What technique catches you the most fish?

[clh121787]

10 hours ago, WRB said:

 

My best numbers day was 18 DD big bass on a Scrounger with trout colored Sluggo trailer, now those are the numbers I live for.

Tom

 I'm guessing you don't have pics. PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG!!!

[Bluebasser86]

7 hours ago, Dorado said:

Which of the bladed jigs do you recommend for both Largemouths and Stripers? 

I fish my homemade oned almost exclusively. We don'thave stripers, butI catch lots of whites and wipers on them.

[d-camarena]

7 hours ago, WRB said:

During the 90's our SoCal trophy bass lakes were at their peak, 15 lb bass were common and only bass over 18 lbs raised eyebrows. Those days are long gone.

Tom

Please tell us the story of that day. Sounds amazing

[WRB]

3 hours ago, d-camarena said:

Please tell us the story of that day. Sounds amazing

I have somewhere on this site, don't want to hijack this thread any further and will look for it under one of the Scrounger threads.

Tom

PS, under "Scrounger" and "Heron" there is reference to this story.

[lonnie g]

top water buzzbait or pop r is my favorite. but worm fishing produces the most for me

[dan94]

chucking a t rigged crawdad in  weeds on those sunny days all day  

[Smokinal]

The most fish?

 

TRD on a Ned rig; and it ain't even close

 

[WRB]

16 hours ago, clh121787 said:

 I'm guessing you don't have pics. PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG!!!

Your are correct, all the bass were released instantly as they were caught. This was a fast feeding frenzy on trout push up agianst a point. 

Tom

[RB 77]

Wormin'

[MichaelCopeland]

Being a beginner to bass fishing, I haven't had much luck yet. The two times I have caught a bass was one on a Carolina rig with a 1/4oz egg slip sinker, 3/O offset round hook with a Zoom U Tail Tequila Sunrise colored worm and one on a weightless Texas rig with a Zoom U Tail Junebug Red colored worm. I don't get to fish anywhere near as much as I would like to so perfecting any of it has been challenging to say the least. 

[WRB]

Catts statement that he is a bottom feeder is accurate, he is targeting 80% of the catchable bass population on any given day or night.

Tom

[soflabasser]

I have done quite well catching large number of bass(+ 100 bass in a day) with jerkbaits, both hard plastic and soft plastic varieties. Spinnerbaits, poppers, and hollow belly frogs are also good for catching large numbers of bass in my part of the country.

[Bassun]

If bites are coming, probably a fluke.  If things are tough, probably a grub.

 

On moving water (open river or creek), a Broken Back Rapala. Generally a J7 but I will size up and down depending on the size of the water.

[UPSmallie]

From shore:  Power-fishing and fan-casting jerkbaits like Rapala X-Rap

 

From boat:  Trolling plastic paddletail swimbaits like Keitechs.  Usually 10X more productive than shore fishing.

[Brown Town]

For summer throwing I always throw a topwater like a buzz bait or frog to find fish and if they miss then anything texas rigged as a follow up. Otherwise a swim jig or a weightless fluke when the water cools off.

[the reel ess]

Weightless or finesse worms catch me the most when I try them as well as T rigs. But they're not my favorite or what I use most. Those would be topwaters like frog, spook, buzzbaits, rat, etc. These are what I catch the most on because they're what I dedicate my time to.  I plan my trips and locations to use these baits. I want to enjoy my fishing by doing it my way. I'm not competing with anyone and I'm also targeting bigger fish.

 

I also love spinnerbaits and lipless cranks. I'm easing into soft swimbaits. 

[primetime]

I fished during High School and College alot, and I didn't have much money so I kept it really simple.

 

6"-7.5" Culprit Ribbon tail worms in Tequila Shad, Red shad, Moccasin, pumpkinseed and black. Once Power Worms came out I switched to using them 90% of the time. Never went bigger than 7.5", always weightless texas rigged in shallow water (under 8') I didn't use worm weights.

 

I would usually have one rod weightless, one with a small Split shot rigged 18" above the worm. 8-12lb Mono on all rods. I pretty much targeted shorelines and weeds/structure exclusively, but did have days where we would drift lakes throwing a white spinnerbait, almost always a single Colorado blade with a split tail trailer. 

 

Spinnerbait and ribbon tail plastic worms. I then moved into becoming a tackle junkie like everyone else and started using all the new techniques, but I am not sure I catch more fish now than I did back then. 

 

A split shot rigged plastic worm is easy to fish, and will always get bites in any body of water, spinnerbaits cover water and allow you to locate fish and is just a good change up of fishing slow. 

 

Keep it simple. Stick to what everyone agrees works. Worms, Spinnerbaits, Topwater lures like a Pop'r, Buzz bait, Torpedo, zara spook. I often will tie on a 6" culprit with a split shot on tough days after pitching, throwing all kinds of new lures and techniques, and it almost always gets the job done. I will take a ribbon tail worm over a senko almost any day.

[CTBassin860]

Swimming jigs and pitching cover. 

[The Bassman]

4" T-rigged or wacky generic Senko.  Money in the bank.

[d-camarena]

On 7/5/2017 at 11:21 PM, WRB said:

This year the senko and frog, last year it was the senko and frog

[Koz]

Dynamite and a net. Works year round in any weather conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nah, just kidding. Weightless Senko is the most consistent producer for me although lately I've been seduced by the Whopper Plopper.

[dan94]

tfw u lose 4 1oz tungstens 4 berkley theifs and 4 4/0 gamakatsu hooks cuz of pike teeth.

 

this happen today pitching pretty thick weed cover. using 50# powerpro. usually when i fish pike i tie on a titanum leader but never thought that i would lose a flipping bait to one on 50# braid... fish hit it, hook set, fish came to surface and woosh.. bait gone....HAPPEN 4 TIMES >:(

 

...still favourite way to catch em hawgs tho

 

[38 Super Fan]

Over the course of the year I'll catch more fish on a jerkbait than anything else. It's not my go to in Summer, but in Fall, Winter, and Spring, I'll have many days where it will be the only lure I throw all day.

[Dorado]

13 minutes ago, 38 Super Fan said:

Over the course of the year I'll catch more fish on a jerkbait than anything else. It's not my go to in Summer, but in Fall, Winter, and Spring, I'll have many days where it will be the only lure I throw all day.

Recommend any specific jerkbaits for a guy like me who has little experience?

[38 Super Fan]

1 minute ago, Dorado said:

Recommend any specific jerkbaits for a guy like me who has little experience?

The Luck-e-Strike Rick Clunn STX is my favorite low budget hard jerkbait (only the 4.5" models though, the little models are lousy). Upgrading the trebles is a good idea, the stock ones aren't great.

 

In case you haven't seen it, here's a good video on Jerkbaits:

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/jerkbait-fishing-cold-water.html