In part #2 of this section I'll talk about the lures I use by make, color and size. This part will be broken up into 2 categories, spoons and stickbaits.
First I'll talk about stickbaits. Some of the baits I use are, Thundersticks, Rebel Fastracts, Rapalas, Smithwick Rattlin Rogues, J-Plugs in size 2 and Hot-n-Tots in regular size. I'm sure there are many other good lures to use, but if I bought anymore I'd go broke. Besides, I do just fine with the lures mentioned above. There are numerous colors to choose from, also, but I've narrowed those down to try to save money, too. In the Thundersticks I get the Jrs. and Deep Jrs. in the following colors; purple scale, blue scale, met. green, met rainbow, purple w/black dots, met watermelon, and chartruese. Met. green and blue scale are by far the best colors for me. The Rebel Fastracts are hard to come by now, but they work excellent also. The colors I use in this model are; orange/gold, blue/silver, black/gold and the best color I've found is met. rainbow. The Salmon and Browns both hammer that color. I probably have more Rapalas than any other stickbait in the box. Here I choose a few sizes to use. In the jointed models I use J-9, J-11, and J-13s. The J-13s are a little big, I usually use them for Salmon, but an occassional Brown will take one, so it's good to have that size also. In those 3 sizes I use silver/blue, silver/black, gold/black,orange/gold,and chartruese/silver. Those colors should be all you need. In the floating models of Rapalas I use size 9,11 and 13s. Same colors as above but here I also get the rainbow pattern. Lastly, I buy some Husky Jerks so I can get the clown pattern which is a met. chartruese w/red head and I get those in the same size as above. Now I know there are a lot of other colors but as I said before I do just fine with these.
The second style of lures I use is spoons. They come in so many different sizes and makes that I couldn't possible cover all of them so I will tell you what my favorites are. My bread and butter spoon has to be the Northern Kings in sizes D4 and Nk28. Top producers are the new purple passion, watermelon, monkey puke, black/white w/glow green tape, silver/green, their new dolphin color and black/purple. I have many other colors but these few work the best. My second best producer has to be Michigan Stinger spoons from a company in Michigan. Colors used are met. purple and black w/silver, met. chartruese/blue(a real smoker) watermelon w/purple spots and some of the glow colors. Flutter Devils in silver with a variety of different custom tape jobs are really good also. I usually tape just the edge,(about an 1/8th. in. strip of tape along the entire length) for best results. I also use Alpena Diamonds, Pro Kings, Evil Eyes, Dream Weavers, and Yecks in the same colors. These spoons are usually in sizes from 2 3/8-3 1/2in. in length.
I have one other setup that I learned last year and I couldn't believe how good it worked. That was a 4-6in. dodger in chrome/blue or just plain chrome with a leader length 1 1/2 times the length of the dodger with a blue/silver Alpena Diamonds tied on. I fished it 50-75ft. behind the ball and 5-15ft. down on the rigger. We killed the Browns on this during the first day of last years LOC Derby.
This just about covers all the lures I use for springtime Browns. I'm sure there are many other makes and colors that produce, but I use the lures mentioned above and do just fine with them.
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