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Just sitting here, reading the posts, and they brought to mind a trip I took, years ago, up above Antimony. It was mid day and I was using a small gold Mepps, slowly wading upstream, casting as I went. I could see the fish swimming ahead of me, like they were fleeing for their lives, every time I made a cast. I changed to the exact same spinner, only this one had one of those (dumb) looking rubber minnows, between the spinner and the hook. Suddenly the fish were practically climbing my leg, trying to hit this lure. They didn't seem to care if I was standing there or not! So, for those that think a difference in presentation, doesn't make much difference, that one experience has forever, changed my way of thinking. I sometimes still beat the water to death, with no results, but it gives me reason to keep trying.
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Ah the old mepps minnow ey?Years ago we used to slay the walleys in the willard inlet with em-But that was then haven't tried it since.
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[#0000FF]Kinda funny how we fisherfolk keep buying all the hot new stuff and forget how well some of the tried and true "oldies" used to work. That Mepps minnow is a good example. It has caught a lot of fish for a lot of people. It used to be my go-to lure for fishing around the edges of small lakes and ponds for largemouths. And it caught plenty of trout and other species too.
Another old time lure that still catches the heck out of fish is the old red and white Dardevle.
A suggestion for you. Try removing the hooks from a plain old spinner and replace them with a streamer or large bushy fly. Almost any dark pattern will work. Use white or hot colors for warm water species like white bass, walleye, perch, etc.
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