Wished You Learned Earlier

[Squirmin Wormin]

We are into fishing and have gotten information from various sources ,as far as lures /tackle/rigs/ patterns,etc.. now you know and using in your fishing today. but is there a pattern /rig/ tackle etc. that wasn't say here before but now is , some of these are new rigs,tackle,etc, some aren't either, but which patterns /rigs/ tackle etc have you learned now and made a significant impact on your fishing today would you wish you could have learned earlier but either wasn't say invented yet? wasn't out yet ? So which patterns /rigs/ tackle etc have you gathered today would you wish you could have learned earlier but wasn't here yet? and how does it do in your fishing strategy today? in your op 

[A-Jay]

No Question ~ A Jig & Craw ( back then it was Pork)

 

Looking back at my early days as a young budding bass angler, I think I would have really done some serious damage to the local Bass population if I'd have know what I know now about tossing a jig.

 

 I think it was around but I just didn't know anything about it.

 

Might have been Epic.

 

A-Jay

[PersicoTrotaVA]

A Jig and different finesse tactics like wacky worm and the rage rig.  A jig especially.

[mjseverson24]

I wish I would have gotten into casting equipment earlier... a lot earlier, it has allowed me to effectively fish way more presentations than before...

 

Mitch

[Mike L]

For me it would be the drop shot.

Even tho the lake's I fish may be too shallow to use it effectively.

I will also say a jig.

Mike

[RB 77]

The importance of understanding the diffrence betweeen structure and cover and how to fish them accordingly. I believe myself to have a good grasp of them now. It always baffles me just how many people who have been fishing for quite some time do not understand the diffrence between the two and the importance it makes in developing a pattern.

[Raul]

For me it would be the drop shot.

Even tho the lake's I fish may be too shallow to use it effectively.

I will also say a jig.

Mike

 

Unless your lake is 1 inch deep then it´s not too shallow to fish a dropshot rig effectively.

[Mike L]

Unless your lake is 1 inch deep then it´s not too shallow to fish a dropshot rig effectively.

Ummm

I always thought it was a deep water presentation!

Shows you how much I know!

I have a tournament upcoming on Kentucky Lake in 2 weeks and I was gonna give it a shot during practice for a little while (depending on what my boater deciedes) and go from there.

Thanks, I learned something today!!!

Mike

[Snakehead Whisperer]

A drop shot rig (which I'll fish anywhere from inches of water to 80+FOW.) Spybaiting and heavy spinnerbaits for suspended fish is another technique that I overlooked for a long time. Most of these "new" techniques have been around for quite some time, they just weren't well known back in the day. Some techniques have been around forever and are still underutilized by bass anglers, structure spoons for instance.
 

No Question ~ A Jig & Craw ( back then it was Pork)
 

x2. I still use the Uncle Josh pork trailers, and pretty much exclusively during the cold water months.

[collards]

_{I do know much more today then I knew years ago and I do catch more fish, but I always had  a lot of fun and enjoyed all my fishing.}

[Ratherbfishing]

Mmmmm....probably soft plastics-especially carolina-rigged crawdads and creature baits.  They've been around a long time but it's only been within the last ten years (or less) that I really gave them any real game time.  I'd hear their pitiful cries, "Put me in, coach!", but I mostly ignored them.  NOW, it's what I fish with most of the time.

[Bankbeater]

Probably jig and pig/pork. I started fishing it about 9 years ago. I could kick myself for all of those times in the bait store when I looked at a jig and then put it back on the rack.

[rangerboy]

finess swimbaits for suspended bass, and the carolina rig is my go to classic. you can drop shot in any dept, try flipping mats with it as well