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    How many bait patterns of a particular bait do you carry?

    I know I could reduce the baits I carry in my tackle storage but for some reason I refuse.
    For example:
    Medium depth cranks: Fire craw, Shad, Brim
    Deep cranks: Fire craw, Shad, Fire tiger
    Plastic worms: Green pumpkin, green/chartreuse, fire craw

    No more yellow perch! Not below the Mason and Dixon Line!

    Your thoughts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blitzdr View Post
    I know I could reduce the baits I carry in my tackle storage but for some reason I refuse.
    For example:
    Medium depth cranks: Fire craw, Shad, Brim
    Deep cranks: Fire craw, Shad, Fire tiger
    Plastic worms: Green pumpkin, green/chartreuse, fire craw

    No more yellow perch! Not below the Mason and Dixon Line!

    Your thoughts?
    No yellow perch, but plenty of fire tigers below the Mason Dixon Line? hahaha. I like the idea of keeping things simple and limiting choices. Soft plastics are a bag of black/blue, white, and green pumpkin. I throw in a few odd colors when I'm dropshotting smallmouth because I feel like they can be picky.

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    Jerkbaits - 2, or 3 at the most, colors of a single bait. I bet I have 6 different Spro Rk55 color schemes in the boat - likely the most color-sensitive presentation (fish doing the talkin') I use.. Probably carry close to 20 different color/size variations of Brush Hogs.

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    Cranks- shad pattern of some type, a red craw and maybe a light chartreuse. No need for anything else.

    Plastics- green pumpkin, Cali 420, black and blue, blue fleck


    That is all I need most anywhere.

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    Plastics usually one or two colors of my go to plastics. Experimental I will pick up more colors in small quantities. My GF and I fish together and she has few biases to baits or colors. I let her field test different plastics/baits without her knowing. If shes getting bit its a bonus. If shes not than we both use a bait I have confidence in.

    Jigs one or two colors. Spinnerbait, buzzbait, inline spinners, bladed jig type lures one or two. Cranks no limit. I like eye candy and care more about depth/speed than color.
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    No more than 3 colors of each type of bait, 2 could get my by on many.

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    All of em.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassfisher444 View Post
    No more than 3 colors of each type of bait, 2 could get my by on many.
    that's my goal. Not there yet lol
    GETFISHED !!!

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    Moving hard baits have been pared down to shad & gill patterns, culled all the craw & firetiger ones as they were the poorest producers. What little plastics I carry are usually in the green family with the exception of pearl super flukes.
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    Way too many.

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    Depends on the time of year and lake or river.

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    50 years ago. I thought I needed a jig in every color made. Only really need a couple. Brown and Black. Add Color trailer

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    Quote Originally Posted by getfished View Post
    that's my goal. Not there yet lol
    For me
    Ribbon tail worms- black, junebug

    Craws/creatures- green pumpkin, junebug, sapphire blue

    Trick worms/finesse worms, green pumpkin, junebug, white

    Senko style worms- green pumpkin, junebug

    Flukes- white or some other shad or minnow color

    Frogs- black, green, white

    Topwaters- shad, white, black

    Crankbaits- gold with black back, shad, bluegill, red

    Spinnerbaits- white, chartreuse

    Buzzbaits- white, black

    Jigs- black, brown

    Swim jigs- bluegill, shad

    Jerk baits- gold, white, natural minnow or shad color.

    Spoons/ blade baits- gold, sliver, white

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    Plastics: green pumpkin, black/blue, junebug
    Spinnerbait/chatterbait: white, black, black/blue
    Lipless: chrome, chrome/blue, gold
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thamelau View Post
    No yellow perch, but plenty of fire tigers below the Mason Dixon Line? hahaha. I like the idea of keeping things simple and limiting choices. Soft plastics are a bag of black/blue, white, and green pumpkin. I throw in a few odd colors when I'm dropshotting smallmouth because I feel like they can be picky.
    It’s not really fire tiger, more like a red craw.

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    Shad colored

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    Quote Originally Posted by blitzdr View Post
    It’s not really fire tiger, more like a red craw.

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    I seen your red craw and then fire tiger was listed specifically in your deep cranks. Then you said that you weren't carrying any more perch because it wasn't a natural prey in the south, so I had to rib you a little like fire tiger was a natural prey in the south.

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    Can't respond to questions like this, my wife could be watching (and some of you guys aren't helping!!!!).

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    Lots of everything.

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    Plastics : Green Pumpkin, Black Blue Fleck, Junebug
    Jigs Pig: Black,Blue , Brown Green Pumpkin
    Cranks: Brown Craw , Red Craw,Shad
    Spinnerbait/Chatter: White, Bluegill
    Jerk Bait: Gold Black Strip

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