fishermantony Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I want to get a better rhythm with jerk baits and increase my confidence in them because I know they are great lures. After that probably deeper water techniques like spoons and dragging jigs and tubes. Quote
BassThumb Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Drop Shot, because the water is clear and the fish are often spooky around here, and I can only seem to catch dinks with them. There is much room for improvement. ;D Quote
TimJ Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 definitely my drop shot techniques need improving. I guess I need to get out by myself occasionally and just practice. Quote
MNGeorge Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 As much as I dread the thought, drop shot fishing would be one technique I think would be handy at times, so I'd like to learn a little on how to go about it. I much prefer heavier tackle, mostly jigs, with a good size chunk of plastic or tube on it, but there are times when that doesn't work so well. Quote
Super User Lund Explorer Posted January 23, 2011 Super User Posted January 23, 2011 I have really got to improve on NOT short-boating the wife, or whoever else is sitting in the backseat. It's not like I do it on purpose, but I just like to attack a weedline by sitting right on top of it and casting dead straight ahead. I seem to do the same thing fishing down a row of docks or just about anything else. Am I the only guy that is guilty of this? Quote
WanderLust Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Froggin' My hooking percentage sucks. Drop shottin would be a close second. Quote
fishermantony Posted January 23, 2011 Author Posted January 23, 2011 Drop shotting was my Achilles heel for a couple of years! I finally got it in the fall of 09 and it's probably been my favorite technique since. Don't give up on it guys, you'll love it when you get it! Quote
fishermantony Posted January 23, 2011 Author Posted January 23, 2011 I have really got to improve on NOT short-boating the wife, or whoever else is sitting in the backseat. It's not like I do it on purpose, but I just like to attack a weedline by sitting right on top of it and casting dead straight ahead. I seem to do the same thing fishing down a row of docks or just about anything else. Am I the only guy that is guilty of this? I know how you feel on this completely! I've had to work hard on separating family time on the boat and serious fishing time or I'll make my family miserable. Quote
Missouribassman95 Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Crankin, and Drop Shotting. I also need some work on fishing a senko! Quote
Super User BASSclary Posted January 23, 2011 Super User Posted January 23, 2011 Crankbaits. I have atleast 50, yet i've never caught a fish on one. Darn Bait Monkey!!!! And probably senkos too. Never caught a senko fish, but those don't count anyway right? Quote
marinetech Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Big changes for me this year. Going from 6' bc rods to 7'. Also want to spend more time fishing cranks so I can learn when and where to use them. Started using spinnerbaits more last year and learned when they are at there best. I love fishing plastics and it is tough to quit and go to something else but this is the year ! Quote
pasadenafishin Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Drop shotting is a technique i am actually pretty good at. I really need to improve my jig and crankbait fishing though because i have a total of 0 fish with those Quote
Revo_Carrot Stix Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 If there is a technique called "slowing down" then that's what I need to work on. Quote
wisconsin heat Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I want to work on the two extremes: i want to dominate (small bait) finnesse tactics-with lures down to an inch, and to work on using larger lures to catch some bigger bass(this one i might have trouble with) ;D Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 23, 2011 Super User Posted January 23, 2011 Jigs - a versatile, proven bait that I just don't use much and have little confidence in. Why? Well, specifically, one 48 acre lake that is very deep, with lots of ledges, and some submerged timber here and there. I don't fish that lake much...but I should...the bass are down there...laughing... ;D Quote
ctf58 Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Everything. I.m ok with tex rigged plastics, and lip-less cranks, but need someone to teach me more versatility. This year I want to try drop shot and Carolina rig. But above all is flipping and pitching. None of my friends do it so no-one can show me how. :-? Quote
JigMe Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 Jigs - a versatile, proven bait that I just don't use much and have little confidence in. Why? Well, specifically, one 48 acre lake that is very deep, with lots of ledges, and some submerged timber here and there. I don't fish that lake much...but I should...the bass are down there...laughing... ;D Me too. I have caught some fish with jig before, but would like to improve on. Quote
CAdeltaLipRipper Posted January 23, 2011 Posted January 23, 2011 I need to use swimbaits more,living in california that is an asset i must have haha,punching,i would like to get better with jigs,aaaand Id like to try carolina rigging this year Quote
Fish Chris Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Ya' know, I must have read the title of this thread 20 X's... and every time I did, I pondered it, and thought... "I dunno... Their are a whole bunch of techniques I totally suck at... crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs.. just to name a few.... but then I really don't feel like that stuff would help me much at all, to catch more giant Cali trout eaters, anyway. If I can't catch them on a swimbait (a Hud) or sightfishing (with whatever soft plastic bait I decide to grab) or on a crawler, or a dad, I probably wouldn't catch them on anything else anyway. Then it finally clicked.... Their is one technique that I wish I was better at.... > trolling ! I know their are a handful of big bass sticks, who absolutely nail giants, trolling big swimbaits ! And as much as I've tried, I just flat suck at it I think the closest I've ever come to sticking a big one trolling, was one time when I had trolled all the way from one end of my trophy pond, to the other. When my boat finally beached itself, I turned around to reel my lure in, and Bam ! Stuck a 10.2 Does that count ? {cooler yet, on the next cast, I stuck another 10+, and the 3rd I caught one that was 9 and change Only 3 bites I had all day, BTW. But yea, trolling. Wish I knew how to do it correctly. Fish Quote
Super User Goose52 Posted January 24, 2011 Super User Posted January 24, 2011 But yea, trolling. Wish I knew how to do it correctly. Fish Sounds like you got it wired - you cruise around the lake like the Pied Piper, all those hawgs just follow your boat back to the beach, then you stick 'em. Maybe you're just not beaching the boat often enough... ;D Quote
Super User J Francho Posted January 24, 2011 Super User Posted January 24, 2011 Chris, I'll get back to you on trolling...wildly under looked. Somewhat boring. You gotta set goals with it. I trolled for smallies for ten years or so. It's valid. Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted January 24, 2011 Super User Posted January 24, 2011 So the truth be known. J is an out of the closet troller. It is boring when your not catching but it can be rewarding. Especially on big water, think erie. Quote
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