Buffdaddy54 Posted March 17, 2018 Posted March 17, 2018 Need help. The bait monkey is whispering in my ear that I need more stuff. I'm trying to ignore it as best I can but I'm weak! Ive got plenty of soft plastics, worms, craws, Senko, swimbait, frogs and such. 1 topwater popper, 2 spinnerbaits, squarebill, lipless, is there anything as a bank fisherman I should have in my arsenal that I have not mentioned? Its like going to the grocery store with no list, you wind up buying a bunch of crap! Thanks Quote
Super User burrows Posted March 18, 2018 Super User Posted March 18, 2018 Chronarch mgl, oh wait lures ? Hmm life can be very hard sometimes. Quote
BrackishBassin Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Wakebaits, whopper ploppers, buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, more poppers... Crap, I’m not helping... Quote
LCG Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Chatterbaits Ned Rigs Curly tail grubs Worm hooks, ewg hooks, weights, etc Quote
JoePhish Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Jig - Swim, Casting and/or Flippin', Shakey Heads, Whopper Plopper and maybe a Hollow Body Frog. Quote
GrumpyOlPhartte Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 Hmm... can’t add much to the suggestions above - they all sound good to me. Just a couple of thoughts. Do much early morning/evening fishing? I’d suggest expanding the surface bait selection, mebbe a black/dark Whopper Plopper type, popper, wakebait, even Jitterbug. (I try to have at least one shiny and one dark (or mebbe “natural” color for different water or lighting conditions.) If you start fishing early in the spring and the water is still cold, mebbe a jerk bait or two ... and I use the same philosophy for color choices as I mentioned above. In general, and this is just from my own experience, I’ve found I get a lot of bang for my buck by expanding the color selection of my confidence lures rather than getting too many new kinds of lures. Again, these are just a couple of random thoughts based on my bank fishing experience - all that went into the dumper when I got an inexpensive kayak! And, yup, that’s a suggestion too! Good luck! 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted March 18, 2018 Super User Posted March 18, 2018 No problem. Just walk up and down the aisles and select one of each type and color of all baits offered. Sounds like fun to me. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 18, 2018 Super User Posted March 18, 2018 Telescopic lure retriever. 1 Quote
J.Vincent Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 I do a lot of Bank fishing and it can be very limiting, so maybe focus on lures you can better present , based on your shoreline cover and situation. I would consider adding some shallow running hard jerkbaits (1-3ft) to the arsenal you mentioned. Also don't overlook the Strike King Bitsy Bug 1/4oz or Bitsy Bug Flipping Jig 1/2 oz. Those jigs have small profiles and can work well when fishing from heavily pressured public shorelines. Also, a few Inline Mepps Spinners 1/4oz for fishing River Smallies ! Quote
rosshilk Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 My friend the monkey is strong. I bought a jerkbait rod the other day and couldn't help but add a few packages of new roboworm ned rig worms. It happens to the best of us, but I have started to actually write a list every off season of all the things I need for the upcoming year. Items that you should look into would be Jerkbaits, skirted jigs both vibrating and regular jigs, and some finesse jig heads for either shaky head worm or even the mushroom head for a ned rig. Quote
Super User Ratherbfishing Posted March 19, 2018 Super User Posted March 19, 2018 Do you still have empty compartments in your box? Be sure to fill them up with something. Then, after you've done that, place any extra dividers you may have into your box to create more "sub-compartments." Then fill them up as well. Rinse and repeat. Quote
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