What's your preferred method of fishing? 2024
Sword of the Lord reply :
That you like and do the most?
For me it is soft plastics. Worms, Senkos, creatures, flukes, etc.
I would say this is 90% or more of my fishing. Sometimes I fish spinnerbaits and top waters.
I borderline hate crankbaits.
BuzzHudson19c reply :
Top water by far. Frogs, buzz baits and spooks. Once the conditions tell me I have to break the surface I die a little inside.
CroakHunter reply :
Jig and craw. Followed by a big worm with a 3/8 oz bullet weight.
Ktho reply :
I like pretty much anything that gets it done, the only thing I'm not a big fan of actually fishing is weightless senkos or drop shot but of course biting fish make up for it.
NiX reply :
1/4, 3/8, 1/2 Jig and Craw is my preferred method at the moment.
jonkevin reply :
Top water by far is my favorite style... especially with the Popmax!
IndianaFinesse reply :
Buzzbaits and fishing frogs in the slop, there is nothing like having a bass blow up threw matted grass and slamming the hook into them. Buzzbaits get the favorite nod in tournaments cause the hooking percentage is better though.
And here's something for the blasphemy thread, my absolute least favorite technique is jig fishing.
riverbasser reply :
Anything that keeps my line tight.
My favorite are either top water or the days I can call my shots while pitching jigs to cover
soflabasser reply :
My favorite technique to catch a bass on is with a topwater lure.
Catt reply :
What's are Bottom feeder?
CATT is 
Once the boat comes down off of plane the first thing I grab is a Texas Rig, Wacky Rig, Shaky Head Weightless T-rig, Carolina Rig, Jig-N-Craw, Mojo Rig, Rage Rig, Drop Shot or anything that takes me to the bottom.
I'm gonna be casting, flipping, pitching, punching, hopping, dragging, shaking, dead sticking, or skipping.
I don't care if its grass, brush, timber, rocks, docks, pads, lay downs, shore line or off shore. I don't care if its pre- spawn, spawn, post spawn, summer, dog days, fall, winter, morning, noon, or night.
Give me 2 rod-n-reels with any of the above techniques & I be happy, happy, happy!
Fun4Me reply :
Frogs, frogs, and frogs 
MichaelCopeland reply :
Favorite methods, for me, is Texas rigged weightless and Carolina rigged with a 1/4oz or 3/8oz bullet weight. They are the only things I really get bit on. I do like learning my Booyah Pad Crasher, though. Had a couple bites on it, unfortunately no hook sets yet. I ain't giving up on it though! ?
Jar11591 reply :
Top water on a glass-calm lake, and also pitching jigs or Texas rigs to logs and lay downs.
Dtrombly reply :
My favorite way to catch them is heavy cover froggin. When that's not an option I have the most fun pitching laydowns, with ribbontail worms and craws.
Dens228 reply :
My favorite, but also most frustrating is topwater frogs.
My go to that is most successful are Senkos, usually weightless in either a Wacky or Texas rig depending on vegetation.
scaleface reply :
My favorite is chucking a buzzbait . What I do the most are T-rig worms .
Brett's_daddy reply :
Topwater is far and away my favorite way to fish! I will stick with topwater as long as I possibly can, exhausting all of my topwater options sometimes to my own detriment when I really should reassess my plan of attack and start moving down the water column.
Mike L reply :
My favorite is any top water, but if I had a choice I'd rather punch.
Mike
Darren. reply :
Current: Ned rig, drop shot, wacky
higgins617 reply :
Mostly soft plastics, wacky is definitely my biggest confidence set up on my lake.
Lately been loving inline spinners
the reel ess reply :
It's topwaters by a long shot. I love it when a bass attacks a topwater to annihilate it. When I was younger it almost stopped my heart! I'd rather catch 5 medium bass on top than 10 on the bottom. I arrange my trips to be mostly in the evening because that's when I feel most confident I can get a topwater bite. Sometimes I go out with 5 topwaters tied on.
Second to that I like the good ol' T rig 6 to 8" plastic worm. I like to feel the bite, reel down and see the line moving and WHAM-O! I like spinnerbaits-caught my PB on one. I've really grown fond of lipless cranks lately. They catch big'uns.
tcbass reply :
Topwater by far.
Favorite lures for it: Whopper Plopper and Teckel Sprinker Frog (homemade for now).
Dorado reply :
Changes all the time, but this year, giving lipless cranks or chatterbaits with Fluke trailers a "yo yo" have been consistent from bank to kayak
nighthawk25 reply :
I prefer fishing crankbaits and jerkbaits and have caught fish on them but weightless senkos have been most productive.
MTPanda reply :
I prefer topwater for the sheer excitement and jigging. But my top producers have been either drop shotting senkos or roboworms.
Steveo-1969 reply :
My preferred method of fishing is with a jig/craw. Followed closely by a jig/craw.
Columbia Craw reply :
Cast and Retrieve. Just joking. Flippin and Pitchin and cranking a very close second.
Primus reply :
My favorite way to catch them is with swimbaits or jigs .
Skeeter Dan reply :
Mine is Spinner baits , Chatter baits , Square Bill , Lipless Cranks , T-rigged worms but most favorite is Gig and Crawl
tcbass reply :
On 8/1/2017 at 9:46 AM, IndianaFinesse said:Buzzbaits and fishing frogs in the slop, there is nothing like having a bass blow up threw matted grass and slamming the hook into them. Buzzbaits get the favorite nod in tournaments cause the hooking percentage is better though.
And here's something for the blasphemy thread, my absolute least favorite technique is jig fishing.
If you like buzzbaits for performance try the Whopper Plopper. Cast a lot farther than buzzbaits, can change your retrieve cadence, even stopping, can catch fish on the splashdown, and because of the treble hooks have a higher hook up ratio than buzzbaits which may need a stinger hook.
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 8/2/2017 at 3:09 AM, tcbass said:
If you like buzzbaits for performance try the Whopper Plopper. Cast a lot farther than buzzbaits, can change your retrieve cadence, even stopping, can catch fish on the splashdown, and because of the treble hooks have a higher hook up ratio than buzzbaits which may need a stinger hook.
I throw wp's to, when they want a slower buzzbait. Otherwise I prefer the standard buzzbait, mostly because the single hook can be pulled off the shore and it goes over light weeds better.
tcbass reply :
On 8/2/2017 at 3:12 AM, IndianaFinesse said:I throw wp's to, when they want a slower buzzbait. Otherwise I prefer the standard buzzbait, mostly because the single hook can be pulled off the shore and it goes over light weeds better.
Ah.
You might want to try the Teckel Sprinker Frog also, it's worked great for us so far. The homemade model that is.
J Francho reply :
In the water, not the trees.
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
Since I'm considered myself a rookie in bass fishing, I don't have any specific method just yet. I will change my technique every years to sharpen my skill.
Last year I caught most fish on dropshot, so this year I hardly dropshot just sometime when the bite is tough.
This year I aim to gain more skill on a little faster moving bait. Like chatterbait/Spinnerbait, Fluke and jerkbait.
Next year I plan for shallow crank, square bill, lipless and jigs.
And of course when condition is right I would mix in top water every now and then.
jtipton91 reply :
I love hammering fish with a jig pitched to cover. I also like fishing cranks through wood.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/2/2017 at 4:09 AM, J Francho said:In the water, not the trees.
I can relate...lmbo! ? Hate it when I get hung up in the trees! ?
J Francho reply :
I was fishing for squirrels.
MichaelCopeland reply :
On 8/2/2017 at 8:41 PM, J Francho said:I was fishing for squirrels.
Lmbo! ? They make a good gumbo!
Choporoz reply :
On 8/1/2017 at 5:59 AM, Sword of the Lord said:I borderline hate crankbaits.
Why? You cannot argue that they catch bass. But, they have some limitations, of course. I'm no shrink, but I think that you might do well to confront your hatred and find a way to work them into your arsenal. However, if you're strictly a bank fisherman and contend with surface vegetation and a lot of wood, you may never have a need for them.
Sword of the Lord reply :
On 8/2/2017 at 11:57 PM, Choporoz said:
Why? You cannot argue that they catch bass. But, they have some limitations, of course. I'm no shrink, but I think that you might do well to confront your hatred and find a way to work them into your arsenal. However, if you're strictly a bank fisherman and contend with surface vegetation and a lot of wood, you may never have a need for them.
Because I actually don't catch much on them, they get hung up, and I don't find fishing them as enjoyable as other methods. Hate is a strong word, but it's also an exaggeration. I don't literally hate crankbaits, I just pick them last almost every time.
Choporoz reply :
boat or shore? I ask, because, for me, it makes a big difference. I didn't use them much when I spent time bank fishing. Like you said, more trouble than they're worth. But, even afloat, they can be challenging. For me, the biggest positive change was getting a lure retriever that I could use reliably. It wasn't until I had confidence I'd get stuck lures back, that I had confidence to put them where the fish are.
Bankbeater reply :
Jig and craw fished around lily pads.
Sword of the Lord reply :
On 8/3/2017 at 2:16 AM, Choporoz said:boat or shore? I ask, because, for me, it makes a big difference. I didn't use them much when I spent time bank fishing. Like you said, more trouble than they're worth. But, even afloat, they can be challenging. For me, the biggest positive change was getting a lure retriever that I could use reliably. It wasn't until I had confidence I'd get stuck lures back, that I had confidence to put them where the fish are.
Shore. Makes sense. It becomes a nightmare. We'll get a boat once in awhile but even then I'm catching bass anyway else. I've never had a situation where the bite is tough and thought s crank will do; it's always something else.
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