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tallydude reply :

So, what lure or technique are you worst with? I'm embarassed to say this, but I can't fisha worm to save my life. How about you?

Skwerl reply :

Spinnerbaits. Other than a beetlespin many years ago, I've never caught a fish on a spinnerbait. They are obnoxious and clumsy to cast, and every 4-5 casts the line wraps around the lure so I have to stop and untangle the danged thing. I recently bought another spinnerbait hoping to improve my technique (and tolerance) with them but no dice.

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

I'm with Skwerl on this one. The spinnerbait. Hate it and have no confidence in it what so ever .... and it's not for a lack of trying. I can count on one hand how many bass I have caught on a spinnerbait.

splat_baseball51 reply :

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So, what lure or technique are you worst with? I'm embarassed to say this, but I can't fisha worm to save my life. How about you?

same here dude, i can fish em but without many hookups, i usually have really good consistent success with a spoon or wobbler type bait aswell as topwater cranks

KS_Bassin reply :

I'd have to say carolina rig would be my worst the only way i can feel a bite is if they take off running 500 MPH the other way.

Mase31683 reply :

I have the worst of it when it comes to fishing a jig. I just do something wrong with it, because people sing the praises of the jig, pros say how if they had one lure it'd be a jig, and I cannot catch a fish on one. Finally, I pitched the thing under this dock, and as it's goin down, *WHAM* fish nails it, the darn thing jumps out of the water, shakes his head, and throws the jig back at me. Man, I still wanna catch fish with that thing!

directlink reply :

Drop shotting... probably because i haven't given it a very good chance.

Bass Hammer reply :

Drop shotting here also.

Triton Mike gave me a lesson last year but, I have a long way to go.

Redtail reply :

Anything that's not soft! I love fishing worms, Ikas and creatures.

Everything else beats me up! I bet I've made well over a thousand casts with a spinnerbait only to catch a couple pickerel and one of those broke me off at the boat. I don't know how KVD does it!

alhuff reply :

uuhh : uuummm : jig.

Alfred

NiTrO 90210 reply :

I would have to say a jig. I have put some time in usin one but have never got a fish off one. Also drop shotting but I aint never tried it either

Zebco202 reply :

I'm probably worst with Tubes, followed closely by jigs.

Tubes I really haven't given very much of a chance and I really need to take a bag of them and go out and just work them.

Jigs I fish nearly every time I go fishing, I just don't have much success.

huskertko reply :

I have a tie for my worst, and drum roll please , they are a jig and the c-rig. I think it has more to do with confidence than anything else. I will try them for a while, not get a bite and move onto something I am more comfortable with. :-[

Jerkbate reply :

Tubes and jigs. I've never caught a fish on either one of them. And believe me; I've tried.

Raul reply :

Buzzbaits, I just can 't catch squat with a buzzbait.

langs15 reply :

Spinnerbaits...only had one dink and one huge one the dang thing. Never tried a crankbait........sad to say.

pcorajr reply :

Well I think its better for me to say what im good at instead of trying to mention all the stuff I cant or have not learn how to use. Im good with jig's mainly small jig, swimming jigs and feather, bucktail jigs. I suck with everything else, i have caugth 2 fish on small cranks but honestly i have not given them a chance.

Spinnerbaits are a joke, I feel like im dranging the bait trying to collect weed samples. senkos are to slow for me, or better yet, Im to impatience for senkos.

goldenmonkey reply :

cheetos, they just wont stay on the hook

Valascus reply :

I am really bad with a carolina rig...can't say I have ever caught a thing with it.

RoLo reply :

No doubt about it, the 'overhead spinner' is my nemesis.

Oh yah, I've caught a boatload of bass on the spinnerbait,

but based on the total time spent, it should be 4 boatloads of bass >

It's gotten to the point now where I'll only use a spinnerbait in murky water.

For this reason, I only throw a single Colorado with a gold blade (max throb).

Even at that, unless I'm whacking them with the spinner,

I'm already thinking about the next lure, while I'm still cranking the spinnerbait.

Roger

northgabassfisher reply :

crankbaits are the only thaing I havent caught many fish on I just dont know what Im doing worng

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Drop shotting here also.
Triton Mike gave me a lesson last year but, I have a long way to go.

drop shotting is like my go to bait for now till spring I love it.

senile1 reply :

My weak point is the drop-shot rig. I've actually never used it. I catch fish on the c-rig but I think I could improve myself there as well.

BassKing813 reply :

Spinnerbaits and rattle traps are my weak points, both supposedly "fool-proof" lures, because I have never caught bass on them. The only thing I've caught on a spinnerbait is a bowfin

Infamous005 reply :

have never caught anything on crankbaits.

guest reply :

Carolina rigs. I never liked it so therefore stink at it. I recently bought a GLoomis BCR875 so now I have a good rod for the heavy weights and long leaders. I'll be doing some serious C-rigging once my self imposed "off season" ends.

BravoMaverick reply :

Plastic Worms

bassnleo reply :

Tough one for me, I catch fish on soo many different types of baits and presentations, I'd say buzzbait first (strange cause I whack em on a spinnerbait), second probably would be a carolina rig.

I'm shocked how many reponses where jigs, tubes, spinnerbaits, are guys nemesis. Those 3 things along with cranks and plastics are my top 5 producers.

KU_Bassmaster. reply :

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I'm shocked how many reponses where jigs, tubes, spinnerbaits, are guys nemesis. Those 3 things along with cranks and plastics are my top 5 producers.

What else is there??? ;D

Crabcakes reply :

It seems i'm not the only one who doesn't do well with spinnerbaits. I know they work for others but the biggest fish i've caught on a spinnerbait is a huge shad i snagged in the side.

J@k3 01s3n reply :

I'm worst with hard jerkbaits and carolina rigs. You guys should pick up one of KVD's many spinnerbait videos, might help you catch some more bass on 'em. As for me, I mainly fish them prespawn. If after that, I fish them as slow as possible, or with a yo-yo retrieve very slow. I think it all comes down to confidence too. I mainly don't catch fish on certain lures because I don't give them a fair chance. All part of learning to be a better angler.

Mattlures reply :

I hate spinnerbaits and crankbaits. I have boxes full of them but I wont use them.

I am totaly suprised at people saying droshot. That has to be the easyest way to bass fish. Out of curiousity are you guys ds with 6lb test and under? and are you using spinning gear like you are suposed too?

iceintheveins reply :

I can't catch bass on soft plastic crawdads fished along the bottom, despite the fact that crawfish are the main forage for all the gamefish in most systems in my area. I don't try it much though. That's probably why, a lack of confidence in it. The more confident you are with a technique the better it works because you stick with it and fish seriously. And even just having confidence seems to help by itself.

Poor Richard reply :

I used to be really good with dynamite, but for several years now my little pond has failed to yield a single fish.

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Nicky Greece reply :

Have to go with the spinnerbait myself, but im trying. Have caught loads of fish on farm ponds with them but whenever i go to the lake I lose my patience with them and switch to a swim bait of some type.

flyphisher # reply :

Jigging spoons and drop shot.....Lack of practice, I can dropshot but dont like it.

Also chatterbaiting , I refuse to use one of those things.

Matt Fly reply :

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I'm with Skwerl on this one. The spinnerbait. Hate it and have no confidence in it what so ever .... and it's not for a lack of trying. I can count on one hand how many bass I have caught on a spinnerbait.

And to think last year you said crank baits. Have we had some luck on cranks?

Hookem

Matt

Vekol reply :

Threads like this amaze me, how a group of individuals can have such widely differing experiences doing the same basic thing with the same stuff. But it is what it is. The spinnerbait is my "go to" bait in any shallow water situation. I like cranks for deeper water. Soft plastics, including jigs, are my problem. I've spent hours trying to figure out whether a given sensation is a fish or not. This past March I swore I'd hooked a large fish with a jig--only to come up with a tree branch. Just ask Drums--he witnessed it. Felt like a fool. I'm not giving up though, I still spend at least an hour on each hour dragging a worm through every conceivable type of underwater habitat. I do think I've figured out what a bluegill feels like when he pecks at the bait. I have to learn, my favorite fishing water is getting weedier by the day, soon I'll be spending all my time cleaning crud off of my spinnerbaits

tennsopher reply :

Skwerl,I saw your post and thought Id pass on a littke trick.Take a soldering gun and close in the area where the wire wraps around itself and the open gap at top where the blade hooks to.This should fix your tangling problem.Different blade styles are for different retrieve speeds and depths ie wilow leaf for fast and shallow and Indiana or colorado for slower and deeper.Try and match your skirt color to available forage white and blues for shad,gold for shiners and greens and clowns for bluegill.I hope this helps.

Tennsopher

Bass Hammer reply :

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I am totaly suprised at people saying droshot. That has to be the easyest way to bass fish. Out of curiousity are you guys ds with 6lb test and under? and are you using spinning gear like you are suposed too?

6lb on a littly whippy spinning rod here. My problem probably has more to do with suspended fish. >

Thatcher reply :

This thread should be "what is your best". Only things that catch me bass are tubes, crankbaits and Senkos! I can't fish a T-rigged worm if my life depended on it.

cart7t reply :

I've never had the patience nor confidence to effectively vertically jig Hopkins type jigging spoons even though I keep a few in the boat. Same with the Little George fished the same way.

Next on the list is the spinnerbait. I fall in and out of love with that bait from year to year. I've caught a ton of fish on it along with some monsters but it's not a high confidence bait for me for some reason.

Kana reply :

carolina rigs get my vote, just for awkwardness of casting that bad boy. it works, ive seen it, ive caught fish too, but i just dont stick with it long enough for me to consistantly tie it on a nd call it a comfort technique. tubes come in next, just from lack of trying. i have found ways to use what i have in unothadox ways to catch fish, but the c-rig just isnt one of them and tubes, i hope to make it a discomfort of the past come this summer, when i have time to concentrate on it.

Brian_Reeves reply :

Worst lure would probably be a jig just because I have horrid luck on them. I feel bites, set hooks, fight fish, and haul in water.

Worst technique would be locating and pressuring deep water grasslines.

guest reply :

spinnerbaits. I havent thrown one since march. I can catch fish with them, but I get much more satisfaction pitching jigs or throwing plastics in places i'd normally throw a spinnerbait.

SuthernProg reply :

Jigs and C-Rigs. I don't know what the problem is.

jagdbdg reply :

Buzzbaits

Whopper-Stopper reply :

I hate fishing with a jig. It just doesn't feel natural to me. I hate it when nothing else is working and I have to switch to a jig to catch fish. It always works for me but I think they are the most annoying things to fish with. Maybe I'm just picky. :-?

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I used to be really good with dynamite, but for several years now my little pond has failed to yield a single fish.

You need to use more dynamite at one time.

JC121 reply :

tubes,spinnerbaits, and crankbaits, no idea how to fish them , used them quite a bit, have never caught a fish on them

janalon reply :

A jig, yes I know, but that is the truth

John Cullum reply :

Any water deeper than 15 feet is my down fall.

Most of our lakes here in Indiana are shallow and stained. So it really isn't often I fish any deeper than the shore cover to 6-8 feet.

I've tried fishing the lakes we normally fish tournies on a bit deeper but have had zero luck doing so.

roadwarrior reply :

John,

Here's something to try:

T-rigged tube, 1/16 oz weight with a bead, unpegged, fished on stucture, like the deeper section of a point for example. Deeper water just takes a little more patience. Once the lure is on the bottom, you fish it just like you do in shallower water. We don't need to make it any more complicated than that.

Madhouse27 reply :

For me it's the crankbait. I don't know why I even keep buying them. Maybe I need to hook up with one of you guys that are good with them so I can at least witness someone actually catching a fish on one of the d**n things.

roadwarrior reply :

Madhouse27,

If you fish spinnerbaits, crankbaits are an alternative, and you can fish them under the EXACT same conditions. There are, of course, other techniques, like scouring the bottom, but fishing them along a grass line for example is another option. Also, to get started with something that is generally productive, try a shallow running Norman Fat Boy or Bomber Square A. For basically the same action, but a little deeper presentation, Bagley BII. These are very productive lures.

Rattletrap reply :

I love spinnerbaits. It's just funny how some lakes don't respond to spinnerbaits like other lakes do. It seems like lakes with shallow water wooded areas(flooded timber) are the best. Shallow underwater grass also. IMO......

ScroGG ToGG reply :

I have to agree that spinnerbaits get switched off my line faster than any other lure. its not that i wont givem a chance, cus trust me, ive wasted plenty of time on them. but one little bass that ive caught on a spinner is just not enough to build up my confidence in them. topwaters are ticking me off and getting me up really early in the morning recently as well ;D > :(

mudcatwilly reply :

It's supposed to be a fish catcher, but I have no confidence in a rattle trap. I've never caught anything on them and they are supposed to be idiot proof. I'm just the idiot to disprove that.

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