Deciding What To Throw

[BuffaloBass716]

How do you guys decide on what plastic you are going to throw? I'm primarily a worm guy, but I have used some creature baits but have limited success.  It seems like if the fish are going to hit a plastic worm, they wont hit a plastic creature either.  Can anyone shed some light on this topic and let me know what determines your plastic selection?

[Felix77]

Confidence ... I have two baits which are my go-to each time I go out fishing.

 

1 - Keitech swimbait

2 - Finesse worm on a mojo rig

 

Depending on my mood I begin with one of those two and try to cover the water from top to bottom.  If they don't bite on either then I begin messing around with other lures and soft plastics.  Crankbaits, topwater etc.  Again trying to cover the water columns.

 

By the way your thoughts on them not hitting a creature if they are not hitting a worm is a bad way to look at it.  They might not be in the mood for a worm but might be for a craw.  Each plastic presents something different to them.  So does the color.  There in lies the adventure.  

 

Good luck.

[Siebert Outdoors]

For a worm/creature/craw I typically grab the first green pumpkin worm/creature/craw I find in the tackle box.  Then I change from their if need be.

 

For me GP is my go too worm.  I prefer craws or creatures.  Anything soft plastics I generally always stick with a gp variant.  For example.  On Wilson I wore them out on bama craw rage craw and bugs.  Once I ran out of those I went to blue craw rage craw.  I kept catching!

[Mccallister25]

I agree with Felix for the most part. Its confidence for me. I have confidence with finesse worms, and baby brush hogs. That's typically what Ill throw out there first, then work my way from there.

[HeavyFisher]

I start with a worm, if the bite is slow I switch to a creature bait. 

[Marty]

I agree that confidence is the big factor. Bass are unpredictable and no one can know in advance what they'll hit on any given day, so you might as well start off with your confidence bait.

[jbsoonerfan]

I ALWAYS start with a green pumpkin baby brush hog. If nothing is interested, then I will either go to a green pumpkin blue or red fleck baby brush hog or a  7" power worm in green pumpkin. Then I go from there.

 

 

Sometimes I wonder just why in the world I have so many different soft plastics. I take 60 bags to the lake, and use 5.

[sparky241]

Lol yet I have 5 and wish I had brought 60 with me