Thread: what is your go to RED EAR lure?

If you’re a real “fly moron”, I know a guy who used to kill the big ‘crackers with small scud imitations.

I use dark green and brown to black tiny jigs and slow crawl them on the bottom. Bobby garlands Itty Bitty slab slayer in iced tea with lemon has also done good. If the bottom is snaggy I would try them as deep as possible under a float. I throw a 1/32 or less and work it as slow as I can stand.

I just tie a 1/48oz. Small jig in dark colors, mainly browns, tan, put a little orange on it, and put it under a float, but mostly if a worm won’t catch ‘em you in bad shape, good luck.

Mr Twister Micro Craw with a nibble, or a small hair jig tipped with a red wiggled account for 90% of the big crackers I catch. Trout magnet is strong third place.

I use a Ken's bluegill bug sometimes tipped with a piece of worm. Slow crawled under a bobber or on a dropshot. Makes them mad or they seem mad anyway.

Bison colored Trout Magnet.


Regards

I used a black jighead with a section of nightcrawler, big enough to cover the #4 hook, either drifting over an area, or under a float when fishing from the bank.

Here's a video showing what Guide Jim Doom uses down on Barkley Lake ... (check the jig at about 1min 20secs into the video) :

Redear and Bluegill on Lake Barkley - YouTube

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

I used a black jighead with a section of nightcrawler, big enough to cover the #4 hook, either drifting over an area, or under a float when fishing from the bank.

Here's a video showing what Guide Jim Doom uses down on Barkley Lake ... (check the jig at about 1min 20secs into the video) :

Redear and Bluegill on Lake Barkley - YouTube

These look a lot like the bug I use.