Hawaiibassfishing Forum

I've been fishing the lake for a year now and want to start using lures instead of live bait. I have been buying all kinds of lures. I have poppers, cranks, swimbaits and a couple other ones. I know that the lure depends on the conditions but is there anyone in particular that will get them everytime. Not patient enough to try fly fishing so please dont recomend that. Thanks

Old standards:
Blakemore Road Runner jigs 1/16 and 1/8 oz
#5 Rapala Minnow and Shad Rap.
For tucs, fish lures fast and avoid dark colors. Opposite of black bass.
Hopefully the real experts here will chime in with more suggestions.

tucs love fast moving baits,im sure after a year you know there is no guarenteed lure or live bait. however my personal choice for tucs would be a small prop bait worked fast for surface busts or any time they are active along bank. and for later in the day probobly a crankbait, shad color. increase the size of the lure to ward of red devils cause they will be constantly after that crank!may even get a bass.............but thems a whole nuther ball game.

been using small sinking minnow rapalas been catching my tucs deep i usually just stick with shad colors matcfhing bait fish seem to work but i also catch on firetiger and never seen a fish with those colors.

It was suggested to me the white Shad Bass Assasin or a 2" white Senko and move them fast.

dark colors do work for tucs although white, shiny silver, or shiny gold are the usual go-to colors. black and brown do hold their own.

i like Roadrunners, Cordell Ratt'l Spot Minnows, and jerkbaits (ala pin's minnows). steady stop & go retrieve for these lures to make it look like the lure is bursting forward, resting for a split second, bursting forward again, and repeat. they will hit while the lure is "resting" or bursting forward so the strikes are often a surprise.

I've found that color, or size, really doesn't matter. The lure just needs to be pulled through the water in a rapid, steady motion. I've pulled in a few nice size Tucs on top poppers of various colors, spoons of various sizes & shapes, Yonimura Minnows of varying sizes, and Rapala minnows, both surface & sinking work great! I don't know what it is about Rapala, but the action when pulled through the water rapidly drives the Tucs crazy! And when you see them coming up to take it...DON"T STOP PULLING! If you stop or slow down they'll break off the attack and dive. But, usually, if you toss it back or go for another try they usually go after it again.

I've had good luck with the white rubber worms that I got from Stan too. They're cheaper than lures, so if you do lose one it's not so bad. I believe he has a picture on this web site of the different baits & lures he's used to get the Tucs & LMBs to bite. Good luck & Have fun!!

1/16 oz chartreuse Road Runna' w/ plastic curly tail. Fished fast on ultralight tackle w/ 4lb test.

white wooly buggers!

Nothing like digging up a 2 yr. old thread! Thats OK, this inf owill help someone new.

part of the reason why i revived it, also i want to hear all the best lures!

Look no further that right here: http://www.hawaiibassfishing.com/default.asp?nc=394&id=38 . Sure everyone has their own special lures, but to get started, you can't beat this collection.