What are your best hard lures this year?

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What are your best hard lures this year?

#1 Post by declan65 »

Ok folks , with the amount and variety of lures available these days what hard lures are people looking at for bass this year? Personally the top five for me are in no particular order..
1. Tide Minnows
2. Feed Shallows
3. Zonk Gaterides
4. Megabass X-140's
5. Komomo 2

I know the list is a bit confined but I use these lures more than others, although I do carry a lot more including a selection of surface lures.. Patchinko, Z claw etc, maybe its the marks I fish, mostly West Waterford .
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#2 Post by declan65 »

Top secret then lads? :shock:
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#3 Post by bigballs »

The one that catch mate :-):-) as you said all of the above then some F-TEC,Megabass DO-RUM and so on;-)
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#4 Post by seanie35 »

ok declan heres my top 5 filled with the most advanced jap hardware from 3 years ago


1. luckycraft flashminnow
2. rodio craft banz
3. dexter wigglestick
4.tacklehouse node
5. duel diet
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#5 Post by flyno »

Hey declan, havnt been lure fishing this year yet, but last year i spent a small fortune on yo-zuri and rapala lures and to be honest, i caught more bass on a simple dexter wedge than the others.. maybe just the spot that i go to...
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#6 Post by Pat »

Ok Declan I'll give ya a top five :lol: . Again in no particular order:

1. Feed shallow
2. Zonk Gataride
3. LC Sammy
4. LC Gunfish
5. Duo Tide Minnow
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#7 Post by declan65 »

All the usual suspects then lads :wink: :wink: ...
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#8 Post by RockHunter »

Asturie 110
I have caught more bass on this than any other hard lure.
Cod season Winter 2013/14: 117 cod (best fish: 6.5 lbs)
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2007: 1
2008: 37
2009: 120
2010: 44
2011: 151
2012: 79
2013: 20
2014: 19
2015: 11
2016: 3

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#9 Post by Ronnach »

1. Abu Garcia 28g Silver Toby (with red 'eyes')
2. Feed Shallow
3. Rapala MaxRap
4. Tide Minnow
5. Kilty

A good Toby lure is still my all round favourite lure, mainly due to the number of species it will take. I have had 7 species on Tobies (Mack, Pollock, Coalies, Bass, Launce, Flounder + a Squid!). It has accounted for the majority of lure caught bass I've had up to now.
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#10 Post by Danny M. »

I make sure to have these in the box at all times :)

1. Mag Popper
2. Zip Sea Pen
3. Tide Minnow 120 Slim
4. Tide Minnow 140 SLD-S
5. Tide Minnow 150 Surf

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#11 Post by declan65 »

Cheers for the replies lads, feed shallows and tide minnows seem to dominate the lists no real surprises there :wink:.
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#12 Post by Danny M. »

Three-fourths of the Earth's surface is water, and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.



Love the quote.... !

Right im printing that off and sticking it on the fridge :lol:
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#13 Post by declan65 »

Cheers Danny, being looking for something to put on the fridge for a while now :lol: :lol:
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#14 Post by patk »

I have all the high end jap lures and have caught fish on them nothing this year but last year the lure that caught most bass for me was a lure i got on ebay cant do the link but if you go into ebay and search minnow crankbait sj 125 you will find it. Was brilliant in shallow water lots of bass including a 10lb fish. Cheap as chips and i will be in kerry this weekend and it will be the first lure i put on!
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#15 Post by declan65 »

This one Pat?
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#16 Post by markyb »

hows things lads these are the plugs that work most consistently for me in calm weather conditions

1. k-ten mullet or gold colour
2. illex jason 130sp bone colour
3. shallow feed chartreuse back and orange head
4. yo-zuri duel dolce
5. illex water monitor

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#17 Post by JimH »

...guess their not fussy about what they eat......!
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#18 Post by Pat »

JimH wrote:...guess their not fussy about what they eat......!
....as long as its Japanese :lol: :lol: :lol: ...sushi maybe :?:
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#19 Post by markyb »

hows things jim i havent been plugging long and these are just the ol' relaibles for me especially the jason it works well for me around dublin on the slightly deepers mark or at night time as its fairly noisy,the only bad thing is it has a very fragile lip and breaks way too easy :roll:
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#20 Post by patk »

Thats the one declan but the colour i use is black and silver and dark olive and silver great action

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