What tackle do I need?
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I need some help stocking my tackle box. I just really got into fishing this year so I need to get my tackle box stocked. Bass Pro shop is currently having a sale to where if I spend over 125 they will split the payments for 6 months so I have been working on placing an order.
I currently fishing in a murky lake. I have been using crank bait (XTS Minnows, Rapala Shad raps, etc). The other weekend I used jig heads with Gulp Shads and I liked that. So what would you suggest that I need for my tackle box. The fish that in the lake are Northern Pike, Walleye, and silver bass.
I currently have some 1/16 & 1/8 red hook jig heads, several bags of Gulp, Siren Sonic Braid (30 lb / 8lb dia), a few Cotton Cordell Grappers.
So I know this is a very general questions but what would you add in case went to fish in other conditions. I know i need some leaders so the line is not as visible since braid is more visible but I need to do more research on how to use them. What would you suggest? Thanks
This is what I have so far:
* Cotton Cordell® Grappler Shad x 4
* Worden’s® Original Rooster Tail x 7 (3 x 1/8 (Flame, flash red, Chartreuse), 4 x 1/4 (Chartreuse, rainbow, flame)
* Cotton Cordell® Super Spot® Lipless Crankbaits x 5 (1/4 oz bleeding shad, 3 x 1/2 oz – Bleeding shad, Gold Bar, and Green Shad) 3/4 Firetiger
* Berkley Gulp (3″ minnows -Chartreuse, Pearl Silver, Green Chartruese / 4″ minnows – Chartreuse
* Rapala® Jointed Shad Rap® – JSR07 – Baby Bass
* Jigheads – 1/16 oz. & 1/8 – Chartreuese/Black
* Stren® Sonic Braid Line – 30 lb./8 dia. – 125 yards
What else should I get? I know I need to get some spoons and probably some leader stuff since i’m using braid line.
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ok its expensive but stok ure tackle box with gulp or any other berkly product gulp is amazing and it lasts forever for a soft bait and sence u said u just got into fishing u probly do no much about what type of fish u want to catch just anyfish right so if thats true or if its not get a jig that has the rubber skirt http://www.probass.net/protips/Articles/images/JigX.jpg
if u get one thats is blue and sparkly i guess then get a SPIKE GLO FIRE RED thing it is about the same size as one of those 5 hour energy bottles and dip the tail of a pink worm in ant put that on the hook and i garenty u will catch a fish with that combo of smell of garlic rattleing sound skirt flying and sparkling paint
ok if you are going to spend 125$ then you can probably get a little of everything. but what i would get just to have in there is
a few of snelled fish hooks
a yellow and black or a yellow and red (red devil) spoon in a couple of sizes
a red mepps aglia spinner in a couple of sizes
oh and some fish love cheese so go buy a few cheese hooks and some power bait
thats a few things that i would get
You want to be able to cover the water column and you said the lake is murky so you don’t need to worry about leaders. Take a black magic marker and add some dashes on your line for the first 10 feet, you wi
since ur just gettiing into fishing i recomened a spinnerbait crankbait some rapalas and my altime favorite bait the gary yamamoto senko rig it wackey or weedless on a gamagasue hook i dont know what colar work in that lake but were i live u cant beat watermelon with black flake but get differend colars and c what colars work best for u good luck and good fishing
Northern Pike ~ Get you a few 3/4 or 1/2 oz. rooster tails. They make some rooster tails made for striped bass, but they will work very well for pike too. I’m not really a pike fisherman, and know only a little about them, so i would recommend doing some research on Google about them.
Walleye ~ Walleye like them some Shad Rap’s! Pick you up a couple Rapala Shad Rap’s in some natural shad patterns, then a few with a little bit of chartreuse on they’re back. You can also use some of those spinner rigs tipped with live bait.
Silver Bass ~ Small little mepps spinners work good for these feisty pan fish. Any kind of in-line spinner practically works. Small little 2″ grubs on jig heads work just as good as the in-line spinners. Use light action rods for these smallish fish.
Happy fishing.