Proven baits that don't produce, perhaps.

[Bird]

Just trying to to get a general consensus of particular baits that some of us adore and some of us simply don't waste the time.

 

I have my confidence baits and won't stray from but like to dribble with new techniques, maybe from a pro, maybe from a member here. 

 

But can say after many hours of non productive fishing, moving on.

No way am I applying that your technique is not justified, just having some fun. 

 

For me personally, # 1 would be hands down the Chatterbait, I love and use more Z-man than anything but detest the chatterbait, give me a spinnerbait, chatterbait gives me a workout though. 

 

I'm trying to love the Neko rig but every technique I try in its place produces fish " Ned " .

 

What have you found that simply eats up time ? 

 

 

[MN Fisher]

I'm still bound and determined to catch a fish on a T-Rig...many years of trying with no luck.

[MassYak85]

I catch fish on them but for me it's a crankbait. Most of my local waters get choked with weeds and rule them out completely in the summer for the most part. Usually a spinnerbait or chatterbait or just a swimjig are my go-to "search baits" because they can come through heavy cover better. I should start using cranks on some of the deeper lakes around me though. 

[MIbassyaker]

6 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

I'm still bound and determined to catch a fish on a T-Rig...many years of trying with no luck.

 

Whaaaaat....?!

 

Cast--> feel tap--> set hook--> reel in fish!

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Swimbaits.  -------> J~U~N~K 

[Catt]

Full size Brush Hogs!

 

Kill em on Baby Brush Hogs!

[keagbassr]

Lizards and rattle traps/ lipless cranks.

[Mobasser]

Chatterbait are my least favorite. I can't buy a bite on one. T rig worm is my very favourite. I

[Bird]

1 minute ago, Mobasser said:

Chatterbait are my least favorite. I can't buy a bite on one. T rig worm is my very favourite. I

I hear ya'. 

[A-Jay]

Glide Baits ~ ! 

I don't get it.

A-Jay

[Bankbeater]

Deep diving crankbaits.  I have given up on them.  If I'm fishing deep with a moving bait it will be a spinnerbait, chatterbait, or a lipless crank.

[Angry John]

47 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Glide Baits ~ ! 

I don't get it.

A-Jay

You you animal.  big baits are not for fast action for sure.

[MIbassyaker]

To be honest, I can't think of any baits that (1) I have spent a lot of time trying, but (2) I haven't successfully caught fish on.  There are some things I haven't tried very much (wakebaits, neko rig, hard swimbaits). There are also some things that don't seem to work for me quite as well as other people -- lipless crankbaits come to mind. I catch fish here and there, but I'm not anywhere near as successful as their reputation suggests I should be.

 

A few years ago I could have named several lures that don't produce for me: chatterbaits, buzzbaits, drop shot, paddletail swimbaits...but with some perseverance, I've gotten the hang of them and some have become real confidence baits. For instance, I now find it hard to put buzzbaits down, even when I'm not catching anything.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Ned rig doenst produce for me anywhere near the level its hyped-up to be.

[JediAmoeba]

Paddletail swimbaits and swimjigs.  May as well throw a stick out there and retrieve it.  

[Loochy88]

29 minutes ago, QUAKEnSHAKE said:

Ned rig doenst produce for me anywhere near the level its hyped-up to be.

I was with you initially.  I came back to it again and now I'm obsessed with them.

[riverbasser]

Paddle tails for me as well . They look beautiful swimming through cover and around grass but it's like the fish see right through it. Cant figure it out.

 

Good results using them as trailers though so not a total loss

[geo g]

World classic do nothing bait was pitched hard by Roland Martin during his championship days.  He pitched it at Okeechobee,  lakes in Mexico, and on the Amazon River.  It sold a million dollars in about a year.  Drum roll, (THE HELICOPTER LURE).  I was blessed to get a complete set unexpectedly for Christmas.  I have that complete set, in pristine condition, for sale to the highest bidder.  Bids start at a nickol!  Some baits don't catch fish, they catch fishermen!

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

Chatterbait are my least favorite. I can't buy a bite on one. T rig worm is my very favourite. I

 

 

 

Try fishing them like a T-Rig.  Throw out, go all the way to the bottom, then very slow walk it along the bottom, with long pauses.  If that doesn't work just cut the line and forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Koz]

Interesting that so many have no luck with a chatterbait. With the right trailer it's been the top producing bait for me over the last year including a ton of 5+ pound bass.

 

As for me, a lipped crankbait has been my kryptonite. I have even made it a point to go throw them for an hour or two straight and - nothing. However, I do fish from the bank and I think that their design makes them more efficient being reeled in from shallow water to deeper water than casting them out into deeper water and reeling them into shallow water.

[The Bassman]

Jerkbaits are a real head game with me. I've had brief flurries of action on them but just can't get myself convinced of their effectiveness. That said, I see a trend within this thread. I've said this before and I honestly believe that all of this comes from my head and not the fish's. We have our confidence baits and if we direct our efforts mostly on them they catch fish for us.

[813basstard]

Carolina rig...I throw it as often as the Bucs have a winning season. So not often.

[N Florida Mike]

8 hours ago, Catt said:

Full size Brush Hogs!

 

Kill em on Baby Brush Hogs!

Same here!

[.ghoti.]

Rattletraps. I catch nothing but dinks on a trap. No longer even carry any.  

[Johnny Falls]

1 hour ago, .ghoti. said:

Rattletraps. I catch nothing but dinks on a trap. No longer even carry any.  

Amen.

[scaleface]

Drop shots . I dont think I'm doing it right . Fish keep getting off . Heavy football jigs too . I'm talking 3/4 ounce in deep water .I get the fish to the boat then they come unbuttoned .