cyclops2 Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 With out a boat LOADED with every gadget. It takes a lot of shore casting to learn the right spots each day & light conditions. Quote
papajoe222 Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 Most likely not 1K casts, but a jerkbait. It took me the better part of a season to catch a fish with one. I fished Original Rapalas for decades like a crank. Now, it's one of the first baits I tie on after ice-out and there's usually one attached to one of the rods on my deck throughout the season. Quote
txchaser Posted March 6, 2022 Posted March 6, 2022 Jerkbait is close for me. I'll reach for it, make a few casts, catch a dink, and put it back up. It's like the dink curse... happened again today. Wouldn't bite any kind of crank, paddletail, and were too far off the bottom for a jig or t-rig. Cast it out, caught a dink. Stuck it out and caught ... a second one. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 7, 2022 Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2022 Jigs took me a long while to learn, then it was the bladed jigs after that. Oddly enough now they're a couple of my favorite baits. The drop shot was another that took me a long time to get the hang of. 1 Quote
InfantryMP Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 Believe it or not, I had a tough time with frogs. There are many variations between popping, walking etc. I could never get to a point I was comfortable using them, especially here in Indiana where locally I do not have a ton of floating vegetation like pads. I dedicated some time to it, and got a good walk with them, with the right equipment of course. Now I love throwing frogs, and won a local tournament late last year using a black Vega frog! 1 Quote
InfantryMP Posted March 7, 2022 Posted March 7, 2022 37 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: Jigs took me a long while to learn, then it was the bladed jigs after that. Oddly enough now they're a couple of my favorite baits. The drop shot was another that took me a long time to get the hang of. I am still a noob when it comes to drop shots. I need to get on that early this year. I my tournaments here are often times on crystal clear lakes full of smallmouth. This is a priority for me this year as well! Quote
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted March 7, 2022 Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2022 Spinnerbait. I passed the 1000 cast mark back in the early 90s, still never catch crap Quote
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