I’m looking to become more familiar with artificial bait as some of waterways I live around forbid live bait.
What would hit these and how would I use them? Doesn’t look like there was too much information on the back of the box about these, but I thought they looked pretty decent.
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That little crawfish, 3rd from the top. I always carry one in natural colors and one in chartreuse. I’ve caught large mouth, small mouth, black/white crappie, all the various bluegill.
I don’t have a tackle box without them.
Sunfish and smaller bass. Great for a light power spinning setup.
The top one is a popper lure you pop to cause a splash. Pop it and when it comes back to a rest pop it again.
The other three are crank ait style baits, basically just cast and reel in with a consistent retrieve. You can very the speed of the retrieve or give it some pauses and it’ll float up.
Good choice, this multi-pack has served me well over the years.
Top one: this is a surface popper, it sits on the surface of the water and as you reel/jerk it displaces the water and makes some noise. Very useful in still water like ponds and lakes. Just be mindful, top water bites can be hard to come by.
The Other three are diving crank baits, the bill on them serves to send the lure to different heights of the water column. These are more simple as you simply tie on, and retrieve at different speeds to see what bites.
I’ve caught the most fish on the rebel craw fish. Smallmouth/Largemouth bass, trout, panfish, even pike.
The black and silver one on top should float. Ambush predators like Bass or Pike will hit it. Cast it out and kinda jerk it slowly.
Next one is meant to imitate a grasshopper. Cast it and again hard jerks go create a “jumping” motion for it.
3rd one down should imitate a crayfish. The plastic lip on it makes it dive. You kinda want to have it skip just above a rocky bottom.
4th one again has a plastic lip on the front that makes it dive.
The top lure in the package is a topwater popper, the rest are variations of crankbaits.
For the crankbaits just reel a consistent speed with pauses here and there.
The popper you twitch the rod tip and make the cupped mouth pop and spit water and reel up the slack after every pop.
YouTube will be your best friend when learning how to use lures as a lot of people do tutorials on different riggings, presentations or retrieves.
Primarily bass lures
Top is a topwater that will plot a bit with that flat indented face
The bottom 3 are crankbaits that will dive to a depth.
You want to throw these on a rod with a moderate or regular action ideally to keep the fish pinned and not pull the treble hooks out when setting the hook
What a perfect seasonal pack. This plus a top water frog is everything you need in a travel bass pack.
It will catch any predator fish really.
These are essentially 3x crankbaits of different depths (look at the plastic spoon angle and size on the 3 bottom ones) and a topwater popper – I would Google techniques for those names
That said, if you want to get away from live/dead bait and go artificial, some things I might also suggest are
– senkos / plastic worms, “whacky” rigged
– inline spinners like Mepps Aglia / Mepps Black Fury / Rooster Tails
– curly tail grubs on jig heads
Those are easy to use and extremely dependable! Google away and have fun
The top one is good for largemouth bass chugged next to Lilly pads or weeds. It floats on top. Jerk the rod to make it splash, look for the take and set that hook. the orange crawfish is good for smallmouth bass in streams, cast it across and reel in bounce off rocks, they will hook themselves…. , I like the look of the grasshopper but not had any luck on it. The fat minnow is good for many fish. Just cast out and crank it in..should feel a slightwobble when running good..good luck just keep at it
I wouldn’t recommend those. I don’t know what the water your fishing looks like. But in general, I would recommend square bill crankbits, spinnerbaits, Texas rig and shakey heads for a beginner. I am assuming that you are fishing for a large mouth based on the lures you are looking at. If so, look up my recommendations on YouTube. They’ll be a lot of videos to teach you how to where and when to throw those lures.
I have caught countless fish on that top popper. Never had any luck with the grasshopper or crayfish.
I used that same grass hopper in a small stream in Ithaca NY and I was catching rock bass after rock bass. It was fun.
The crayfish, 3rd one down, is great. Cast and retrieve or trolling slow in a boat. The popper (top one)… top water is fun but tricky. Low light dawn or dusk. Throw it, let it sit 5 seconds or so, then jerk it so dives under momentarily. It’ll make a popping sound which makes fish think there are other fish feeding top water. Let it sit 5 -10 seconds between “pops” as you bring it towards you. Good luck.
The crayfish is a classic. It’s probably the lure Rebel is best known for, and for good reason. There are larger sizes available, but the small hooks on the crayfish and grasshopper make them ideal creek lures. You can do will throwing those around rocky areas in streams and shallow water.
The popper and the crank can be used anywhere. Smaller bass lures, primarily.
Top one has never failed me
The little crawfish crank is a great lure. I’ve caught all kinds of bass and perch on it. I always keep a few of them in different sizes and colors in my bag.
Bass lures.
Cast and retrieve the popper with a jerk, crank, jerk style.
Crayfish and grasshopper can be retrieved at a constant rate or trolled. Same with the minnow looking one.
The clear lip on the front is to help the lure “dive.”