Top Producing Jigs, Spoons, Live Bait on Reservoirs in Colorado

[CO_ICE_POSSE]

Realize some may not want to give this out but for those who don't mind - Appreciate if you have the time to provide your short list of highest producers by fish type (bows, kokes, etc) and body of hard water

e.g.
     pink ratso, waxie, antero
     shrimpo, mousie, antero

[arkansas angler]

Tube jigs and meal worms or power wigglers for Antero. Small tubes in pink, white and red have worked well. A lot of guys use krill there.

For 11 Mile I usually use two Rainbow pattern spoons. A small stationary one with bait on it and a large one I jig a couple of feet away.

On Lake John and North Delanney I have had a lot of luck on the little gitzit minnow imitations.

On Blue Mesa, it depends if you are going for trout, kokes or lakers. The big browns like jigging spoons.

[coboy]

Since I live 15 miles from 11 Mile I tend to fish it most. I've had various success with the lures you've used at Antero but when using
smaller jigs on 4 lb. test and a light drag I would still bend or break a hook. I now pour my own lead jigs and tie ice flies with better quality
hooks and eliminated that problem. 99% of the time I use what I make and because I'm not limited with certain colors,flash,dubbing,etc.,
I can tweak things with a variety of patterns and colors that you won't get from mass produced manufactured lures and I tend to do
rather well up there.

[ducati]

I picked up ratfinkees, ratso's, shrimpos, + I already have miscellaneous jigs, tubes, jigs with paddlebug tails, some swedish pimples, rattlin jigs, and stuff from my days in the midwest

You have got it covered from A-Z or I guess I should say from Trout to Lake Trout and Pike.  The only thing I could think to add off the top of my head is some Genz Worms in gold, pink and white, and if your Lake Trout or Pike fishing you might want to add some larger spoons from Northland and Daredevil to go with your tubes.  If you aren't catching fish with arsenal you picked up they just ain't bitin or your in the wrong spot.

[SLAYERFISH]

Trout anywhere -kasty
Perch anywhere-kasty or jiggin rap.
Walleye anywhere- kasty or jiggin rap.
LAKERS anywhere- kasty or suckermeat or egg sacs-they are a sucker for the sac-

[SLAYERFISH]

Thx Slayerfish - is the typical kasty spoon used for ice / 2-4lb test  a 1/8 to 1/4?  (Obviously for lakers it's likely heavier)

I use 6lb and 1/4 oz kastys.   If i'm goin deep for macs then I will go to 8 or 10 lb with 1/4 or 3/8 oz. kastys.

[The Woodsman]

Question: When you're fishing for Macs what colors/patterns of Kastmasters do you find produces best???  Usually tipping them with sucker meat or what?  Hoping to finally get out after some big boyz this year! 

[lefty2053]

I hear a lot of guy's use the 3-4" White tube jigs with sucker meat. Others use Airplane jigs,and some just use a big treble hook with sucker meat on it.

[elkdeerbear]

For trout, ratsos, scudbugs, small tube jigs, Swedish Pimples, or Kastmasters with wax worms or Powerbait. Lake trout or pike, tube jigs with sucker meat.

[lefty2053]

My above post is for Lake Trout.

For all other trout I use the Ratso,Shrimpo and Nuclear Power Ants from Custom Jigs and Spins.
And I use the Slender spoons for them also. Same Company.

[sg2no]

Lakers- Tubes & Meat, !/2 oz. Red Dot Glow PK Spoon and Copper also the 2.5 oz Flutterfish
Pan Fish- Spikes or meal worms on 1/8 oz. PK or 1/32 to 1/6 oz Jig Most FT color
Trout - 1/8 oz Panther Martin (Jigged) and of course a PK with wax worm
Walleyes - Live Minnow on a Bobber in Shallow Water, and or a PK spoon or Fluuterfish.
If you can tell I like Pk a lot and really do use them.

[Hardwater Junkie]

My goto jigs;

Tube Jigs 2-4" Larger for Mackinaw
Paddlebugs
Genz worm
Ratso-Shrimpo

[AZbassernCO]

for me i have only dealt with trout through the ice

ratsos in pink white and orange tipped with waxies and dipped in green nitro grease
icecutter micro bug tipped with a waxie and dipped in nitor grease and there is a video out there of some of the fish i have caught just look for a video titled get the blood goin

[brown-time]

My goto jigs;

Tube Jigs 2-4" Larger for Mackinaw
Paddlebugs
Genz worm
Ratso-Shrimpo

Those exact jigs plus a 1/16th ounce marabou jig and a tungsten Fiskas with microtail for panfish, and jigging rap for the attractor.

[High Plains Drifter]

Sure do like white tubes.  Throughout the west, most trout can't resist if jigged properly.