schplurg Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure. "Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one" 2 1 Quote
Ski213 Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 Unfortunately I didn’t lose a lot of lures in ‘19 cause I didn’t get to fish very often. Typically I lose a lot of Ned rigs though. I don’t fish them that often but if I do I can count on losing most of them. Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 13, 2020 Super User Posted January 13, 2020 Plopper 110, Chug Bug, jig-craw 12 hours ago, schplurg said: How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure. "Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one" There's a floating Rat-L-Trap. I bought one simply because I fish a lot of pretty shallow areas. It dives about 2.5 to 3' when retrieved, but slowly rises when paused. It doesn't weigh as much. It also doesn't sound exactly like the standard model and I haven't caught anything using it yet. I only used it once. But, come to think of it, now is a pretty good season for it. It can be worked like a jerkbait. If I were to put a heavier hook in front, it would probably be about neutrally bouyant. Quote
galyonj Posted January 13, 2020 Posted January 13, 2020 12 hours ago, schplurg said: How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure. "Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one" I lose a lot of lipless. Lost on this morning. I'd estimate that every one of them was because of a terrible cast that I never should've let go of. YMMV. Quote
Mr.C in Texas Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 21 hours ago, Ski213 said: Unfortunately I didn’t lose a lot of lures in ‘19 cause I didn’t get to fish very often. Typically I lose a lot of Ned rigs though. I don’t fish them that often but if I do I can count on losing most of them. I lost a ton of zman nedheads. I switched to lifted jig heads and rarely lose one. It’s a sweet ewg style...no hook to snag. 1 Quote
RickB Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Spinnerbaits, I throw them in fallen timber a lot. Probably shouldn't let them sink but it catches fish. Quote
tholmes Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Jigs, by a long shot. If you fish jigs in rip-rap, you're gonna lose some. Second would be crankbaits. Tom 1 Quote
Super User Koz Posted January 18, 2020 Super User Posted January 18, 2020 Chatterbaits. Specifically black and blue Z-mans. I did not lose a single chatterbait of another color, but I lost a pile of the black and blue ones fishing for shore. If you ever need to know where the hidden, submerged laydowns are in a lake or pond just invite me along fishing and me and my black and blues will help you map the basin. 1 Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted January 18, 2020 BassResource.com Administrator Posted January 18, 2020 A couple of finesse jigs, and brand new Siebert's jig on the very first cast. OY! 1 Quote
Dorado Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 5 hours ago, tholmes said: Jigs, by a long shot. If you fish jigs in rip-rap, you're gonna lose some. Second would be crankbaits. Tom X2. This alone has deterred me from being a jig fisherman. I only fish with jigs in bodies of water that I know for a fact have sandy or muddy bottoms. I need to start taking chances more and fish them in rocky areas this year. Pay to play Quote
CHIP-MAINE Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 just because a lure is beat up doesnt mean it wont catch fish. my best topwater this year had hardly any paint left on it until i finally lost it to a bass. mepps are my go to lure and mine are pretty beat up. still fine after skirt is gone and sometimes i will lose a barb.i release bass anyway. Quote
tholmes Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 12 hours ago, Dorado said: X2. This alone has deterred me from being a jig fisherman. I only fish with jigs in bodies of water that I know for a fact have sandy or muddy bottoms. I need to start taking chances more and fish them in rocky areas this year. Pay to play I make my own bass jigs so the cost is somewhat less. It's been my experience that crawdads love rocks and bass love crawdads so I fish (and lose) jigs in the rocks. It's worth the trade-off. Tom 1 Quote
Plottman1974 Posted January 23, 2020 Posted January 23, 2020 Nedrig...I throw them into places a jig would get hung up in... Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted January 24, 2020 Super User Posted January 24, 2020 To snags: ned rigs To bite-offs: chatterbaits and jerkbaits Quote
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