tackle

[jdub72]

ok so im pretty new to the sport of fishing and i was just wondering what are some must haves for my tackle box. specifics like brand and color would be helpful. thanks ahead of time
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[tubeN2]

Hi and welcome to Bigfishtackle. There are so many types of fishing to do in the sport.

What type of fishing do you plan on doing?? What State do you live in??

Just remember that there are many different species to choose from but we can give you some good basic advice to make the sport very enjoyable to you.[cool]
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[hunter_man9k]

get a variety of spinner baits and cranks snd some plastic worms.i cant help you with color choices because we need to know wwhat kind of water your fishing
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[fretfishman]

brand is mostly subjective, but since you asked I'll include that.

I'd pick up some gary yamamoto 5 and 7" senkos (yum dingers are a nice replacement for those also) in laminated shad or smelt colors as well as watermelon or pumpkinseed. yamamoto fat ika and DT hula grub in natural colors also. (i like the coke color for a crayfish imitation on several local lakes)

also, some suspending jerkbaits. I like lucky craft and the old standard rapalas. you'll want to match colors according to your forage and conditions, but I use more perch patterns than anything.

grab a couple of titanium spinnerbaits - I use terminators. I like white, white/chartreuse, black and perch colors. grab a couple of the tiny terminators, too, for a more finesse style or for smallies.

grab some plastic worms - 5" roboworms in laminated shad, 7" berkley squirmers and some 10" power worms to start.

yum crawbug for a slow, natural craw imitation. sometimes they just don't want to hit anything but a crayfish...won't even hit a jig with a craw trailer. so it's good to have something like a yum crawbug or huddleston huddlebug on hand. you can get away with not having these, though, by getting some coke colored gary yamamoto doubletail hula grubs or fat ikas. they imitate a crayfish very well and also give you flexibility in presentation. I'd say only grab the crawbug or huddlebug if you're fishing gin clear water and they won't feed on anything but crawdads.

even if I were just starting out I'd probably grab more lures than this, but these things will catch fish for me without worry.
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[gdn443]

Fretfishman nailed it. I think he was looking in my box. On the Luckys try the pointers they work well for me. They catch everything.
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[jdub72]

thanks for the help so far. i live in oklahoma. i fish in alot of different waters. i do some pond fishing in my backyard, its nothing big though, the clear for the most part but it is a little murky. i also do some fishing in area lakes as well but the water color varies in all of those. again thanks for the help
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[tubeN2]

It is always best to keep a journal of your fishing when you can.

Keep track of the Date, time of day, weather conditions, water color, moon phase and color of lures that you are using in those conditions.

You will soon discover that you have a need for all the colors and more that we have recommended to you.

Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have. We will be glad to help you.[cool]
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