I found myself in the past complaining that I hope the fish are biting on lure A, it just came to me that my favorite lure of the day is the one that catches me the fish, simple but true.

 

My last excursion I wanted to catch fish on topwater, buzz baits and pop-rs and didn't want to use jigs, frogs and senkos.  Stubborn me used topwaters for over an hour while the boater catches his limit using a jig and a senko.  My gut told me fish would hit a frog and I finally changed and caught my limit, now in the past frogs and I have not gotten along, maybe a 50/50 hook up ratio, well I made some adjustments before the trip and it payed missed two fish and caught one I missed using a throwback.  The rest of my fish came on a wacky rig senko baby bass color..

Great post.

 

Yes, sometimes the old tried and true baits work best on certain bodies of water.

 

As you know, the bass will tell you what they want and you have to yield to their input.

 

When I pond fish and want to hone my skills with other baits and presentations I will spend an hour or two giving the different baits a try.

 

Then I cant' take it any longer and switch back to the baits I know the bass in the pond will hit and forget my experiment.

 

I believe what you did was normal and in the end, to be competitive, you have to use what you know will work.

 

My last club tournament on the Chickahominy River was an example of what you did. I threw everything I had on the boat and finally reverted back to the shaky head presentation and caught five bass. Was I stubborn?  Yes I was. Did I finally give in to what I knew worked?  Yes I did.  Did I finish in the top 10?  Yes I did. Would I have done better if I was not stubborn in the morning? Yes I would have.

 

So join the club. We all have done or will do what you did and then change to what we know works best.