fin Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 It looks great in the water and you love it, but the fish don’t. You can’t catch a fish with it, or maybe you caught one the first time you used it and never since. But you keep on throwing it. Or maybe it cost so much you’re determined to catch a fish on it. Or maybe it’s what your buddy catches all his fish with, and you fish at the same place, but you never catch a fish with it. You’ve got other lures you know you can catch a fish with, but you keep throwing this one. What is it? Quote
Largies4Life Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 The Teckel Maracker frog.....I used it this past summer and although I would catch bass on it here and there, I missed too many fish with it compared to all my other frogs. My theory is that the bass are hitting the shiny, noisy part of the bait, which in this case, is the back end of the bait so I think they are all just striking it at the back and missing the hooks. 1 Quote
Troy85 Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Superfluke. I won't throw one for months, then I'll read an article about how effective they are, or a buddy of mine will be catching fish out of the back of the boat throwing one. So I'll give it another try, always ends the same though, with a big fat zero. 2 Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted January 11, 2019 Super User Posted January 11, 2019 8" Huddleson swimbait for sure. Love the action. Fished it a ton of times over many various structures. I keep tossing it with no results! Yet I keep trying. Have been much more successful with the BBZ. I think it's time to throw in the towel. 1 Quote
Junger Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Troy85 said: Superfluke. I won't throw one for months, then I'll read an article about how effective they are, or a buddy of mine will be catching fish out of the back of the boat throwing one. So I'll give it another try, always ends the same though, with a big fat zero. Same - except, my dad will throw it, catch a 4lber, and I'll get nothing. I'm pretty sure I'm working it too fast. 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted January 11, 2019 Super User Posted January 11, 2019 It’s Beetle Spins for me. I’ve used them for years, but I have never caught anything on them. 2 Quote
fin Posted January 11, 2019 Author Posted January 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, Bankbeater said: It’s Beetle Spins for me. I’ve used them for years, but I have never caught anything on them. During the dead of winter one year, when nobody was catching anything, I saw a guy catch a decent size bass on a beetle spin - the standard beetle spin, black with a yellow stripe. Up to that point I always considered beetle spins more of a crappie bait, so I never used them fishing for bass. Well, after seeing that guy catch a nice bass, I decided I’d give it a try. It seemed like a cheap lure, but I got hooked on buying a bunch of different types of jigs and grubs and spent the rest of that season trying to catch something with a beetle spin. I still try every now and then, and I may have caught one or two, but the results were not worth the effort. I’ve caught lots more using spinnerbait and I really don’t understand why that is. Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 11, 2019 Super User Posted January 11, 2019 Alabama rig. Wears me out and I have never had the results the magazine articles claim will happen when you throw it. 4 Quote
Happybeerbuzz Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Spro BBZ-1 Shad in slow sink. 2019 will be year 3 and the closest I have come to catching a fish with it is seeing the water stirring behind it once when I was fishing it near the surface. 2 Quote
Dorado Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Any type of buzzbait. Not even a single missed strike. But, I see how many BR members praise em, and I never loose hope. 1 Quote
GReb Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Traps. Can’t catch squat on them but I keep trying. Actually just bought a LV500 last week. One day..... 2 Quote
Jaderose Posted January 11, 2019 Posted January 11, 2019 Whopper Plopper. I try, darnit, I try. 3 years of owning a couple....one dink. I've just about given up on it. Plenty of other baits that do work 2 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 11, 2019 Super User Posted January 11, 2019 17 minutes ago, WRB said: Nope Tom X2. Fish don't want it, I don't throw it. Quote
fin Posted January 11, 2019 Author Posted January 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, WRB said: Nope Tom Never? 1 minute ago, reason said: X2. Fish don't want it, I don't throw it. So, do you have a time limit or what? Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 11, 2019 Super User Posted January 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Hank. said: So, do you have a time limit or what? A time limit on a lure that I never catch fish with? Yeah, zero. All the lures I use are ones that have proven themselves over time, so I have confidence in them. Quote
fin Posted January 11, 2019 Author Posted January 11, 2019 14 minutes ago, reason said: A time limit on a lure that I never catch fish with? Yeah, zero. All the lures I use are ones that have proven themselves over time, so I have confidence in them. So you never try anything new? Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted January 12, 2019 Super User Posted January 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hank. said: So you never try anything new? Of course, usually when I face conditions not adequately handled by the arsenal, or when something becomes available that outperforms what I already use. Keep in mind that I've been doing this a long time, and I am always tinkering and modifying as conditions dictate, so it's fine tuned by evolution. I'm sure that if I moved to an area where the conditions and bodies of water were very different, I'd recalibrate and make more changes. As far as the latest and greatest lure de jeure? I keep an eye out for them and throw them when they intrigue me, but more times than not they are no better (and often no worse) than what I'm already using. I view lures as tools, they either work for the job at hand or they don't. 2 Quote
fin Posted January 12, 2019 Author Posted January 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, reason said: Of course, usually when I face conditions not adequately handled by the arsenal, or when something becomes available that outperforms what I already use. Keep in mind that I've been doing this a long time, and I am always tinkering and modifying as conditions dictate, so it's fine tuned by evolution. I'm sure that if I moved to an area where the conditions and bodies of water were very different, I'd recalibrate and make more changes. As far as the latest and greatest lure de jeure? I keep an eye out for them and throw them when they intrigue me, but more times than not they are no better (and often no worse) than what I'm already using. I view lures as tools, they either work for the job at hand or they don't. Okay, so zero is not the time limit. That's kind of what the subject is about - whether you spend too much time trying something. I keep fishing records, and over the years patterns become clear, as you mention. Certain things work better at certain times of the year, and in certain spots on the lake/river/whatever. Sometimes I fish what has worked historically, but I find it kind of boring. Trying something different is a big part of fishing to me. Quote
Super User Log Catcher Posted January 12, 2019 Super User Posted January 12, 2019 For me it is a brand of baits. I'm trying real hard to like 6th Sense crankbaits. So far have not had much luck with them. I have been using some in shad and bluegill patterns and have only caught one White Perch. I have bought some in the colors A-Jay has recommended in some other posts. It will be a while before I get to try them. 1 Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted January 12, 2019 Global Moderator Posted January 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Dorado said: Any type of buzzbait. Not even a single missed strike. But, I see how many BR members praise em, and I never loose hope. You’re kiddin 1 1 Quote
DSTN Posted January 12, 2019 Posted January 12, 2019 I would have said buzzbaits until last summer, don't give up! Mine would be a hollow belly frog thats not a Sprinker Frog. Just haven't been able to make it happen yet. 1 Quote
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