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Bloodworms, nightcrawlers, grubs, maggots, etc...no need to mess with them anymore. Like Igor and others have said, these are readily available
nowadays in tackle stores almost everywhere. Berkely makes a great and effective product as does a Japenese firm.
The days of hunting giant nightcrawlers with a flashlight in the back yard are almost a dim memory now...
..but it was almost as much fun as the fishing!
Great stuff!
Berkely Power Worm
Japanese FoodSource Minnow..made from fishfood
These two are a big part of my fishing when all else fails.
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Thanks much to all, have not used "Berkely Power Worm" and the others mentioned....
But, no problem... that will take cares of where to put the bait, not getting bit, and keeping them alive..
A pretty good upgrade in bait fishing, thanks again.. will be giving them a try..
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More on GULP
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=26398#pid255787
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Skipjack Joe wrote:
"Mepps
... was my first love too. I had a canoe float on the Shenandoah one summer catching smallmouths on Mepps that I'll never forget. They just hammered
them. They went one way and the canoe went the other.
Thought I would add this - the Hexbar!
Not a world-class lure but works great for something that's just a bar of metal. Used to be my favorite lingcod lure. Just cast it updrift and drift
over it while bouncing it off the bottom. The brightness and clanging on the rocks really get's their attention (the ad says it rings their dinnerbell
:lol"
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Igor,the flatfish has indeed withstood the test of time. And a counterpart called is the Lazy Ike, a very old
flatfish lure in all our northern tackle boxes.
I once caught a monster pike shorefishing from a far north Canadian island where we were windbound for 2 full days. Nothing to do but catch and
release small walleyes, keep a couple for lunches.. so one day I pitched a Lazy Ike as far into the wind as I could..maybe 30 feet max..and
blammo..must have landed right on top of a huge northern pike, who gave me fun dancing around the island for a half-hour, before we got him close
enough to net, measure and release. That jack was 47" long and estimated at close to 36lbs.
Fun stuff here!
Lazy Ike
Here's a photo of what might be Manitoba's largest norther pike (jack) ever caught by an angler. 70" long and estimated at 50lbs. In 1999. And it
was caught for food and eaten! Too bad he couldn't have benefited a bit more. Don't know it was caught on, but probably a chunk of white sucker bait.
I am currently fishing a charterboat out of Depoe Bay, Oregon coast, and hope to do well on lings and other bottomfish. I have a similar lure like
your Hexbar that I will be using. Basically, a length of lead with a treble hook. Amost a grappling hook kind of lure.
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dtbushpilot wrote:
"If I'm casting from the beach I usually use a Subwalk Rapala, most of the pictures of fish that I've posted were caught on 1 lure. It's pretty chewed
up and should probably be replaced.
If I'm trolling I like 7"-10" skirts of various colors and when I see tuna it's definately the cedar plug. I don't know why a plain piece of wood with
a hook in it outfishes so many other lures but they sure do.
If I see a marlin on top there are several good baits to pitch to it but I've had good results with a rigged Cacawhate........dt"
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dtbushpilot..my first trolled plugs were all metal-lipped Rapalas that I bought at the old Squid-Co downtown San Diego many years
ago. Worked well for all species, but especially deadly on cabrilla, grouper, and large snapper.
A fine day on the Cortez is trolling feathers way out there..in dorado and marlin season. My biggest dorado (so far) was on a large hot pink
feather...jethead. Also hit a nice sail that day on buddy boat.
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iflyfish wrote:
"Wiggle Wart, Magnum Wiggle Wart, Wee Wart, Original color...Tiger 074
Chinook and Coho Salmon, Steelhead, Walleye, Small and Large Mouth Bass, Magnum good trolling in Baja."
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iflyfish,
good bunch of well-used lures, too I still have my dad's old tackle box full of his favorite Canadian lures...has a few trays of Wiggle Warts, River
Runts, and such type plugs. Still great catchers.
Here's some freshwaters I have used in the SOC. Excellent lures cast close to rocky points and shallows..use a jerking retrieve and whammo.
A Bagley B
Minus 1
This is one of my favorites to cast Up North for walleyes and pike...a real killer. Years ago I got the nickname Rattlin Rog. The rattletrap is just
pure meat and potatoes.
Rat-L-Trap by Rapala
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Taco de Baja wrote:
"With all the lures out there one really has to wonder if they are designed to catch fish? Or, the fisherman's wallet?
Probably the fisherman's wallet. Try searching for "fishing lure" on ebay. Ooooh look at the colors!"
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Taco de Baja - you now know why the tackle stores are in no danger in the present economy!
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RUSS:
great collection of lures there, my friend, and ones we all have used over the years. Fishing in Baja creates boxes upon boxes of lures & bait
rigs for all our different seasons and species..it's our reward for exploring this magical place.
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Baja Gringo wrote:
"I haven't fished for rainbows in a long time but that Mepps lure sure brought back some great memories from up along the Kern river... "
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Baja Gringo - I spin-fished the Kern while on a motorcycle trip there many years ago. Great memories indeed.. and a beautiful ride
along that spectacular river.
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Skeet Loreto wrote:
"SALTWATER--- 8 Oz. Salas Blue and White Jig"
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Skeet, - like yourself, the Salas blue-white is a true Baja classic.
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wsdunc wrote:
"My choices have already shown up on the list:
from the baja beach
Kastmasters gold or chrome 2'-3"
Crocodiles 3"-4" chrome with a color stripe
From the boat
Trolling feathers 4"-6" (stacked for bigger fish) "
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wsdunc - like all of us vet Bajafishermen you have learned what's good..and produces time after time.
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Sharksbaja:
Thanks, Corky..I have those shown in your pictures, too, and will surely be using them again..and again. See you soon for some great soup and
sandwiches. (and a Bloody Mary) Here's a counterpart to your trout lure...a Goldfish. Remember these? An oldie, but still a goodie.
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Cypress.. - I knew you would be up on a lot of these lures and baits!
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Santiago wrote:
"Are you kidding us here? I've never thought of using these.
Change the hooks to saltwater? "
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Santiago - that's generally not needed if you spray your freshwater hooks with Salt-X immediately after using..or rinse well very
soon. I have used most of my fresh water tackle in Baja over the years. Use Salt-X judiciously. But, you're right.. changing would be best.
Hey, nice bunch of collector lures and boxes, you show in your post, Santiago. I have a little collection myself and keep adding to
it yearly at auctions and garage sales Up North. Fun stuff!
Here's a piece of driftwood with some oldies on it hanging from my Baja gameroom wall.
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A while back I posted a name-that-lure thread on them..and got great answers:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24419#pid2250...
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There are some good lures..and some truly great lures...and then there are THE BEST LURES OF ALL TIME.
Now..if we could only decide on WHICH! My tackle box is only so big..
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[Edited on 8-27-2009 by Pompano]
[Edited on 8-31-2009 by Pompano]
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Pomp: I have the Crazy Ike also - in silver and black if I recall. All of my lures I received from my father when he returned form my uncle's funeral
who lived in Kansas. He handed me my uncle's tackle box and said it was mine now. It was the Super Duper that got me as it was the very first lure I
ever cast - I had no idea they were made so large.
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Santiago..you have an honored treasure in those lures. I know you will have many years of enjoyment from just looking at them.
I seldom use the really old ones fishing anymore. I still get mad at myself when remembering a pike-fishing day on Lake Athabasca in northern
Manitoba, a trophy pike lake...strictly barbless and trophies must be released unharmed. Like a dummy, I picked out a nice 50-year-old river runt
that belonged to my Dad, bent the barbs, and cast it to the weedline where the guide said the really BIG ones were. Sure enough, a monster jack
grabbed it immediately..made a huge trashing topwater swirl which showered us..and broke the line before I could blink. What a dumb thing to do.
You can still find a few old lures around if you search hard enough. We go to a lot of estate auctions when I know the folks were fishermen. Trading
is good, too, but hard to part with old friends. Here's a few old timers in the box:
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Talk about a memory lure....
When I lived in WA by a place called Point No Point I'd surf fish with buzz bombs and a spoon simular to a crocodile called a fjord. One day this kid
buts in between a couple of old timers and starts throwing this little lure about 2' in front of 5 or 6 split shot with a 4' rod with a big spin
caster and 30# line. No one was catching that day and we all gave the kid encouragement with his 30' casts. Damned if he didn't catch a 20 pound
king! In 10 years of fishing that point I never got one that big. The lure.... a very thin copy of the goldfish called a triple teezer.
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The colors in #8 (bottom one) have really worked well for me in baja. Gene Kira turned me on to that one. Usually when we fish, one of us uses
silver/blue and the other orange/gold and both catch an equal number of fish. Sometimes one outfishes the other but either one can outfish the other
on any day.
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There was a series of lures,several spoons in a row most were sliverwith the largest in the front,they were effective for the whole trout family and
kokeanee,hated trolling with them because they were so heavy to drag around.
Cow Bells
Ford Fender
Jack Lloyd
To name a few.
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baitcast, we still use cowbells Up North. Lake trout killers.
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This tiny lure (about 1 inch) is best used with a jigging motion. It absolutely kills pintos, small snapper, and other rock/reef fishes, but was
invented to fish walleyes and perch Up North.
I rate it as one of my top 50 lures.
-image shown is twice actual size-
The Swedish Pimple. (catchy name, eh?)
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I use it a lot. Row 3 of my favorites....
image is a little smaller than actual size
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Have you ever noticed how often the color red shows up on lures,on the head,gill collars and else where for several years I have put a half moon on
the gill collars,don,t ask me if I have doubled my catch
Red has been with us from the beginning,fresh and salt. you ever wonder why?
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Ranger lures
I've caught wahoo, dorado, roosters etc. I like the blue and white and the all chrome is my favorite. I call it my "chromey homey"
I troll it skipping it along the surface. You can troll it a a good speed and cover a lot of water.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
Have you ever noticed how often the color red shows up on lures,on the head,gill collars and else where for several years I have put a half moon on
the gill collars,don,t ask me if I have doubled my catch
Red has been with us from the beginning,fresh and salt. you ever wonder why? |
Colors have always been important to fishing..and to fishermen. I love chartruese. 
http://www.geocities.com/wwindmills/fishcolor.html
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Swedish Pimple story..
These lures were designed for ice fishing and best used tipped with wax worms. They catch lots and lots of delicioius crappies through the ice
holes..jigging up and down just enough to attract the huge schools of crappies. And sometimes bass & walleyes, too.
Now one fine winter's day a few years back, we selected a spot on the frozen lake about 50 feet from a fellow who already had a decent pile of
crappies laying on the ice next to his hole. We drilled our holes quickly, baited our Swedish Pimples with waxworms..just like the fellow next to us
had done. I know, because I glanced over there and noticed his bait/lure setup. Yup, he was tipping with waxworms...just like we were.
We jigged and jigged, but nothing was happening. I looked over to see our neighbor pulling in another..then another..and yet another!
Finally, I could stand it no longer and walked thru the snow over to this master angler to find out his secret.
"Excuse me, mister. I see you are using wax worms with the Pimple same as us, but we ain't catching any. If you don't mind telling us, what's your
secret?"
The old fellow turned around and grinned, "Uu gomma heat der hate varm." or something like that. Wow, I thought..I should have taken Icelandic in
school, rather than German. Then, figuring the guy to have a slight speech impediment, I said..
"Sorry sir, I couldn't quite understand you?"
The old man wiped off his beard and said again, "UU gomma heat der hate VARM."
Dang, I sure couldn't make that out...and said politely, "Uh..sir, I really can't understand your language. Do you speak English?"
The old fellow smiled again, coughed and spit some wax worms into his hand. "You gotta keep the bait warm."
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In my mind, when I saw the original post my thought was "if I had ONE lure on a desert island for a variety of uses/needs, what would it be?".
For me, without a second thought is a silver/chrome Krocodile. Cast...troll...jig...with bait...without. Just back from San Quintin and silver krocs
(ok ok, with a juicy mackerel on board) were nailing the WSB. I have caught over 20 varieties of Baja fish with them. Which of course, sets me up
for someone catching 25 on something else
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Great question
| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
Have you ever noticed how often the color red shows up on lures,on the head,gill collars and else where for several years I have put a half moon on
the gill collars,don,t ask me if I have doubled my catch
Red has been with us from the beginning,fresh and salt. you ever wonder why? |
Never really thought about it, but remember that my first 2 casting lure were a "super duper" and a "hotshot wobber" both had red as I remember.. my
dad used them at the time too, along with the Mepps and a couple of spoons that were just silver.
Took a look at the National Academy of Science, found a research article by:
Satoko Yamaguchi*†, Reinhard Wolf*, Claude Desplan†, and Martin Heisenberg*‡
*Department of Genetics and Neurobiology, Biozentrum, University of Wu¨ rzburg, 97074 Wu¨ rzburg, Germany; and †Center for Developmental Genetics,
New York University, New York, NY 10003
Edited by John G. Hildebrand, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, and approved January 15, 2008 (received for rev)
"only L-cones (red) contribute to the optomotor response
(10)optomotor response belongs to a system of control mechanisms"
would appear red has a lot to do with fishing...
National Academy of Science
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Hot Shot - great for steelhead & other salmon
A great red lure by Luhr Jensen.
These are lures that steelhead fishermen love...fast wigglers and hot color like salmon eggs. Add a little leader weight and cast cross-stream to
get the bottom on retrieve for those steelhead. You can also drift the boat and walk these across stalled chinooks. This red fire version is a pretty
good choice in both cases.
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Looks a lot like a flatfish.
That's what I think are the great lures. The ones that are new and unique and become a model for newer and more successful lures which owe their
existence to the first one.
The rapala is like that.
The Lee Wulff flies created in the 30's were a milestone. Nobody had used body hair until then. All the great ones that came after that - elk hair
caddis, muddler minnow, humpy, Kaufmann's stimulator, grasshopper patterns - all owe their existence to Lee's work.
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Red is bright, catches the eye, add a little noise, any rattle will do and you have a winner. What predator-type fish could pass it up.
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