Most Underated Technique or Tackle?

[LooksLikeSinbad]

I'm curious what you guys have confidence in that most people don't. For example, I love swimming a football jig with a skirted dt grub. I love it and it works, but most people believe you can only fish a football head on the bottom around rocks.

So what do you do that works despite conventional bass fishing wisdom? Is there a winter technique that you use all year? Or a lure that is intended for a specific application but you use it for something else?

[RobbyZ5001]

I am not good at it, but the technique I think is the most underrated is jigging spoons.

[BrnzeBckStalker]

I have had "Luck" with the FNF technique for smallmouth bass in the summer, which I use hardcore in the winter. And this was fishing rock wall drop offs on the river, so I would like to call it luck. But it still suits me well when i fish in the creeks i wade around here for big smallies.

[bigtimfish]

I mostly fish single and double colorado blade spinnerbaits. No matter what the conditions are. Most people I know throw tandem willow or colo/will. I doubt it's underrated, but around here it's not the norm.

[bilgerat]

I swim 2" sections of senko style baits (Trick Sticks, Dingers, etc.) on 1/8 or 1/4oz jigheads. They dart around like little minnows. A good way to get more mileage out of torn up baits.

[Uncle Leo]

Here is one I learned form a guide in Texas on Choke Canyon. Insert a nail weight in the fat end of a Zoom Trick Worm. TexPose a 3/0 EWG hook inserting 3/8 down from the thin end, cast and drag it. We called it the Tricky Dick. The worm stands on end and the 3/8 portion on the top hangs limp. Do not know what it is suppose to represent but caught a bunch with the largest at 7.5 lbs. Works great.

[diver_sniper]

One thing I like to do that my buddies laugh at me for is butting jig rattles on my T-rig hook before putting on whichever plastic it is that I'm using at the time.

[bigtimfish]

Here is one I learned form a guide in Texas on Choke Canyon. Insert a nail weight in the fat end of a Zoom Trick Worm. TexPose a 3/0 EWG hook inserting 3/8 down from the thin end, cast and drag it. We called it the Tricky Dick. The worm stands on end and the 3/8 portion on the top hangs limp. Do not know what it is suppose to represent but caught a bunch with the largest at 7.5 lbs. Works great.

Sorry to steal this thread.A 7.5 is a good fish, but I am surprised that was the biggest you guys caught out of choke. This year they were pulling 12's 13's 14's and I think a couple of 15's up pretty regularly.

[LooksLikeSinbad]

I swim 2" sections of senko style baits (Trick Sticks, Dingers, etc.) on 1/8 or 1/4oz jigheads. They dart around like little minnows. A good way to get more mileage out of torn up baits.

Now that is something I've never heard of.

[LooksLikeSinbad]

One thing I like to do that my buddies laugh at me for is butting jig rattles on my T-rig hook before putting on whichever plastic it is that I'm using at the time.

How do you attach them?

[Busy]

I sink my frogs to the bottom.  I rarely use them on topwater.  I believe I do what is called 'dead-sticking' with them.  Leave them sit and move them along a few feet at a time every so often while I'm working other baits.

[Uncle Leo]

Here is one I learned form a guide in Texas on Choke Canyon. Insert a nail weight in the fat end of a Zoom Trick Worm. TexPose a 3/0 EWG hook inserting 3/8 down from the thin end, cast and drag it. We called it the Tricky Dick. The worm stands on end and the 3/8 portion on the top hangs limp. Do not know what it is suppose to represent but caught a bunch with the largest at 7.5 lbs. Works great.

Sorry to steal this thread.A 7.5 is a good fish, but I am surprised that was the biggest you guys caught out of choke. This year they were pulling 12's 13's 14's and I think a couple of 15's up pretty regularly.

Sorry 9lbs 2oz was the biggest boated, Lost 3 that looked to be double digits. Us Northern Boys were just not use to having bigguns jump so much at the boat. Unfortnately these were on crankbaits, d**n treble hooks.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

To keep with the title of the thread the single most underrated method I can think of is simply putting a nail in the back of senko type baits. People are so hung up on fishing that thing weightless, but thats okay I catch more fish doing something that they aren't.

[fishinfiend]

After watching my uncle clean my clock with a spoon two week ago, I am going to give it a whirl.

[DMac]

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

[grimlin]

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

That's a walleye technique,believe it or not for around here.Smallmouths like em' too.

Float n Fly is under rated around here.I have yet to see it done or used.

[bilgerat]

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

Yeah man, that's a classic for sure. That's definitely one of those "If you could have only one bait" deals.

[Koop]

IMO the most under rated technique is just simply swimming a grub on a jighead. Its so simple that most people don't want to try it. I was at Table Rock in late May and I was killin em on that technique. 4 lb smallies all the way down to dinks. It just catches fish.

I agree, friend of mine does this and kills them with it... this and topwater rapalas and inline spinners are ALL he fishes.

Something I always do is jig a spoon at dusk/dawn before I work my topwaters.

[Clark Stewart]

My favorite technique is probably not that unheard of but I love it. I just got into creature baits hardcore and my favorite technique with them is to throw a kriet kreature (my favorite lure) with no weight and rather than let it sink or dead stick i run it back to me like a buzzbait. Not glamorous I know but most people I know simply pitch the thing in cover or dead stick it. This catches bass and aids in my lack of patience. I also like to let a frog sink like the other guy - especially a white one in semi clear water - you miss a lot less fish when you see the thing disappear a half second before you feel the bite. I'm also gonna need a picture of the tricky dick rig or whatever it's called - sounds cool.

[Raul]

Pre-rigged worm.

Yeah, y 'all seen those, them 5-6" straight worms with 3 small hooks, a bead and a propeller.

100% deadly

[cart7t]

I am not good at it, but the technique I think is the most underrated is jigging spoons.

I desperately needed my jigging spoons yesterday and they weren't in the boat.

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[aarogb]

    Senko's

     

[BassnMan Mike]

4 inch hand poured worm on an Original Charlie Brewer Slider Head.

[DINK WHISPERER]

Pitching a 1/2oz Rat-L-Trap into pockets and breaks of cattails, reeds, grass etc!

[Muddy]

This may surprise some, I make a point of one or 2 trips a season

LIVE BAIT FISHING

night crawlers

shiners/minnows

craw fish

once in a while, it is fun and highly effective

8-)