Is it better?

[Darth-Baiter]

3 hours ago, gimruis said:

I don't care what you wanna call it.  There is no force on this earth that will make me do it anymore.  I'd rather bobber fish.

 

[Catt]

39 minutes ago, WRB said:

The worn out phrase Time on the Water should be Productive time on the water. 

 

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Tom when you wanted to put Nadine in the boat what do you throw?

[WRB]

Just now, Catt said:

 

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Tom when you wanted to put Nadine in the boat what do you throw?

My hair jig w/pork trailer👍

[Catt]

4 minutes ago, WRB said:

My hair jig w/pork trailer👍

 

My point is everyone has a particular topwater, mid-depth, & bottom contact that they start with because they have years of experience with them.

 

My favorite way to fish is deep offshore structures. My strengths are Texas Rigs & Jig-n-Craws but can guarantee y'all if those ain't working I will throw a deep diving crankbait, Carolina Rig, Swimbait or what ever. 

 

I'm the kind of angler that believes, ^ by whatever means necessary".

 

Tournament guys do the same.

[A-Jay]

On 11/13/2023 at 9:54 PM, RHuff said:

Is it better to be universal as in being able to throw pretty much any type of bait or do you think one would be better suit to learn only 3 or 4 or 5 techniques and learn to fish them well…

 

I’m thinking of cutting back next year and simplifying everything I feel like I’ve spun out at the end of the year..

 

I’m thinking of going wacky/texas stickworm, crankbait, jig, and drop-shot all year.. fished shallow or deep

 I've tried it 'both ways'.

And both ways have productive days and perhaps an equal number of unproductive days (and nights)

I am not sure having an unlimited or even a very limited number of options available

is the 'key' to routine success on the water. 

However, being able to have some presentations that I am confident in during any number of bass fishing situations & conditions, has seemed to work out OK for me. 

And while there are a Bajillion baits & techniques available,

over the course of a fishing season, there are many times where the 'conditions' repeat themselves, many times over even.

Some of these conditions seem to routinely produce more & better fish for me.

So this is where I like to focus my efforts.

By having baits /presentations that I am confident in will get bites, and I mean the right bites, prevents be from fishing the wrong thing at the right time. 

Bottom line question may be, how many bait's & rigs does it take to cover that deal ?

Might be just one or it could be quite a bit more than that.

I'm still working on it.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

 

 

 

[greentrout]

Eighty percent of my fishing is bank fishing. I'm retired and enjoy fishing that way. I fish relatively shallow water throwing T rigged and weightless worms and stick baits, spinnerbaits, top waters, lipless crankbaits using a bait caster, spinning and sometimes a spin cast setup. Take no more than 2 rods and a very small tackle box when beating the bank -- sometimes only one rod. I'm pretty good at it. Keep it simple. I enjoy it and I'm not intimidated when fishing large bodies of water. 

[Scott804]

Follow your own style. Everyone fishes different. Do what works for you

[einscodek]

You don't need them all but better to be versatile and master a few.  There are baits that lend themselves to multiple techniques.  Having a wider repertoire at hand w/understanding when to use them optimizes fishing results.

[RRocket]

I spent the better part of the last few years performing a "World Series of Bass Rigs" to help determine which rigs were best suited for my area, conditions and preferred gear. So I endeavored to learn them all proficiently. And I did. And it wasn't always fun. And took many tackle purchases that I knew I may not ultimately use.

 

Some stood out for their versatility while others for their singular use. Some were simple, others more complex.

 

In the end, it became clear that some produced far more consistently than other rigs. And, within those productive rigs, finding which bait colors were better than others.

 

My point is...I think even if you know every rig under the sun, there's going to be a handful that become standouts for your area and type of fishing. And therefore become your regulars. But you may need to learn many rigs to help you then specialize in only a few. 

 

I feel if you can't catch bass on any given day in your area with 2-3 techniques you truly and fully know...you probably weren't going to catch fish in a meaningful way that day even if you fished every single technique under the sun.