Anyone use only one brand of soft plastics?

[Fishlegs]

Only use one brand of plastics?

 

 

[Fishingmickey]

There is one brand of plastics I don't use. No Googan for me!

FM

[KP Duty]

2 hours ago, Fishingmickey said:

There is one brand of plastics I don't use. No Googan for me!

FM

I ignored them as well...until I saw the rattlin' ned worms on sale.  They work...

[JHoss]

1 minute ago, KP Duty said:

I ignored them as well...until I saw the rattlin' ned worms on sale.  They work...

A ned bait and a googan bait. Guess this is like the double negative rule that turns it into a positive? I would've figured it would be the ol "two wrongs don't make a right".

 

 

[MN Fisher]

2 hours ago, Fishingmickey said:

There is one brand of plastics I don't use. No Googan for me!

FM

If it has 'Googan' or the private label of any of the members - I steer clear of it.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

15 minutes ago, KP Duty said:

I ignored them as well...until I saw the rattlin' ned worms on sale.  They work...

Yep them Rattlin Neds work great for me

[padlin]

Close, I use 2, key word being “use”.

[Bankbeater]

No way.  Each bait is a little bit different.

[SpinLight]

For light tackle spotted bass fishing, I could almost get by with Keitech only, but do like some other brands occasionally for some of my shaky head fishing and Ned rigs. Like so many other topics in fishing, most things work most of the time, and people enjoy their own individual preferences for the way they fish.

[woolleyfooley]

Heck no! There are too many good options from several manufacturers. You’d be severely limiting yourself if you did that.

[MediumMouthBass]

I only fish one brand soft plastic.... At a time😂

 

My adviser told me to diversify my investments, (he meant buying different brands fishing gear right?) Ive got around 20-50 different brands of baits from panfish-trout-bass-pike and each one brings their own unique thing, whether the shape, scent, water displacement, or action. Why be loyal to a company you owe nothing to? While limiting yourself in every way

 

[Columbia Craw]

[Pat Brown]

I often purchase lots of different brands of soft plastic but when I'm casting and the fish are biting it's generally one brand at a time so even though I have different things available that exist - I very very rarely fish more than one brand of soft plastic at a time.  I suppose I could do it on an Alabama rig but it might run weird with a keitech on one hook and a rage bug on another and a trick worm on one of them.  Some sort of cursed chandelier.

[rangerjockey]

No, not anymore. There was a time when all we had Mann's and Fliptail. Then Gene Larew , who had a little motel and guided on Table Rock just across from where I am at now , invented a way to put salt in worms and it got copied. 

Now, Everybody  is a bait pourer. 

[Mike L]

There are so many variables in this sport already, so to place a limitation on anything seems counterproductive to me. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

[TOXIC]

I am in a bit of a different situation being Regional Pro Staff for a plastics company.  Most know who that is. 😉. I have a strict rule with sponsors….no competitors allowed.  In the fishing circles around me here, it’s kind of a given that you will never catch me throwing a competitors plastic. Since we are talking about plastics, my sponsor, under the old management, used to encourage me to use others knock offs and report back to them how they performed or what they could do to improve the baits.  I also give them color recommendations and even new product lines that fill a need not addressed. With the new management there are multiple lines of plastics under the same umbrella but I have been asked to stay with my main brand.  On a personal note, my brand has produced every style, size and color plastic I will ever use or need to use.  As new products come out in the line I represent, I give them a shot and see if they make it to my “must have” list. So yes, I only use one brand of plastics……and I have zero complaints.  

[Joedodge]

12 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

I am in a bit of a different situation being Regional Pro Staff for a plastics company.  Most know who that is. 😉. I have a strict rule with sponsors….no competitors allowed.  In the fishing circles around me here, it’s kind of a given that you will never catch me throwing a competitors plastic. Since we are talking about plastics, my sponsor, under the old management, used to encourage me to use others knock offs and report back to them how they performed or what they could do to improve the baits.  I also give them color recommendations and even new product lines that fill a need not addressed. With the new management there are multiple lines of plastics under the same umbrella but I have been asked to stay with my main brand.  On a personal note, my brand has produced every style, size and color plastic I will ever use or need to use.  As new products come out in the line I represent, I give them a shot and see if they make it to my “must have” list. So yes, I only use one brand of plastics……and I have zero complaints.  

See this is kinda what I was looking for. I knew there were some folks out there. When I lived in Florida since gambler was right there. Soooo many of us basically

foshed gambler baits the selection was gigantic at tackle shops and honestly they made a version of every bait that just caught fish. Ya could mix baits in bags and not worry about scent or dislike plastics or salt. It was just easy 

[IYAOYAS]

I don't have any issues with Googan squad soft plastics. Little known fact the bandito bug was actually designed by Scott Martin. I don't ever close my mind off to a bait company unless they have personally wronged me. You never know when you get on the water and that pinky toe colored googie worm might be the only thing they'll bite.

[F14A-B]

58 minutes ago, IYAOYAS said:

I don't have any issues with Googan squad soft plastics. Little known fact the bandito bug was actually designed by Scott Martin. I don't ever close my mind off to a bait company unless they have personally wronged me. You never know when you get on the water and that pinky toe colored googie worm might be the only thing they'll bite.

Dude I love that bait! It’s fire for me..(Bandito Bug) 

[GetFishorDieTryin]

There are some brands that I could almost get away with, but theyre missing a bladed jig trailer or double tail grub, small subtle swimbait or floating worm.  If Reins made a good bladed jig trailer I could get away with just using them.  Same with Yamamoto.  I wish they made a pintail bladed jig trailer, but I could get away with the D shads.  

[TOXIC]

2 minutes ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

There are some brands that I could almost get away with, but theyre missing a bladed jig trailer or double tail grub, small subtle swimbait or floating worm.  If Reins made a good bladed jig trailer I could get away with just using them.  Same with Yamamoto.  I wish they made a pintail bladed jig trailer, but I could get away with the D shads.  

As for the pintail, Yamamoto makes the Scope Shad and the Shad Shape Worm.  One has a forked pintail and the other is a straight tail from 3.5 to 5 inches. 😉

[GetFishorDieTryin]

4 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

As for the pintail, Yamamoto makes the Scope Shad and the Shad Shape Worm.  One has a forked pintail and the other is a straight tail from 3.5 to 5 inches. 😉

The scope shade is only 4" and the 5" shad shape is a one and done bait.  Both baits have a very short tail for the size.  They dont have as much action as a longer tailed bait like a pintail shad or BA strail tail.   

[king fisher]

5 hours ago, TOXIC said:

I am in a bit of a different situation being Regional Pro Staff for a plastics company.  Most know who that is. 😉. I have a strict rule with sponsors….no competitors allowed.  In the fishing circles around me here, it’s kind of a given that you will never catch me throwing a competitors plastic. Since we are talking about plastics, my sponsor, under the old management, used to encourage me to use others knock offs and report back to them how they performed or what they could do to improve the baits.  I also give them color recommendations and even new product lines that fill a need not addressed. With the new management there are multiple lines of plastics under the same umbrella but I have been asked to stay with my main brand.  On a personal note, my brand has produced every style, size and color plastic I will ever use or need to use.  As new products come out in the line I represent, I give them a shot and see if they make it to my “must have” list. So yes, I only use one brand of plastics……and I have zero complaints.  

If some company were to sponsor me, than I would only fish that companies products.  I would find a way to make them work, even if the only product I could fish was a Banjo Minnow on a Zebco Barbie rod. Unfortunately I will never have the opportunity to be paid or even receive free gear, from any manufacturer of fishing products, so I have zero loyalty to any company.  If the Bait Monkey say's buy it, I fish it loose it, then buy more in a different size and color.

[TOXIC]

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

If some company were to sponsor me, than I would only fish that companies products.  I would find a way to make them work, even if the only product I could fish was a Banjo Minnow on a Zebco Barbie rod. Unfortunately I will never have the opportunity to be paid or even receive free gear, from any manufacturer of fishing products, so I have zero loyalty to any company.  If the Bait Monkey say's buy it, I fish it loose it, then buy more in a different size and color.

While sponsorship is nice, I can tell you I fished their plastics long before I got sponsored.  Sponsorship is not the reason to fish a bait.  Fishing the bait is the reason for sponsorship.  I was buying at retail, cases of their product before I got on staff.  My loyalty is not blind either.  When there was/is a gap in the product line that my sponsor didn’t make and I felt I needed that specific style of bait to be productive, I fished another manufacturer’s bait.  It just so happens as it currently stands, they have filled all the gaps plus more than I can fish,so I have zero need to supplement my baits. 👍🏻

[Dan N]

Not me. Like checking out new stuff. I go for good sales too, and many are so similar, I can’t imagine there is a difference in results.

i can’t imagine a bass would pass up a rage bug, but hit a bandito bug. 
(or many others) .just my opinion.