What techniques have you never tried? 2024
thinkingredneck reply :
I tend to fish plastics (worms) Texas rigged or weightless, a few cranks and spinnerbaits. Never tried chatterbaits, jerkbaits, flukes, drop shot, c rig, split shot, ot grubs. Very little experience with creatures. Got to branch out. What have you never tried?
OkobojiEagle reply :
Carolina rigging, flipping into cover
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scaleface reply :
Mostly finesse stuff because I fish stained to muddy water with casting gear almost exclusively . Drop shot , wacky rig , split shot rig and a true Ned rig . I have fished similar things to the ned rig but was informed it doesnt count .
A-Jay reply :
I routinely fish a somewhat varied list of techniques.
Tried a bunch, some didn't seem to match my style or fisheries.
Have not throw the really big hard bodied swimbaits, I'm talking the 10 inch / 6 ounce plus baits; not for bass anyway.
Also some of the 'rigs' like the dangle rig & the stupid rig and let's not forget the Geekinhiem rig, will probably never make it into my arsenal.
However none of this has discouraged the bait monkey from keeping me on speed dial, which has been going on for many years now.
A-Jay
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
A-rig and drop shot.
scaleface reply :
I havent tried the big swimbaits either . Nor Spy-bait or Glide-bait . I just dont have time to try everything but do well enough that I dont have to .
Oh and lets not forget the Whopper Plopper .
Choporoz reply :
A-Rig - Not exactly 'never', but close. Tossed it for about ten minutes one afternoon a couple years ago before it got snagged bad. Spent another ten minutes before I broke off nearly $30 worth of metal and plastic. (At least I created a new 'brush pile' in Smith Mountain Lake.
I have a couple more, but never used them. ...yet
Dorado reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 10:06 PM, OkobojiEagle said:Carolina rigging, flipping into cover
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X2
mattkenzer reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 10:13 PM, A-Jay said:Have not throw the really big hard bodied swimbaits, I'm talking the 10 inch / 6 ounce plus baits; not for bass anyway.
I am the same ..... spent a lot of my time last year fishing Maine for largemouth so maybe some day.
Fishin Dad reply :
I have never tried a fluke. A-Rig can't be fished where I am. I am going to throw the fluke this year. So many techniques, so little time!!
ratherbfishin1 reply :
Flukes, carolina rig, and A rig, are a few of the ones I have either never, or close to it, thrown. Hope to change that with flukes this year though.
senile1 reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 11:18 PM, Fishin Dad said:So many techniques, so little time!!
That is so true for many of us. Hopefully, we will find the time in the future. It makes you wish for retirement, but I hate wishing my life away.
As for baits I haven't tried, large swimbaits like A-Jay mentioned, spy baits, and A-rig are on the list. There are probably some other obscure baits that I can't think of as well. I think the big thing for me isn't how many I haven't tried, but how many I haven't tried enough. One needs to give a technique time.
OkobojiEagle reply :
Upon more reflection of this question, I suppose there are more named bass techniques/rigs that I haven't fished than those I have fished. I covet the village idiot's life for its simplicity.
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Preytorien reply :
I've never tried float-n-fly or a worm under float for anything. Seems like a lot of equipment to use so I just never get around to it, no matter how successful I hear of it being.
I've also never used a punch rig. I don't usually hit grass or weeds that thick, and when I do I am usually bank-bound and never fuss with it
Fish the Mitt reply :
- Carolina Rig (although I fish a mojo quite often).
- A-Rig
- Big body swimbaits
- Double Zulu (I'm actually going to try this, this year).
- Ned Rig
- Shaky Head (also trying this, this year)
Mike L reply :
A Rig
Ned Rig
Spy Bait
Anything with more than 1 hook at a time. (Trebles don't count)
Mike
fishwizzard reply :
Deep cranks, anything over 3oz, a t-rigged senko the "right" way, I am sure a dozen others.
You guys who have never fished a fluke are missing out, imho it's the most fun lure out there to fish and once you get a little time in with them you can get a pretty insane variety of different actions and retrieves out of one.
BassWhole! reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 10:19 PM, scaleface said:Oh and lets not forget the Whopper Plopper .
As if that were possible...
Brings up an interesting issue for proponents of technique theory. As you can see from the original question and subsequent responses many confuse, or inter mingle technique with lure(s), as if they existed in exclusion of other possible combinations. I like to look at it as a continiuum rather than discreet independant items. But hey, whatever works.
Scarborough817 reply :
i have never thrown a wacky rig, i have also never thrown a trick worm but im going to change that and fish a trick worm wacky rigged
Bassguytom reply :
I have never punched mats. This is something I always want to try but have yet to do it. Maybe this year will be the year.
FishDewd reply :
Some I can think of though I am sure there are lots more that I'm not even aware of!
- Whopper Plopper
- Flipping and pitching to any degree, never done them while fishing cause I'm not good at those casting techniques
- A-rig/umbrella rig
- Flukes (this one I will try soon)
- I have frogs but I haven't really seriously tried them cause the conditions are never right to use them
- Swim baits of any sort
- Dropper rig with more than one hook
- I have a popper I've never used
- Punching
Dorado reply :
On 3/6/2018 at 12:29 AM, Scarborough817 said:i have never thrown a wacky rig, i have also never thrown a trick worm but im going to change that and fish a trick worm wacky rigged
You’re going to love the TRICK worm! It saved me on so many hot summer nights. Never tried it wacky but weightless tx-rigged is so hard to beat.
rboat reply :
A-rig
shakey head
drop shot
punching
flipping
most other bass techniques I have at least tried at some point, but not all were successful
scaleface reply :
I used shaky heads , not knowing what they were . I just thought they were cool looking jig-heads . So if there is a right way to use them , I probably did it wrong .
Scarborough817 reply :
On 3/6/2018 at 2:47 AM, Dorado said:You’re going to love the TRICK worm! It saved me on so many hot summer nights. Never tried it wacky but weightless tx-rigged is so hard to beat.
i actually got them as rat tails and now i think i want to try them out likely on shakey heads and wacky rigged we'll see about t-rigging them
Munkin reply :
5 whopper ploppers on an A-Rig.
Allen
ratherbfishin1 reply :
On 3/6/2018 at 4:01 AM, Munkin said:5 whopper ploppers on an A-Rig.
Allen
That's one of the techniques I want to get good at this year... now for the rod to throw it on...
Chris Brunk reply :
I have used a lot of different rigs but I have never used drop shot or wacky worm. I know a lot of people that are successful with both. For some reason I cant seam to pull myself out of my comfort zone for either one. I also tend to fish large amounts of vegetation anywhere from banks to 20 feet of water (that is about as deep as it gets around here), and the wacky worm just seams like it would snag a lot of that. For those that do use them, Am I crazy? what would you suggest to be optimal conditions for these?
long island basser reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 10:06 PM, scaleface said:Mostly finesse stuff because I fish stained to muddy water with casting gear almost exclusively . Drop shot , wacky rig , split shot rig and a true Ned rig . I have fished similar things to the ned rig but was informed it doesnt count .
None of this ^ for me also. And I fish clear waters.
Some other techniques/ lures not used/done:
Any thing over 1.5 oz, a-rig, chatterbait, Deep cranks, and others I don’t care about.
WI_Angler1989 reply :
In all honesty, there are a lot of techniques that I haven't tried or put a lot of time into. Dropshot is one that I want to/plan to/NEED to get experience with. I fish lots of rivers for smallies and I don't know of its the best place for the presentation with all the current.
FishDewd reply :
On 3/6/2018 at 1:45 AM, FishDewd said:....
- Flukes (this one I will try soon)
Maybe sooner than expected! I just found two bags of flukes I didn't even know I had!
When you find lures you didn't know you owned, 
Bankbeater reply :
I've never used a large swimbait, or an A-rig. Limited experience with shakey head because I always end up snagging and breaking off the bait.
Riazuli reply :
Some new techniques that I just started using (that I actually want to use) are drop-shot, shakey head, jig n craw, finesse jigging - I also went hard on the lipless and crankbaits in general this year (starting this winter specifically) after not using it that much in the past. I recently started using the chatterbait too - keep in mind with all of the above that I just got back into fishing more seriously this last summer.
RPreeb reply :
There are many more techniques that I haven't used than those I have. Then there more subcategories within the main ones too which are beyond my experience.
I have used topwaters, but not even close to every type or presentation, never walked a dog (on the water) nor buzzed a bait. I've cranked, but not often, nor have I tried much variety. I've used soft plastics, but never Carolina or dropshot. I've never jerked a bait. I haven't plopped a whopper, but I have popped a popper. I've never used a spinnerbait, but I have used spinners. Never used a swimbait, but it seems that most baits swim in one way or another.
Some of those I will probably never try, others I might at some point. I still have to get more comfortable with the few that I have tried and enjoy fishing with. Some are just too expensive or too much hassle to bother with. Easier to just tie on a popper or T-rig a worm and get after it. I like simplicity.
ohboyitsrobby reply :
Ned rig. Not sure I ever will either, nothing against it just something I'm not sure I'm gonna do. Those big expensive hard body swimbaits. Just not willing to spend that kinda money on a lure and buy equipment to throw it on.
loumonetti reply :
Never tried the mojo rig, and have very very limited experience with flukes, float n fly, and giant swimbaits... For those who have said drop shot on this thread I have one word, WOW.
Ktho reply :
I've never tried most of the vertical stuff like jigging spoons, flutter spoons, ice jigs, damiki rig etc. and spybaits I haven't tried, I think I've done most everything else.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
There are many that I have not tired and don't think I'm gonna try pretty soon.
deep crank
A-rig
flipping and punching
Catt reply :
Whopper Plopper; don't own one
Alabama Rig; got one never rigged it up
Ned Rig; have an aversion to throwing open hooks in the cover round here.
Dan C reply :
Fishing with plastic baits and jigs.
Pro Logcatcher reply :
All of you are missing out on the Ned rig! It slays fish where I'm from. It is probably the most boring bait to fish, though.
drscholl14 reply :
Ned Rig (although have the gear and will be using it some this year), Carolina rig, A-rig (not legal in MN unless only one of the swimbaits has a hook I believe), and big swimbaits. I think I may buy a couple medium sized swimbaits and give them a try this year just to see what will hit it up here.
islandbass reply :
Ned rig
A rig
real swim baits
Brown Town reply :
On 3/6/2018 at 12:29 AM, Scarborough817 said:i have never thrown a wacky rig, i have also never thrown a trick worm but im going to change that and fish a trick worm wacky rigged
Throw a trick worm on a mojo rig just Texas rig it and put a piece of split shot about 8 inches up the line from the hook. Very versatile you can drag it on the bottom, shake it, fish it like a drop shot, soak it, etc. I've even thrown it with the worm wacky rigged if there's not too much cover.
OCdockskipper reply :
On 3/5/2018 at 10:06 PM, scaleface said:...I have fished similar things to the ned rig but was informed it doesnt count...
We are keeping a close eye on you, any more comments like that and your Ned Rig certification will never be processed...
the reel ess reply :
The list of techniques I do use is shorter than the ones I don't.
But dropshot is the most glaring omission.
Big swimbaits, A rig or most any lure than cost more than, say, $15.
OCdockskipper reply :
Spybait, mainly because I was raised that a lure with props on it should be floating on the surface. I could drill a hole in my Devils Horse & give it a go.
I am pretty open to giving most every technique a decent shot, you never know what you don't know. Trying out the Ned Rig following Bluebasser's and Team9nine's suggestions was eye opening after decades of fishing.
papajoe222 reply :
Chatterbait. They’be been around for a while, but there are other options that I am confident will work under the same conditions, so I’ve never tied one on.
Cak920 reply :
I have never fished a jig. Don’t even know how to.
burrows reply :
Ned rig
big swim baits
scaleface reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 9:19 AM, papajoe222 said:Chatterbait. They’be been around for a while, but there are other options that I am confident will work under the same conditions, so I’ve never tied one on.
I try them for a few cast then switch to a spinnerbait . I need to catch a nice fish on one to break the ice .
Bluebasser86 reply :
Hmmm, someone needs to invent some new rigs so I can try a new one I guess.
scaleface reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 7:59 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hmmm, someone needs to invent some new rigs so I can try a new one I guess.
Replace the blade of a spinnerbait with a soft swim-bait then give it a funny name .
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 8:26 PM, scaleface said:Replace the blade of a spinnerbait with a soft swim-bait then give it a funny name .
OCdockskipper reply :
On 3/7/2018 at 7:59 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Hmmm, someone needs to invent some new rigs so I can try a new one I guess.
Have you ever tried Don Iovino's doodling technique? It's popularity faded before you were born & I thought that it was now pretty limited to the West Coast.
How about the recoil rig, a dropshot where the line to the weight is elastic (so the weight stays on the bottom, but the lure bounces up & down)?
Lastly, how about the Chicken McNugget rig (remember that guy in Texas last year who caught a 10lb plus using a McNugget)? To fish this one, you must have orange hair & big floppy shoes.
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/8/2018 at 6:05 AM, OCdockskipper said:Have you ever tried Don Iovino's doodling technique? It's popularity faded before you were born & I thought that it was now pretty limited to the West Coast.
How about the recoil rig, a dropshot where the line to the weight is elastic (so the weight stays on the bottom, but the lure bounces up & down)?
Lastly, how about the Chicken McNugget rig (remember that guy in Texas last year who caught a 10lb plus using a McNugget)? To fish this one, you must have orange hair & big floppy shoes.
Read about doodling in Pursuit of Giant Bass I believe before I tried it.
Recoil rig was popular for a minute when I worked at Cabelas where I bought mine.
I actually used a chicken nugget once, but for catfish, did not have good results.
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