Does anybody else find themselves throwing soft plastics more often than hardbaits?

[fishfordollars]

nope

[cccsguy]

i throw plastics 80% of the time mainly because they are cheap and i fish in snag infested water.

me too

[KC Bass Fanatic]

Plastics 75% of the time.  If you count hollow body frogs that goes up quiet a bit.

[Dave P]

This year it's probably been 80-90 percent plastics.

[David Rangel]

Yes; Years ago I only used crank baits, and now I'm so interested to improve my soft bait knowledge, and I'm about 90% on plastics.!!!!!

[0119]

Yes Id say 90% soft plastics. When I use hard baits its nearly always a topwater or a waking crankbait.  Here its impossible to fish anything that is a bottom bouncer, too much exotic weed growth.

[WanderLust]

I would say yes...

Typically I use a crank to locate and then switch over to:

1) weightless senko

2) Tube

3) Jig

[basser223]

I would say 70 percent of the time

[wisconsin heat]

i try to use harbaits but you cant skip a crankbait- plastics are also way more versitile, i just tie on a 3/0 hook and grab a pocketful of varied plastics, and down the bank i go.

[iceintheveins]

I fish soft baits a little bit more than hard baits, but I use both every trip. If I'm not finding bass or sure where they are at I will use hard baits, and I ALWAYS have a topwater on during morning and evening twillight periods. If I'm sure bass are in the area though I'm generally using plastics. Probably about 60% plastics and 40% hardbaits for me.

[bassfisherjk]

That's pretty much all I fish with,except some topwater stuff.

[Nebraska Bassin]

Before I learned to catch fish on a T-rig, I almost exclusively used hardbaits and swore that I'd never use plastics.  Now it's almost exactly the opposite.  I'll still throw hardbaits, but they're very rarely the first lures out of the tackle box.

[bassbum85]

I throw alot more soft plastics than hard ones. On a boat i start  with crankbaits and then switch if it doesn't work

[tnbassfisher]

I do.

I don't have as much experience throwing hard baits as I do throwing soft plastics. Therefore, I see a lot better results when doing so.

I need to learn to "step out of my comfort zone" so to speak, and throw hard baits more or I will probably never be very productive with them.

[Goose52]

Finally took the time to sort my "catch log" for this season. I've caught 374 fish so far - 198 on soft plastics, 174 on hardbaits (mostly lipless cranks earlier in the season). So - 53% soft plastic, 47% hardbaits.

Now that summer is here, other than trying some deep cranking with crankbaits and heavy spinnerbaits, I expect that I will be using mostly soft plastics until the Fall.

It will be interesting to see where I end up at the end of the season - but I expect it will be something like 75% soft plastic / 25% hardbaits.

[EastTexasBassin]

I fish soft plastics and jigs about 98% of the time these days. 

[DieselvRR]

I just like fishing soft plastics more...

[Munkin]

I let the conditions decide which I will be using and my favorite bait is the one working that day.

Allen

[Steve1357]

Fishing from the bank isn't user friendly for using plugs for me. Or jigs.

Mostly plastics rigged weightless or a topwater and spinnerbait from time to time.

Carolina rigged plastics with 1/16 or 1/8 works good in the deepest water with a 7' rod "lifting" them up as you bring it in.

My latest favorite is the BigBiteBaits "Kreatures"

http://www.bigbitebaits.com/pmknPpprGrenKK.jpg

Almost the shine and green iridescent of local bream and the 4" weightless can be thrown with Abu 5000s...

And the Uncle Josh Sizmic frogs are doing well.

[CookieMonst3r]

I use soft plastics about 90% of the time and I find them very effective, and a lot easier to change if one's not working.

[Big Tom]

I have a lot more faith in soft plastics.  I haven't quite got around to becoming an adept crankbait fisherman even though it is something that I have been wanting to dedicate more time to in the last couple of years.  I am going to try to hit it pretty hard this fall.

[Redtail]

90% soft for me.

[wagn]

75% plastics if we are counting jig and pig as well.

Other then that it's spinnerbaits, top water, or a jerk bait.

I very rarely crank in the waters I have around here, just to many weeds.

[90x]

Throw plastics 99.999999% of the time. I absolutely hate hard baits. They are clumsy and expensive to replace. I enjoy how for just about hardbait there is a plastic that performs equal if not better.

The only exception for me is a jig. I always use a trailer, so i dunno if you can count it.

Soft Plastics are the true king.

Using a zara spook for the first time. However, soon got replaced by a yum money hound. Can go more places and has better action.

[VABassin'14]

Yes. Going to start throwing more cranks and spinnerbaits in the near future though.