Dens228 Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 1 hour ago, BassWhole! said: Haven't given up on them, but underspins are my kryptonite for sure. I find them an excellent bait in very clear water. Quote
Super User bowhunter63 Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 Pork trailers ,Never gave up on em. Just can’t find em anymore . Quote
Captain Phil Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 Maybe it's a Florida thing, but I have never done well here casting or flipping jigs. Florida bass seem to prefer soft plastics. I know northern anglers love them. Some of my best fish have come on spinnerbaits. Spinnerbaits work best around cover. They don't work as well for me in clear or open water. 1 Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 54 minutes ago, bowhunter63 said: Pork trailers ,Never gave up on em. Just can’t find em anymore . Boom ~ https://www.acmetackle.com/products/pork-frog A-Jay 1 Quote
jgordon Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 4 hours ago, ww2farmer said: Whopper ploppers or anything that resembles one. Exactly I have caught one and it was at a farm pond so they eat anything. I did buy smaller version this year to try maybe that was the problem for me who knows. Quote
Super User bowhunter63 Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, A-Jay said: Boom ~ https://www.acmetackle.com/products/pork-frog A-Jay Thanks 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 4 hours ago, Catt said: That's a key with spinnerbaits, I run em into everything. A bait I've given up on is a full size Brush Hog, can't even remember getting a bump on one! Me either. I think the fish laugh at that bait. 1 Quote
PotatoLake Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 5 hours ago, A-Jay said: I've been saving this one for Lake Springfield but it doesn't look like I'll ever get there . . . . . . A-Jay I bet a pike would take a swipe at it! 40 minutes ago, jgordon said: Exactly I have caught one and it was at a farm pond so they eat anything. I did buy smaller version this year to try maybe that was the problem for me who knows. I find lures of the type work better for smallies. 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 57 minutes ago, Captain Phil said: Maybe it's a Florida thing, but I have never done well here casting or flipping jigs. Florida bass seem to prefer soft plastics. I know northern anglers love them. Some of my best fish have come on spinnerbaits. Spinnerbaits work best around cover. They don't work as well for me in clear or open water. I was told by a bass guide to use a T rig in vegetation and a jig in wood cover. I was flipping a light punch rig with skirt at the time. I use a jig a lot now, but it's almost always on wood. 3 Quote
PotatoLake Posted January 31, 2021 Posted January 31, 2021 I give up on nothing, so this is a bad reply, so I’ll put it this way, I can’t catch a fish on a jerkbait or chatterbait. I think I’ve posted this elsewhere. I’m obsessed with making it happen, but it’s tough when it continues to lead to skunks. Quote
Super User gim Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 Whopper plopper for this guy too Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted January 31, 2021 Super User Posted January 31, 2021 Lunker Punker Quote
jgordon Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 4 hours ago, PotatoLake said: I give up on nothing, so this is a bad reply, so I’ll put it this way, I can’t catch a fish on a jerkbait or chatterbait. I think I’ve posted this elsewhere. I’m obsessed with making it happen, but it’s tough when it continues to lead to skunks. Yes chatterbait and me haven't worked yet but I keep trying haha. Actually just ordered tow more to add to the arsenal such a dumb fisherman doesn't work better buy more and more. 1 Quote
BigAngus752 Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 It's all about the water you fish! Bladed jigs and size 90 Whopper Ploppers (or the Berkley knock-off) are two of my best producers, yet many on here can't catch a cold with them. I, on the other hand, have no need to ever take a jerkbait out on ANY local lake. I have never caught a fish locally with a jerkbait nor has any fisherman I've met in this area. I will, however, be taking a whole 3700 box of them with me to Lake Cumberland and Green River Lake on my trip at the end of March... Quote
kingmotorboat Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 Literally was on the winter zoom call tonight saying I gave up on chatterbaits lol 2 Quote
Captain Phil Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 I started fishing seriously when I was in my early twenties. Tournaments were just becoming popular and my trusty grape Mann's Jelly worms just weren't cutting it. The pros in the magazines were catching bass on spinnerbaits. At the time, spinnerbaits were not popular in Florida. I believe the first spinnerbaits I bought were Zorro Aggravators, Lindy Spins and Okiebugs. Try as I might, I could not get a bite on a spinnerbait. I even had a nick name for them, I called them "Christmas Trees" because they were flashy. One day in Okeechobee, I was sitting at the mouth of an airboat trail in Pelican Bay fishing a stretch of pads. I saw a spinnerbait in my box and looked at it in disgust. Nothing else was working, so I tied it on. I chunked it in the pads a few times when an eight pound bass engulfed my spinnerbait. This made me a believer and I started using them more and more. Spinnerbaits must be fished around cover. This cover could be a field of hydrilla, isolated pads or a boat dock. The closer you fish to the cover the better. They trigger strikes. Spinnerbaits are big fish lures. All spinnerbaits have a cadence where they work best. In Florida, the best spinnerbait reel is 5/1. Here on the Harris Chain, I get calls and emails from tournament anglers looking for an edge. It's not that I am a great bass angler. It's because I have fished here for nearly 50 years and I am accessible. I tell them if they are looking for a big fish, tie on a spinnerbait. Time after time, the big fish of the tournament comes on one of these baits. 2 Quote
arkman Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 Chatterbaits. I dont know why but Ive had pretty much zero luck with em. 1 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted February 1, 2021 Super User Posted February 1, 2021 I have never caught fish on chatterbaits either but I havent given them a fair go at it . Every time I tie one on ,after a few cast I switch to a spinnerbait . There is nothing wrong with that . Every one fishes differently and the chatterbait just hasnt filled a niche . Who knows , maybe this year the conditions and bass behavior might be conducive to chatterbaits and I become a heavy user of them . That type of thing has happened in the past . 1 Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 1, 2021 Super User Posted February 1, 2021 On 1/31/2021 at 8:19 AM, 12poundbass said: @roadwarrior is going to have a stroke! Geez... The Fat Ika is #2 behind the Senko. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/lake-guntersville-2012.html (7.49 lbs) Quote
Deephaven Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 16 hours ago, gimruis said: Whopper plopper for this guy too Interesting since we fish similar waters. I don't own a whopper plopper, but mine would be a buzzbait. I haven't given up completely on it, but I have such little confidence in it throwing it never yields anything...which by definition to me is given up on. Quote
MAN Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 For me it the DOA Terror Eyez bait. I have put so many hours on this bait just to catch ONE fish and for a picture to send to my friend in Florida. Even bought a specific Texas Flag hat to wear just for the picture. Started this endeavor 2 years ago and still ...nothing. 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted February 1, 2021 Super User Posted February 1, 2021 A lot of these lures we don't catch squat on are much more productive in a smaller pond. Quote
Sir Shamsalot Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 Roland Martin's Helicopter Lure... not because it wouldn't catch fish cause it actually did, but it would make mincemeat out of your line. Quote
ironbjorn Posted February 1, 2021 Posted February 1, 2021 A spinnerbait to my bass might as well be the equivalent of the Golden Arches of McDonald's in Portland, Oregon. They know exactly what it is when they see it and refuse to eat it. I need some bass that are more like Mississippians spotting the Arches when they see a spinnerbait. Quote
Super User gim Posted February 1, 2021 Super User Posted February 1, 2021 19 minutes ago, Deephaven said: Interesting since we fish similar waters. I don't own a whopper plopper, but mine would be a buzzbait. I haven't given up completely on it, but I have such little confidence in it throwing it never yields anything...which by definition to me is given up on. Topwater success in general has been almost non-existent in general for me the past several seasons. So maybe its not just limited to the over rated whopper plopper. I used to hammer fish on hollow body frogs and buzz baits in the slop only 5 years ago and now its like pulling teeth to even get one to strike. I honestly think its the fishing pressure from both recreational anglers and tournament anglers. I will admit that one strategy that helped last season was to fish more at night time. Which is something I intend to do again this coming season. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.