Super User RoLo Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 Actually, all of my lures never catch fish! Oh that's right, I haven't been fishing in a while :'( Roger Quote
Super User grimlin Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 Crankbaits for me....Can't catch a darn thing off them,but yet own a few. Spinnerbaits work well when the shads are swimming,otherwise the bite is hard to get.I like using the smaller spinnerbaits though,not those oversize 1/2 oz that feels like 2oz spinnerbaits. Quote
MN Basser Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 For me, it's crankbaits. Haven't caught anything on them this year, but haven't tied them on much..Spinnerbait are great for me. Caught alot on them. Quote
llPa1nll Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Spinnerbaits + Wind Blown Shoreline = Hold On!!! Jigs + Pork Trailer = My Biggest Confidence Bait!!! Crankbaits I am just now gaining confidence in... Like "roadwarrior" said put everything else down and just concentrate on that one lure/technique. If I had to chose a lure that I cant get bit on it would be a swimbait. I however have only had it for 2 months, I dont fish it enough to get bit because I dont have allot of confidence in it yet. Quote
Super User David P Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 I fish ponds 1 1/2 - 2 hrs at a time. I make it a point to fish one type of bait/ lure only. I may take another, but it is the same in case I lose the first. This forces me to concentrate on one technique only. I often fish lure classes that I don't like (spinnerbaits for example). Over the years I have found that all lure classes work, sometimes. Maybe I'm not always fishing the "best" lure for the day, but I fish that lure "the best I can."If you want to learn how to fish a bait and become confident that YOU CAN FISH that lure, work one lure ONLY. I think you will be surprised. This is exactly what I do as well. I have a VERY over populated Golf Course pond about 10 minutes from me. I bring one sometimes two types of baits that I want to practice. There aren't any fish over 10in or so, but you def get a feel for fishing each technique and how to fish it to get bites. The problem is, this lake is so overpopulated, the fish will eat my finger if I put it in the water. Quote
Davis Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Spinnerbaits and Crankbaits for me. I always allow some time on each trip for them with the same result, Frustration. It's soft plastics for me or I ain't catchin any fish! I just like catchin, I really don't care what I am catchin em on! Same. I have a lot of lures in my tackle bag but when it comes down to it.......I love using plastics in all sorts of different setups. Thats my talent is fishing plastics. I used to catch a good amount of bass on spinnerbaits as a kid but it just doesn't happen anymore. Same with crankbaits and rattletraps. Killed bass on them as a kid. But now at 27 years old. I can't catch squat on them. But give me a plastic of any kind and I will catch bass on it. Maybe its a confidence thing on knowing how to use them? Quote
Davis Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I fish ponds 1 1/2 - 2 hrs at a time. I make it a point to fish one type of bait/ lure only. I may take another, but it is the same in case I lose the first. This forces me to concentrate on one technique only. I often fish lure classes that I don't like (spinnerbaits for example). Over the years I have found that all lure classes work, sometimes. Maybe I'm not always fishing the "best" lure for the day, but I fish that lure "the best I can."If you want to learn how to fish a bait and become confident that YOU CAN FISH that lure, work one lure ONLY. I think you will be surprised. I need to do this more often. I can take one or two different plastics with me and only fish one. But for some reason when I try this with hard baits I always get frustrated and go back to my plastics. Leaving my plastics at home would do me some good. Need to learn to be more versatile in my fishing. Thanks for the drive to do this Road. Quote
sodaksker Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Those darn jitterbugs have me jinxed too. I am going to break through it this year though. Quote
Davis Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Jitterbugs are up there with me too. Great action and sound in the water. I try them at night but nothing. Probably doesn't help that I'm fishing them in heavy pressured waters though. I may try them out in my dads small pond. Quote
bugman Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I just started fishin Jigs this year and have not had any luck. I think my problem is feeling the bass hit the jig. Any advice would be appriciated. Quote
Davis Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I just started fishing jigs this year too. I think the best advice is to always keep a tight line. You feel something out of the ordinary, set the hook. Sometimes it will be some vegetation....sometimes a nice bass. After I caught my first bass on a camo colored jig with a zoom chunk trailer I went out and bought about five more bass jigs. It also helps if you can see the fish heading for them though. Also make sure your making those suckers hop and be patient after the cast. Let them sit on the bottom for a bit. Quote
Super User Matt Fly Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 I bought some of the walking worms long, long, long time ago and never did catch anything until.............I tried them as a drop shot bait. The natural curling action on the drop shot looks appealing and works. I rembered what they did do and look like in the water, one day I was fixing to throw them out when I figured I'd give them a shot on the drop shot rig. The classic baits that I still own have caught fish during their era. Matt Quote
MattStrykul Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Moby what line do you use? I used braid forever with jigs, fished them all the time and pretty much never got bit. Switched to mono a few weeks ago and have been catchin em left and right, bigger fish too! Quote
Super User FishTank Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 I tend to fish at least once or twice a week like RW. I'll stop by a pond on the way home from work for an hour or two to fish a specific lure at my local honey hole to work on a specific technique. The pond I fish I always catch a lot of fish and have never been skunked. The fish their will attack anything. I have learned quite a bit from these short stops but there is one lure I have never caught anything on and that is the Bomber Flat A. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 SPINNERBAITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JEEZ I HATE THEM THINGS!!!! I COULDNT GET A BITE OFF ONE IF I WAS USING A MILLION DOLLAR BILL AS A TRAILER i jus cant figure out all the hype about em. other than spinnerbaits, practically anything topwater (excluding jitterbugs...my fav.) i cant get a bite on buzzbaits, hollow bodied frogs, walkers, poppers, nothin. thats good, im glad im not the only one who doesnt like spinnerbaits. : Quote
Lucky Craft Man Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Lures I suck at that I have plenty of: - Rubber Worms and Lizards (Texas Rigged Worms & Carolina Rigged Worms) - Jigs - DeepDiving Crankbaits Lures I have that work extremely well for me: - Spinnerbaits - Senkos type baits - Topwater lures (Zara Spook, Frogs, etc.) - Rattle Traps Looking at everyones lists, it is interesting how some people have success on one lure, but not on another (that someone else has great success with). For me, I sucks with jigs and I don't know why. I keep using them and try many different retrieves, but I have trouble catching fish. On the other hand, I feel I am good with spinnerbaits and seem to catch a lot of quality fish with them. I assume it has to come down to an issue of confidence. I have no confidence in a jig (and I try to fish it a lot). The question I want to know is, how do you build confidence in a bait when you fish it a lot and still catch nothing with it? Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 please send all unwanted spinnerbaits to me. They are without a doubt my #1 producing bait in the spring and they will catch monsters too 8-). So IM me if you have some you want to get rid of. My bait I never catch fish on would have to be senkos, I have a bunch of them and fish them fairly often but just never catch much, maybe we can work out something.... Spinnerbaits for senkos... hey im up for that...senkos are my go to lure!!! i'll shoot ya a PM if you are serious. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 another lure on my sh!t list is the jig. i try to fish them as much as i can and i do want to catch fish w/ them but they never produce, and always end up getting covered in bottom slime . ive only caught 3 total fish off a jig. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 SPINNERBAITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JEEZ I HATE THEM THINGS!!!! I COULDNT GET A BITE OFF ONE IF I WAS USING A MILLION DOLLAR BILL AS A TRAILER iAnother lure on my crap list is the jig. i try to fish them as much as i can and i do want to catch fish w/ them but they never produce Have you ever thought about Tennis? just kidding, just kidding ;D Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted July 10, 2007 Super User Posted July 10, 2007 i dont get it.... :-? Quote
the ohh face Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 It used to be jigs, then I got a good rod, then tubes till I caught a monster on one last year and started using them more often, now its cranks and spinnerbaits. I'm going to start using a spinnerbait more often though so hopefully that will start producing for me. Cranks I just cant get into. Too many treble hooks to get caught on everything, I cant really tell what depth they are running at, and I have never caught a fish on one. But for some reason I have like 15 cranks in my box. Probably 10 of them have never touched water. Maybe its just because they look good. I think im going to start hanging them on my wall. Quote
armesjr Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Crankbaits, i have a bunch of them, but since i am fishing from the shore 90% of the time i never use them. Quote
phase5supply Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 I never seem to have any luck with buzz baits. Quote
Sinjin Kim Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Lucky Craft Real California swim baits. Ugh! These things cast horribly. Quote
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