Pap,

Salt water Johnson Sprite, and Kastmaster were great casting lures for Blues and Bass. Trolling bluefish was great with just about everything.
Deepwater canyon fishing, anything green caught fish in daylight hours but early morning or late day purple and black was better.
Moldcraft Softhead 8" was my favorite. I caught more tuna and marlin on a cheap 8" lure.
Couple of 300# Bigeye Tuna and a 400# Blue Marlin top the list.

Meanwhile, inshore, we used a 2 hook spreader rig for flounder when I was a youngster. We would catch 2 of something more often than not. Not always what you wanted.