
snakecharmer
03/24/2007 09:33AM
 
6 home-made spinner rigs tipped with GULP 3" leech (or live if available)
(2-chartreuse/green)
(2-chartreuse/orange)
(2-pink/white)
1 Pop-R
1 Jitterbug
 
billsta
03/24/2007 01:41PM
 
Jig/twister tail
Husky Jerk
Shad Rap
Pop R
Spinner Rig (live bait)
Slip Bobber Rig (live bait)
Spinnerbait
Plastic Worm
 
stench62
03/24/2007 03:59PM
 
1-northland's mimic minnows
2-jigs & powerbait
3-shadraps
4-jitterbugs
5-spinner baits

thats about all i use- I swear by mimic minnows they will catch fish anytime

 
LunkerToTheLivewell
03/24/2007 10:44PM
 
1. Tail Dancer
2. Deep Diving Tail Dancer
3. Buzzbait
4. Hot n' Tot
5. Pop-R
6. Texas Rigged Powerbait (7" ribbontail)
7. Dare Devil
8. Wally-Diver
 
bwcadreamer
03/24/2007 02:38PM
 
7 chartreuse 1/8 oz jigs.1 bag o leeches
 
marc bates
03/26/2007 08:28AM
 
Chadwick, I think it is a great walleye lure and many of the gentlemen on this forum use them also. A great lure one year definitely can stink the next. Don't give up on it yet.
 
paddleaway
04/01/2007 07:33PM
 
1 - Dr. Spoon (silver)
2 - Dr. Spoon (gold)
3 - Small Mepps Spinner
4 - Junebug Gulp
5 - Jitterbug
6 - Joined Rapala
7 - White-Skirted Spinnerbait
8 - Lindy & leeches

I usually bring at least two of each of these as I've had plenty of trips where I've lost one...and a few where I've lost both to marauding pike...

 
fishinfey8
04/01/2007 09:28PM
 
1. split shot sinker
2. plain ol' hook
3. jumbo leeches

 
Amok
05/20/2007 09:14PM
 
Just bringing this back to the top. I'm guessing that there are quite a few people going in soon for fishing!

I'll add my list when I get back (sometime after June 10)
 
MGD
05/21/2007 08:18AM
 
My 8:
1. Mepps size 4, gold blade, bucktail
2. Jointed Rapala, black and gold, don't know the exact size about 4"
3. Yo-Zuri minnow bait, silver with red and yellow, 3 3/4"
4. Yo-Zuri minnow bait, silver, 6" for trolling
5. Buzz bait, black
6. Beetle Spin, 1/4 oz, black
7. Rapala shad rap, bright color
8. Senkos, white 5"

It goes without saying that I'd replace most of these with terminal tackle, jig heads, floating jigs, hooks, sinkers, etc. but that doesn't really lend to this topic.

Matt
 
Bromel
05/21/2007 11:10AM
 
1. jointed floating Rapala, size J-9, gold and black
2. large deep diving Shad Rap, shad or gold color
3. Zara Puppy, gold and black
4. Mepps #2 with gold blade, bucktail
5. yellow 3-inch twister tail jig
6. regular floating Rapala, size J-11, silver and black
7. Rebel Deep Wee-R crawdad crankbait
8. Hula Popper, frog color
 
nofish
05/21/2007 01:32PM
 
I don't think anyone mentioned the Mr. Twister Sassy Shad. Good all around bait.

Here's my list

1.Jigs, 1/8-1/4 oz and Leeches
2.Sassy Shad
3.Crank Baits (White)
4.Little Cleo (orange and gold)
5.Daredevil
6.Spinner Bait
7.Rapalas
8.Other plastics
 
The Great Outdoors
05/20/2007 09:59PM
 
chadwick,

We need to talk about fishing. Let me know when you will be coming to Ely, I desperately need to counsel you about this stuff!! :)
 
catfish
06/05/2007 12:46PM
 
Zara Spook
Chug Bug
X-Rap
Shad Rap
Husky Jerk
1/4 jig with spinner and twister tail
Gulp Leech
Big spinner bait (Northland Reed Runner)