FRESHWATER
Topwater, soft plastics, moving baits and jigs for Puerto Rico reservoirs, lakes and rivers.
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A floating plug with a cupped face that spits water and pops on every rod twitch, calling fish up from below like baitfish under attack.
Best for: Crevalle jack, Common snook, Horse-eye jack
A cigar-shaped floating plug that zigzags side to side on the surface with rhythmic rod twitches, imitating a wounded mullet or shad.
Best for: Common snook, Crevalle jack, Atlantic tarpon
The plug that made "walk the dog" famous; its zig-zag surface dance has drawn explosive strikes from bass, snook and jacks for generations.
Best for: Common snook, Crevalle jack, Atlantic tarpon
A floating topwater with spinning props at each end that spit and churn when pulled, a deadly trigger for butterfly peacock bass.
Best for: Butterfly peacock bass, Largemouth bass, Jaguar guapote
A hollow-body frog that skips over hydrilla and water hyacinth mats without snagging, drawing explosive strikes from bass hiding underneath.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A wire lure with a spinning metal prop that churns and squeaks across the surface, covering water fast and calling aggressive bass from a distance.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A soft plastic worm rigged weedless with the hook point buried, so you can crawl it through cover where reservoir bass hide and wait.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A heavy, salt-loaded soft stick that shimmies as it sinks with no added action, one of the easiest ways to get a bass to bite.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A bulky soft plastic with flapping legs and claws that looks like a crawfish or bug, made for flipping into thick cover for bigger bass.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Jaguar guapote, Butterfly peacock bass
A soft baitfish with a kicking paddle tail that swims on a plain steady retrieve, making it one of the easiest and most reliable lures for snook, jacks and bass.
Best for: Common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Crevalle jack
A slender soft plastic with no built-in action that darts side to side when twitched, looking like a hurt baitfish to snook, tarpon, jacks and bass.
Best for: Common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Ladyfish
A small soft body with a curly tail that flutters at any speed; cheap, simple and catches almost everything from snapper and ladyfish to bass and guapote.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Ladyfish
A slim, lipped plug that floats at rest and swims just under the surface with a tight wobble, a simple and deadly imitation of sardines and small mullet.
Best for: Common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Ladyfish
A weighted minnow plug that dives a few feet and then hangs motionless on the pause, which triggers fish that follow but will not commit.
Best for: Common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Grey snapper
A chunky, lipped plug that dives to a set depth and wobbles hard on a simple cast-and-reel; easy to use and great for covering water.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A flat-sided, sinking plug with rattles that buzzes and vibrates on a steady retrieve, calling fish from a distance in stained water or wind.
Best for: Crevalle jack, Common snook, Great barracuda
A big jointed swimbait that swings in wide, lazy S-curves on a slow retrieve, looking like an easy meal to the largest predators around.
Best for: Common snook, Atlantic tarpon, Great barracuda
A safety-pin wire lure with spinning blades and a skirted jig; the flash and thump call in bass and peacock bass, and snook in brackish water.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A jig with a metal blade on the nose and a soft trailer; it shakes hard and sends out vibration that draws bass, peacock bass and snook.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Common snook
A small spinning blade on a straight wire shaft that flashes and thumps on a simple steady retrieve, catching sunfish, bass and river fish.
Best for: Redbreast sunfish, Bluegill, Largemouth bass
A weedguard jig with a silicone skirt and soft trailer that looks like a crawfish on the bottom or a baitfish when swum, a big-bass favorite.
Best for: Largemouth bass, Butterfly peacock bass, Jaguar guapote
A tiny marabou or tube jig fished under a bobber, perfect for bluegill, redbreast sunfish and sometimes tilapia; great for kids and beginners.
Best for: Bluegill, Redbreast sunfish, Mozambique tilapia
