Good Lures Anyone?

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FishinNoob, as a fellow Northerner (Maine), I've found that a good deal of cynisism is good when trying to decide which lures are "good", generally, the more grandiose the claim, the less likely the lure is to work, many lures are simply designed to "hook the fisherman, not the fish", they look fancy and enticing, and you're suddenly possessed with a desire to buy the lure, presto, you've just been "hooked"....

I find that you can't go wrong with the basics, here's a small sample of what's in my tacklebox;

Topwaters;
Fred Arbogast Jitterbug (Red head, Black Jointed, and Yellow Perch)
Heddon Tiny Torpedo (Black, yellow perch, Shad)
Heddon Crazy Crawler (Yellow Perch)

Spinners; Mepps #3 Aglia Red/White (Silver blade, gold blade)

Spoons; Acme Kastmaster (1/4 oz and 1/2 oz), Eppinger Daredevle (1/4 oz, 5/8 oz), Johnson Silver Minnow

Crankbaits/minnows; Rapala minnows of varying sizes, Rapala Shad-Rap, Mann's 1-minus

Soft Plastics;
Slug-Go's (4" and 6"), Mann's Jelly Worm (grape firetail, black firetail), Mann's Mannipulator (Grape), Berkely Power Worm (Pumpkinseed)

of all those lures, all proven, time-tested designs, the ones i've caught the most/biggest fish on are;

Black Jointed Jitterbug
Kastmaster (1/4 oz silver)
Mepps #3 Aglia Red/White
Mann's Mannipulator Grape worm
Mann's Grape Firetail Jelly Worm

my biggest dissapointment lure?
Bass Pro Shops "Tornado" spinnerbait, not a single hit for all the hype it was given during it's introduction a few years back

stick with the classics and you won't go wrong
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