Baits that wear you down

[Mobasser]

Because of the weeds in my local lakes, I can't do much deep cranking anymore. I used to enjoy this, and at times it worked well. It also made me physically  tired after a few hours.                                                             I would imagine that big swimbaits, because of the heavy tackle needed, can wear you out also.                                                            In a past thread on jig fishing, WRB made the statement that jig fishing is tiring. For me, this is 100% true. The constant staring at your line where it enters the water, and being on the ready for a soft hit from a bass, can be mentally tiring for sure. The concentration and focus needed to be good at jig fishing is tough. Jigs are my most tiring bait to fish.                                Are there any baits that seem  wear you down more than others?                             

[A-Jay]

True Deep Cranking, with Big plugs (10XD) for 10 hours - 6 days in a row under a blistering Mexican sun is pretty brutal. Locally,  an A-Rig can be a distant 2nd.

A-Jay

[scaleface]

Frogs and walking baits . That continuous twitching wears on me . A lot of deep crankbaits are hard but the Dredgers come in pretty  easy and out-dive other baits the same size . 

[GreenPig]

All day deep cranking or fast working jerkbaits can be fatiguing but nothing compares to the big swimbaits with trebles when the Eel grass is floating all over the lake. 8 or 9 cast out of every 10 can be fouled at times and it's rough making a 65 yard cast to have to reel it in after 2 handle turns to clear it.

[Catt]

All of em when they ain't biting!

 

Probably jerking a Smithwick Suspending Rattlin Rogue from daylight to dark thirty.

[ATA]

Guys all of them can be true, But in my idea nothing beats the baitsanity and deps 250 glides, Specially when you need to make bomb cast from shore, It is most tiring and wearing you off very fast.

[Mike L]

I hardly ever do any deep cranking, if I did it would probably be high on the list. 
 

For me tho it’s working a big top water like large spooks, and big jerks like a Bomber A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Cgolf]

Deep cranking with baits like the 6th sense 1.9 oz C25 that pulls harder than a lot of musky baits. The other is Musky baits, between the heavier rods and lures in the 4-6 ounce range it can be a workout. The C25 I fish on a musky rod, but will try it soon on a Mojo swimbait rod. 

[GreenPig]

1 hour ago, Mike L said:

I hardly ever do any deep cranking, if I did it would probably be high on the list. 
 

For me tho it’s working a big top water like large spooks, and big jerks like a Bomber A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

Agreed

[Hammer 4]

Tossing 8" and larger swimabits, and glides, ect. Not long ago, I could do it all day, now it's getting to be a chore. Went this morning with my Son, and was tossing my 7" glide, I could feel I was getting a bit tired after only about 45 mins.

Jig fishing while needing lots of concentration, doesn't get to me much at all. 

[T-Billy]

I've broken both wrists, and have tendonitis in my elbows. Jerks and walking baits just plain hurt to fish for long. I avoid them when I can, but sometimes they're the deal. When they are, I put my big girl panties on and grind through it.

 Jigs and T rigs are the most mentally fatiguing for me, but they're my favorite way to catch 'em. I think it's the focus required. Casting to visible targets. The anticipation of the bite. The way the fish just explode when you crack 'em with that big stick and heavy line. When I'm grinding away with that flippin stick, I'm in my own little world, and there's no place I'd rather be.

[gim]

You guys ever tried muskie fishing?

[FishTank]

Big jerkbaits and swimbaits.  When they are working it's hard to stop fishing them and when my time is up, I'm wore out.

[Bankbeater]

I don’t fish with deep diving crankbaits any more. Sometimes it was a relief when I caught a bass on one, since the it usually didn’t pull as hard as the crankbait. 

[Captain Phil]

In my tournament days my go-to bait was a Rattle Trap. Ripping a Rattle Trap all day is tough on your arms and wrists.   I switched to flipping and things got a lot easier on my body.  Unlike most younger anglers, I flip sitting down.  This slows me down and I can cover an area more thoroughly.   

[Jaderose]

Frogs.  Bombing them way out over big mats for hours on end will wear you out after awhile

[FishinBuck07]

Definitely deep cranking!  Spent two days on Chickamauga earlier this summer and cranked 6XD's almost the whole trip.  Being from Ohio there isn't a whole lot of deep cranking up this way, wow did those two days kick my butt.

[Kenny Yi]

Jerkbaits.  Especially in the summer months, when I want the bait to be jerked much more and harder. 

[schplurg]

Tendinitis taught me to fish left and right handed. Jerk baits, heck just about anything can get tiring. Some days I'm fine. I'm working out and getting treatment for the arms, hopefully it helps. And I got a new pedal yak haha  

[Dirtyeggroll]

Big walking baits with the wrong gear. Encountered this earlier this year. I was only able to make about 20 casts until I had the stop. Probably would have been fewer but of course I caught a fish on the first cast with it.

[Bluebasser86]

I tried to fish a jerkbait on my cranking rod saturday.

[papajoe222]

Norman DD22. 
I don’t do much deep cranking anymore, but of all the baits I use, this one is a bear to work. I end up tossing one for half an hour and switching to a heavy lipless and then switching back to the crank when my wrist stops aching. The real dilemma is the fact that it flat out catches fish, otherwise I’d abandon it entirely. 

[CrankFate]

Once fishing “wears you down” it’s time to find a new hobby. This holds true for everything in life. Nothing you have a passion for can ever “wear you down.”

[Big Hands]

I had tendonitis in both elbows and carpal tunnel in both wrist back in the early 90's and after 8 cortisone injections, finally had surgery in 1993. Whipping those evil 5.5' pistol grip rods was excruciatingly painful. Since the surgery (and several months of recovery), I don't think much about it these days, BUT I do have to be mindful of not overdoing it with baits that have a lot of resistance on the retrieve and/or are heavy to cast (bait and/or rod and reel)or that need to be cast repeatedly. I only throw those baits for a little while and then take a break. 

 

There is one crankbait that I have found that is somewhat large and will easily dive over 20' that isn't nearly as fatiguing as I expected it to be given it's size and how deep it will dive, and that is the Megabass M 7.5 (body and bill are 7" long and it weighs a little over 2 ounces). It is also somewhat resistant to snagging on the bottom. If it does hang up, it will hang momentarily, but it's usually the bill rather than the hooks so you can usually let up and free it or back up and get it free.

[Yakalong]

A-Rig I like using them but not all day.