Click here to order with free shipping.Team Iceshanty Patches! Most iceshanty boards are represented
Latest greatest... I'm not sure there's any such thing. If you look at that brand new, innovative lure that just arrived in the mail and start poking around you'll find a golden oldie that looks very similar, if not almost exactly the same....
Latest greatest... I'm not sure there's any such thing. If you look at that brand new, innovative lure that just arrived in the mail and start poking around you'll find a golden oldie that looks very similar, if not almost exactly the same. Sure, you can take a plain jane and put on a pretty dress and right away you wanna ask her for a date. Sure was good at catching the fisherman!There are some lures in categories that DO offer something different like a Moonshine Shiver Minnow vs a Jigging Rap vs a Hyper Glide. All similar but very not the same and pays to keep all of them in your box. Or different designs of spoons.I still carry lead because sometimes a slower drop is better (sometimes much better). The old Walleye Hawger jigs in the smallest size are perch killers with a small minnow reverse hooked. Same with the smallest Rocker Minnow spoon. Still carry Rat Finkees and Demons along with Swedish Pimples and Kastmasters. Just because...I believe it's far more important to fish a lure well than rely on the latest greatest to be some kind of magic. Not that it might not be but you still gotta learn how to use it to get everything out of it that it has to offer.Neat thread Duke!
My "hot lure"....done the job for over 30 yrs for me. I may turn it into a really hot lure by adding a twister tail or changing the leadhead color to chartruese, yellow, or blue/white.
I love a 4mm tungsten when the fish will take it. I've noticed alot of guys use this now. When the bite gets tough, especially in community holes, switching to old lead jigs or rockers often works well for me. I think so many guys are using the basic tungstens now the fish get used to them. Sometimes they like the slow fall of a rocker or light lead jig. It seems like the hot color for me changes from year to year. Some years its purple, others its orange, last year was red.
Probably get a get deal on Banjo Minnows and a Pocket Fisherman right now.
You still play that Minnow Banjo? Rebelss? And is that Tom Thumb in your pocket?
And further down the rabbit hole..... https://midwestoutdoors.com/fishing/tungsten-jigs-the-other-alternative/