Hmmm. A whole month to survive with one lure. I say durabililty would have to be very high on the list of requirements for this lure. I say the Daredevil spoon would be a good choice. Not a cheap spoon but Eppingers finest.

I think a jig would also be great. If you do lose the skirt you can always tip it with some live bait.

My initial thought was the Rapala F7 but if the fish are deep it's tough getting them down.

Just a plain old fish hook for me - I'd use the fish eyes as bait. If I had to take a lure, then a hammered chrome Krocodile or a plain old black jig - can add nightcrawlers, minnows, meat, or eyes to the jig.

Castmaster for all conditions really.....esspecially for the salt. The obvious choice for freshwater would be the thomas boyant, you can't get any better than that, even for a slow bite when the fish are being extra finicky.

I'm generally inlands, so I'm looking at this from a freshwater scenario. Durability of the original trailer or not, I'm going with my white jig in maybe 1/16 oz. Everything in a lake or stream will hit it from fish too small to get their lips around it to fish that seem almost ridiculous in proportion. If my tail gets mangled and chewed off all manner of fabric, trash, or naturals can be fashioned into a replacement. It's not my everyday lure, but is the lure I'll throw any day I just want to fish and don't have a very specfic target in mind or on waters i'm just trying to feel out. Small spoons seem like an excellent option, but they hang up too easily and need to be worked too fast for me to want them as my only lure.

I'll go with the white jig myself,I,m in an area where I have access to both salt and brackish -fresh depending on how much water is coming into the Delta.

bead head wooly bugger....they catch pretty well everything that swims

Got to go with the gut Joe, I'm taking a Panther Martin! Even if 2 of the hooks on the treble break you can still catch fish.

I may be breaking the rules of the question, but in anyplace warm, I'd rather have a speargun than a rod, reel & lure.

would have to be something big. maybe a football jig with a big meaty trailer or a big mepps muskie lure.

YUCK!

What turns ones stomach is another delicacy!

Kadena AB Okinawa Japan, I was out scuba diving and caught an octopus and knew the best way to make friends with the locals is to share your catch. As I walked up on the sea wall, an Okinawan pointed at the octopus and started saying out loud,

TACO! TACO!

What?

TACO! TACO!

O? You want TACO?

TACO GOOD!

So I gave him the taco (octopus)and the rest of the fish and from then on all the Okinawans would watch my car to make sure it wasn’t vandalized or broken into and I gave them the fish I caught.

Community relations at its finest!

Original Rapala for a stream or a lake

Bear Gryllis is an entertainer not an instructor. He says stupid stuff and does things even more stupid and down right dangerous all out of shameless showmanship. If you really want to learn something that might aid in your survival catch Les Stroud's show "Survivorman". Following the advice of Bear Gryllis could get you killed.

I just watched this show last night.I hope No one uses this guy as a survival guide.He would have you dead in a short time,he is a complete idiot.But amusing, my wife hit me for my use of language toward him and told me that he couldn't hear me for i was poor mouthing this fellow.

Anybody hungry?

I to would bring the dardevil