What's your favorite way to fish plastics?

[Saavedra9]

What's everyone's favorite way to fish soft plastics and whats your go to lure when fishing gets tough? 

[Bird]

In high pressured clear water lakes around here, Roboworm on drop shot. 

 

 

[MN Fisher]

24 minutes ago, Saavedra9 said:

What's everyone's favorite way to fish soft plastics

Depends entirely on season, weather, surface conditions, etc.

Ned, Dropshot, T-Rig, Jigs w/trailers and spinner/chatter/buzzbaits with trailers all have a place in my repertoire.

 

24 minutes ago, Saavedra9 said:

whats your go to lure when fishing gets tough

Lipless cranks.

[Bankbeater]

Right about now, in this area, is when the bass start biting better on plastics. I like to fish plastics is on a Texas rig, or weightless, but as the weather warms up more I'll be using a split shot rig.  I'll fish with 3" and 4" worms and senkos on that split shot rig.

If I just can't get a bite on anything else I will start fishing with a jig and craw.

[BassinCNY]

My favorite way to fish a soft plastic is punching. Usually a super speed craw. My go to plastic is a green pumpkin senko.

[soflabasser]

Weightless soft plastics can be very effective in pressured waters.

[Tizi]

I love fishing weightless, with a heavy wire hook.  Super Flukes are tough to beat.

[rtwvumtneer6]

Pitching/punching with a Rage Bug.  But they can be used for much more.  Jigs, biffle hardheads, buzzbaits, Carolina rig, anything you can think of, really.

 

When it's really rough, a dropshot or Ned rig and I go to a smaller bait maybe 2.5-3".

[A-Jay]

 

Can you say Swingheads ?

A-Jay

[MN Fisher]

5 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Can you say Swingheads ?

A-Jay

Does Lynn know you're a swinger?

[basser27]

Finesse baits on small jig heads or a light Texas rig 

[Sam]

Shakey head.

 

Shakey head.

[Log Catcher]

Usually fish mine on a Texas rig. I tough bite conditions I use a Zoom Centipede.

[Mike L]

Punching, with either a Rage Bug or Sweet Beaver. 
 

Speed Worm when it’s tough and when it’s not

 

 

Mike

[Columbia Craw]

Largemouth:  Flippin/pitchin a T-rig creature to brush and bushes.  A SK Rage Bug is hard to beat.

 

Smallmouth:  Dropshot a nose hooked bait. Robo worms are proven.

[rtwvumtneer6]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

 

Can you say Swingheads ?

A-Jay

@Saavedra9 ^^^ the bottom one in @A-Jay photo (thanks).  I've heard them called so many different things, but I assumed a quick search for Biffle Head and you would find what I was talking about.  

 

Also @A-Jay if you take one of @Siebert Outdoors Fogy (football style head with blade) no skirt just add a swimbait of your choice, you better hold on tight ?.  

[A-Jay]

On 4/27/2020 at 5:44 PM, rtwvumtneer6 said:

@Saavedra9 ^^^ the bottom one in @A-Jay photo (thanks).  I've heard them called so many different things, but I assumed a quick search for Biffle Head and you would find what I was talking about.  

 

Also @A-Jay if you take one of @Siebert Outdoors Fogy (football style head with blade) no skirt just add a swimbait of your choice, you better hold on tight ?.  

The swing head pictured (Top & Bottom) is the RPE Tackle Tungsten Swinging Football Jig Head. 

It allows the hook to be replaced / changed as needed. 

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/catpage-RPETCO.html?from=basres

 

A-Jay

 

[scaleface]

Texas rigs .

[lo n slo]

5 hours ago, scaleface said:

Texas rigs .

agreed

 

worms fished low and s l o w

[Hook2Jaw]

My favorite ways to power fish plastics are Texas rigging anywhere from 1/4 to 1¼ ounce weights along with a YUM Dinger, ZOOM Ol' Monster, or YUM Bad Mamma.

 

My favored finesse techniques are shakyhead, weightless, and drop shot.  I opt to use ZOOM Trick Worms for the jig, YUM Dingers or ZOOM Flukes for the EWG hooks, and YUM Kill Shots or ZOOM Flukes on the drop shot hook.

 

@A-Jay, I want to get into swinghead fishing as an alternative to crankbaits.  Are you swimming them or letting them bump bottom?

[roadwarrior]

 

[Catt]

Once the boat comes down off of plane the first thing I grab is a Texas Rig.

 

I don't care if its grass, brush, timber, rocks, docks, pads, lay downs, shore line or off shore.

 

I don't care if its pre- spawn, spawn, post spawn, summer, dog days, fall, winter, morning, noon, or night.

 

I'm gonna be casting, flipping, pitching, punching, hopping, dragging, shaking, dead sticking, or skipping.

 

[A-Jay]

21 minutes ago, Hook2Jaw said:

 

@A-Jay, I want to get into swinghead fishing as an alternative to crankbaits.  Are you swimming them or letting them bump bottom?

Always a bottom contact deal for me. 

While a constant retrieve does produce at times, a stop & go deal has proven more effective for me.

The nuts & bolt of how I fish these baits can be found here ~

A-Jay

[Black Hawk Basser]

My favorite way to fish plastics is weightless and aggressive on top with Flukes, toads, & creatures.

 

When it is very tough, I'll bottom hop a lightly weighted Texas rigged Chigger Craw or finesse worm.

[Armtx77]

T-Rigged 5"Senko, on a Gammy EWG 3/0 or 4/0 hook and 1/16oz tungsten bullet weight, pinned by a bobber stop.

 

Soon to be adding a bead between the hook eye and bullet weight.