Do you ever toss lure A even tho lure B is better suited to conditions ?

[avidone1]

I do     Seriously,  I like fooling a bass as much as the next guy but sometimes I feel like fishing a certain lure or technique even tho conditions call for something else   Anybody else do that ?‍♂️

[WRB]

Nope, if I am getting bit stay with what works when it’s working. May change colors to see if it works better.

Tom

 

[T-Billy]

Yep. I ain't fishin for money. Sometimes I wanna catch 'em like I wanna catch 'em. Some baits, I just don't enjoy throwing. I won't throw a jerkbait unless I can't get bit on anything else.

[Woody B]

I suspect I throw lure A quite often when lure B might be better.   The problem is I don't know about lure B. 

[Mike L]

9 hours ago, WRB said:

Nope, if I am getting bit stay with what works when it’s working. May change colors to see if it works better.

Tom

 

Ditto

 

 

 

 

Mike

[scaleface]

If lure B is new I might make a few cast with it just to see how it performs but then I'll stow it away until the time is right . I want to catch em all . I dont get tired of catching bass .

[AlabamaSpothunter]

7 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Yep. I ain't fishin for money. Sometimes I wanna catch 'em like I wanna catch 'em. Some baits, I just don't enjoy throwing. I won't throw a jerkbait unless I can't get bit on anything else.

This is very much me.    Half the time I'm throwing a bait that is going to usually only get bit by big fish, so the other half of the time I want to fish something that is fun to me.   

 

I could catch fish all day long on a Ned Rig, but I strongly dislike using them.   On the other hand it's vastly harder for me to catch fish on a crank, but I love crank bait fishing.   

[gim]

12 hours ago, WRB said:

Nope, if I am getting bit stay with what works when it’s working.

Strike when the iron is hot.  Because at some point its going ice cold (literally).

[roadwarrior]

I like jigs and will fish one sometimes when I KNOW a soft plastic would be a better choice.

[Deleted account]

NO!

[Bankc]

I have no idea.  I just tie things on and throw them.  Is there something that would work better that I'm not throwing?  Probably.  Darned if I know what it is though.  

[casts_by_fly]

I'm sure I do.  I have a topwater addiction and a moving bait preference.  I'll almost always have a topwater of some type tied on and its usually the first thing I pick up even if I'm pretty sure the conditions aren't conducive.  I prefer moving baits also, and I know there are times when I stick with them too long when I know I should slow down and pick apart a cover.  Some days I make the change, and some days I don't care and want to fish my way.

[A-Jay]

2 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

I'm sure I do.  I have a topwater addiction and a moving bait preference.  I'll almost always have a topwater of some type tied on and its usually the first thing I pick up even if I'm pretty sure the conditions aren't conducive.  I prefer moving baits also, and I know there are times when I stick with them too long when I know I should slow down and pick apart a cover.  Some days I make the change, and some days I don't care and want to fish my way.

This is me also.

Love to chunk & wind; anything.

While I've caught some great bass doing it, I would sooner spoon out an eye than fish a drop shot, stick bait or tiny little ned thing.

A-Jay

 

[casts_by_fly]

Just now, A-Jay said:

This is me also.

Love to chunk & wind; anything.

While I've caught some great bass doing it, I would sooner spoon out an eye than fish a drop shot, stick bait or tiny little ned thing.

A-Jay

 

 

Agreed.

[JackstrawIII]

Absolutely. Sometimes I'm just in the mood to fish a certain technique. I'll start there. If it doesn't work and I get bored, then I switch to what I think will work best. 

[Aaron_H]

9 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Yep. I ain't fishin for money. Sometimes I wanna catch 'em like I wanna catch 'em. Some baits, I just don't enjoy throwing. I won't throw a jerkbait unless I can't get bit on anything else.

 

Guilty. Sometimes it's more about what I'm in the mood for than what the bass are in the mood for. Definitely some days where I should've put the lipless down for a wacky rig or something, but doggone it I wanted that lipless bite.

[GReb]

Absolutely. I’ll try anything not to soak a worm

[gim]

59 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

Agreed.

X3 here too

[BlakeMolone]

10 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Yep. I ain't fishin for money. Sometimes I wanna catch 'em like I wanna catch 'em. Some baits, I just don't enjoy throwing. I won't throw a jerkbait unless I can't get bit on anything else.

And I’m always trying to force them to eat a jerkbait ?

[king fisher]

Yes, especially if I am fishing with someone else who is fishing what is working, I can use my fishing partner like a control group, and I can experiment.  Sometimes experimenting pays off, and other times it doesn't, but I will learn something regardless if I catch something or not.

[BlakeMolone]

To answer the ops question I definitely do, sometimes it’s nice to spend a few weeks/months/years really learning a certain bait/technique, it’s way more informative then just going by what a pro/someone on YouTube says you should do.

[A-Jay]

10 hours ago, T-Billy said:

Yep. I ain't fishin for money. Sometimes I wanna catch 'em like I wanna catch 'em. Some baits, I just don't enjoy throwing. I won't throw a jerkbait unless I can't get bit on anything else.

 

7 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said:

And I’m always trying to force them to eat a jerkbait ?

 

I'd fish a jerkbait in a septic tank if I thought the Brown Bass were running !

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A-Jay

[T-Billy]

14 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

 

 

I'd fish a jerkbait in a septic tank if I thought the Brown Bass were running !

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A-Jay

? Somehow I knew this was coming!!! I thought of you as I was posting that.LOL.

[PressuredFishing]

Yes

[Mike L]

As I agreed with earlier….

I’ll stay with what works while it’s working 

 

However, 

If I’m struggling to find what works, I still won’t ned, drop, shake or wack. 
I’ll find something else
 

 

 

 

Mike