Most days, many soft plastics work for many fish species

[Spoonminnow]

There is a public lake around the corner from where I live and since late Dec. 2015 to the present, I've been exploring different lure design and color combinations. December and March have been crazy weatherwise and very cooperative for fishing, so why wait until spring when fish bite almost anything cast.

Here are a few that were stored after each caught at least 5 fish each. (Species caught: crappie, perch, bass, sunfish, roach) As you can see, different colors and shapes got hit equally and in different parts of the lake and at different depth. A recent discovery last Dec. was the rounded rear end of the grub, making it look like a bullet. I ordered some super soft plastic and poured the design in different colors and sizes. It hasn't failed me yet.

The only things that weren't optional were the use of 1/32 and 1/16 oz jig heads and a retrieve that had to be slow with pauses, with rod tip twitches to get and keep a fish's attention just long enough to provoke it to hit.