Whats Tied On Your Rods On Your Deck?

[scaleface]

4 hours ago, nocellcontracts said:

7 rods:

1. Squarebill
2. DT6
3. C-rig
4. Spinnerbait
5. Spook Jr.
6. Senko
7. Jig

7 is ENOUGH. If they won't bite THOSE 7 - they won't bite.

Dont know about that . Ever fish a little George ? Or a jigging Spoon ?..

[MIbassyaker]

I bring a max of 5 combos with me on a kayak, chosen from among 10 depending on where I'm fishing. Every year I fish about 10 different lakes or rivers, and every year I try a few new ones from among the several hundred within an hour and a half or so of my house.  

My 3 current favorites, all pretty small, but different characteristics and different forage that seem to demand tying on different things:

Lake 1: 50 acres, mostly undeveloped, 10-12 feet of visibility, submerged vegetation over almost all of it. Lots of sunfish

--shakey head

--propbait or popper

--texas rigged lizard, craw or ribbontail worm

--wacky rigged stick worm

--Keitech fat impact on an underspin.

Lake 2: 100 acres, almost all shoreline residential development, 1-2 feet of visibility, not much vegetation, but some shallow pads, lots of docks, lots of gizzard shad, sunfish.

--jig & craw trailer

--buzzbait

--wacky rigged stick worm

--shallow crankbait (squarebill or minnow, preferably rattling)

--spinnerbait

Lake 3: 30 acres, developed on one side with a few docks, completely wild and marshy on other side. About 5-6 feet of visibility, lots of vegetation, huge fields of shallow lily pads surrounding a drop to 25 feet. sunfish, perch, lots of activity by terrestrial critters.

--Hollow-bodied frog

--shallow crankbait, or sometimes a lipless

--buzzbait

--mojo-rigged creature or worm

--weightless t-rigged fluke

[Dye99]

Im prespawn still, so Im just running 4 rigs on my yak.

-spinning rod with wacky Senco

- Jig

-Texas rig

-Jerk bait/rip bait

[PAGreg]

Texas rigges beaver bait

Jig

Norman Weedwalker

Jerkbait

Wakebait/buzz frog

Spinnerbait/chatterbait

[THE_Vue's]

Only two guys on here with drop shots.  Man you guys don' t know what your missing

[the reel ess]

Spinnerbait 

Chatterbait

T-rigged craw

Rat L Trap (or topwaters)

jig (or topwater frog)

suspending Husky Jerk (Rapala or another Rat L Trap)

Trick Worm, weightless (or right now, my new favorite, T-rigged Yamamoto Hula Grub)

 

 

 

4 hours ago, THE_Vue's said:

Only two guys on here with drop shots.  Man you guys don' t know what your missing

I'll get back to it, but when I've tried them I haven't caught a thing. I imagine it's really good around the spawning beds.

 

[MIbassyaker]

6 hours ago, the reel ess said:

Spinnerbait 

Chatterbait

T-rigged craw

Rat L Trap (or topwaters)

jig (or topwater frog)

suspending Husky Jerk (Rapala or another Rat L Trap)

Trick Worm, weightless (or right now, my new favorite, T-rigged Yamamoto Hula Grub)

 

 

 

I'll get back to it, but when I've tried them I haven't caught a thing. I imagine it's really good around the spawning beds.

 

You and me both. In principle, a drop shot should should be right up my alley. The tackle I like to use and the places I fish should be perfect for it. In practice, I might as well not have a line in the water at all.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong; maybe nothing, just luck...but at some point, you just have to cut your losses and pull out the dang texas rig again.

[the reel ess]

15 hours ago, MIbassyaker said:

You and me both. In principle, a drop shot should should be right up my alley. The tackle I like to use and the places I fish should be perfect for it. In practice, I might as well not have a line in the water at all.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong; maybe nothing, just luck...but at some point, you just have to cut your losses and pull out the dang texas rig again.

Me too man! Soft plastics are my go-to when I can't buy a bite.

[blongfishing]

I usually just put whatever I think is gonna work on the front deck. If they don't work I do the dreaded and open the rod locker and tie on something else or get another rod.