Lets say you can bring only one lure for Trout, Walleyes, Northern Pike, Smallmouth.People are always looking to minimize the amount of tackle that they want to bring, so this should give them a nice cross section of lures. p.s. Lets assume you already have live bait so we can just assume that part is covered, so lets talk about lures.


Smallmouth ( Berkley Powerworm )
Walleye ( Jig )
Northern Pike ( Mepps spinner )
Trout ( Little Cleo spoon Silver )

Smallmouth - Spitin Image
Walleye - Pink Jig head & whatever nasty grub I can find.
Northerns - #4 mepps
Trout - Tasmanian Devils Pink & White

Smallies - Tube
Walleye - Jig & Twister
Pike - White Spinnerbait
Trout - Little Cleo

Smallmouth- #3 mepps silver
Walleye- Pink jig 1/16 oz.
Northern-#5 mepps Red blade No bucktail
Lake Trout- Quickfish-silver and purple
crappie- Northland gypsy jig 1/32 oz. pink or glow

Smallmouth, #2 Mepps spinner
Pike, black 1 oz daredevil
Walleye, silver minnow rapala
Trout, no idea, still waiting on the first one.

smallmouth--4" black/blue senkos (gonna try strike king zero this year for durability)
pike--titanium 3/8 oz white/red spinnerbait (fewer snags, less line twist, titanium should hold up; need extra skirts)
walleye--shad rap sounds like fun, or jig, because i'll catch smallies too; still learning on this one
trout--whatever the outfitter recommends, cause i ain't got a clue

Smallie: 4in green pumpkin jig worm, 1/8 oz black jig head
Pike: 5-6 in soft swimbait, Yum Money Minnow, 1/2 oz jig head
Walleye: minnow rap, firetiger (I seem to catch most of my walleyes trolling)
Trout: not sure, probably a spoon of some sort, haven't caught too many...

Assuming the water was fairly clear...

S.M.- 1/8oz black jig with 3" Power Grub (Pump/chart)

Walleye- #7 Shad Rap (Helsinki Shad)

Pike- #14 Husky Jerk (Tennessee Shad)

LT- Deep Tail Dancer (Blue Flash)

Smallie: ring worm on a jig head
Northern: spinner bait
Walleye: jig with minnow/gulp minnow
Trout: little Cleo

Newbie here. Longtime lurker. Great thread. Here are mine based on all of one previous trip to the BWCA last June:

SMB: Rat-L-Trap, Black & Gold
Walleye: Floating Rapala, Black & Chrome, weighted
NP: Storm Thunder Stick, silver 4-5"?
LT: Shad Rap #7, Blue & Chrome, weighted if needed

Thanks for all the great info here...

Smallies = Floating Rapala Silver/black

Walleye = 1/4 oz Jig + Gulp minnow

Northern = Mepps #6 gold/bucktail

Trout = Crocodile 5/8 oz planished

Only been to BWCA three times, and Canada once. Really excited for my first Quetico trip in August. Here's my list:

Smallmouth -- frog colored Rapala skitter pop

Walleye -- jig and grub

NP -- #5 Mepps Aglia with bucktail

Lake Trout -- #2 Mepps Syclops spoon

What time of the year are we going in? If we are taking only 4 lures for May-July, mine would be

1) Rapala--floating #11 firetiger. Species: Walleye, Smallie, Pike, Trout, weights depending on season. Seriously my favorite bait to catch everything on.
2) Zoom--Super Fluke 5" pearl-white, off shank worm hook #2or3 Species: Pike, Smallmouth--I will catch 10x more bass and pike with these than my buddy casting different Mepps'
3) Spinner bait,Pumpkinseed with gold blades any shape (Pike, Bass) Any season
4) Jigs.. different sizes and colors, don't be that guy that doesn't pack jigs.

I have all these in 1 small box I label "for catching" while my large tackle box with everything else is labeled "for fishing"

I could get by with a jig for all four species, just with different plastics on it.

Walleye - jig and 3" grub
Lakers - heavier jig and 3" twin-tailed grub
Smallies - jig and hula grub
Northerns - jig and 4" or 5" grub

In fact, those have probably been my best (or at least top 2) for all of those applications.

quote zeke1000: "Only been to BWCA three times, and Canada once. Really excited for my first Quetico trip in August. Here's my list:


Smallmouth -- frog colored Rapala skitter pop
"

That'll bust 'em up...hot color!

Smallmouth - Rattle Shad Rap #4 or 5 in Fire Tiger.
Walleye - #5 Shad Rap in Fire Tiger.
Northern - Large Red Eye spoon.
Trout - Never fished for them so I'm not sure what I'd use.

Smallies - Strike King Zulu ( surprise, surprise )
Walleye - Rapala jointed black and gold
Northern - Bull Frog Lucky 13
Trout - 3-1/4”, hammered silver, Dr. Spoon

I have an article called Grand Slam Lures if anyone is interested in reading it send an email to queticomike@yahoo.com and title the email "Grand Slam" in case it ends up in SPAM it will catch my eye.

quote Basspro69: "Lets say you can bring only one lure for Trout, Walleyes, Northern Pike, Smallmouth.People are always looking to minimize the amount of tackle that they want to bring, so this should give them a nice cross section of lures. p.s. Lets assume you already have live bait so we can just assume that part is covered, so lets talk about lures.



Smallmouth ( Berkley Powerworm )
Walleye ( Jig )
Northern Pike ( Mepps spinner )
Trout ( Little Cleo spoon Silver )
"

When I saw the title I was hoping it was about the Beatles :) I guess you could catch all 4 on a beetle spin...hahaha.

quote QueticoMike: "

quote Basspro69: "Lets say you can bring only one lure for Trout, Walleyes, Northern Pike, Smallmouth.People are always looking to minimize the amount of tackle that they want to bring, so this should give them a nice cross section of lures. p.s. Lets assume you already have live bait so we can just assume that part is covered, so lets talk about lures.



Smallmouth ( Berkley Powerworm )
Walleye ( Jig )
Northern Pike ( Mepps spinner )
Trout ( Little Cleo spoon Silver )
"

When I saw the title I was hoping it was about the Beatles :) I guess you could catch all 4 on a beetle spin...hahaha."

:-)

Smallies ( JitterBug )
Walleyes ( Walleye Diver perch color )
Northern Pike ( Little Dr. Spoon Silver )
Lake Trout ( Soon to catch my first in about a month trying out the Williums Wabler )

Mepps #5 firetiger when all else fails.

Smallies & Walleye ( The Worm )
Northern Pike ( F11 Original Floating Rapala Silver and Black )
Lakers ( Kastmaster Silver and Blue )

I usually stick with these three lures for just about everything in the boundary waters. I use different variations of color obviously for different conditions and the rapala works well for smallies too. The Worm is about the most underrated lure in the world IMO but you have to know how to use it.

Not quite addressing the question but if I could bring only 4 lures, it would be-

The Worm (black/red)
RatL Trap (gold)
#4 Mepps (gold/brown)
Little Cleo (silver)