Favorite Lure Of All Time

[buster gonads 862]

I have'nt lure fished for some time but iam buying a few now as iam going to give it a go again, i was just wondering what has been peoples favorite/ most successfull lure, when i was young i had one made out of a qwill of some sort which i still remember some 45 years later, whats your favorite lure, regards, buster.

[mackem 27,040]

First lure i ever caught a fish on was a mepps,still got a few,they still work.

[buster gonads 862]

I,v just bought a Mepps Mackem, well tried and tested catcher.

[neil cooney 10,416]

My favourite has to be the Big S plug purely because I caught my biggest pike on one, 15 lbs, small fry to some of you lads but I don't consider myself a piker.

I was fishing with a friend and we were walking around Derry Lake in county Monaghan skipping each other as we fished every swim.

My mate got a bit cheeky and started casting across me so as he walked by I went to the last swim he'd been in to leave two swims between us, to stop him poaching so to speak.

I cast my Big S about 50 yards and as it bobbed back to the surface there was a swirl. I couldn't believe it, a pike from the surface and I had to fight him all the way (there's nothing worse than they taking your lure as you're about to lift it out of the water.)

I bought that plug of Johnny Watts, who at the time had one of the only shooting and fishing shops in Dublin, if not Ireland and when I bought it old Johnny said to me "have this one, it's a male".

I asked how did he know ?

He shook the plug and said "do you hear that rattle, that's it balls." LOL.

[jonnie bravo 572]

The Shakespeare big S is well worthy of the lure hall of fame. They used to cost £2.50 when I was a bit younger, and they caught me loads off the canal.

 

They had a mini S that was ideal for trout too.

 

The Salmo jointed minnow in mackerel caught me a ton. Had a few windermere pike on it too.

 

I had a toothy critter spinnerbait that caught me the most pike, it didn't half pull back on the retrieve though!

[tomburras 2,730]

Big s for me too as that lure caught my 18 lbs lure caught PB pike on one in perch pattern, caught from the canal at Rodley it was lurking under the swing bridge. had many fish on this pattern and even perch smaller than the lure

[jonnie bravo 572]

Big s for me too as that lure caught my 18 lbs lure caught PB pike on one in perch pattern, caught from the canal at Rodley it was lurking under the swing bridge. had many fish on this pattern and even perch smaller than the lure

Tom, I had an 11lber at dockfield on a red and white big S

[tomburras 2,730]

 

Big s for me too as that lure caught my 18 lbs lure caught PB pike on one in perch pattern, caught from the canal at Rodley it was lurking under the swing bridge. had many fish on this pattern and even perch smaller than the lure

Tom, I had an 11lber at dockfield on a red and white big S

Nice catch! After not fishing there a few years I had a few hours wandering the Rodley area on a spur of the moment fishing trip with a big s and I caught nothing - no follows either. People walking past said it's been really poor over the last couple of years and not worth even bothering?! I dunno where all the pike have gone as catching 5 jacks on an afternoon used to be fairly normal.

[jonnie bravo 572]

Used to go from the fishermans in Bingley all the way to dockfield, same as you I would expect a few jacks atleast with a good chance of a bigger fish, not done it for a while though now

[toby63 1,236]

ive had good results using them rubber bulldawgs

[tomburras 2,730]

If you download an app called geek shopping and search fishing lures there's lots of mega cheap lures - admittedly most are pants but there's some real good mega cheap lures. There maybe a online geek shopping website too. Some are close to your faveroute patterns but they take a few weeks to arrive.

[tomburras 2,730]

Used to go from the fishermans in Bingley all the way to dockfield, same as you I would expect a few jacks atleast with a good chance of a bigger fish, not done it for a while though now

 

Those where the days eh! when we both had more time?

 

Recently at a wedding I did my best mans speech and during it mentioned how he has always had good luck and brought up the time I took him lure fishing for his first time. I showed him how to set his rod up and tie his lure on etc and when I turned round to set my own up he shouted im in!

 

I thaught after just one cast he was snagged but after turning round to look he was into one of the biggest canal pike I have ever seen, on his first cast. After a battle walking up and down the canal with it we guessed near 20 lbs. As a surprise for him I sent the pic to improve your course fishing and they put his pic in the magazine!

 

He is a member on here too and called mattybugeye, and this fish was also caught on a red big s.

[neil r 1,861]

For out and out piking ive got 3 favourites , musky mania squirrely burts , ERC hellhounds and dawgs . For ultralighting kopytos take some beating

[jonnie bravo 572]

 

 

Used to go from the fishermans in Bingley all the way to dockfield, same as you I would expect a few jacks atleast with a good chance of a bigger fish, not done it for a while though now

Those where the days eh! when we both had more time?

 

Recently at a wedding I did my best mans speech and during it mentioned how he has always had good luck and brought up the time I took him lure fishing for his first time. I showed him how to set his rod up and tie his lure on etc and when I turned round to set my own up he shouted im in!

 

I thaught after just one cast he was snagged but after turning round to look he was into one of the biggest canal pike I have ever seen, on his first cast. After a battle walking up and down the canal with it we guessed near 20 lbs. As a surprise for him I sent the pic to improve your course fishing and they put his pic in the magazine!

 

He is a member on here too and called mattybugeye, and this fish was also caught on a red big s.

Lucky Sod! I always wanted my pic in a fishing mag as a kid

 

All this talk of fishing has made me a bit nostalgic might have to crack out some old fishing pics and start a new thread!

[tomburras 2,730]

 

 

Used to go from the fishermans in Bingley all the way to dockfield, same as you I would expect a few jacks atleast with a good chance of a bigger fish, not done it for a while though now

Those where the days eh! when we both had more time?

 

Recently at a wedding I did my best mans speech and during it mentioned how he has always had good luck and brought up the time I took him lure fishing for his first time. I showed him how to set his rod up and tie his lure on etc and when I turned round to set my own up he shouted im in!

 

I thaught after just one cast he was snagged but after turning round to look he was into one of the biggest canal pike I have ever seen, on his first cast. After a battle walking up and down the canal with it we guessed near 20 lbs. As a surprise for him I sent the pic to improve your course fishing and they put his pic in the magazine!

 

He is a member on here too and called mattybugeye, and this fish was also caught on a red big s.

Lucky Sod! I always wanted my pic in a fishing mag as a kid

 

All this talk of fishing has made me a bit nostalgic might have to crack out some old fishing pics and start a new thread!

 

 

 

I will ask him also if he still has that pic but its a few years ago he caught it now.