Late to the party lure

[bassheel]

What lure/brand did you start using that most others had already used for a period of time? Hard to admit mine was the Rage line.

[roadwarrior]

Chatterbaits

 

[scaleface]

 I still havent used Chatterbaits , Rage lures , Wacky rigs , Alabama rigs , giant swim baits , drop shots , senkos  , cut worms, shakey heads , ned rigs ...  No doubt in my mind that I could fish them all well , I just dont have time to master every lure and technique .  I catch plenty of fish with my old stuff and dated techniques . I did buy some Ribbet Frogs to buzz because that looks like fun . Will try them next year . Still need to figure out which hook to use .

 

On the other hand there are things I do that others dont , so I dont consider myself behind the times at all .

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...I guess it's "Different strokes for different folks".

How 'bout indoor plumbing?

 

[scaleface]

24 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Hmm...I guess it's "Different strokes for different folks".

How 'bout indoor plumbing?

 

I guess .

 

 I carry dedicated tackle boxes just like everyone else . My most important one is the terminal tackle box . If I want a lure to do something , I make it happen .  Thinking outside the box and solving problems when they arise   bails me out more than offering what others are doing .

[buzzed bait]

flukes

[Cyacnba]

Jigs 2 months ago

[roadwarrior]

27 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I guess .

 

 I carry dedicated tackle boxes just like everyone else . My most important one is the terminal tackle box . If I want a lure to do something , I make it happen .  Thinking outside the box and solving problems when they arise   bails me out more than offering what others are doing .

Well, I'm just saying on a given day some of the stuff you are not using are game changers. I don't like throwing The Rig, but if you are a tournament fisherman around her (and I am not), you cannot win without it in the early spring and fall. Senkos? No doubt the #1 lure for recreational and local tournament fishermen. The Cut-R can be "magic", too.

 

[Paul Roberts]

"Indoor plumbing" -that's funny! LOL

I really appreciate the creative out-of-the-box approach. It's not only fun but smart too.

That said, I've come to appreciate all the creativity other anglers have brought to the game. Wow, there are so many good tools out there and I've tried to become at least familiar with as many as I have time and $ to put there.

As to my own answer to the OP: Jigs. I believe they are something like 10,000 years old?

[Scarborough817]

lures in general i was always a live bait guy until last year now i don't think i will go back to live bait 

[scaleface]

3 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, I'm just saying on a given day some of the stuff you are not using are game changers. I don't like throwing The Rig, but if you are a tournament fisherman around her (and I am not), you cannot win without it in the early spring and fall. Senkos? No doubt the #1 lure for recreational and local tournament fishermen. The Cut-R can be "magic", too.

 

Like I said Road warrior . I dont get to fish as often as I'd like. If I could fish weekly that would be a different story . 

[roadwarrior]

6 minutes ago, Scarborough817 said:

lures in general i was always a live bait guy until last year now i don't think i will go back to live bait 

Well, for the past 19 years I fished with friends that are hardcore live bait fishermen, especially below the Pickwick Dam. My MO was to fish artificials until they caught 10 smallmouth between them. Usually the score would be 10 - 0, but occasionally I picked up a nice fish or two. I'm not giving up live bait. One day last October was the ONLY time an artificial has EVER outfished live bait for me:  

[Scarborough817]

12 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

Well, for the past 19 years I fished with friends that are hardcore live bait fishermen, especially below the Pickwick Dam. My MO was to fish artificials until they caught 10 smallmouth between them. Usually the score would be 10 - 0, but occasionally I picked up a nice fish or two. I'm not giving up live bait. One day last October was the ONLY time an artificial has EVER outfished live bait for me:  

i've just never really been a fan of live bait i know it works. there is a friends cottage we go to once a year and all he liikes to do is drift for pike which is just a minnow on a #1 hook and a slip shot. so it's a little boring which i think it's why i like lures so much now

[scaleface]

Coincidentally , I just got an email for a heck of a deal on chatterbaits and umbrella rigs and so I have some coming . 

[Lucas Julian]

I was late on the chatter bait.

 

[the reel ess]

Craws. I was convinced there weren't any in my local lake because I hadn't seen any. I wouldn't even use craw pattern cranks. Only shad patterns and only worms for soft plastics. Imagine my surprise when I tied on a Bomber crank in craw pattern and caught one on the first day! I fish T-rigged craws now more than worms. I was late to wacky rigging because I thought it was gimmicky-also caught bass the first two times I tried this method. Throw flukes in there too, but I did catch some stripers on them. They're in my rotation now.

I'm late to the jig party and I haven't even gotten to the dropshot, A-rig, chatterbait and a whole host of others.

[blckshirt98]

When I start using them, it will be jigs.  

[alzun664]

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

 I still havent used Chatterbaits , Rage lures , Wacky rigs , Alabama rigs , giant swim baits , drop shots , senkos  , cut worms, shakey heads , ned rigs ...  No doubt in my mind that I could fish them all well , I just dont have time to master every lure and technique.

All of the above including Buzzbaits and Squarebills which I recently picked up and am going to try out this spring.

[Ratherbfishing]

soft plastics.  5 years ago or so.  Don't ask me why cause I don't know.

[the reel ess]

I also have a fly rod with floating line and an assortment of bass and panfish frogs and poppers that I NEVER use. That just feels to me like trying too hard to put yourself at a disadvantage to the fish.

[fishballer06]

Chatterbaits for me as well. Thank God I finally picked them up. They've produced so well for me. 

[Turtle135]

squarebill crankbaits, my catch rate with them has been poor and I'm pretty sure the problem is that I never actually tie them on, they do look pretty cool when I open up my hardbait plano

[papajoe222]

3 hours ago, Lucas Julian said:

I was late on the chatter bait.

 

He's a poet and doesn't know it. 

[AQUA VELVA]

Use to think those pre-rigged ,plastic worms were for kids and people who didn't know any better. Guys on my lake kept telling me they work quite well but I would just smile kindly and nod my head. Saw some on clearance at K mart one day, you know the ones, purple with a white stripe, and decided ,what the heck, I'll try them. Good googly moogly, those darn things DO catch fish. Whodathunkit.

[scaleface]

56 minutes ago, AQUA VELVA said:

Use to think those pre-rigged ,plastic worms were for kids and people who didn't know any better. Guys on my lake kept telling me they work quite well but I would just smile kindly and nod my head. Saw some on clearance at K mart one day, you know the ones, purple with a white stripe, and decided ,what the heck, I'll try them. Good googly moogly, those darn things DO catch fish. Whodathunkit.

My neighborhood grocery store [ remember those ] had the prerigged   red Creme worms with the propeller .. I collected soda bottles { 2 cents each } and paid for one . It killed the bass at a small pond . Thats the worm that introduced me into soft plastic baits .