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[Fat Ika]

A-Rig & plus 1 Ounce swimbaits....anything over an ounce. Shoulders, back and neck are destroyed. I need to fish the path of least resistance or else I won't even be able to be on the water. Also, my days of frogging/flipping heavy cover are over. 

[Bankbeater]

Deep diving crankbait for me.  I've got two 3700 boxes full of them, but I do better with other types of deep baits.

[Fat Ika]

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

I haven't seen one guy say Ned Rig. What's up? There has to be at least one, probably more.

I'd be in that camp, but I now have the luxury of easily ned rigging on hard bottom. Never again around grass/soft bottom and I'm not a fan of using offset neds or ripping exposed hook neds in grass, even though it can be deadly. 

[Junk Fisherman]

Wobble head jig is the only technique I have tried that I haven't caught a single fish on.  I've never thrown a glide bait, a swimbait over a 4.8" Keitech, Whopper Plopper, or a jigging spoon. 

 

And I gotta say that the Chatterbait responses really surprise me.   What kind of trailers are you guys using?  When I started using paddle tail swimbait trailers my big fish numbers went way up.  Before then I used to always catch 'em using a grub trailer.  I thought just about every bass fishermen was using Chatterbaits so I stopped using them as much.  

[Hammer 4]

Lipless crankbaits.. Meh

[NavyVet1204]

5 hours ago, gimruis said:

I don't think there is a specific lure or presentation that I've never caught at least one bass on to be honest.

 

For a couple years though, I struggled to catch fish on a jerk bait.  I actually considered selling them.  I stuck with it though and one day it produced a number of good brown bass.  Now I have one tied on when I'm smallmouth fishing every single time, and I also use it occasionally for largies.

 

Currently, I would say that topwaters are my nemesis.  The whopper plopper is such an over hyped lure.

 

 

I've tried it too.  Can't stand it.  Its like watching paint dry.  Not disputing its effectiveness because its obvious that it works, but its just not up my alley.

Couldn’t agree more on the whopper plopper. I’ve got four of them and have only caught a single fish on one of them. 

[Happybeerbuzz]

6 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Mentioned this one just recently ~ Glide baits.

Now I know they catch fish, and some big ones.

But for whatever reason, not for me.

I just don't get it. 

Not only did I throw these wacky baits all ALL my favorite big fish haunts last year,

I've been hurling these things all over northern Michigan for going on 3 seasons !

Well, not anymore, my current glide bait inventory is ZERO.

I sold them all and have NO plans to change that. 

Free at last !

A-Jay

I am currently in the middle of this road.  2022 might be the year that makes or breaks me.  I started dabbling in hard swimbaits and glides about 2 seasons ago, and I can tell, pure stubbornness is the only thing that is keeping them tied on.  Another dead or even slow season, I might give it up forever.  

[A-Jay]

34 minutes ago, Happybeerbuzz said:

I am currently in the middle of this road.  2022 might be the year that makes or breaks me.  I started dabbling in hard swimbaits and glides about 2 seasons ago, and I can tell, pure stubbornness is the only thing that is keeping them tied on.  Another dead or even slow season, I might give it up forever.  

Good Luck

They rented space in my boat and in my head for 3 long and frustrating years.  

Next to trying to learn to stitch a worm, they were my next biggest bust.

Life is too short and so is my fishing season.

A-Jay

 

[gim]

1 hour ago, NavyVet1204 said:

Couldn’t agree more on the whopper plopper. I’ve got four of them and have only caught a single fish on one of them. 

I got sucked into them years ago when Chris Lane won an elite event using it at Toledo Bend. So of course when Dicks has a buy 2, get 1 free special, I just had to take advantage. Turns out that I was the one who was taken advantage of.

[12poundbass]

Ned rig

Drop shot

 

To be fair I’m not a finesse guy and haven’t fished them much. I want to make them work, trust me I do! 

[Catt]

Two ?

 

Chatterbaits & full size Brush Hogs!

 

[DitchPanda]

PSA time:

To those struggling with buzzbaits keep at it..I've caught hundreds of bass on them..my favorite topwater.

To those struggling with the Ned rig..I don't know what to say to help...maybe you should pick up dynamite?

[Log Catcher]

Never caught anything on a ned rig or a Rattle Trap. I only caught one on a dropshot. The only lipless bait I ever caught fish on was a Bayou Boogie and that was well over 50 years ago.

[BayouSlide]

6 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

To those struggling with the Ned rig..I don't know what to say to help...maybe you should pick up dynamite?

 

Maybe a subtle action sight lure is not the best choice for fishing in our swamp water the consistency of chocolate milk...but I keep trying it now and then hoping to be proven wrong ?

[OldManLure]

29 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I got sucked into them years ago when Chris Lane won an elite event using it at Toledo Bend. So of course when Dicks has a buy 2, get 1 free special, I just had to take advantage. Turns out that I was the one who was taken advantage of.

I’m sure you weren’t alone in that WP rabbit hole.  But, that’s what happens when you make decisions based on what a pro does. ?

[Mobasser]

2 minutes ago, Log Catcher said:

Never caught anything on a ned rig or a Rattle Trap. I only caught one on a dropshot. The only lipless bait I ever caught fish on was a Bayou Boogie and that well over 50 years ago.

I remember Bayou Boogie. Great bait!

[DitchPanda]

4 minutes ago, BayouSlide said:

 

Maybe a subtle action sight lure is not the best choice for fishing in our swamp water the consistency of chocolate milk...but I keep trying it now and then hoping to be proven wrong ?

So maybe my dynamite idea is spot on for you

[BayouSlide]

11 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

So maybe my dynamite idea is spot on for you

 

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries would frown rather forcefully on such an unsportsmanlike approach...and fellow boaters would probably frown on the resulting wakes/tsunamis. ?

[bigspirit]

Ned rig and chatterbait. 
 

Granted, I haven’t put near as much time into them as other techniques. 

[Bluebasser86]

Flutter spoons. I've caught some white bass on them, but that's it. 

 

I can understand the folks having trouble with a bladed jig. When they first came out,  I tried them and then wrote them off after several unsuccessful attempts. Then I found one in a tree one day and decided to tie it on. I caught so many fish on it when I was having a slow day. Too many people fish them too fast and I also think bite detection is an issue with them. 

[The Bassman]

3 hours ago, Fat Ika said:

A-Rig & plus 1 Ounce swimbaits....anything over an ounce. Shoulders, back and neck are destroyed. I need to fish the path of least resistance or else I won't even be able to be on the water. Also, my days of frogging/flipping heavy cover are over. 

Arthritis in my hands made it clear last summer that frogging was a thing of the past. I'd just purchased an SK Poppin' Perch and was getting bit with it including a 4 lbr. when I had to stop and go home because of the pain. I looked forward to that technique when vegetation made my usual methods impractical.

[LonnieP]

Chatterbait for me. Swore I’d never buy another one after I lost the last Jackhammer I had.

[BassinCNY]

Original chatterbait for me. They caught a lot of walleye and catfish but no bass. Other vibrating jigs work great for me though.

[schplurg]

Shorter list for me would be baits I have caught them with.

[Bird]

Ahhh thought of another bait that just likes to swim freely without being disturbed.....Rattle trap.