bassin is addicting

thanks for all the ideas...and your successes...or lack of... :-/ i'm goin back this evening...it is supposed to be raining...maybe they won't see me....i'm wonderin' if maybe that was it....but i was as far away as i could get. i did try the swim senko...swimming right past their noses and lettin' it fall....also shook the wacky worm and trick worm right in their faces...i thought i could at least aggravate them into takin' it.. i'm gonna try a jig with a rattle and trailer... and just leave it there.. i'm afraid of missing them if they just pick it up and move it though. i am weak on my jig fishin' since i do 95% bank fishing i tend to get hung up too much to work on it. and if that doesn't work a drop shot.... i do have some old storm swim baits (bluegill) that i may try too. i haven't bought crawlers forever......but....i just may... i'm not familiar with a "stinger hook"?? thanks again for your guys input...

are there times when they just won't bite if on the bed? :-/ went to my favorite place last night...saw two LARGE ones around a bed i found, they were on and off it...i could see them chasing bluegill away. i was bank fishing....i didn't get too close (at least i didn't think so)..i had to stand about 8 feet above since it was too steep to get real close. i tried all these.. 5" trick stick wacky watermelon candy 4" tube green pumpkin bubble gum trick worm chartruse gulp crawler zoom lizard watermelon red berkley chigger craw swim senko pumpkin blk/grn flake even tried a jointed shad rap...suspending.. right on their nose all got attention...but ZERO bites.. i tried for over almost 2 hours... idea's or suggestions?? or are there times they just won't hit anything?? after i left i thought maybe a jig?? since i have never had much luck with a jig i didn't think to try when i was there. FYI... i catch and release ALL..... so no thought of keeping any bedding bass.. thanks.... and yes, Bassin is addicting... 8-)

don't give up......i've had good luck with them. with either a light screw-in weight or a weighted hook, even weightless to get through cover well. just need to make sure you have them rigged straight for best action. heck, i've even used wacky style. they have fluke-like action and with paddle tail give good vibration too.

Cabelas has Owner wire ones in 1/0. those are plenty big. i use'm on 5" trick sticks/senkos all the time and have great luck. i initially thought that they might be a bit small too, but they aren't. good luck...

i've even rigged it wacky, it has action of a dying fish. it kinda moves like a fluke and has that paddle tail to give it some action. let it fall to bottom then raise rod and let it fall on slack line.

i've had good luck with the yamamoto swimbaits. i got the "kit" from Cabelas in the 7" with six different colors. they are great. have good action. i even cut them down to 5" if i wanna go small. but as for the regular senko's. i lov'em. but have found that the trick sticks from *** you read about here are the "bomb"! you can't beat the price and they have just as much action and weight. for the money you can't beat ***. half the price and twice the numbers of worms.

i agree, not sure how it would hold up to a large fish. not to mention how i would fit it in my tackle box!! :-/

thanks... i'll try that.....this evening.... it is sooo nice today..... and i am stuck at work... can't wait to get out. the water temp is finally over 55.... woo hoo!!!

i just started using o-rings on my wacky rigs to conserve on the number of worms i go through. one thing i am concerned about is the direction of the hook now. it is parallel to the worm instead of sticking "out" sideways. or am i hooking it wrong? do you think it will affect hook-ups? thanks...

yea.... i agree... on the "what hook size for that size worm?? i have rigged with 5/0 EWG and it looks like a "dink" compared to the worm?? what else would/could be used?? :-/

watermelon.... i like watermelon candy...has some nice red and purple flake to it

chrome/blue trap senko, i like mine wacky white spinner white chatter and i always seem to throw a double tail hula grub at some point... 8-)

yamamoto double tail hula grub in green pumpkin, black flake. can fish it so many different ways. weightless, t-rig, c-rig, jig it, swim it, bounce it off bottom, even could pinch tails off, fish it backwards like a grub if needed.

i've seen my buddy throw the red eye trap in sexy shad in a tournament we were in. he did really well with it when nothing else was working. and we had tried everything. so... it convinced me.......for that day anyway probably all about location and timing though.

great idea about putting it on the line a few feet. i can see where in the summer they will get really messy. so..... i will take them out of the ziplock i have already done it with and try to "clean" them up a bit and put them in another one. after i did it, i was concerned about maybe "breaking down" the plastics if on there too long??? obviously i was bored and just had to do something "fishing related" one day when it was too cold to fish... thanks...

instead of applying megastrike before i use each plastic, i recently decided to add some to each bag of plastics. then move them around in the bag to grease them up that way. the whole bag. i know it is easier that way.....but my question is.... since the "strike" will be on there for a while, maybe all summer, if i don't use the whole bag. will if affect the plastic, break it down? or lose the effectiveness of the megastrike. i have the "old" formula and really like it. is it bad to put it on and not use that particular plastic for a long time? :-/

senkos, trick sticks, trick worms work best for me. finesse jigs some also

i've had luck here in water temp less than 55 with a chrome/blue rattle trap. i know a lot of people say red or orange, but i have not done any good with those colors here......and i sure have tried.. :-? also, strike king red eye trap in sexy shad

working on a limited budget... i have not tried the spro. but am sure they are good. just a little pricy for me. i have had great success with the basic scum frog and their trophy series. never ever had a problem getting hung up. always land on their bellies and the body is plenty soft for hook sets.

i've had luck with the the basic scum frog as well as the trophy scum frog. they are less expensive than the spro. you can throw them anywhere and not get hung up. i am in bloomington, in. i think it is a little early here to throw them. it won't stay warm long enough... nice days then it gets down in the high 30's or low 40's. water temp is not yet 55. my favorite way to fish is to throw those two scum frogs...in as much slop as i can find or parallel to the bank, even up on the bank and swim off of. i don't have a boat, so all of mine is from the bank. the key is to not try to set the hook too soon. it is very hard to wait....but if you can wait 2-3 seconds, you'll have much better hook up rate. there is nothing more exciting that seeing the explosion on a frog in the slop....or on any topwater!!!

un-pegged

white white/chartruse black

thanks a lot guys... sounds like i may have some luck with em'.. we've had so much rain the water is too muddy right now. there is a place i have in mind though when the water clears up. they look good enough to chew on.. 8-) i really appreciate the ways to rig them... Raul... and the pic..i will have to try that... close to wacky... ?

i had a buddy who said to try these...so i was wonderin'......is he for real? or messin' with me? :-? anybody tried this color? if so, best to use in clear water? and how did you rig it? thanks..

green pumpkin black flake Yamamoto double tail hula grub