What Bait Do You Have The Most Faith In? 2024
BacklashBassin' reply :
What is your go-to bait that always seems to catch you a fish when having a tough day? For me I'd have to go with jigs, and chatterbaits.
ABW reply :
Jig
sprint61 reply :
Baby creature bait or shaky head.
Scott F reply :
4 inch senko type bait.
HoosierHawgs reply :
1.5 Size SQBill
Catt reply :
I keep 2 rods rigged 24/7/365!
#1: Texas Rig, maybe weighted or un-weighted
#2: Jig-n-Craw
desmobob reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 9:52 AM, Catt said:I keep 2 rods rigged 24/7/365!
#1: Texas Rig, maybe weighted or un-weighted
#2: Jig-n-Craw
+1
Tight lines,
Bob
livewireksu reply :
Smokin Rooster
scaleface reply :
Texas rig worm .
A-Jay reply :
The "Go-To" bait thing, ya that doesn't seem to work for me.
The closest version of that for me would be that there are one or two baits that I can use for each calendar period that routinely produce some fish.
But I haven't found that one magic bait that gets is done during Prespawn, Spawn, Postspawn, Presummer, Summer Peak, Summer, Postsummer, Fall Turnover, Cold Water, and finally Winter.
Often times one or two baits (or Techniques) can remain viable for 2 or even 3 periods.
I will say a jig & craw works all year but even that can be Tough Sledding.
A-Jay
PatrickKnight reply :
4 inch green pumpkin curly tail grub on a 1/8th jig head.
cgolf reply :
#1 Bandit 100
#2 Santone swim jig, trailer depending on cover fishing
Ned rig depending on cover has been good this year too.
PennBass reply :
5" Zoom Super Fluke in White Ice/Watermelon Gold rigged weightless on 3/0 EWG hook. Produces bass year-round for me
Frenchman83 reply :
Jig & craw, spinnerbaits
Darren. reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 9:39 AM, Scott F said:4 inch senko type bait.
This.
DogBone_384 reply :
Texas rigged Zoom U-tail in gourd green, followed by a 4" Senko.
BaitMonkey1984 reply :
If you asked me at the beginning of the year- over the past 10 years of fishing I would have said 5" GYCB watermelon creme senko. Always catches me fish.
This year I progressed with my bait casters(2nd year) and learned new techniques. One of which was a texas rigged Powerboat Crazy Chigger Craw. This bait produced all year. I think I have 20+ full packs in the garage and buy some more everytime I am in a tackle store. Fantastic bait.
68camaro reply :
I have one rod that always has a one bait tied to it, and is always pulled out when bite is tough, the bait is a Dave's Tournament Swim Jig with a Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw in Green Pumpkin.
When I buy these swim jigs I go through all the packages in the store to get the ones with yellow eyes. I am convinced they are the best.
Fishes in trees reply :
Faith in a bait is a function of where I'm fishing. If I'm fishing grass in 6 feet of water or less and I'm ticking the tops of the grass with some bait, then I have faith in an old Berkley Frenzy lipless crank. Every year, late March to mid April, I will catch a few 5 to 7 lb fish doing this. Early spring, afternoon from 1:30 to 3 is the best time to do this. ( at least that has been my experience in Missouri, in the clear to semi-clear waters that I fish in most of the time)
If I'm fishing a deep weed line 10 foot to around 20, I have faith in my home made jika rig - with some creature bait to be determined by water color. Throwing soft plastics at objects in 5 to 14 or so feet of water, my bait of choice currently is a quarter ounce Brewer slider head with a 5" paddle tail worm - again, color to be determined daily.
If I think fish are suspended in a tree line, my first choice is a Timber Tiger DC 16, probably in their Texas Shad color, but I really don't think that color matters much with this bait. Whenever I'm confronted with this situation, i.e. fish suspended in trees, there are always a couple of baits that I will always try. Choice #A would be a whacky rigged senko and choice #B would be a 1/4 or 5/16 oz tx rigged 10" Berkley power worm. I generally start with Red Shad color for this presentation but I think that there are other colors that would equally well.
I've got lots of favorite baits for specific instances, but this is enough for now.
hoosierbass07 reply :
Five inch Yum Dinger.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Jig or bladed jig.
Bankbeater reply :
A jig with some sort of craw trailer on it.
clh121787 reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 9:55 AM, desmobob said:+1
Tight lines,
Bob
plus 2 and a senkoOn 12/8/2015 at 9:55 AM, desmobob said:+1
Tight lines,
Bob
drew4779 reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 11:22 AM, BaitMonkey1984 said:If you asked me at the beginning of the year- over the past 10 years of fishing I would have said 5" GYCB watermelon creme senko. Always catches me fish.
This year I progressed with my bait casters(2nd year) and learned new techniques. One of which was a texas rigged Powerboat Crazy Chigger Craw. This bait produced all year. I think I have 20+ full packs in the garage and buy some more everytime I am in a tackle store. Fantastic bait.
2x
Scarborough817 reply :
jig with a craw trailer or a chatterbait
Damn Yankee reply :
Spinnerbait on a baitcaster, super fluke 4/0 ewg weightless on a spinning rod.
roadwarrior reply :
Right now it's the Rage Tail Menace.
GetBent reply :
Shaky Head Senko. I'm getting more confident with other lures at the moment, but when I find a fishy spot or checking old spots, I start with a senko then other baits after I catch a couple.
fishballer06 reply :
DT, Chatterbait, Fat Impact.
Racerx reply :
I see mostly all soft baits, listed, so far. My comfort zone seems solid in the hard bait section, preferably something like a Berkley Flicker Shad, or a Rapala X-rap or Scatter Rap Shad.
Mike L reply :
Right Now, today it's a Rage Cut R weightless or not.
Mike
stkbassn reply :
Spinnerbait for me. I will catch a fish on a spinnerbait, guaranteed. Jig and pig is a close second.
Starchalopakis reply :
I did tons of damage with the Cut-R in the beginning of the year! Awesome bait.On 12/8/2015 at 10:52 PM, Mike L said:Right Now, today it's a Rage Cut R weightless or not.
Mike
Lately I have been gaining a lot of confidence in lipless cranks and have been throwing them a lot of the time in recent weeks.
ww2farmer reply :
A 4" worm, nose hooked on a drop shot.
corn-on-the-rob reply :
small bait on the bottom.
travis23 reply :
I have more than one.
1. Squarebills
2. Senko
3. Beavers
4. Tubes
C0lt reply :
This is going to sound really weird to most people, but I know that I can get bit on a popper or a walking bait almost every day between april- october. I have caught more fish on a super spook ans super spook junior than I have with any other lure this season.
Jaderose reply :
H&H Spinner bait. No particular color or set up. Those just flat work for me. Ain't too many ways they can't be fished
next would be a lipless crank. usually in something like Rayburn Red or a Metalllic
illinifan4152 reply :
Rage Menace or fluke
Derekbass02 reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 9:39 AM, Scott F said:4 inch senko type bait.
gulfcaptain reply :
All of them at the right time, otherwise why would I fish with them.
I do have a growing box of baits that I have ZERO faith in though sitting in the corner of the garage.
HoosierHawgs reply :
What's in that box?On 12/10/2015 at 2:37 AM, gulfcaptain said:All of them at the right time, otherwise why would I fish with them.
I do have a growing box of baits that I have ZERO faith in though sitting in the corner of the garage.
BigSkyBasser reply :
Drop Shot
Its far from my favorite technique but it catches fish year long, and you can fish nearly any bait with it.
Not a lot of people try it, but 4" senkos rigged wacky on a drop shot is the best set up of all time for pressured bass.
gulfcaptain reply :
On 12/10/2015 at 2:46 AM, HoosierHawgs said:What's in that box?
Honestly, Senko's and that style of worm in other brands, jerkbaits, various swimbaits I didn't like after I tried them to no avail, some Zoom Critter Craws, and a few other creature baits and probably a half dozen different worms I've given up on as well.
Edit: I did find a use for the Zinkers though when I cut them in half.
Jake the Cake reply :
3" Powerbait Swim Shad
So. Cal. Lunker Hunter reply :
Fat ika wacky riged so. cal. style
Choporoz reply :
There's days when it flat-out falls on its face, but MOST of the time when things get tough, I'm going to reach for a green Cut-R. Usually on a weighted hook, but sometimes lightly t-rigged.
dcmclassic reply :
T-rig with Culprit Fat Max blue fleck shad.
Lendiesel22 reply :
Dirty jigs swim jig n rage craw trailer. I can fish this bait 100 different ways and throw it into anything with 100% confidence. They smack it hard and I have not lost a fish in 2 seasons on it.
bowhunter63 reply :
Rage Craw or Rage Anaconda always produce.My go too for sure.
RyneB reply :
Sweet craw skirt from siebert with a grass jig head from Siebert with a homemade 702 craw. 
Lunker Huntin reply :
x3 on the drop shot, was kind of surprised it wasn't mentioned more in 4 pages of reposes. I'm going to have to agree with BigSkyBasser though its not the technic that I want to reach for, but I would have to agree with what was said I truly believe it would work in almost any situation 365. I remember watching a video the G-man put out and he was talking about a c-rig and he called it the quitter-rig. He said if you see me throwing it then I have given up on everything else, that's kind of the same feeling I get when I reach for the drop shot rod.
bigfruits reply :
yamamoto hula grub on a 1/4oz arky jig.
RyanFishing reply :
If there's one bait that I am confident I could catch atl east a fish anytime throughout the year it's a dropshot. I have caught fish in every season on that bait.
soflabasser reply :
I have the most faith on any lure I am using at a given time.You need to be 100% confident on each and every cast in order fish at your best.
Master Bait'r reply :
Dynamite. Never fails.
GoCougs14 reply :
great search toolOn 12/11/2015 at 10:20 AM, Master Bait said:Dynamite. Never fails.
Brnnoser6983 reply :
I go to my CC Super Spot in silver/blue or my modified white SK red eye with a willow that replaced a back hook. I have caught some of my pb on these two and will throw them even in conditions where a T rig might be better.
Dogmatic reply :
Senko,weedless.
Sam reply :
In the greater central Virginia area it is the square bill Sexy Shad crankbait.
It all depends on the lure you have the most confidence.
For some guys in these parts it is the jig and pig. For others, it is the Shad Rap or spinnerbait.
As for plastics, the shaky head is the leader.
RB 77 reply :
I have said it before and I'll say it again, if I could only have one it would be a 6" T-rig straight tail worm. Although day in day out drop shot and fly lined Stik baits are absolutely deadly out this way.
looking4structure reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 10:15 PM, roadwarrior said:Right now it's the Rage Tail Menace.
X2
It's been killing them on our winter tourney series. Green pumpkin with 1/8oz tungsten pegged. Tail dipped in chart jj's.
FrogFreak reply :
jig and rage craw, swim jig and caffeine shad most of the summer. 4 in senko early in the year.
However, I always start with something on top cuz if they're hiring on top, forget every other technique!
MFBAB reply :
What's trending??
Here are the totals so far, some people listed more than one bait, and obviously a few of these are somewhat overlapping categories...but:
Jig-N-Craw – IIIII IIIII (10)
4” Senko – IIIII IIII (9)
T-Rig – IIIII II (7)
DropShot Rig – 4” Finesse Worm or Senko – IIIII (5)
Square Bill – IIII (4)
Swim Jig – IIII (4)
SpinnerBait – IIII (4)
ChatterBait – IIII (4)
Lipless Cranks – IIII (4)
Jigs (*Could probably be added to Jig-N-Craw total) – III (3)
Small Creature Bait – III (3)
T-Rigged Craw (Chiggar or Rage Craw-Could be added to T-Rig Total) – III (3)
Fluke (Weightless) – III (3)
Rage Menace (Assume SwimJig Trailer or Similar) – III (3)
Rage Cut-R (Assume T-Rig or ShakyHead Rigging?) – III (3)
Ned Rig – II (2)
ShakyHead (Surprisingly low total here) – II (2)
5” Senko (Could be added to 4” Senko total) – II (2)
Jig w Curly Grub – I (1)
Tube – I (1)
Topwater – Popper or WTD Bait – I (1)
Fat Ika – I (1)
Hula Grub on JigHead – I (1)
77 Total Votes
- 32 “Finesse” Votes
As for myself, a 4" finesse worm on a dropshot, a 1/8 Arkie naked w a craw trailer like a small YUM crawbug, or a TrickWorm on a ShakyHead have gotten me out of more than a few jams...but I know it's probably going to be a tough day if I'm reaching for any of these early 
It was surprising after adding these up, less than half of the votes were for what I would consider "finesse" baits.
FSUFish reply :
Since I'm a snowbird...
September- April (GA)- 5" Senko T-Rigged, Watermelon/Black Flake
April-September (MA)- 4" Senko wacky rigged- Pumpkin/Black Green Flake
hawgenvy reply :
Keitech Swing Impact FAT 4.8" soft swim bait in Bluegill Flash, rigged with a 4-0 belly-weighted Gamakatsu Superline Spring Lock swimbait hook (1/16-1/8 oz), fished on 20 lb Seaguar Tatsu fluro on a MH to H rod. Or on 50 lb braid in pads or heavy green stuff.
This bait has been sooo totally ridiculous since mid October. I've gone through a couple of hundred dollars worth of these babies since then. So my wife's not happy. But I am. You swim it fast or slow, pause it or not, steady or jerky, whatever. It wiggles and they inhale it. Anywhere there are active, good sized fish.
On Lake Okeechobee, in the glades, canals, and local ponds I do get some bites on jigs, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, squarebills, senkos, flukes, worms, frogs, lizards, and creatures -- but currently I catch more bass on this Keitech swimbait than on all the others put together. Also, it casts quite far and you can cover a lot of water pretty fast.
I put one under my pillow at night. Because I am in love with my Keitech Swing Impact FAT. (Wife doesn't like that part either.)
WolfyBrandon reply :
Hands Down, Gitzit Tube + 1/8oz Jighead. It's the bait that is responsible for 105 days consistently catching bass this year!
Even caught my PB Smallmouth seen in my current avatar.
WolfyBrandon
scaleface reply :
On 12/13/2015 at 3:44 PM, WolfyBrandon said:
Hands Down, Gitzit Tube + 1/8oz Jighead. It's the bait that is responsible for 105 days consistently catching bass this year!
Even caught my PB Smallmouth seen in my current avatar.
WolfyBrandon
Gizits are great . I went fishing once this summer and accidentally left my soft plastics at home . I searched through all my gear and found a pack of black Gizits . I Texas rigged them and had a fine day of catching bass ..
Senko lover reply :
I have thrown the Ned rig on some of my toughest days these last 3-4 months and still have yet to get skunked on it.
EvanT123 reply :
Weightless fluke or 3.5 inch tube 1/8-1/4oz
fisherrw reply :
probably a tube or senko
Stingray23 reply :
Without a doubt, its the weightless fluke.
AnthonyBarnaoBASS reply :
Strike Kings red eye shad, catches fish year round in almost every color that they make
Bass_Fanatic reply :
If I had to pick just one, it'd be a 1/2 oz jig. I can swim it, pitch it, or drag it. I can fish it in 1 ft down to 35 ft of water. But luckily I don't have to pick just one. My best baits this year was
1. Drop shot roboworm
2. 10 xd
3. Bama rig
4. Jig
Most of my fish are caught in 20+ ft of water
RedHeadAngler reply :
Wacky rigged 5 inch senko in watermelon red magic
pwahmy reply :
On 12/8/2015 at 10:15 PM, roadwarrior said:Right now it's the Rage Tail Menace.
How are you rigging these?
Fishinthefish reply :
Spinnerbaits. I love covering ground and hitting every bank, every point, dock, and structure. You can always almost get at least one hit.
roadwarrior reply :
On 1/2/2016 at 11:36 AM, pwahmy said:How are you rigging these?
1/4 oz bullet weight and a 3/0 EWG Offset Worm Hook
Jigfishn10 reply :
I don't think there is just 1 bait I have more confidence over the others, but I do have 1 that is a flat out bird dog lure. Whenever I have a tough time locating fish, I can count on this to find em. It won't get you the biggest one in the playground, but it will tell you where they are.
Lucas Julian reply :
I would say a baby brush hog Texas rigged.
Scarborough817 reply :
a 1/2oz blue bug siebert outdoors dredge brush jig with a blue bug rage craw trailer
or a 1/2oz bluegill siebert outdoors fogy (chatterbait) with a bluegill bass pro speed shad
Hurricane reply :
Booyah Spinnerbait. .
tander reply :
Lately its been a Junebug TRD (Ned Rig) followered by a Bandit 100 Tenn Shad crankbait.
NoahWatts reply :
1/4 oz Dirty Jigs Swim Jig in dill gill with a candy gill shockwave in warm water and a bluegill rage tail menace in cold water
primetime reply :
Live Wild shiner...It shows me how many bass have been ignoring by presentations all day when I decide to catch one and free line it...next time you are fishing a Pond or Lake and can't get bit on a plastic worm which is probably the confidence bait for me...Jig/Texas Rig try and catch a small baitfish or shiner and live line it....I have had days when I was shut out from the bank, chum up a few shiners, throw em on a worm hook, braid, and get bit every time it hits the water...If only artificials worked as well as a big wild Shiner...
#1 Confidence bait in shallow water which is what I mostly fish is a texas rigged worm or soft craw of some type. I would say a black and blue jig with green pumpkin trailer is hard to beat.....
the reel ess reply :
Berkley Chigger craw black/blue, T-rigged, 3/16 oz tungsten bullet weight
or
Zoom Trick Worm, bubble gum
I think I could get a bite on either of these almost EVERY TIME I go, almost any time of year.
roadwarrior reply :
Hmm...
smallie.mike reply :
Green pumpkin zoom finesse worm
A close second would be a jig-n-craw
IneedAnewScreenName-33448 reply :
1/2 oz jig watomelen redflake
related Fishing Tackle topic
previous topic
next topic
© 2024 - fishing.qciss.net. All Rights Reserved.