Top 3 Go To Baits When Fishing From Shore ?

[rchiuz]

Hi all!

Question to those who fish from the shore. What are your top 3 baits you use? I really like to use top water plugs, keitechs and senkos but always on the look out for new techniques I can try.

Thanks in advance

[ABW]

Love using jigs, spinnerbaits, and a topwater spook or buzzbait.

 

 

[Smokinal]

Spinnerbaits, swimbaits or a squarebill. But, because your usually limited on available water, being able to keep a bait in the zone longer is very beneficial so a drop-shot would have to be my number 1 choice.

[BassinLou]

I fish from both land and from a boat. The same techniques you fish from a boat with you can fish on the bank with. The main difference I find is the accessibility and cover you have on the bank can limit the techniques you can use. However, if you find open bank with little obstructions you can throw many of the same type of baits and techniques you can from a boat. 

[I.rar]

Shakey heads, weightless t rigs and spooks.

[Longlivenyy]

Jigs, Spinnerbaits, and Squarebills are my go-to shore baits.

[TheSmilingSwordsman]

T-rigged Brush Hogs

Lipless Cranks

Drop Shot

I love using jigs but I lose way to many when bank fishing.

[BasshunterJGH]

Squarebill crankbaits, Senkos, and creature baits.

[Catch and Grease]

Square bill and trick worm would probably be in my top three...

[OntarioFishingGuy]

Senko

Shallow running crankbait

Popper

[Dypsis]

Love love love the Impact fats.

 

beaver style baits - weightless to lightly weighted (really loving the rage structure bug right now)

 

Chatterbait - but square bill cranks are close

[Raul]

Shakey heads, weightless t rigs and spooks.

1 BAIT out of 3 is not bad, shakeyhead what ? Weightless T rigged what ?

[I.rar]

Doh.

Super fluke Jr, roboworm straight tails and spook Jr.

[benthinkin]

T-rigged Brush Hogs

Lipless Cranks

Drop Shot

I love using jigs but I lose way to many when bank fishing.

exactly the same here.

[ClackerBuzz]

senko- t rigged with a bead in front b/c it sides thru grass like butter. if i'm in deep clear water i'll go wacky w/ weedless hook

 

drop shot- from shore your casting real estate is limited. you might have to be in an area that has an algae bottom.  i prefer the drop shot over a jig or shaky head b/c the worm on a DS stays clean even when the weight gets covered in muck. also you can t rig the worm and it pulls thru weeds easy.

 

t rigged pegged beaver- comes thru weeds far better than a jig w/ weed guard. if i gotta pitch or drag the bottom it's gonna be a t rigged. also you can quickly swap out bullet weights for any type of cover or to experiment with rate of fall. with the right hook you can also use this rig for 7" ribbon tail worms, brush hogs etc

 

chatterbait-the blade literally vibrates weeds right off. whereas a spinnerbait collects weeds like a hoarder.  best shoreline search bait imo. gets down and stays down for 100% of the cast vs a crankbait might only work the bottom for 50% of cast.

 

yup that's 4 but they pretty much cover all of the water column, with both horizontal and vertical presentations. i'll usually skip top water unless it's dusk. then its a clacker buzzbait

Edited September 22, 2014 by ClackerBuzz

[nascar2428]

Weightless t-rigged Senko, Spinnerbait, t-rigged worms.

[FrogTosser88]

T-rigged trick worms have served me well.. The green pumpkin with red flake and chartreuse tail is my fav. I have been catching big fish on black spinnerbaits lately... But as far as go to baits.. Flukes, trick worms and small paddletail swimbaits.

[hoosierbass07]

 When bank fishing I usually only use Texas Rigged and split shot soft plastics like ribbon tail worms, strait tail worms, stick baits (Yum-Dingers/Stick-O's) and lizards.  I love Texas Rigged and split shot soft plastics because there is only a small chance of getting hanged up and not getting your lure back.  I would hate to get a four to six dollar crank bait hanged up/stuck and lose it from shore.  lol.  Sometimes I also use small low cost spinner baits like the Booyah Pond Magic spinner baits from the bank too if know the area where I cast is mostly safe.  

[Bankbeater]

I like a t-rigged creature bait, weightless super fluke, and a shallow running crankbait.  If I have fished the area before and know what cover is around I will use a jig. 

[tholmes]

T-rigs, jigs and shallow to medium cranks. Spinnerbaits come into play sometimes, as do lipless cranks, jerk baits, topwater baits, C-rigs, etc.

 

Tom

[buzzed bait]

spinnerbait, t-rig worms and either a pop-r or a buzzbait. 

those pretty much cover all the areas of the water column that i'll be fishing from the bank. 

[dday07]

1. Fat Ika

2.lipless crank.

3.buzzbait or pop'image popper

[bigbill]

1. Bass Pro Shops topnocker (life taker/heart breaker)

2. Bomber crankbaits model A orFAT A redapplecraw,Greencraw,babybass,silver shad.

3. C-rigged 1/8oz weight with clicker senko/brushog

4. 1/4oz spinner bait gold Colorado blade in blue glimmer or hot chartreuse.

5. Joe's fly 1/4oz firetiger apache or blackgnat.

6. Mann's baby1 minus browncraw (hank Parker special)

7. Rapala orginal floater F7 blue or black(blue max)

8. Mister Twister Top Prop. Fire perch.

9. Mepps #3 & #4/#5 Anglia silver or gold blade Brown or gray dressed.

Don't forget a shot of bass scent too.

I'm sorry from shore just three lures just doesn't do it for me.

[primetime]

I like a GYB 6" Senko unweighted as it ways about 1/2 ounce without the hook so I can cast it plenty far, and I like to always bring a frog in case I am blocked by weeds at the shoreline so I can fish it all the way to the bank...A floating Minnow style Rip bait is one of my favorite lures to throw and hard to beat a rapala or Bomber Long A....

 

I also like to carry some Lizards with me and rig them on a heavier than normal weight, usually 1/2 ounce on a mojo rig is good when fishing under trees. I find that the splash often attracts them and not spook them like you would think and my theory is that Bass living in cover or areas under shade and trees get used to looking up every time they hear a splash since Lizards, Frogs, and other critters fall out of trees into the water so they will strike as soon as the bait hits the water many times. I fish alot of ponds and it is often hard to use the same techinques from shore I use when picking apart a lake from a boat as I can't get away with lighter line and finesse presentations since I have no control of casting angles/positioning so I can't let a fish have as much drag as I would normally want.

[Felix77]

1 - Mojo rig with a finesse worm

2 - Buzzbait

3 - swimbait.