Your coolest new technique this year?

[Bassin' Brad]

Tried a few new things last year but the real kicker was lipless cranks. Had an awesome day fishing one and now I'm a believer....

[countryboy65]

Did really well around the spawn with topwater.  A six on a spro bronze eye Shad and two more sixes on a black cavitron buzzbait.  

[N Florida Mike]

I caught a good number of fish on spinnerbaits this year . Caught more on them this year than all my other bass fishing years combined. But it was a spring and early summer thing. After May, not ONE fish on them.

I just watched a good Scott Martin video on spinnerbaits that made me eager to implement some of his tips in spring.

 

[Hawghead]

NedRig was my bread and butter this year.  Smacked the heck out of them on small lakes, Lake of the Ozarks, and Smallmouth streams.  

 

 

[LOTR88]

For me it was top water in the morning and evening, I mostly fish Texas rig worms in my lake because they catch a lot of fish but there is something about those top water strikes :-).  

[craww]

Drop shotting on beds. Spent a good while in a back water river area with fish on beds and Tx rigs, jigs, shakeyheads, couldnt buy a bite, had to get pretty close due to grass and they were real skittish.. I believe theyd JUST locked on as alot of gills and gar where in the area but not active around the beds. Ended up tieing on a drop shot w/a paca craw trailer of all things. Proceeded to catch every fish I targeted that afternoon and a few days later in a another area.

 

A light bulb went off that day. What better way to keep a bait "on the spot" than a drop shot?

[J Francho]

9 hours ago, craww said:

A light bulb went off that day. What better way to keep a bait "on the spot" than a drop shot?

Happened to me, too.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/dropshot-bedding-bass.html

[Scarborough817]

got into cranking a lot more last season i really want to focus on glide bait and jigs this year. so i'll probably have a few days of just throwing my glidebaits and swimbaits, 2 rods in the boat and a big net think that sounds like a pretty good time on the water. considering im going to take 2 weeks off from work and just be up north where i can fish everyday i will have more than enough time to dial in some techniques 

[craww]

10 hours ago, J Francho said:

Happened to me, too.

 

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/dropshot-bedding-bass.html

Great write up! I hadnt really considered running a longer tag and heavier weight, but its a great idea that I'll explore. Definetly less invasive without the sinker there directly below the bait.

 

The paticular area mentioned above is a labrynth of shallow river back waters that turn into creeks. Theres small pools everywhere between heavy, thick millfoil.

 

I could see your set up working well. You could cast past beds with the heavy sinker, and theyd probably practically hook themselves with that hidden in the slop.