Go to Lure? What species fish have you caught on it?

If fishing new waters what is your go to lure if not sure fish are there and/or not sure what they are feeding on?

What brought this up is I have been fishing for trout in Sac River last month, listened to locals/read a lot, tried different things but not having much luck (one trout, a few sucker fish). Two days ago went to my stand-by lure - blue/silver kastmaster and have caught one or two trout in 30 - 60 minutes fishing each day, same area I have been fishing for a month.

Fish I have caught on blue/silver kastmaster

Striper
Bluefish
Needlefish
White perch
Yellow perch
Pickeral
Catfish
LG Bass
SM Bass
Bluegill
Trout

Panther Martin silver blade yellow body #6. Gets everything in the freshwater.

Kastmaster, Rooster Tail & Panther Martin .... in that order.

For freshwater: kastmaster 1/4 oz blue silver or rapala JSR5 silver shad
For saltwater: big hammer swim bait black blue white or Wilson dart anchovy blue silver

Kastmaster period.

Though,

Striper - Now Trolling A-rig
Bluefish  -
Needlefish
White perch
Yellow perch
Pickeral
Catfish - Chicken Liver
LG Bass - Roboworm, Senko, Crankbait
SM Bass - Roboworm, Tubes.
Bluegill - Nightcrawler
Trout - Power Bait (chartreuse and rainbow)

Panther Martin silver blade yellow body #6. Gets everything in the freshwater.

I do the orange blade yellow body with orange spots in the1/8 ounce.caught trout from lake to stream

Kastmaster is a freakin' BOSS of a lure.  Extremely versatile and catches all manner of fish.  I'd take a silver 1/4 ounce Kastmaster anywhere and fish it with confidence.  Cast and steady retrieve, jigging retrieve, vertical jigging.  Not to mention it casts a mile.

My only beef with Kastmasters is the stock hooks suck.  I always change them out with slightly larger hooks.

I like to stick an eye on my Kastmaster as well as change out the treble to a single hook to keep from loosing so many when still jigging.

However, a white grub is as good or better.  Big fish=big grub.  Little fish=little grub.  From ocean to streams I can step over, the white grub works. 

growing up on a lake
back in the day my brother and I fished to out do each other

him--- mepps black fury

me --- yellow rooster tail #3

 back up lure ---heddon super sonic in yellow with the black lighting bolt...little mini one was the bomb too some day

LMB and planted trout--- were just off our backyard...

I really like little clios an addition to kastmasters.  Gold and red for stained / moving water silver blue for clear still water.

Caught trout, steelhead, bass, and squaw fish on clios.

Kastmaster.

Add Silver salmon King salmon Pink salmon Chum salmon halibut (california and pacific) rockfish ling cod cabezon grouper snapper dorado bonita

Kastmaster.

Add Silver salmon King salmon Pink salmon Chum salmon halibut (california and pacific) rockfish ling cod cabezon grouper snapper dorado bonita

Yeah, Kastmasters have make the cut for my travelling tacklebox and have caught fish everywhere.  Although right next to it in the box is a krocodile!  Go to size is a 1 ounce model.  Bigger than that starts to feel too big for a Kastmaster (don't ask me why!) and I switch to a Krocodile.

-Allen

I always have a soft spot for blue fox. Have caught all species of salmon, a variety of rock fish, rainbows, cutties, pan fish, pike, walleye,  and more on them.

All-around need to catch fish to survive or eat bugs - Little Cleo

Must have for trout trips - Kastmaster

Salt water can't do without - Hopkins Lure (especially East Coast)

With all that, I still catch most of my fish on Shad Raps. Money.

All-around need to catch fish to survive or eat bugs - Little Cleo

Must have for trout trips - Kastmaster

Salt water can't do without - Hopkins Lure (especially East Coast)

With all that, I still catch most of my fish on Shad Raps. Money.

Ahhh, Hopkins, that's another good one!

-Allen