Frog fishing. I don't have the patience to gain the confidence, although i know I'm missing out

cranks, lipless cranks, squarebills, jerkbaits, pretty much any lure with trebles thats fished below the surface.  Most of the places that I fish are so over run with weeds that they always  get hung up, and if i do find a place thats relatively clear I dont know how to fish them effectively

I'm very surprised to see so many dont have confidence in spinnerbaits. Its one of my go to baits since forever.

Surprised to see how many have no confidence in bladed jigs and traps, two of my big confidence baits. I think most people fish the bladed jigs too fast though.

 

Mine would be a swim jig. I can see why they should work, but I just rarely get them to actually work for me. 

I had lil confidence in jig fishing last year, changed that big time!

Still have absolutly 0 confidence in rattle traps n red eye shad. I plan to purposly leave my tackle home and take a few rods an a box of traps to force myself to learn the trick to it

absolutely hate the hollow bodied swim baits. Have yet to find anything useful for them except for the A-rig 

Chatterbait...

A-rig....I have caught a few fish on them, mostly smallmouth and pike. I just hate throwing the thing long enough to give it a fair shake.

 

Anything Gulp other than there small 3" leech and minnow baits for dropshotting.

I don't know if this counts but I HATE a Carolina rig! I fish jigs and drop shot and shakey and love them all but can't stand that c-rig!

spinnerbaits i just cannot get them right hopefully that will change this year

Senkos

I have caught a few on them, but catch more on zoom finese worms by a large margin.

I keep buyin and tryin though!

I for whatever reason have no confidence in a jig (excluding swim jigs) I'm not sure what it is, but I just can't catch fish on them. I'm going to get better with them this year though!

Chatterbait...

That makes 3 of us!

Jigs and spinner baits.... I dunno what it is but day in and day out my buddy and I will throw the same jig to the same area and while he comes up with a fish, Im switching over to one of my confidence baits...

I'm with Rangerphil ~ The Carolina Rig.

 

Casting it is bizarre and it's like fishing a shoe. I hate it.

 

Of course my home waters have very little in the area of the bottom composition traditionally thought of as good C-rig spots.   But even if they did, I probably would throw it.

 

A-Jay

I don't know why, but I just can't seem to get confident in a lipless crank.  I throw it enough, vary my retrieve, etc but just can never seem to have a good day.  It's one of those strange lures that I feel like I know when I SHOULD throw, but my results don't really back that up.

I don't know why, but I just can't seem to get confident in a lipless crank.  I throw it enough, vary my retrieve, etc but just can never seem to have a good day.  It's one of those strange lures that I feel like I know when I SHOULD throw, but my results don't really back that up.

 

The trip south next week just may fix all of that for you - and in a Big Man Way !

 

A-Jay

Roland Martin's Helicopter lure, Dancin' Eel, YUM 27 inch Lamprey Lure

 

 

You forgot the Banjo Minnow.

I don't know why, but I just can't seem to get confident in a lipless crank.  I throw it enough, vary my retrieve, etc but just can never seem to have a good day.  It's one of those strange lures that I feel like I know when I SHOULD throw, but my results don't really back that up.

 

 

I'm going to modify my list and add lipless too.  I can't catch anything but snags on them.

Jerkbaits.  ZERO confidence in them.

Dropshot and senkos for me.

Chatterbait if there is one stick in the lake Ill find a way to hang the %-%+%+&+&?! in it...

Jigs and lipless cranks. Never caught a fish on a lipless crank. Although I've caught fish on jigs, I catch more with crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures. Personally, jigs don't appeal to me. I take more pride in the hardbaits I use.

Believe it or not, spinner baits dont work for me. Havent tried in years but maybe it is time?

Also on the list is carolina rigs

jigs, never had much luck with them.