i can name my SINGLE favorite bass fishing technique. (to help me shop)

[ironbjorn]

My favorite thing to do is pitching. To me there's nothing better than pitching your plastic or jig at a target and getting bit. For one, you chose right. You correctly identified a stump, log, branch, weed pocket, dock post, or whatever it may be, that a bass was sitting on laying in ambush. And from there it's pure combat to get them off it / out of it so they don't wrap up or break you off. Exhilarating.

[WRB]

I like to jig fish.

#1 my hair w/pork trailer.

#2 my jig tied with living rubber and chigger Craw trailer. Old friend is making Pull Ball jigs for me.

3# Texas rig brass glass big worms at night.

Just catching bass on finesse is either drop shot, slip shot, nail weight wacky worm.

Still like crank baits and dog walking surface lures when that bite is working.

Tom

[Bankbeater]

Pitching a jig into cover, or working it over the top across structure.  I love it when the jig settles back down to the bottom and you feel that thump on the end.

[Catt]

I love it when I set hook & the bass is big enough to set hook back!

 

You bottom feeders know what I'm talking about.

[crypt]

worms, worms,worms.................t-rigged....weightless....fipped,pitched or punched.....I love fishing with worms.

[Clumsy fisherman]

11 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

i do them all.  well, i do lots of them.  but i know my favorite way to catch a bass.  

 

i do realize it is almost an impossiblity for forum member of any forum to name a single favorite, so i wont try.  hahah..:D

 

my single favorite:  is bottom contact bass fishing.  i love it low and slow.  that slow, meticulous, methodical fishing where i am imagining my bait creeping and hopping along the bottom.  i love interpreting the bottom contour, pretending i can understand the tactile feedback better than i actually can.  then i love when my bait stops (!).  i freeze.  hold tension.  "is it a snag?"  "can it be a bass?"..it's like playing chicken at that point.  i take a long pause to feel if i can tell if it is pulling back.  "nope..snag."  proceed.    they arent all the typical TAP TAP TAP  of a bass sucking in the bait.  sometimes it is nothing, but the line moving to the side.    jigs, light texas rigs, etc.    i love leaning back into the rod to drive the hook point home.   i lean hard if it is a heavy hook jig, but for the most part i trend towards needle like hooks.  thinner.  i like precision casting to cover.  lighter bait rigs.

i am saying this because i have been thinking about it somewhat.  with respect to my next rod purchases.  

 

thanks to this forum, i am better educated. i used to just buy rods and use them for whatever techique.  drives my boat friend nuts.  he laughs when i lose fish.   (i'm that guy that hooked a good bass on a Fury 703, with 12lb flouro, and a FROG - it didnt end in my favor) i am gonna buy a couple of GREAT rods to start.  may as well rank my favorite techiques so i can systematically buy a few good rods.  i'm gonna buy the MegaBass X-bites for my single favorite fishing method.  hope my wife doenst notice.  hahah.  them maybe the FMJ for the heavier bottom contact stuff...or a Windbuster by Christmas.  (hey, i have to buy myself something!)

 

i think knowing my favorite way to fish is really helping me save money.  yup.  i said it.  no willy nilly shotgun approach to buying gear like i use to.  

 

what is your Single favorite techinque..and is it asscociated with your best rod/reel combo?  or no.

Wacky rig and drop shot are my favorites. I may try shakey head and carolina rig late in the season. I am land based, no boat. I do have one pier I fish from. I have not caught anything on crankbaits, jigs or spinners. Plastics have worked better.

[Way north bass guy]

I think my most favourite has varied a bit over the years, but nowadays it’s most definitely a frog. So much fun when you get that explosion through a bunch of pads or slop, and you never know how big it’s gonna be until you get a look at it. 

[FishTax]

I'm a bottom feeder. Jigs and shaky head are my go to, always tied on. I like to camp on a spot and work it thoroughly. 

[Columbia Craw]

Whatever it takes to get a bite. My tackle inventory confirms that.

[Jleebesaw]

I like t rigs. Topwater is awesome too. But I find that I use t rigs more than anything. If the bass aren't biting good for me, I always slow down and pick areas apart with bottom contact. Near shore, I use the t rig. If it's offshore I'll break out the ole carolina rig. The carolina rig doesn't get talked about much these days, but we all know it catches them.

[LrgmouthShad]

Favorite is spinnerbait and it probably always will be. It is associated with what I would consider my best rod and reel combo. Falcon Expert Head Turner with a REVO Winch Gen 4.

[Tony Christian]

Working frogs and buzzbaits through and around heavy pads. Anything power fishing. 

[Choporoz]

22 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

  bottom contact bass fishing.  i love it low and slow.  that slow, meticulous, methodical fishing where i am imagining my bait creeping and hopping along the bottom. 

This.    Especially on the lighter side.  I don't much like weightless plastics, but I love trig with 1/16 and 1/8 weights.

  I always enjoyed it, but once I got a Helium LMH rod, and I could clearly interpret every tiny bump and tap, it became even better.  As long as wind or current are cooperative, I can use 1/16-1/8 trig plastic in nearly any situation I come across. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

22 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Top-Water ~ !

While not my most productive technique,

it is Easily my favorite way to get bites. 

A-Jay

 

 

I have caught two fish at once, but never two like ^this^ pair. My two biggest LMBs on one lure, caught on a Whopper Plopper in the barest light, were 19" and 17". My two biggest SMBs at once were both 18-inchers, caught below a waterfall in Ontario. 

 

This is a great thread. Thanks, @Darth-Baiter!

 

My favorite technique is surface lures. My cardiologist, who wants to upgrade his yacht. prefers me to use frogs. 

[Boomstick]

Hard to choose a single favorite. Maybe topwater for the blowups? I do like bottom contact and crankbaits and spinnerbaits a lot too

[Darth-Baiter]

lots of topwater.  you all have the topwater combo as your best combo?

[Standard]

Topwater for sure.  Had one launch clear out of the water to hit a Choppo this past weekend, so awesome to see.

 

12 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

lots of topwater.  you all have the topwater combo as your best combo?

 

I've been using my Mojo Bass glass M/M for topwater, crank baits and chatter baits.  Really like it, even more so after putting on a Zillion SV TW.

[Texas Flood]

4 minutes ago, Standard said:

Topwater for sure.  Had one launch clear out of the water to hit a Choppo this past weekend, so awesome to see.

 

 

I've been using my Mojo Bass glass M/M for topwater, crank baits and chatter baits.  Really like it, even more so after putting on a Zillion SV TW.

I just bought a Zillion SV TW as a Jerkbait reel. Now you got me thinking about throwing some braid on it.

[Boomstick]

27 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

lots of topwater.  you all have the topwater combo as your best combo?

I do not. My rod for smaller topwater is the St Croix Mojo Bass 6'8" M/XF "topwater" rod. Not the highest end rod, but it is a great power and action. My jig or heavier T-Rig rod and reel is my best combo.

[Standard]

9 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

I just bought a Zillion SV TW as a Jerkbait reel. Now you got me thinking about throwing some braid on it.

 

I'm running Berkley X5 on mine and it's been good.

[A-Jay]

2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

lots of topwater.  you all have the topwater combo as your best combo?

Now that you mention it, no.

In fact it may well be the complete opposite for me.

But it works. 

A-Jay

[Texas Flood]

4 hours ago, Standard said:

 

I'm running Berkley X5 on mine and it's been good.

I'll have to try that one. I usually go with Power Pro or Sufix.

[Standard]

1 hour ago, Texas Flood said:

I'll have to try that one. I usually go with Power Pro or Sufix.

 

I normally use Sufix 832, but with the pure fishing codes going around this winter I picked up a few spools of X5 and X9.  No complaints about either one.

[Bass Rutten]

Nothing beats topwater walk-the-dog lures for me. The Jack in the box/pop goes the weasel melody playing repeatedly in my head during retrieves may have something to do with it.

[Bigassbass]

I love top water bites so my favorite set up is my Shimano CI4 2500 spinning reel on a Lew's I-Pro rod.  I have used Rapala floaters and Husky jerks for years, caught more fish on them than any other plug I've ever thrown.  I have also caught many bass on soft plastics no weight line line, lizards work best in the spring.