Is This The Best Lure For Big Redfish & Seatrout During The Fall?
- By: Luke Simonds
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Fall is my favorite season for catching big redfish and seatrout, so that’s most often what I’ve been targeting when I get out on the water this season.
I’ve tested a lot of different lures over the years, and this new Mulligan 5″ Bomber is quickly becoming my most trusted lure for maximizing the amount of upper/over slot redfish and 20+ inch trout I catch per trip.
Here’s a quick video that shows how this lure looks underwater in case you haven’t seen it yet:
Click here to order the Mulligan 5″ Bomber
Top Rigging Recommendations:
My overall favorite rigging option for this Mulligan Bomber lure for inshore fishing based on what I’ve tested so far is the Hoss Helix 4/0 1/8th oz hook.
These lure/hook combo is great for both covering expansive flats in the 1 to 3 ft depth range where long casts are crucial while it’s still light enough to skip up under docks, trees, etc. when needed.
Plus, it is very weedless so you can get very tight to trees, oysters, docks, etc. where most of the feeding takes place without much risk of getting snagged.
But if you’ll be fishing deeper or shallower, there of course are other options to go with… specifics by depth zones can be found in our overall rigging guide post linked below:
Click here to see the full rigging guide for each depth range
Top 3 Benefits Of The Mulligan Bomber
- Casts extremely far due to shape, mass, and dimpled skin
- Generates strikes even with a basic straight retrieve (effortless fish catching)
- Works in and around structure since it can be rigged weedless
Big Fishing Bonus: Given its larger size, the smaller fish simply can’t fit it in their mouths so your valuable time on the water will be on fish that are most often at least 20 inches.
Is This The Best Lure?
As for the final answer of this being the best lure for Fall fishing, that of course is something that’s near impossible to prove one way or the other… especially without adding some context about the weather given how much of a difference weather can make.
All I know is that I have more faith in this particular lure for consistently catching big redfish and trout in the Fall than any other lure I’ve used for a typical fair weather fishing day (winds are in the 6 to 14 mph range).
If calm conditions of winds less than 5 mph, I instead go with the Polk County Tweaker.
And if winds are 15+ mph and/or during low light conditions, my favorite is the Skinny Lipper.
What are your favorite lures for big redfish and seatrout during the Fall?
Do you have favorites for specific condition ranges too? If yes, please use the Comments section below to share your favorites… I’m always on the lookout for new lures to buy and test out.
Tight Lines!
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While I do use your lures I definatly would not say that any are the best in fact I usually catch my fair share of fish but most are NOT caught on saltstrong lures they do have there place yes I do agree on that but like I have said many times in the past here in northeast fl the water and conditions are very much different then in central or south fl where you live and fish and because of this lures performing well in some places sometimes donot in others like for instance your skinny lipper I have consistently tried and fished with this lure using all the retrieves mentioned in pretty much any condition and areas that it is ment for without as much as 1 fish to show for it but as soon as I tried the bomber long A which is quite similar but dives somewhat deeper I found I caught fish much easier and I have tried and bought every color with the exception of the purple demon that the skinny lipper comes in all to no avail so really in general there is no 1 best lure overall it’s ones confidence and conditions as well as locations where the lure is used and no area is the same just saying
You nailed it in saying that there is never going to be a single lure that is the best for all conditions/regions. The lack of action you described with the skinny lipper while you got action with the Long A seems like it due to the different running depths of the 2 lures.
For the skinny lipper, I recommend using in when you find some reds holding in shallower water (2.5 ft or less)… the Long A is for fish that are feeding in 3 to 6 ft of water, so I’d be surprised if both lures worked well in any given spot at the same time.
The key is to be able to select the right lure to match the feeding behavior of the fish (depth, size, speed, etc.). I personally rarely take more than just 1 color of any given lure out with me because I seem to find that switching to a different lure altogether gets better results.
I am glad that I have already ordered mine and now waiting to get out there and put them to the test … I know they’ll work as I have fished this area close to 65 years and this is a lure that you can count on ….. Great video and presentation Luke … Thanks for sharing …. !
Thanks for making time to post the nice comment Thomas!
I seem to do better on the 2.0 or 4”
Probably has to do with the way I fish
Slam Shady color is a stone cold killer!
Glad to see that you are finding good results with the slam shady paddletails!
No doubt. It casts a mile!!
Yes, it sure is helpful to be able to have so much more water coverage.