{
  "feed": "lures",
  "site": "https://www.tidesandtails.net",
  "description": "Lure and bait database tagged by species, season, region, water clarity and light.",
  "docs": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/llms.txt",
  "index": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/feed/index.json",
  "license": "Free to read and cite with attribution to Tides & Tails (tidesandtails.net).",
  "generated": "2026-09-11T05:50:34.858Z",
  "count": 56,
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "curl-tail-grub",
      "name": "3\" Curl-Tail Grub on 1/4 oz Jighead",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "flounder",
        "red-drum",
        "spotted-bay-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or chartreuse in stained water; motor oil/root beer over clear grass. CA spotties love brown/red flake.",
      "tip": "The universal inshore search bait. Swim it steady over grass; hop it along bottom for flounder and bay bass.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "paddle-tail-35",
      "name": "3.5\" Paddle Tail Swimbait",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "striped-bass",
        "flounder",
        "calico-bass",
        "california-halibut"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Pearl/white anywhere; chartreuse tail in murk; natural mullet patterns in clear water.",
      "tip": "Match jighead to depth: 1/8 oz over flats, 3/8 oz on channel edges. Slow and steady beats fancy.",
      "image": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/images/lures/paddle-tail-35.webp",
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "shrimp-imitation",
      "name": "Soft Shrimp Imitation (DOA-style)",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "snook",
        "sheepshead"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Clear/gold flake by day, glow at night under dock lights.",
      "tip": "Do almost nothing — drift it with the current like a real shrimp. Deadly under lights at night.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "jerk-shad",
      "name": "5\" Jerk Shad (Fluke-style), Weedless",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "snook",
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Bone diamond, arkansas glow; darker (rootbeer) on bright days over grass.",
      "tip": "Twitch-twitch-pause over potholes. Rigged weedless it skips under mangroves and docks.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "gulp-swimming-mullet",
      "name": "Scented Swimming Mullet 4\" (Gulp-style)",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "flounder",
        "red-drum",
        "speckled-trout"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White and chartreuse — flounder classics.",
      "tip": "Drag it slow across sand next to structure. When a flounder thumps, count to three before sweeping.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "weedless-paddle-swimhook",
      "name": "Weedless Paddle Tail on Swimbait Hook",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "snook",
        "speckled-trout"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Gold/copper flake in tannic marsh water.",
      "tip": "The flooded-grass redfish tool — crawls through spartina without fouling. Cast past tailers, drag into the zone.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "ca-grub-bay-bass",
      "name": "3\" Single-Tail Grub, Darter Head (CA bays)",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "spotted-bay-bass",
        "barred-sand-bass",
        "california-halibut"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Brown/red flake (\"motor oil\") and rootbeer — eelgrass staples for spotted bay bass.",
      "tip": "Cast to eelgrass edges on moving tide, slow-roll near bottom. Also takes halibut on the flats.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "swimbait-5-surf",
      "name": "5\" Surf Swimbait on 1 oz Head",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or sardine pattern for Monterey surf stripers.",
      "tip": "Dawn patrol at river mouths and troughs. Long cast, medium retrieve just under the surface.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "walk-the-dog",
      "name": "Walk-the-Dog Topwater (Spook-style)",
      "type": "Topwater",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "striped-bass",
        "snook"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Bone is the answer 80% of the time; black at night or in heavy overcast.",
      "tip": "First two hours of light over grass and shell. Don’t set on the blow-up — wait for weight.",
      "image": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/images/lures/walk-the-dog.webp",
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "popper",
      "name": "Chugging Popper",
      "type": "Topwater",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "speckled-trout",
        "striped-bass",
        "spanish-mackerel"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chrome/blue during blitzes; bone/orange belly for reds in the marsh.",
      "tip": "The extra splash helps fish find it in dirty water and chop. Pop-pop-pause cadence.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "pencil-popper",
      "name": "Pencil Popper 6\"",
      "type": "Topwater",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "California",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White/chrome. Bigger profile = bigger surf stripers.",
      "tip": "Rod-tip whip to make it dance in the surf zone. Casts a mile into wind.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "gold-spoon",
      "name": "Gold Weedless Spoon 1/4–1/2 oz",
      "type": "Spoon",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "speckled-trout",
        "black-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "muddy",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Gold for tannic/muddy marsh water; copper on bright days over dark bottom.",
      "tip": "THE redfish search bait. Steady retrieve with the rod tip up over grass; flash + thump gets eaten in zero visibility.",
      "image": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/images/lures/gold-spoon.webp",
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "silver-spoon",
      "name": "Silver Casting Spoon (Kastmaster-style)",
      "type": "Spoon",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "spanish-mackerel",
        "speckled-trout",
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Plain chrome — flash is the whole point.",
      "tip": "Cast past breaking fish, crank fast for Spanish. Add 40 lb fluoro bite leader against teeth.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "gotcha-plug",
      "name": "Gotcha Plug",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "spanish-mackerel"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Red head/white body, or chrome/blue.",
      "tip": "The pier standard. Whip-retrieve with sharp rod snaps; expect cutoffs — bring several.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "suspending-twitchbait",
      "name": "Suspending Twitchbait (MirrOlure MirrOdine-style)",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "snook"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "fall",
        "winter",
        "spring"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Green back/silver in clear water, chartreuse back when stained. Pink is a north-Gulf winter cult favorite.",
      "tip": "The big-trout winter bait. Twitch… pause… let it hang. Most bites come on a 3–5 second pause.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "shallow-crank",
      "name": "Shallow Lipped Crankbait/Jerkbait",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "striped-bass",
        "gag-grouper"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Red/white and firetiger in cold stained water.",
      "tip": "Deflect it off shell and rock — the wobble-and-bump triggers reaction strikes. Trolled versions take fall gags on ledges.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "bucktail-jig",
      "name": "Bucktail Jig 1/2–3 oz",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "cobia",
        "striped-bass",
        "flounder",
        "red-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or chartreuse; add a curly-tail or eel-style trailer for cobia.",
      "tip": "Keep one rigged for surprise sightings — cobia, bull reds, stripers under birds. It catches everything.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "cobia-eel-jig",
      "name": "2–3 oz Cobia Jig with Eel Trailer",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "cobia"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chartreuse/orange head, dark eel-style trailer.",
      "tip": "The pitch bait for the sight-fishing run. Lead the fish, let it sink into view, then hop it away — they hate escaping prey.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "sheepshead-jig",
      "name": "Sheepshead Jig 1/8–1/4 oz, Shrimp-Tipped",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "sheepshead",
        "black-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "winter",
        "spring",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Orange or chartreuse head with a fresh shrimp chunk.",
      "tip": "Vertical along pilings. Watch the line — the bite is a tick. Set hard; their mouth is armor.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "pompano-jig",
      "name": "Pompano Jig (Banana-style) with Teaser",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "pompano"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Pink/white or yellow with a fluoro teaser dropper.",
      "tip": "Hop it through the surf trough on a fast fall. Tip the teaser with a Fishbites strip for extra hookups.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "jigging-spoon-birds",
      "name": "Jigging Spoon Under Birds",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "striped-bass",
        "spanish-mackerel",
        "speckled-trout"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "Gulf Coast"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chrome/white, 3/4–1 oz.",
      "tip": "Cast under working birds, let it fall through the blitz, rip it back. Bigger fish sit below the surface feed.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "popping-cork-shrimp",
      "name": "Popping Cork + Live Shrimp",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum",
        "flounder"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Oval cork, 18–30\" of 20 lb fluoro to a 1/0 kahle hook.",
      "tip": "The highest-percentage inshore rig there is. Pop, pause 5 seconds, repeat. The cork calls fish in dirty water.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "popping-cork-paddletail",
      "name": "Popping Cork + Soft Plastic",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chartreuse or glow shrimp/paddle tail under the cork.",
      "tip": "All the cork’s calling power, none of the bait hassle. Great for covering marsh shorelines from a kayak.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "carolina-rig-plastic",
      "name": "Carolina-Rigged Soft Plastic",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "flounder",
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "1/2 oz egg sinker, 18\" leader, white grub or mud minnow imitation.",
      "tip": "Drift channels and drop-offs, dragging bottom. In CA, the same rig with a grub takes halibut on the flats.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish-finder-cut-mullet",
      "name": "Fish-Finder Rig + Cut Mullet",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum",
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "fall",
        "summer",
        "spring"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "muddy",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Fresh-cut chunks, 5/0–8/0 circle hook, 3–4 oz sinker to hold bottom.",
      "tip": "The bull red rig at jetties, passes and shoals. Circle hooks only — set by reeling tight, never swinging.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "cut-ladyfish-bottom",
      "name": "Bottom Rig + Cut Ladyfish",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum",
        "gag-grouper"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "muddy",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Oily, bloody chunks — scent trail in zero visibility.",
      "tip": "Post-storm muddy water? This still catches. Fish it on the up-current side of bars and let the scent drift.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "live-shrimp-freeline",
      "name": "Free-Lined Live Shrimp",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "snook",
        "sheepshead",
        "spanish-mackerel"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Hook under the horn, no weight, drift with current.",
      "tip": "When fish are pressured and picky, nothing beats a naked shrimp drifting naturally past structure.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "live-croaker",
      "name": "Live Croaker",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "3–5\" croaker on a 1/0–2/0 kahle hook.",
      "tip": "The Texas big-trout summer standard. Croakers antagonize spawning trout into eating — soak near deep shell.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "live-finger-mullet",
      "name": "Live Finger Mullet",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "red-drum",
        "flounder",
        "speckled-trout",
        "snook",
        "tarpon"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Hook through the lips on jighead (flounder) or nose-hooked free-line (reds).",
      "tip": "Castnet your own at dawn along shorelines. During the fall mullet run, everything eats them.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "live-eel",
      "name": "Live Eel",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "cobia",
        "striped-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "Gulf Coast"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Nose-hooked on a 6/0–8/0 circle.",
      "tip": "Cobia can’t refuse them on the beach run; night eeling is the Chesapeake trophy striper program.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "fiddler-crabs",
      "name": "Fiddler Crabs",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "sheepshead",
        "black-drum",
        "red-drum"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "winter",
        "spring"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "One fiddler on a #1–1/0 strong hook, just enough weight to hold vertical.",
      "tip": "The sheepshead bait. Drop it tight to the piling — a foot away might as well be a mile.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "sand-fleas",
      "name": "Sand Fleas (Mole Crabs) on Surf Rig",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "pompano",
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum",
        "sheepshead"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "fall",
        "summer"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Two-drop pompano rig, small circle hooks, orange bead attractor.",
      "tip": "Rake them from the swash at your feet. In CA, a single sand crab on light line is the corbina game.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "squid-strips",
      "name": "Squid Strips on Dropper Rig",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "sheepshead",
        "black-drum",
        "flounder",
        "pompano",
        "rockfish",
        "white-seabass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic",
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Pennant-cut strips that flutter in current.",
      "tip": "The tough, stay-on-the-hook option for piers and party boats. In Monterey, whole squid soaked at night calls white seabass.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "fresh-dead-shrimp",
      "name": "Fresh Dead Shrimp on Jighead",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "speckled-trout",
        "red-drum",
        "black-drum",
        "sheepshead",
        "pompano"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Gulf Coast",
        "Southeast & Atlantic"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "1/4 oz jighead, thread the shrimp straight.",
      "tip": "The cold-water equalizer. Crawl it across the bottom of deep holes slower than feels reasonable.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "weedless-swimbait-kelp",
      "name": "4–6\" Weedless Swimbait (Kelp Rig)",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "calico-bass",
        "white-seabass",
        "california-halibut"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Brown/red flake and rootbeer over kelp; white or sardine patterns on the sand and for seabass.",
      "tip": "THE calico bait. Rig it weedless, cast into the stringers — not next to them — and swim it out. Hang-ups are the cost of doing business.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "surface-iron",
      "name": "Surface Iron (Tady 45-style)",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "california-yellowtail",
        "pacific-bonito",
        "calico-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Mint, blue/white, and scrambled egg — let the fish vote.",
      "tip": "The gray-light religion. Long cast past the kelp line or the birds, then a slow, steady grind — the iron kicks best just under the surface. Don't stop when one boils on it.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "yo-yo-iron",
      "name": "Yo-Yo Iron (6x Jr-style)",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "california-yellowtail",
        "barred-sand-bass",
        "rockfish"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Blue/white and chrome; scrambled egg on the sand bass.",
      "tip": "Drop it through the marks to the bottom, then crank it back as fast as the reel allows. The bite is a freight train on the way up — no finesse required.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "dropshot-bay",
      "name": "Dropshot 4\" Straight-Tail Worm",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "spotted-bay-bass",
        "barred-sand-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Morning dawn and oxblood in clean bay water.",
      "tip": "The winter spotty program. Pitch it to dock shadows and rip-rap, shake it in place, and count the ticks — bay bass eat it when nothing else moves.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "carolina-grub",
      "name": "Carolina-Rigged 4\" Grub",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "california-halibut",
        "barred-sand-bass",
        "spotted-bay-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or chartreuse for halibut on the sand; motor oil in the eelgrass.",
      "tip": "Egg sinker, bead, swivel, 3 ft of fluoro. Drag it with the drift across the flats — when a halibut thumps it, keep it moving a beat before you swing.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "ca-jerkbait-110",
      "name": "Suspending Jerkbait 110 (Lucky Craft-style)",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "calico-bass",
        "spotted-bay-bass",
        "pacific-bonito"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Sardine and anchovy patterns — clear-water realism is the point.",
      "tip": "Twitch-twitch-pause along the outside kelp edge and boiler rocks. Calicos crush it on the pause; burn it straight if bonito are around.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "live-squid-rig",
      "name": "Live Squid, Fly-Lined or Dropper Loop",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "white-seabass",
        "california-yellowtail",
        "calico-bass",
        "rockfish"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "The real thing — pin it through the mantle tip so it swims naturally.",
      "tip": "When the squid nests form, everything eats. Fly-line it shallow for seabass in gray light; dropper-loop it on the bottom over structure for everything else.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "flylined-sardine",
      "name": "Fly-Lined Sardine",
      "type": "Live bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "california-yellowtail",
        "pacific-bonito",
        "calico-bass",
        "barred-sand-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Nose-hook the hottest bait in the tank — a fresh one out-fishes any color choice.",
      "tip": "No weight, light fluoro, free spool. Let the bait swim away from the boat toward the kelp — when the line speeds up, wind tight and lean back.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "shrimp-fly-rig",
      "name": "Shrimp Fly Dropper Rig",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "rockfish"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Red/yellow shrimp flies, two on droppers above a torpedo sinker or diamond jig.",
      "tip": "The Central Coast meat rig. Tip the flies with strip squid, drop to the rock and hold bottom contact. Check the seasonal closure dates before every trip.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "diamond-jig",
      "name": "Diamond Jig 4–8 oz",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "rockfish",
        "pacific-bonito",
        "california-yellowtail"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chrome with a blue or green tape stripe — it imitates everything.",
      "tip": "Doubles as the sinker under shrimp flies or fishes alone: bounce it off the rock, or crank it yo-yo style through bait schools for the pelagics.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "krocodile-spoon",
      "name": "Chrome Krocodile Spoon 3/4 oz",
      "type": "Spoon",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "pacific-bonito",
        "california-yellowtail"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "California"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Straight chrome; chrome/blue under high sun.",
      "tip": "The jetty and breakwater arm-burner. Cast past the boils and retrieve as fast as you can turn the handle — bonito want it running scared.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "ned-rig",
      "name": "Ned Rig — 3\" Stick Worm on Mushroom Head",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Green pumpkin is the answer; black/blue when the water dirties.",
      "tip": "The bass bait that works when nothing else does. Drag and dead-stick it on rock — most bites come while it sits still.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "drop-shot-worm",
      "name": "Drop Shot with Finesse Worm",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "bright",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Morning dawn or natural shad in clear water; green pumpkin everywhere.",
      "tip": "The bright-sun, deep-water play. Shake the worm in place without moving the weight — bass below can't stand it.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "texas-rig-worm",
      "name": "Texas-Rigged Worm 7\"",
      "type": "Soft plastic",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Black/blue in stained water, green pumpkin over weeds.",
      "tip": "Weedless through the tules and flooded brush. Lift-drop it slow along cover and watch the line for a tick.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "spinnerbait-lake",
      "name": "3/8 oz Spinnerbait, Colorado/Willow",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "muddy",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or chartreuse/white; gold blades in off-color water.",
      "tip": "The wind-and-dirty-water search bait — flash plus thump bass can find without seeing. Slow-roll it past cover on breeze-blown banks.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "squarebill-crank",
      "name": "Squarebill Crankbait 1.5",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "stained",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Crawfish red in spring, shad patterns in fall.",
      "tip": "Bang it off rocks and stumps in under 6 ft — the deflection is what triggers the bite. Cover water until they tell you where they live.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "walk-the-dog-lake",
      "name": "Walk-the-Dog Topwater (lake size)",
      "type": "Topwater",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Bone by day, black at first light and dusk.",
      "tip": "Dawn and dusk over points and weed edges. Same rule as the coast: don't set on the blow-up — wait to feel the fish.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "inline-spinner",
      "name": "Inline Spinner 1/8 oz (Rooster Tail-style)",
      "type": "Hard bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "rainbow-trout",
        "smallmouth-bass",
        "bluegill"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "clear",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "White or black body with a silver blade; fire tiger in low light.",
      "tip": "The stocked-trout searcher. Cast along the bank and retrieve just fast enough to spin the blade — slower than you think.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "trout-dough-bait",
      "name": "Floating Dough Bait (PowerBait-style)",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "rainbow-trout"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chartreuse and rainbow glitter are the stocker standards.",
      "tip": "Sliding sinker, 18–24 inch leader, small treble molded into a floating ball — it has to float off the bottom where cruising stockers see it.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "nightcrawler",
      "name": "Nightcrawler",
      "type": "Natural bait",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "rainbow-trout",
        "largemouth-bass",
        "smallmouth-bass",
        "bluegill",
        "channel-catfish"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "any",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Whole crawler for trout, bass and cats; a pinch of one for bluegill.",
      "tip": "The freshwater universal. Inflate it with a worm blower for trout so it floats off the bottom; under a bobber it's the kids' program.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "crappie-tube-jig",
      "name": "1/16 oz Crappie Tube Jig",
      "type": "Jig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "black-crappie",
        "bluegill"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall",
        "winter"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "any",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Chartreuse/white in stained water, smoke glitter in clear.",
      "tip": "Swim it past flooded timber and let it fall on a tight line — the bite is a soft tick on the drop. Find the school's depth and stay there.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    },
    {
      "id": "cut-bait-catfish-rig",
      "name": "Cut Bait / Stink Bait on Sliding Sinker Rig",
      "type": "Rig",
      "speciesSlugs": [
        "channel-catfish"
      ],
      "seasons": [
        "spring",
        "summer",
        "fall"
      ],
      "waterClarity": "muddy",
      "light": "low",
      "regions": [
        "Western Lakes"
      ],
      "colorGuidance": "Cut mackerel or shad chunks; prepared stink bait on a treble holder.",
      "tip": "The after-dark program. Egg sinker slides so the cat feels no weight — let it run a second, then sweep. Scent does the casting for you.",
      "image": null,
      "url": "https://www.tidesandtails.net/lures"
    }
  ]
}