The Worst

[BravoMaverick]

Plastic Worms

[bassnleo]

Tough one for me, I catch fish on soo many different types of baits and presentations, I'd say buzzbait first (strange cause I whack em on a spinnerbait), second probably would be a carolina rig.

I'm shocked how many reponses where jigs, tubes, spinnerbaits, are guys nemesis. Those 3 things along with cranks and plastics are my top 5 producers.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I'm shocked how many reponses where jigs, tubes, spinnerbaits, are guys nemesis. Those 3 things along with cranks and plastics are my top 5 producers.

What else is there??? ;D

[Crabcakes]

It seems i'm not the only one who doesn't do well with spinnerbaits. I know they work for others but the biggest fish i've caught on a spinnerbait is a huge shad i snagged in the side.

[J@k3 01s3n]

I'm worst with hard jerkbaits and carolina rigs. You guys should pick up one of KVD's many spinnerbait videos, might help you catch some more bass on 'em. As for me, I mainly fish them prespawn. If after that, I fish them as slow as possible, or with a yo-yo retrieve very slow. I think it all comes down to confidence too. I mainly don't catch fish on certain lures because I don't give them a fair chance. All part of learning to be a better angler.

[Mattlures]

I hate spinnerbaits and crankbaits. I have boxes full of them but I wont use them.

I am totaly suprised at people saying droshot. That has to be the easyest way to bass fish. Out of curiousity are you guys ds with 6lb test and under? and are you using spinning gear like you are suposed too?

[iceintheveins]

I can't catch bass on soft plastic crawdads fished along the bottom, despite the fact that crawfish are the main forage for all the gamefish in most systems in my area. I don't try it much though. That's probably why, a lack of confidence in it. The more confident you are with a technique the better it works because you stick with it and fish seriously. And even just having confidence seems to help by itself.

[Poor Richard]

 

I used to be really good with dynamite, but for several years now my little pond has failed to yield a single fish.

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  "The fish are biting.  Or not." - R.B.

[Nicky Greece]

  Have to go with the spinnerbait myself, but im trying.  Have caught loads of fish on farm ponds with them but whenever i go to the lake I lose my patience with them and switch to a swim bait of some type.  

[flyphisher #]

Jigging spoons and drop shot.....Lack of practice, I can dropshot but dont like it.

Also chatterbaiting , I refuse to use one of those things.

[Matt Fly]

I'm with Skwerl on this one. The spinnerbait. Hate it and have no confidence in it what so ever .... and it's not for a lack of trying. I can count on one hand how many bass I have caught on a spinnerbait.

And to think last year you said crank baits. Have we had some luck on cranks?

Hookem

Matt

[VekolBass]

Threads like this amaze me, how a group of individuals can have such widely differing experiences doing the same basic thing with the same stuff. But it is what it is. The spinnerbait is my "go to" bait in any shallow water situation. I like cranks for deeper water. Soft plastics, including jigs, are my problem. I've spent hours trying to figure out whether a given sensation is a fish or not. This past March I swore I'd hooked a large fish with a jig--only to come up with a tree branch. Just ask Drums--he witnessed it. Felt like a fool. I'm not giving up though, I still spend at least an hour on each hour dragging a worm through every conceivable type of underwater habitat. I do think I've figured out what a bluegill feels like when he pecks at the bait. I have to learn, my favorite fishing water is getting weedier by the day, soon I'll be spending all my time cleaning crud off of my spinnerbaits

[tennsopher]

Skwerl,I saw your post and thought Id pass on a littke trick.Take a soldering gun and close in the area  where the wire wraps around itself and the open gap at top where the blade hooks to.This should fix your tangling problem.Different blade styles are for different retrieve speeds and depths ie wilow leaf for fast and shallow and Indiana or colorado for slower and deeper.Try and match your skirt color to available forage white and blues for shad,gold for shiners and greens and clowns for bluegill.I hope this helps.

                                                                                                                  Tennsopher

[Bass Hammer]

I am totaly suprised at people saying droshot. That has to be the easyest way to bass fish. Out of curiousity are you guys ds with 6lb test and under? and are you using spinning gear like you are suposed too?

6lb on a littly whippy spinning rod here. My problem probably has more to do with suspended fish. >

[Thatcher]

This thread should be "what is your best". Only things that catch me bass are tubes, crankbaits and Senkos! I can't fish a T-rigged worm if my life depended on it.

[cart7t]

I've never had the patience nor confidence to effectively vertically jig Hopkins type jigging spoons even though I keep a few in the boat. Same with the Little George fished the same way.

Next on the list is the spinnerbait.  I fall in and out of love with that bait from year to year.  I've caught a ton of fish on it along with some monsters but it's not a high confidence bait for me for some reason.

[Kana]

carolina rigs get my vote, just for awkwardness of casting that bad boy.  it works, ive seen it, ive caught fish too, but i just dont stick with it long enough for me to consistantly tie it on a nd call it a comfort technique.  tubes come in next, just from lack of trying. i have found ways to use what i have in unothadox ways to catch fish, but the c-rig just isnt one of them and tubes, i hope to make it a discomfort of the past come this summer, when i have time to concentrate on it.

[Brian_Reeves]

Worst lure would probably be a jig just because I have horrid luck on them.  I feel bites, set hooks, fight fish, and haul in water.

Worst technique would be locating and pressuring deep water grasslines.

[Guest JoshKeller]

spinnerbaits. I havent thrown one since march. I can catch fish with them, but I get much more satisfaction pitching jigs or throwing plastics in places i'd normally throw a spinnerbait.

[SuthernProg]

Jigs and C-Rigs. I don't know what the problem is.

[jagdbdg]

Buzzbaits

[Whopper-Stopper]

I hate fishing with a jig. It just doesn't feel natural to me. I hate it when nothing else is working and I have to switch to a jig to catch fish. It always works for me but I think they are the most annoying things to fish with. Maybe I'm just picky. :-?

I used to be really good with dynamite, but for several years now my little pond has failed to yield a single fish.

You need to use more dynamite at one time.

[JC121]

tubes,spinnerbaits, and crankbaits, no idea how to fish them , used them quite a bit, have never caught a fish on them

[janalon]

A jig, yes I know, but that is the truth

[John Cullum]

Any water deeper than 15 feet is my down fall.

Most of our lakes here in Indiana are shallow and stained. So it really isn't often I fish any deeper than the shore cover to 6-8 feet.

I've tried fishing the lakes we normally fish tournies on a bit deeper but have had zero luck doing so.