What seems to never work for you...

[BassB8Caster]

3 hours ago, Hez said:

Just priced that rat....yikes!  

 

 

I looked at it the same way before I got one. Now I'd buy another one in a heart beat. I want a 50 size. Remember it floats. So if you break off it will float. 

[frosty]

Crankbaits. I hate crankbaits! Crankbaits of all kinds, big bills, square bills, shallow bills, I hate them all Sam I am!

[Russ E]

3 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

What is a glide bait ??

this is a savage 3d shine glide. looks nice , but I could not catch a fish with it. 

 

[Rahlow]

Anything that isn’t a Texas rigged curly tail worm,,,

[Happybeerbuzz]

Original Rapala Floating Minnow.  I even have a special ML spinning rod with 6# line on it that I set up to optimize casting distance.  I have a 3/16 oz size tied on every time the weather report says it isn’t going to be windy.  I just fail at it.

[Munkin]

Chatterbaits but I am working on them and hope to actually catch something on one this year.

 

Allen

[BassB8Caster]

4 hours ago, Bigbruce said:

I going to need someone to talk me into buying a fake rat for $25. I think my expectations may be a little high for that much money. I was upset to pay $10 for a whopper plopper and $6 for senkos.

I have caught probably 20:1 fish (rat vs whopper plopper) . That bbz rat flat out catches fish. It's crazy how much bass attack that thing. Super easy to fish too. Cast out and crank just fast enough to get it swimming. You can crank it down too. But I haven't had much luck that way. But I fish it slow 95% of the time. The clack it makes plus the swimming action is lethal. It is very durable too (tails will break tho). Comes with extra tails. You can have high expectations and it will surpass it. Don't take my word for it. Search around. Watch videos. If you spend money on quality baits you will get your money's worth. Do you think deps 250's catch big bass? 

[gim]

Two deep water tactics: the drop shot and the deep diving crank baits.  Jigs have never been my forte either but I'm getting better.

[BuzzHudson19c]

I know I will get some hate for this but spinnerbaits. I hate them. A couple times a year I tie one on and it comes right off after a handful of casts. Which is funny considering I will throw buzzbaits just about anywhere I can.

[blckshirt98]

1 hour ago, frosty said:

Crankbaits. I hate crankbaits! Crankbaits of all kinds, big bills, square bills, shallow bills, I hate them all Sam I am!

I had no confidence in them when I started out but started using a squarebill more often, and if I had a choice that's probably my favorite way of fishing.  Lighter rod and line for a squarebill, when a fish crushes a squarebill the rush of adrenaline is like nothing any finesse fishing can match.

[Yakalong]

spinner baits just never get thrown by me, I tell myself I need to throw them but it just doesn't seem to happen

[CroakHunter]

Drop-shotting, buzzbaits, and anything that you drag, like a football jig or carolina rig. I'm working on the last two because I enjoy fishing slow and deep and I know these will be effective for me once I put in the work and learn them. Buzzbaits and drop-shot equipment has all been stored away as I'm not too worried about learning these techniques. 

[Bluebasser86]

Crankbaits. I caught a crappie on a crankbait during our Thursday night tournament tonight. I think that's the first fish I've caught on a lipped crankbait since January. 

[Drew03cmc]

Topwaters. I have caught 3 total. 1 walking a Gunfish, 1 on a Jitterbug and one on a Zoom UV Speed Craw buzzed...that's it.

[dgkasper58]

13 hours ago, BuzzHudson19c said:

I know I will get some hate for this but spinnerbaits. I hate them. A couple times a year I tie one on and it comes right off after a handful of casts. Which is funny considering I will throw buzzbaits just about anywhere I can.

Comes off as of casting it off?  I use more of a sweeping/roll cast with a Spinnerbait to avoid the line catching the blades/wire.  

[LionHeart]

10XD crankbait.  Lost well over $100 worth of them to the bottom of a lake.  Never caught a fish on one.  They have earned my dislike.

[Jaderose]

Jigs.  Jigs.  Jigs. Jigs.  Got a whole box of the old school Northstar Jigs that I bought from Chris IN PERSON.  I want to love them.  I want to "get it", but I just can't.  I can't catch a d**n thing on a jig and have all but given up.

[islandbass]

Spinnerbait.  Doesn't matter if it's a "quality" one or a "$1 walmart special". Zero, zip, nada, not even so much as a follow.

 

Ironically, I can kill them with inline spinners.  Come on bass, give me a break!

 

Jigs, sort of.  

 

Jig with plastic, yes.

 

Jig with a skirt, NEVER.   Why, bass, why?

 

Buzzbait - forget about it. NEVER.  Popper? Some of the biggest bass I've caught have been with a popper. 

[Kjruiz]

20 hours ago, BassB8Caster said:

I have caught probably 20:1 fish (rat vs whopper plopper) . That bbz rat flat out catches fish. It's crazy how much bass attack that thing. Super easy to fish too. Cast out and crank just fast enough to get it swimming. You can crank it down too. But I haven't had much luck that way. But I fish it slow 95% of the time. The clack it makes plus the swimming action is lethal. It is very durable too (tails will break tho). Comes with extra tails. You can have high expectations and it will surpass it. Don't take my word for it. Search around. Watch videos. If you spend money on quality baits you will get your money's worth. Do you think deps 250's catch big bass? 

You sold me. Ever “walk” it?

[Bankbeater]

I have been throwing deep diving crankbaits since I was a kid and I don't think I have ever caught a bass on one.  Now I might fish with one maybe once a year, but when I want a moving bait down deep it's a lipless crankbait, spinnerbait, or a chatterbait.

[burrows]

Suspending jerk baits I even bought a new combo specifically for them but to no avail.

[bigbill]

I have a few different baits that never caught anything not even a cold.

 

First I had a Mann’s baby 1 in browncraw that was killing bass, I lost it, clipped on a new one and nada, nothing has been caught on it. So two exact baits don’t run the same right.

 

why doesn’t a bait work?

Our presitation could be too fast or too slow. Anything with blades I learned to crank it just fast enough so the blade spins. Not too fast, not too slow. With spinflys, inline spinners and spinnerbaits.

 

with crankbaits same thing. I go slow enough so it’s at it’s given depth as it’s design/ box says. But there are many different presentations, like topwater, slow wake bait topwater, jig it over open weed pockets. Use a 1-2-3 pause. Over a open weed pocket stop it, twitch it, the rattle rings the dinnerbell.

 

topwater popper,

A 1-2-3 pause works the best. Your 1-2-3 must be picture perfect time wise. You can vary on your pause but keep the pause timing the same on the whole cast. The bass is timing the strike during your pause.

 

read the water conditions

 

clear water conditions, use natural colored baits fished faster.

stained water conditions, natural or brighter colors fished slower

muddy water conditions, brightest color, larger baits fished the slowest.

 

swimbaits,

example, yum money minnow I use a twitch that makes it dart like a dying minnow that’s trying to hang on.

 

i notice the water conditions can be clear but as we go deeper it can change. Switch to a brighter colored bait.

 

your catching smaller bass and the bite shuts down. Switch to a larger sized bait. The action could pick up with the larger fish.

 

if a certain new bait isn’t working, ask here and try it often. Try different presentations. Change colors.

 

when a bait isn’t catching fish that’s a challenge to me.

[bigbill]

I was my hands before I go fishing.

I do not purchase gas or handle oil when I’m going fishing. If I do I wash my hands again.

I make no noise when I’m fishing. Stealth is the number one mode to be in. I use spinning reels and open and close the bail by hand. No noise.

handle your tackle quietly, keep the one cell lite low in your tacklebox. Do not shine it at the water. If your night fishing. Keep your reel lubed so it makes no noise.

 

i use a scent also. It can cover foul oders, I wash my tacklebox and lures when they start to smell.

 

spinnerbaits,

I use the white spinnerbait with a blue glimmer skirt, with a mister twister 4” double tail grub in white, with a trailer hook. You must trim the grubs body to fit the size of the hook on the spinnerbait, the trailer must be installed correctly so the spinnerbait runs straight. From shore the 1/8oz, 3/16oz & 1/4 oz seem to work better but if the water is any deeper a larger 3/8oz spinnerbait may be neede.

[EGbassing]

Senkos...

[Bigbruce]

On 5/17/2018 at 7:59 PM, BassB8Caster said:

I have caught probably 20:1 fish (rat vs whopper plopper) . That bbz rat flat out catches fish. It's crazy how much bass attack that thing. Super easy to fish too. Cast out and crank just fast enough to get it swimming. You can crank it down too. But I haven't had much luck that way. But I fish it slow 95% of the time. The clack it makes plus the swimming action is lethal. It is very durable too (tails will break tho). Comes with extra tails. You can have high expectations and it will surpass it. Don't take my word for it. Search around. Watch videos. If you spend money on quality baits you will get your money's worth. Do you think deps 250's catch big bass? 

Didn’t even know what a dep 250 was till now. I can tell you I would cry if I lost one. So after watching a bunch of YouTube videos I’ve ordered the rat. I’ll post up my results after I get it next week. I hope I have great results with it.