Acme Kastmaster Lure

Cathes everything from Spanish mackerel and jacks to rainbow trout and largemouth bass.

Sails through the air. Has nice, versatile action; looks good on several retrieve variations. I will buy another for my saltwater box as it would work well there too.I only casted it 20 or so times of the dock as a test. Nothing bit, but I am confident they would. Tempted to go with a little bigger hook, but not sure if it would mess up the action.

The Acme Kastmaster has always been my best go-to lure for ANY fish when the going gets tough. Fish bite this spoon when they aren't biting anything else.

Went fishing for large trout from a local pier. This lure definitely works to get strikes but it can't keep a fish. The hooks need to be replaced with better size and strength.

This is by far one of the most versatile lures you can have in your tackle box. Period. Whether it's casting, trolling, bouncing off the bottom, it can do it all. I have personally not noticed a difference between gold and silver ones but the latter have caught me trout in overcast/rainy days vs the gold one on sunny days.Given the weight on this thing you'll be able to launch it quite aways. I like to let it get to the bottom and then slowly bring it back (bank fishing).Whether it's freshwater or saltwater, this baby is a lure that you can rely on to perform time and time again. Use it with fluorocarbon, maybe a bit of scent, and you'll be catching trout for days.

Great spoon and great weight for a windy day. Love using it when bull reds are schooling. Can really get some distance with it as well. Super durable as well. Always have it tied on a pole when I head out on the boat.

I'm pretty new to fishing (started maybe two months ago) and just tried the Kastmaster today, fishing from the banks of the Colorado river: I caught three rainbows on them out of my five trout limit! I probably could have kept on with this lure but wanted to try out a few others and hit my limit with those instead. I was using the chrome fluorescent orange stripe, 1/12 oz size. These were easy to cast and flew surprisingly far given their weight. I think either the 1/4 oz, 1/8 oz, or 1/12 oz would all be good for 12"-14" stocked rainbow trout.Note that some of these lures either don't include a split ring, or the split ring has separated enough to look more like a spring than a proper split ring. I didn't want to tie directly to a faulty split ring, so I put on a small snap instead. My setup was to use a snap direct to the lure blade, then a 12" fluorocarbon 6lb leader, to a barrel swivel, and then to my braided 8lb line.The Kastmaster will definitely be staying on one of my lure rods going forward!

Purchased as a gift for one of the fishermen in my life, he was very happy with it. He's already caught 2 bass on it, so I think that's a good sign!