Everyone has a lure they always start out with when they leave the house, it's what gives you the most confidence that you'll land the big ones or just out catch your partner. Back in my touny days I used to tie on the most ungodly looking lures I could find and then talk loudly to my partner on how good they smacked the bait in my pre-fish runs and just hoped everyone listened and tied one on, of course when we got to our spots I would put my actual go to bait on , then before we headed back in ,we tied our " garbage baits " back on. Gamesmanship , head games , or just an edge on others. For Saugeye, things are a little different than bass, dirty water I use a bait that makes some noise and more visible (glows, pinks, chartreuse ) and on the larger size. Now if the vex shows them looking and not taking of course I change, as the water clears up, I go to smaller baits that make little of no noise but have some flash to it, last year I did best on tiny ice jigs that have a colorado blade on them tipped with a waxie or minnow head. To me you have to have confidence on the lure you drop in the hole or else you don't fish them the same. Haven't packed it in for the season yet, Jeep still loaded with my gear, might toss in a spinning rod& reel just in case the spillway bite heats up,( after the flood subsides)
