How Often Do You Change Your Lures/jigs While Fishing

[SwampLife]

If I'm looking for fish or lose confidence in what I'm throwing I change often

I always have at least 4 to 6 rods in the boat depends on who I'm fishing with honestly

.Texas rig set up with 1/8weight and 4/0 hook

A crank bait or swim bait

A chatterbait or spinner bait

Top water

Swim jig, brush jig or swim bait set up

And usually something weightless like senko, or space monkey

When I bring 4 rods I change a lot more often!

I wish I had unlimited funds and a 20+ foot bass boat. the more rods with differnt presentations/colors and the more room for your rods the better.. Haha

[merc1997]

when i am pretty certain that i am putting a lure in front of a bass, and i am not getting any strikes, i will begin to change speeds first.  if that does not work, i will use a different profile, such as a bigger or smaller looking jig or worm.  then i start the speed process all over again.  the right combination of depth, speed and profile will trigger strikes.

 

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[SirSnookalot]

It's all about me and not the fish, I fish the way I want to as my goal is enjoyment.  Over the last week or so I've had nothing on my bass rod but a topwater lure, haven't even untied it.  I know it's just a matter of time until I catch a really nice fish, I don't get overly obsessed.  When I do want better fish I go to better water, there is a limit to what I can catch in a bass pond, there is no limit in the ocean.

[Comfortably Numb]

last year, on mid Nov, i went on a 3 day fishing trip, and the second day i finally began catching fish on senkos... i caught so many of them that from Nov to March i didnt fish anything else... i still would have 3 other rods on the deck (spinnerbait and 2 crankbaits) but the one that was always on my hands was the senko rod... it kept producing until the end of the season (march 10)... so far this year, all but one fish came out of that rod (i caught one on the rare occassion i grabbed the spinerbait)... season begins June 24, and i already have my senko rod ready to go...

 

Senkos are like crack and hard to quit.

 

Recently I am in love with my Scatter Rap crank in Bluegill and probably use it way too much.

[das028]

I change when I'm not catching anything and loose confidence

[Gator Jeaux]

The fact I have learned about FC line is NEVER keep a lure tied on for more than 24 hours...retie it.

Regardless of the knot used FC line looses strength under time with pressure of a knot, FC cold flows.

Lets say you tied a perfect FC knot that has 90% knot strength, that = 13.5 lb strength with 15 lb Line.

24 hours later theat same 90% knot is down to 60% = 9 lbs line strength for 15 lb line. That may seem to be enough strength and is unless you happen to add the pull force quickly like a hook set, then knot failure will occur.

I lost several big bass learning this lesson and started to test FC line as a result using a very accurate Instron tensile testing machine at work. Retie often it's inexpensive insurance. Also check your hook points often, that is also free, dull hooks lead to missed hook sets.

Tom

And this is where my question comes in. It probably sounds like a dumb question because it's never explained. People always just talk about changing rigs and retying them without fully explaining how to change or retie your rig. Let's say my rig is on a leader attached to a swivel. Do I just cut the leader from the swivel? And what if I want to use the same rig but change the bait on the rig, say I go from soft bait to a crankbait. Would I cut the line or try to untie it? And now that I think about it, my leader would get shorter as I change the terminal tackle on my rig. Is it better to just use a new leader and make a new rig? I would hate to feel like I'm wasting fluorocarbon line if I can still use it as a leader.

[SirSnookalot]

Matter of one's own preference.  I keep my original leader on, put a new one on when it gets too short, or use a duolock snap.  Don't care to use a snap with a jig or jig head but I have and still caught fish.  I may change to a lighter or heavier leader if necessary.  Most of the time I don't change lures very often keeping re rigging to a minimum but will do it if I need to make a change. Not one answer fits every scenario, 

[Catt]

According to the listed research ya would have to retie all 3 knots!

My goto techniques are a Texas Rig & a Jig-N- Craw, they stay tied on 24/7/365. After each fish I'll run my thumb & fore finger up my line a couple feet.

[TheSmilingSwordsman]

I only use 2 fishing setups, one baitcaster and one spinning, so I switch lures all of the time based on our location on the lake and where we are finding bass.

I usually fish from a Pelican Bass Raider with someone else on board. We don't have room for many different rods so it try to keep my rod and reel selection simple. At the same time, we don't use a fish finder so we have to be ready to switch lures often in order to find the bass.

Pair this along with the fact that I am fairly new to fishing and get really excited about learning different fishing methods, means that I spend a good portion of my day tying on new lures in order to find what it is the bass want.