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#76924 - 11/15/06 06:34 PM Re: best all-around fishing lure
Mark_G Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 03/16/06
Posts: 80
Loc: Stafford, VA
I used to do a lot of fishing when I was in my late teens - early 20's, For Bass no doubt give me a pumkinseed 6-7" plastic worm (Berkely Power worm) every day ending in Y. But for an "all around" lure I have had Much Luck with the Johnsons Beetle spin. I like the Yellow with black stripe, here is a pic of the green/black.
I have caught, Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, ShellCracker, Chain Pickerel, White Perch, Yellow Perch, and probably a few I don't remember on this lure. Versitle, and doesn't snag as bad as a mepps spinner.

In a survival situation though, give me a hook and some grubs (best) earth worms (next best), or crickets, grasshoppers, etc. If I can find those, I will have fish for dinner. So I agree with what the others have said. Get some #4-#6 hooks & some light fishing line 8lb test, in your survival gear, and leave the Lures for your tackle box. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


Edited by Mark_G (11/15/06 06:41 PM)

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#76925 - 11/16/06 05:22 AM Re: best all-around fishing lure
ironraven Offline
Cranky Geek
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
Put it in a current, things will come along and bite anything shiny that moves. Even if your spinner is a crude propeller made out of aluminum foil. I didn't belive it woudl work, but I tried it and, dang, it works and you can leave it on a yo-yo or trotline if you place it right.
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#76926 - 11/16/06 07:16 AM Re: best all-around fishing lure
nelstomlinson Offline
newbie

Registered: 09/26/05
Posts: 29
Loc: Juneau, Alaska

The best lure is the one you have with you


That can't be true. The best lure is the one the fish are biting, and that's always one that you don't have!

Seriously, what fish will bite seems to vary from summer to summer, and even from day to day. Better have a couple of very different options.

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#76927 - 11/16/06 05:21 PM Re: best all-around fishing lure
Nicodemus Offline
Paranoid?
Veteran

Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
You folks would seriously laugh if you saw the size of the fishing kit in my PSK. I'm betting it's bigger than a good portion of your entire PSKs.

However, in my defense, I like fishing and have been known to just decide to go fishing on a whim when I see a spot that looks good, I drive past a park or lake where public fishing is allowed and so on. And when I do stop, I'll generally use my PSK fishing kit. It requires a lot more maintenance than the rest of the PSK of course, but it amuses me so I do it.

People that see me fish with it are sometimes stunned when I land something.

Don't get me wrong, I have a cheap rod and reel in the trunk of my car too...

Anyway, I like using small soft grub baits and keep a number of them in my kit. I have one hard bait in there, a small Rebel Crawfish. I can set that in a slow moving patch of water, leave it, and it generally does the trick, or I can just fling it, and reel it in, wrapping the line around one hand without much hassle. In some of the worst fishing conditions I've caught fish with that thing. I think they lace the lure with crack or something.

Other than that, catching a cricket, grasshopper, beetle, grub or worm isn't hard to do either if you know where to look provided it's the right season (depending on area), and those are tried and true fish catchers.

Now that I know how to make cordage, some day when I have a load of time with nothing to do I might try to make a line, fashion a hook out of natural materials, find an insect or worm, and try my luck.
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#76928 - 11/21/06 12:18 AM Re: best all-around fishing lure
Paulb Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 08/21/03
Posts: 60
after some past discussion here on the boards, several things came up of import.

1. plastics will not last long in a survival kit.
2. depends on whether you are fresh or salt fishing.
3. usually you will end up bait fishing or realistically jigging
4. ergo I would have to side with special forces - White Bucktail Jig.

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#76929 - 11/22/06 02:53 AM Re: best all-around fishing lure
benjammin Offline
Rapscallion
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Dupont spinners, of course. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey, you didn't say it had to be legal.

A gill net ain't too bad either.

If you're lookiing for legitimate fishing using a line, I've used worms and hooks in just about every fishing scenario imaginable with some measure of success.
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