The other evening while attempting to move my tackle box and not get a hernia it dawned on me, "Why in hell do I need all this stuff." Truth is, I don't. I figure I catch about 90% of my fish on either Rappala floaters or Mepps
bucktail spinners. Occassionally I might resort to a Mudler Minnow, but still I could suffice with the first two. How about you? Ever get the idea you're overstocked? Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

I tend to use my big main tackle box for storage and a little snap-shut lure organizer for fishing. The organizer hangs from my belt on a wire leader or fits in a pocket of my vest. Depending on the length of the trip, the big main box stays home or behind the seat in my truck.

H. C.

A styrafoam cup w/ a dozen nightcrawlers works for me.

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Ever get the idea you're overstocked

Lures, rifles, knives, etc. How can one get too many? Too much of the fun is at the store, unless you are one of the lucky people who get to use your toys every day!

Luckily here, in the saltwater world, hard plastic lures just don't last, so I don't have too many. Now soft plastic lures are another story, but if we want to talk hernias...try my offshore box (yes it requires a seperate box) with the 8 and 16 oz bottom fishing weights... makes me want a hand truck to move to the boat!

try my offshore box (yes it requires a seperate box) with the 8 and 16 oz bottom fishing weights... makes me want a hand truck to move to the boat![/QUOTE]
Make me laugh, make me laugh - then I recall this ol' boy that used to fish from the piers in FL when we were down there. He had a regular shopping cart he had modified with bigger wheels, etc. He'd push the thing out on the pier, set up and fish. Then he would load up everything, including his fish - yep, he caught a lot of them! - and push the whole works home. You might say he had a system!

Where I fish a Rapala minnow lure and a white and green spinner bait would account for 90% of the fish.

I have a lot of lures in the garage but usually only a handfull go to the boat on any given day.

My brother-in-law was really into tournament bass fishing a few years back. One day he invited me to go out with him that afternoon. I was ashamed to show up with my little tackle box that consisted of nine lures and a few weights. He, on the other hand had about 400 lures in an ocean-going chest that opened up in three different directions! After following his advice that only spinner baits would work in these water conditions,temperature, etc.... and having no luck, I switched to a Devils Horse top water lure and caught nine decent bass. He caught three on the spinner bait. That was the last time he asked me to go with him.

So, only a select few lures are really needed and all the other crap is just that, crap.

Same here, I'm way overstocked too. I have 2 tackle boxes, one is mainly for catfish and river fishing which consists of plain bait hooks, splitshots, sinkers and stink bait sponges and worms. The other one opens on both sides and is loaded with jigs, crank baits, spinners, buzz baits etc. The funny thing is, I often haul both boxes along and only use either the bottom bouncer with spinner or one or two rapala shad rap or wally divers or a floating jig. I think this year I am just going to put those main tackle in a smaller box and leave the rest at home. It sure would help save alot of space that way.

While most lures will catch fish, I think that the bulk of them are designed to catch fishermen!

I'm certainly a sucker for a flashy, attractive lure and my tackle box is full of them although I catch 90% of my fish on 10% of my lures!

I can attest to being a tackle hoe. I have fished fresh and salt water since I was old enough to hold a pole. That said, out of the load of lures I have, I agree that about 10% of them catch the fish. The hard part is deciding before leaving home which one's are going to fall into that 10%.

One.

For years in Mexico I just needed purple worms with white tails.

For Peacock Bass in Venezuela I would want two lures; a chartreuse Bomber Long-A just under one ounce, and a Rattle-Trap about the same size. (If it was slow I would want a big gold spoon.)

We have mostly Salmonids here and they are absolute suckers for my recreated lures. Take a Panther Martin with the black body or the yellow body,brass blade or silver(depends on light and water conditions) and add a "Black Gnat", "Black Ant", or "Bumble Bee" fly as the hook portion and you have a trout and Salmon killer! If you can also find the Berkley Strike attractant you have a combo that is unbeatable! derf

Rapala J7 & J9 assorted colors: Black and silver, Black and Gold, Blue Back included.

White Rooster Tail Spinners

Yum 6 & 7 inch curly tail worms: grape, june bug, pumpkinseed.

Spinnerbaits, white and chartreuse with silver tandem blades.

Will catch 99% of fresh water fish big enough to fit them in their mouths.

Two words: live bait.

Unless we're talking fly fishing, then I have to have a whole bunch of different flies...

1/8th oz black (with copper flecks) Rooster tail (gold blade), also one in white, and yellow (with silver blades).

1/8th oz lead jighead with 3" white grub tails

1/8th oz Hopkins spoon

1/16th oz Panther Martin yellow body, silver blade.

3" Rapala floater (black over gold)

3" Yo-zuri rainbow trout minnow.

Hello brown, brook trout and Mr. Smallmouth.

For me -
1. Panther Martin Spinners - purple with yellow spots.

2. Beetle-Spin in various colors.

3. Hump Back Rebel

4. Rattle Trap

After that I go with live bait and seem catch my share of fish.

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Originally posted by poletax:
A styrafoam cup w/ a dozen nightcrawlers works for me.

Agree. But my problem when I have to fly fish with some of my purist pals, is losing the damn worm on the backcast.....

The cheap $$ crank baits catch bass, the fancy detailed $20-25 crank baits catch the fishermans money, Or Suckers!

White 5" flukes & Punkinseed Cabincreek 3" tubes

I mostly fish streams and high mountain lakes w/ultra light spinning gear.I use almost exclusively petes spinners with an assortment of colors and patterns.I have them in a plastic tackle box that will fit in my back pocket,and I catch a lot of fish.w/regards

Lures are like guns and cars you can absolutely never have to many.

Have no idea! whatever will fint into 4 tackle boxes. 1 for spoons, 1 for weight forward, 1for deep crank bait, 1 for shallow and top crank baits.

Mike,
You forgot the tone for jigs and your bag for soft plastics, and dont even get me started on the fly fishing stuff.

Don't Fly fish, so don't know about that. Just Great Lakes; thats enough to keep me busy. Except for a little Gulf fishing in the spring.
Mike