Chatterbaits.

Spinner baits.

I have managed to catch 3 snapping turtles with them and that is it. I will stick to my crankbaits and tube baits.

got to be spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and jerkbaits for me. I have a sweet jerkbait setup too, great action and casting, but I struck out hard with them this year, probably because of the muddy water but oh well

Wow!

 

This is one of the most interesting/ bizzar threads I have ever read on the Forum.

It's so surprising particularly considering some of the members that have posted.

I think the positive spin is making a list of "Challenges for 2014".

 

Part of it might be seasonal. Here in the Mid South it is early spring with water

temperatures +/- 45*. The hot baits are Red Eye Shad, Square Bills, Jerkbaits,

The Rig and apparently the Rapala DT6. If these are on your list and you want

to bring them into play, NOW is the time here and shortly further north.

Chatterbait. What is the secret w these things

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

 

A-Jay

I had a feeling you'd reply along those lines

I had a feeling you'd reply along those lines

 

I couldn't help it Chris.  Especially after the last trip where I fished The Same Red Eye Shad for 5 days in a row and got my arm broke several times a day . . . .

 

 

A-Jay

If you look in my tackle box. Its clear I dont have confidence in any of my lures. Thats why I have so many. Lol

I can loose confidence before ever throwing a lure. Half my tackle has never been thrown.

But id say a lipless crankbait, jig, tubes,deep cranks, night crawler. Lol

I have little/no confidence in

 

deep cranks

swimbaits

swim jigs

spoons

 

I probably worked them wrong or something, but I did give it an honest go. In my own defence though, many other lures/techniques I had given up on, until I found BR, then I read the wealth of knowledge on here, applied it, and now I'm a fan

Hollow body swimbaits.

Small finesse plastics on a ball jig head.

I gotta go with hollow-body frogs. Man do I want to love these things, but two seasons of trying and I still can't buy a bite with them. Will try again this summer.

I gotta go with hollow-body frogs. Man do I want to love these things, but two seasons of trying and I still can't buy a bite with them. Will try again this summer.

 

Try the Rage Tail Toad and you might not want to go back to hollow-body frogs.

 

http://www.ragetail.com/news/color-charts/rage-toad-color-selection/

Lipless cranks, crankbaits, jigs. I know these catch nice bass, but they are not  baits I have confidence in. 

tube

drop shot

lipless crank

 

mainly because i fish these the least amount of time.  and when i do.  i have zero confidence so i fish about 10 minutes, if that, then change to something else..

I am surprised on how many people have no faith in spinnerbaits! Not too long ago (10 years or so) it seemed as if everyone on the lake was throwing them.

Chatterbait

Popper

Hard Jerkbait

Chatterbait but I plan on working with it this year.

 

Allen

Try the Rage Tail Toad and you might not want to go back to hollow-body frogs.

 

http://www.ragetail.com/news/color-charts/rage-toad-color-selection/

 

I always forget about these. Might have to give them a try; thanks!

Tubes

Hollow body frogs (although I still throw it a lot, just miss hook ups)

Shakey head

Trick worm

I have enough confidence in similar or alternate presentations that I am never inspired to try and up my game on any of these. Except the frogs in the slop, there is no real substitute for that one so I just keep trying to get better.

No confidence in

big swimbaits

buzzbaits

frogs

will be working on these baits this year!

Big Swimbaits for me also. I bought a bunch of "good ones" and am now looking to sell/trade them. After throwing them for a little bit, I quickly realized that I don't have the patience to fish something I have zero confidence in, and don't really feel like building.

i have no confidence in lipless cranks...I have never hooked up with a lipless in fresh water

 

however, I am going to lake norman in 19 days and I am planning on forcing myself to fish with my red eye shad and lucky craft LV...im gonna catch something dammit!

 I've mentioned this in another threads:  No confidence in those jigs with weed guards.  I would get to a spot (bank fishing) and start with my plastic worms and lizards.  After a while and after catching one or two fish I would try a jig or twenty minutes or so and nothing.  Caught only two fish on those jigs the whole summer.  No, I did not use them as much as I did plastic worms.  But I think I tried them enough that I should have gotten more bites.     

Crankbaits - I have no confidence in them. (Lipless Cranks I have no issues, just the billed ones)

 

Carolina Rigs - I have yet to catch anything with one.  Of course only fished them sporadically.

I am surprised on how many people have no faith in spinnerbaits! Not too long ago (10 years or so) it seemed as if everyone on the lake was throwing them.

I see tons of people throwing them around me. I even see people hook up with them, but I can't make one work. I've even went out and added some more to the box to match what I saw. Still don't know what to do with one. I think I fish them too slow rather than too fast. But I've varied speeds and even tried cadences with one. I'd say I've fished it enough to know at least fifty ways to NOT make one work. I'll still play with it some more and see what comes of it. Another year of frustration and I'll just make more room for other things.