BP's 2024 Top Lure

2024 #1 Lure Was A Glow Demon

 2024 was a crappie year, as witnessed by a crappie lures/jigs being my the top producing lure for the year.  I caught 381 fish between ice and open water on a Glow Demon Jig and a minnow. The vast majority of those fish were crappie/silver bullheads. The Demon shined especially bright at the Grumpy Old Man Hole where it brought in 213 "silvers."  

2021 Lure of the Year: T.H.E. Jig

 

T.H.E. Jig

I ice fished a record number of times in 2021, in large part because of that, I caught a record number of perch(307) and crappies(720). I also caught a record number of sunfish(436), but that was due to me getting the Trophy in the water early. I caught a bunch of those fish on Keith Nelson's T.H.E. Jig; it flat out catches 'em. This year, T.H.E. Jig was my top producing lure with 662 fish caught so far, which breaks my record for most fish caught by a lure in a year.  Previously it was the 510 I caught last year on a Bobby's Perfect Frog.

2020 Lure of the Year: Snagproof Bobby's Perfect Frog

 

5.20lber 9/5/20 on the Sparrow

It was a record-setting year with the most fish caught ever on a lure in one year. 510 fish caught on one lure blows my previous record out of the water, which was 324 fish caught on a Glow Demon back when I could catch fish through the ice in 2017.  All, but 19 were caught on the "Sparrow" color. I kept throwing it and the fish kept biting it. Bobby's Perfect was also my top fish catcher two years ago in 2018. This makes three years in a row with a hollow body frog in the lead position. Last year the Tru-Tungsten Mad Maxx had the lead position with 311 fish caught. And just like last year, my biggest bass of the year was also caught on my number one lure. In addition to catching a record number of fish, I am sure I set a record for the number of lures bit off in a year. I went through well over half of my sizeable collection of Bobby's Perfect Frogs this year.  Dang Pike!

2019 Lure Of The Year: Tru-Tungsten Mad Maxx Frog

Grapes of Wrath

311 Fish Caught

6.26lbs/20.25 (Big Sexy)
August 2nd, 2019

It was a landslide victory this year for the Mad Maxx Frog.  Not only did it account for the most fish, but also my biggest bass of the year.