Lures

[NorthernBasser]

21 minutes ago, WRB said:

 

If restrict your lure selection to only soft plastics you will miss out on the excitement of top water strikes, the skills needed to catch bass on every type of lure. A bag full of soft plastics, hooks and weights will catch bass of all types a high % of the time. If catching bass is your only goal a carton full of Canadian night crawlers gets it done better then soft plastics.

Tom

This is 100% me (unless I'm fishing a tourney). I LOVE catching bass on all different techniques. There's many times where I can be crushing them on, lets say, a ned rig. But I'll get to the point where I wanna get some on a lipless bite. Or froggin'. Or punching. Or fishing a big swimbait through grass. All bites feel different, which is part of the excitement for me. And then there's the aspect of just trying to see if you can get them with different techniques, etc. 

 

But if I'm having non-stop action on topwater/frogs, forget about it. I'll do that all day.  

[Columbia Craw]

3 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

This is 100% me (unless I'm fishing a tourney). I LOVE catching bass on all different techniques. There's many times where I can be crushing them on, lets say, a ned rig. But I'll get to the point where I wanna get some on a lipless bite. Or froggin'. Or punching. Or fishing a big swimbait through grass. All bites feel different, which is part of the excitement for me. And then there's the aspect of just trying to see if you can get them with different techniques, etc. 

 

But if I'm having non-stop action on topwater/frogs, forget about it. I'll do that all day.  

This is me.???

[Catt]

Plastic Worm (Texas rigged)

It's a long, thin shape resembles the profile of a wide variety of forage in the world of the bass, including earthworms, snakes, eels, and baitfish. Its action is almost entirely dependent on the contours of the bottom; and the rod movements of the fisherman, making it very random. It moves with little noise; the noise that it does make comes mostly from the random clicking of the sinker as it hits bottom. Bright colors and larger size can be used to increase its attracting qualities. Because of its basic resemblance to a wide array of living forage, this lure presents very few negative cues, and is hard for big bass to learn not to hit. Doug Hannon 

 

I would replace "worm" with plastic of many varieties & from weightless to punching.

 

The Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw are arguably the #1 & #2 most productive lures. 

 

Me! I gonna start right here, but I ain't ignoring my other 20%.

 

[Mobasser]

13 minutes ago, Catt said:

Plastic Worm (Texas rigged)

It's a long, thin shape resembles the profile of a wide variety of forage in the world of the bass, including earthworms, snakes, eels, and baitfish. Its action is almost entirely dependent on the contours of the bottom; and the rod movements of the fisherman, making it very random. It moves with little noise; the noise that it does make comes mostly from the random clicking of the sinker as it hits bottom. Bright colors and larger size can be used to increase its attracting qualities. Because of its basic resemblance to a wide array of living forage, this lure presents very few negative cues, and is hard for big bass to learn not to hit. Doug Hannon 

 

I would replace "worm" with plastic of many varieties & from weightless to punching.

 

The Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw are arguably the #1 & #2 most productive lures. 

 

Me! I gonna start right here, but I ain't ignoring my other 20%.

 

I believe this is the best answer right here. If you can learn to fish a t rig worm, craw, or other soft plastic slowly in and around cover, you'll be on the right track. Thanks for posting this by Doug Hannon Catt. Sums it up well.

[Bankc]

3 hours ago, Cbump said:

Did you ask them?

No.  They brought it up before I could ask.  Though I don't trust the bass that talk.  They're not right in the head.  

[JediAmoeba]

4 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

I will say, all anglers should have at least 1 bag of Berkley Pit Boss in the Perfection Blue Fleck color with them at all times. 

I would rather have a rage bug.

[BayouSlide]

2 hours ago, riverat said:

 

 

When it comes to plastics I too rely on the Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw a great deal especially in Black/Red Glitter, White, and Sapphire Blue.

 

 

Give me a Speed Craw or Trick worm in Sapphire Blue and I'm confident I will boat a fish ??

[NorthernBasser]

5 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

I would rather have a rage bug.

Won't argue that. Fine, 2 bags. 

[JediAmoeba]

10 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

Won't argue that. Fine, 2 bags. 

The fact there are 3 sizes of Rage Bugs makes it all the better for the monkey!

[NorthernBasser]

4 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

The fact there are 3 sizes of Rage Bugs makes it all the better for the monkey!

 

*Whispers* There's actually 5 sizes. The Ned Rage Bug, Baby Rage Bug, Regular Rage Bug, the new Medium-Size Rage Bug and Magnum Rage Bug.

 

I do wanna get my hands on the new Strike King Rage Scounbug tho. 

[JediAmoeba]

48 minutes ago, NorthernBasser said:

 

*Whispers* There's actually 5 sizes. The Ned Rage Bug, Baby Rage Bug, Regular Rage Bug, the new Medium-Size Rage Bug and Magnum Rage Bug.

 

I do wanna get my hands on the new Strike King Rage Scounbug tho. 

I forgot the new medium size and the ned version isn't even considered...

 

I do however have all 5 sizes...sigh.

 

 

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

 

Looks a lot like a Space Monkey to me.

[BassinCNY]

10 hours ago, Jonas Staggs said:

Seems to me, if they won't hit a senko or a lizard, they probably won't hit anything.

If we're talking about wacky, ned ,texas, neko or drop shot rigging then I agree. It makes me realize that I don't remember ever ned rigging a 4" lizard. I'll be giving that a try in a month or two on the river.

[WRB]

The world of bass lures is ever changing with new products introduced annually, so many lures so little time!

My standby lure is a 1970’s jig I designed for my own use, usually a hair jig w/ pork trailer, over 50’s now.

Today I finally got out of the house to visit a local tackle shop, it’s been over a year. There is always new stuff to check out and was looking for Iovino Reapers since Don isn’t making soft plastics anymore. Found a few bags of Reapers and talking to clerk whom I known forever I asked “what’s new”?

He shows me Fishlab Flutter Nymph* 3 1/2” & 4 1/2” is working good on Chatter baits. I remember reading somewhere that Bill Seimantel is developing lures for Fishlab.  The Flutter nymph looks like a dragon fly Darner nymph and I thinking it will be a good Ned jig trailer or slip shot rigged and bought a few bags.

Keep in mind I don’t very often fish anymore, sold my boat and I’am still by bass tackle I don’t need!

Tom

* you Smallmouth anglers need to use this!

[PressuredFishing]

9 hours ago, WRB said:

 restrict your lure selection to only soft plastics you will miss out on the excitement of top water strikes, the skills needed to catch bass on every type of lure

Good analysis, plus hard baits can have great hookup ratios and having a hardbait lure that has a huge catch streak can be neat.

 

[LonnieP]

On 3/1/2023 at 8:49 AM, scaleface said:

Plenty of times bass are not hitting such lures very well but crushing other baits .

I agree. I’ve had days when bass wouldn’t touch a soft plastic but were hammering a crankbait.