Bass fishing confessions

[Frog Turds]

that what it is with my matts hardgill...i've given it a fair amount of water time throughout the season, various presentations and nada largie yet...i'll throw it again in 2020 but if it turns out its just that bait that doesnt click for me, it'll end up being a purdy wallhanger...

[A-Jay]

  On 12/20/2019 at 1:40 PM, Frog Turds said:

that what it is with my matts hardgill...i've given it a fair amount of water time throughout the season, various presentations and nada largie yet...i'll throw it again in 2020 but if it turns out its just that bait that doesnt click for me, it'll end up being a purdy wallhanger...

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I hear that.

I will say that I threw an A-Rig the better part of two seasons, trying to force feed it to smallies.

Got a lot of great casting practice but that was about it.

But once it clicked - it was a Beauuuuuuuuuutiful Thing.

Now, I'm semi-addicted to the thing.

I'll keep pitching that glide bait around - maybe I can snag a turtle. 

A-Jay

 

[MassYak85]

  On 12/20/2019 at 1:40 PM, Frog Turds said:

that what it is with my matts hardgill...i've given it a fair amount of water time throughout the season, various presentations and nada largie yet...i'll throw it again in 2020 but if it turns out its just that bait that doesnt click for me, it'll end up being a purdy wallhanger...

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Yea I haven't had much luck with mine.... Buuuuut the one fish I did get on it was a 5lber so I can't complain too much. 

[Mobasser]

  On 12/20/2019 at 5:17 AM, FryDog62 said:

I experiment and have had success fishing lures of every color except Green Pumpkin...

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Agree! Green pumpkin is my least favorite color.

With all the talk about high priced plastic baits these days, I still catch a lot of bass on the Lucky Strike worms from Wal Mart. They work

[Troy85]

I'll almost never throw a top water bait for more than 5 casts before giving up on it, unless whoever I'm fishing with is actively catching them on top.

[Catt]

Crankbaits  ?

 

I know they're highly productive, I know who to fish em, caught lots of bass on em.

 

Just don't excite me!

[J._Bricker]

I’ll confess it’s not any particular lure or technique... it’s my electronics. I just don’t want or care to spend the time to learn their full capabilities graphing a lot of water. I know I’m missing out, especially as fishing gets tougher. But I’d rather just turn the things on and spend my time fishing, which is why I’m out on the water in the first place.....

[Tennessee Boy]

  On 12/20/2019 at 2:09 AM, galyonj said:

I was talking to a friend about this today. Professionally, as a developer, basically I solve puzzles for money.

 

When I think about bass fishing, I think about it the same way. Based on (list of variables), what's gonna get me bit today? And it's endlessly fascinating to me, getting continually beaten by an animal with a brain the size of a pea, that works solely on instinct, that will eat almost anything.

 

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Interesting.  I’m also a developer (that’s how I know you’re a “nerd”) and I think about fishing in much the same way.  There’s the brut force approach where you fish every inch of the lake with every technique and every lure in every color.  That’s sure to find them but can take a couple of million years and there’s a chance that conditions might change before we’re done.  So we have to find a more efficient search algorithm.  It’s very similar to developing software algorithms, just a lot harder.

[NHBull]

I am the one who has never caught a fish on a lipless CB and don't get me started on glide baits !

[MN Fisher]

  On 12/20/2019 at 3:05 PM, NHBull said:

I am the one who has never caught a fish on a lipless CB

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Yep - 2#+ LMB this past year on a Rattlin' Rap 07 in Perch.

[galyonj]

  On 12/20/2019 at 2:58 PM, Tennessee Boy said:

Interesting.  I’m also a developer (that how I know you’re a “nerd”) and I think about fishing in much the same way.  There’s the brut force approach where you fish every inch of the lake with every technique and every lure in every color.  That’s sure to find them but can take a couple of million years and there’s a chance that conditions might change before we’re done.  So we have to find a more efficient search algorithm.  It’s very similar to developing software algorithms, just a lot harder.

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Yessir. Brute forcing a body of water is akin to brute forcing a good password. You can do it, sure, but it's gonna take far longer than anybody's got time for.

[crypt]

  On 12/20/2019 at 1:56 AM, Mobasser said:

I've never bought a Wopper Plopper, and don't plan on it either.

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I'm with you on this one....

[BassNJake]

  On 12/20/2019 at 2:55 AM, A-Jay said:

At this point, I'm pretty sure I could catch a bass on half a flip flop with a barbless treble before a stupid glide bait.

I just don't get it.

?

A-Jay 

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[Hook2Jaw]

I've never caught a fish on a buzz bait and I don't have any faith in spinnerbaits either.

[MN Fisher]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:09 PM, Hook2Jaw said:

I don't have any faith in spinnerbaits either.

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Try them more often - my best of this past season (one in my profile pic) was caught on a 3/8 Chartreuse/Yellow Willow/Colorado blade spinner

[galyonj]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:05 PM, BassNJake said:

 

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This is the video that introduced me to Marling Baits. I've been a huge fan ever since.

[Jermination]

Never catch jack diddly squat throwing a buzz bait or whopper plopper. Meanwhile i have spooks that look like this that STILL get demolished 

[Hook2Jaw]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:25 PM, galyonj said:

This is the video that introduced me to Marling Baits. I've been a huge fan ever since.

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Dude is a talent.  That's all I can say about that.

 

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:23 PM, MN Fisher said:

Try them more often - my best of this past season (one in my profile pic) was caught on a 3/8 Chartreuse/Yellow Willow/Colorado blade spinner

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Yeah, I'm planning to start building my own soon after seeing how much BOSS jigs and skirts saves me.  I can make jigs and spinnerbaits with quality components for an average of 2.50.

[galyonj]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:30 PM, Hook2Jaw said:

Dude is a talent.  That's all I can say about that.

 

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I just love his channel. He's funny and genuine and really, really good at what he does.

[928JLH]

Never caught a decent sized bass on a Whopper plopper or a buzzbait. Nothing but dinks on them. 

[MN Fisher]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:30 PM, Hook2Jaw said:

Yeah, I'm planning to start building my own soon after seeing how much BOSS jigs and skirts saves me.  I can make jigs and spinnerbaits with quality components for an average of 2.50.

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I'll admit - the spinner I used wasn't an SK or big name - it was a Jawbone...$2.99 from DSG/F&S

[RickB]

  On 12/20/2019 at 3:05 PM, NHBull said:

I am the one who has never caught a fish on a lipless CB and don't get me started on glide baits !

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Same here, I'll throw'em but have never caught a fish on one.

[12poundbass]

Pretty simple confession for me. 
 

I still don’t know what the H-E-L-L I’m doing! ?

[JediAmoeba]

  On 12/19/2019 at 11:31 PM, galyonj said:

What are your deep, dark fishing secrets? I'll start.

 

Y'all know the Senko? The stick bait that's caught gobs and gobs of fish?

 

I have never, ever caught a fish on one. I read the FAQ, watched hours of video about it, all that.

 

Never even got a sniff, as far as I'm aware. Not weighted. Not unweighted. Not wacky. Not Neko.

 

Not ever.

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I can hook you up with a sure fire wacky senko.  The key is going smaller.  ?

I don't like White lures.  It probably comes from fishing so many bodies of water that shad are not the predominant forage.  I always have confidence in bluegill and perch colors, but whites freaks me out.

[Hook2Jaw]

  On 12/20/2019 at 4:46 PM, MN Fisher said:

I'll admit - the spinner I used wasn't an SK or big name - it was a Jawbone...$2.99 from DSG/F&S

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I wanted to be able to use those, and I imagine if I looked through each and every one, I would have found a quality bait.  Every single one I touched had play in the head/wire connection.