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spinnerbait, crankbait, jig or plastics

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This was a tough one - I voted "plastics" but jigs are definitely a close second with CB's right in there.  Really have gotten a way from throwing spinner baits recently but it used to be my goto.

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Voted plastics.  I only chose that because of how versatile they care.  Flipped, pitched, t-rigged, c-rigged, etc etc.

Cranks would be a very close second with jigs coming in third.

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Plus, different bait's, for different situations..Voted plastic.. :P

If you were asking smallmouth only and crankbaits included jerkbaits and lipless baits as part of the catagory my vote would have changed. Plastics is a broad catagory too so it wins overall.

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Depends on the situation? So far this year most of my fish have been caught on jigs butt summer is usually all topwater and soft plastics.

Allen

Please keep throwing your plastics. The less Jigs you guys use the better for me.

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Please keep throwing your plastics. The less Jigs you guys use the better for me.

Sorry, I can't cast to nor cal... :P

Please keep throwing your plastics. The less Jigs you guys use the better for me.

Man speaks truth. Jigs all the way for me  :P

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its easy, whichever one you fish with the most! it was a very close call for me, between plastics and crankbaits. i went with plastics because i probably fish with them more. but without a doubt all my biggest fish come from crankbaits, i don't think i've caught a fish 4lbs or larger on plastics.

plastics of course

Plastics, with the lowly Senko leading the way. It's what works here in my neck of the woods, so why fight it?   8-)

since I fish plastics 90% of the time thats what I catch most of my fish on.

Voted plastics.

When I first started bass fishing I couldn't stand fishing that slow, but now after catching so much on plastics I'm starting to dislike the constant chunk and wind of cranks and spinners. Not to say I don't still throw them if conditions favor them.

Buzz

Voted plastics, but a jig comes a real, real close 2nd.

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I catch fish on all of the above, but probably 60% of my bass come on plastics. Plastics appeal to less active fish that might be smarter or holding right in cover, while drawing more strikes than jigs in many situations. However to be a good bass angler you need to know when and how to successfully use all four of these lures and other types.

Also depends on the season, during fall time and early spring I catch all my fish on crankbaits but summertime its alot of plastics. I voted plastics because defiantly most used and most versatile 

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Last year it was jigs.  I am still working on this year.

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This year it's been jigs as I made a vow to fish them more this season.

But there is almost always a Chigger Craw hitching a ride on every jig I throw.

:P

A-Jay

I guess I'm a nerd but I keep a log of all my fish for every lake on the tournament trail.  The log includes (among other things) what each fish was caught on.  In 2009 I caught 33% of my keeper LM on plastics, 30% on jigs, and 37% on everything else (spinnerbait, crankbait, frog, etc).

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I guess I'm a nerd but I keep a log of all my fish for every lake on the tournament trail. The log includes (among other things) what each fish was caught on. In 2009 I caught 33% of my keeper LM on plastics, 30% on jigs, and 37% on everything else (spinnerbait, crankbait, frog, etc).

We must both be nerds then ~ with so many lakes in my immediate area, I have found that having a record of dates, times, locations, baits, weather and water temps etc is very helpful . . .

:P

A-Jay

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