What are you going to try in the new year? 2024

Fat-G reply :

What lures do you want to try this year?

I really want to try the new Swimmin' Flukes and Jelly Worms. I also want to try some Paca Chunks.

Shane J reply :

Well, not much new stuff, but I do have a couple swimbaits I'll probably at least get wet this year, but other than that, I'm sticking to the winning formula I got on in '09 (Rage Tails and jigs!).

Fishing Rhino reply :

Carolina rig and Texas rig fishing for starters. After that, ?

simplejoe reply :

I got a couple swimbaits, going to toss them and see how it goes. Other than that, getting the RT Eel, the thumper worm and the Smokin Rooster. That will be my starting line up for the year.

jdw174 reply :

The last new lure I bought was a SK Redeye Shad in sexy shad color and that was a couple of years ago. It's become one of my favorite baits. This year I may break down and get a pack of soft swimbaits and I'm considering trying one of the new Storm Kickin' Sticks. Outside of that....nada.

A-Rob reply :

There is definitely some stuff I am forcing myself to learn. Actually I like this post b/c this is all I think about all off season!

I want to work on:

1. dropshotting

2. crankbaits

3. C-rig

I have used cranks and the c-rig on/off but I want to focus on them and make them strong weapons b/c they are perfect for my lake.

And obviously I want to polish up stuff I've been working on:

1. Swimbaits

2. well just about everything I can always improve!

I might lay off the texas rig in deeper water and just keep it for flippin/pitchin so I can try these new things.

Revo_Carrot Stix reply :

Finesse Fishing - I usally have a 3 hour window to fish between work and family so it's hard for me to slow down when the bite starts getting tough. (A cabin fever purchase JM Spinning reel/7' Carbonlite is a good place to start).

bryand82487 reply :

Big IKA rigged the way they show it in the video on the GYCB website and other GYCB products. Also some rage tail stuff JJ's Magic.

The Rooster reply :

Jigs. I bought a bunch of them last year but circumstances beyond my control limited my fishing SEVERELY last year so when I did go I just used what I was comfortable with instead of trying to learn anything new. The jigs just laid in the box dry for most of the year. I've actually been trying to learn to pitch and flip at home in the back yard so I will be more ready for this when the time comes this year.

Next will be the shakey head. I have not given this lure a chance yet cause I felt I did not have the right gear to fish it properly. Now that's changing so I will give them some attention.

I'm not much on swimbaits but some of the smaller ones look interesting. I got a couple of the magic swimmers in the smallest size I'll give a shot. Those big ones don't do anything for me though. If it weighs more than an ounce I don't have much use for it. I don't even own a rod that will handle more than that. And any of those soft plastic ones with the big flubbery tails don't appeal to me at all.

roadwarrior reply :

I'm going to work on spinnerbaits. I rarely fish

these lures simply because everyone else does!

However, mastering a few techniques might

change my attitude. So, that's my goal for

2010.

8-)

WoolleyBass reply :

I want to try Jigs and Swimming Flukes.

Roby

flippin and pitchin reply :

This year I hope to improve my dropshot skills and experiment with the flip shot. I had some success with a jerkbait last year and would like to expand on that. Good 2010 season to everyone !

koulaid reply :

Drop shot and cranks

bassfisherjk reply :

I am going to try to fish some Spinnerbaits this season.I don't tie them on much,guess I'm to busy with soft plastic's/topwater.

airborne_angler reply :

Ive done really well in the past with a Dropshot,but I was using really small baits,so I was catching Bluegill as well as Dink bass.I think im gonna try to "up" the size of bait I use on my Dropshot,hoping that will get me some better fish.

I may also try some Beaver baits,as everyone says theyre really good.May try some Shakey head presentations as well.

For now im gonna make an effort to throw some Lizards and get some bedding fish.I havent fished during the spawn since the mid 90's

The Bassinator reply :

Spinnerbaits, Jigs, C-rigs, and I wanted to nail down flippin and pitchin. How long it will take me to learn how to use them is another story ;D

grimlin reply :

RT Eeliminator.

Need to work on shaky head fishing some more this year.

Crestliner2008 reply :

I'm going to give swim jigs a shot this season. Especially the "Wisconsin" style.

I see some folks just getting into drop shotting. You won't regret that move, I guarantee!

Primus reply :

I'm intriqued by the Strike King Smokin' Rooster, bought a couple of bags to try this spring. Also, looking forward to trying some new cranks such as the Spro Little John Deep Diver, Strike King Series 6XD. I also picked up 1 Black Dog Mini Shellcracker that I'm looking forward to showing the fish in my area. Lucky Craft came out with a couple of new baits that are going to be on the end of line this spring the 3 Joint Pointer 125 swim/jerkbait hybrid and the Silent Pointer 95. I also have some custom painted cranks and some new colors of my old standby LuckyCraft RC baits that will surely get fished.

I also picked up 2 new spinning rods a Loomis SHR 822S/ GLX Shakeyhead rod along with a Dobyn's DX 742 SF Chamion Extreme 7'4" ML for finnesse fishing.

I just have to wait app 6 weeks for the ice to go away :-/

Fat-G reply :

Forgot to mention I want to catch some fish on a shakey head this year.

Fishes in trees reply :

Good question - real answer is I don't know. I am going to try to get better in my locating skills, I'd rather spend more time fishing rather than searching. I'm going to try to keep gear better organized, so I don't spend as much time sorting through stuff.

I'm going to try to get beyond local this year, maybe a once a month trip to a larger reservoir - Truman or Stockton or Pomme de Terre.

zero limit reply :

Going to give finesse fishing more time, slow it down

Taylor Fishin 4 life reply :

I would like to experiment with heavy matted grass drop shotting

Backlash_NC reply :

Definitely spinnerbaits. And swimbaits. Got to get out of my plastic worm comfort zone.

Radical Conservative reply :

SWIMBAITS!!!! Somebody teach me.. :'(

Ineedanewscreenname20170204 reply :

Fat Ika, tubes, floating worms, big worms, LC Pointers, Sammy...

s13john reply :

reading the fish finder correctly, and setting it up correctly. other than that deep fishing ... never can get it right.

Brian B reply :

Definitely want to try drop shot. Also wanna give swimbaits and jerkbaits a shot too. I agree with Backlash_NC, breaking the worm comfort zone is tough.

Kowen117 reply :

hard Swimbaits (tylure hard sunfish) and improve on my dock/timber jig fishin

Hammer 4 reply :

Need more hard swimbaits...$$$$$$$, and will keep chuckin em.

Also I'm gonna work with the ragetail Eliminator.

Big Bait Fishing reply :

get into throwing BIGGER SWIMBAITS !!!! tryin' to get away from 6"-10" baits and start throwing 12"-16" baits , seriously .............

A-Jay reply :

I am planning on fishing a spinnerbait DEEPER this year. Up to now, I rarely throw a blade bait in anything more than 4-5 feet. This season I'm going to try slow rolling a heavy spinnerbait in some of the same places I would normally throw a deep running crankbait and perhaps even deeper. I've been reading up on it this off season (which is waaay tooo long) and I think it might be a technique that the fish up here don't see much.

Also, if I can muster up the commitment, I going to make a few trips with nothing but Buzzbaits in the boat. We'll see. . . . . . .

A-Jay

tritz18 reply :

Jigs and spinnerbaits are my main focus for the coming year

knap reply :

swimbaits and C-Rig

Blue Streak reply :

I going get back to the Carolina rig this year. It is a great search tool and I have always done well with it, got away from it to try some new techniques that did not work as well.

santacruz reply :

Gonna focus on cranksbaits.Learned jigs last year, crankbaits are bout the only bass lure i havent learned to fish well yet.

soccplayer07 reply :

Punching mats!!!

RedhookRR reply :

Lets see.

1 Canoe

2 swimbaits

3 dropshot

4 every other lure or rig excluding crankbaits since those are my all else fails lures

Georgia Jeff reply :

Drop shotting

swimbaits

Z-Man elastec frogs and swimbaits

crankbaiting logs in the river

bwillis reply :

Jigs w/ trailers

Crankbaits- both lipped and lipless

Soft plastic frogs

Flukes

Carolina Rigs

and a few other things I can't think of right now.

soccplayer07 reply :

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Jigs w/ trailers
Crankbaits- both lipped and lipless

Soft plastic frogs

Flukes

Carolina Rigs

and a few other things I can't think of right now.

once you try frogs...you may never use anything else...

SkilletSizeBass. reply :

I've got quite a few things I really need to learn or get better at, some of I know nothing at all. I just hope I don't try to much at once, or in a short time and get overwhelmed, or not perfect any. But, here are some lures I plan on trying more of:

(1) Senkos ...I've heard too much good about them and I've got to learn this method this year.

(2) jigs ... I just have never done good on jigs, Ive got to give them more effort.

(3) spinnerbaits... I've had limited sucess on them and need to be more patient. :-[

zaraspook_dylan2 reply :

I'm going to try jerkbaits a little bit. But i'm going to also learn to be more patient.

Josh Bassman reply :

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What lures do you want to try this year?
I really want to try the new Swimmin' Flukes and Jelly Worms. I also want to try some Paca Chunks.

I'm going to do a lot a "rigged" wacky worming. The rigged wacky worm is weighting the head end of the worm with a nail.

I catch a lot of fish with two setups: a shakyhead and a wacky worm. The "rigged" wacky is almost mixing the two.

We'll see how it works.

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