ShareThisBy RON SCHARA
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Friday, June 08, 2007
Attention: Father's Day gift shoppers who wonder into the maze of aisles holding fishing lures, please do not sputter or allow your eyes to glaze over.
There is good reason why the world could be paved over with lures.
Only last week I asked an innocent question of readers about their favorite or never-fail choice of disguised hooks. If you're starving on a desolate island with mere minutes to go to catch something to eat, what artificial offering do you tie to the end of the line?
Nary a pair of angler respondents answered the same. All had their own version of what constitutes the perfect fish fooler.
In no particular order, here is another list of lure perfection from readers:
- Patrick Jacobson said he has fished with a lot of different lures but he's had remarkable success with a Rapala model known as SSR 7 or Shallow Shad Rap, size 7. Jacobson said the lure has caught everything from bass and crappie, to walleyes and dogfish. He said it's perfect for young anglers just learning.
- Primarily a bass seeker, Jon Tracer said the buzz bait is his top lure, followed by "the old reliable spoon and scum frog."
- Richard Brouillard reaches first for a red and white Daredevle. "I'm almost guaranteed a northern pike every time."
- Al Davis likes the same lure but a different color: black and white.
- Jim Bores' favorite lure is becoming scarce because it's been around for a half century or more. "The ol' Spoonplug" is the perfect lure for folks who find trolling deep haunts is perfect for muskies, northern pike and largemouth bass. "All my fishing is on local (metro) lakes," Bores said.
- Jim Haler said if he could have only one lure for the rest of his life, it would be a 3-inch Storm Wild Eye Swim Shad of bluegill color. He said it catches everything, from walleyes to sheepshead.
- Kori Kleske's choice is simple: a golden Doctor spoon. Northerns and walleyes can't resist, he insisted.
The moral of the story?
Have confidence in whatever you tie onto the end of the line.
