What lure did you use but now sorta cooled off on? Mine is a spinnerbait. Bladed jigs have moved into its place the past few seasons. Cant remember the last fish I caught on one. Close second is a ribbon tailed worm.

Ribbon tail worm. Used to be all I used, now I don't even have any.

Haven't had that happen yet lol

what took the place of the ribbontail worm?

I replace it with the trick worm.

Even tho I fish in mostly 15+- fow down here, for me it would be a suspending jerk bait.

I've had good results with them in the past when the weather turns cooler/colder around here but just found other presentation's I like better.

Mike

the original floating rapala

 

just found better baits that cast in the wind

 

still a great bait though

I must have 20 rattle traps that just don't seem to work anymore. Funny how things go out like that.

Senko. I used to only throw senkos. Now I throw every type of lure, with senkos in between

Senko and spinnerbait

Spook, spinnerbait, ribbon worm, and deep cranks. I mostly fish ponds where these cranks would just be digging down in weeds and snotty moss.

 

Replaced with Rat L Trap, T-Rigged craws, weightless Trick Worm & wacky stick worms. But I'm always experimenting.

 

I wonder how much our lack of success with a lure is because of fish's exposure to it. Could be we used it twice unsuccessfully and put it away permanently.

Blakemore C.C. spinner . I use to wear them out .I've had the blade wear through on a couple and a couple more the arm break from using them so much. I havent tossed one in years .

 Toads or buzz frogs or whatever else they are called now. When Yum came out with the Buzz Frog I was sold on them, it was my main topwater bait and it was the first one I'd use and even when they didn't produce I still had a hard time putting it down. When the Buzz Frog was discontinued, I bought like 10 or 12 bags so I would always have some but then I got back into wake baits to the point that the buzz frogs rarely get pulled out anymore.

Senko or really any stickbait like that. Not because they somehow became less productive, but because I've forced myself to stay away from them

Devils Horse.  Used to be the only prop bait in my tackle box.  Now I only have one and it hasn't been wet for a few seasons.  A WoodChopper and Torpedo are my most often used prop baits now.

Devils Horse.  Used to be the only prop bait in my tackle box.  Now I only have one and it hasn't been wet for a few seasons.  A WoodChopper and Torpedo are my most often used prop baits now.

I like the Torpedo too. I had a Devil's Horse but can't find it now. I've never caught anything on it and I must have given it away.

    Rapala j-9 gold and black.

Ribbontail worm used to be used a lot, now I use Zoom UltraVibe Worms instead. 

Zara Spook. I used to fish one almost every time out. I don't think that I have tied one on in 15 years now.

Spinnerbait and buzzbait. Those used to be my go to baits and now I have almost completely quit using them. Moved more into crankbaits and walking baits.

all other baits besides swimbaits. I still throw a buzzbait a little but that's about it. I used to throw the original rapalas and plastic worms the most. But then I decided to catch big bass instead.

I can only speak for myself, but this must be a common situation;

I started out with weightless and texas rigged worms when I first started bass fishing. I started to have some success and began catching some large fish, and instead of really sharpening my technique and sticking with worms, I decided to try every other technique under the sun that was new to me. I got really into frogging and toads, tons of topwater, crankbaits and spinner baits, etc. this has helped because I am not decently well versed in many different techniques, however I have started to get back to my roots of worm fishing (especially large worms). I feel like a lot of guys look down upon worm fishing as a beginners technique and tend to lean mostly on more advanced techniques.

I don't know, I might be a sucker from the fundamentals but there's nothing that's more majestic in fishing to me than fishing a large worm.

As far as techniques And baits that I got away from and stayed away from (unlike worm fishing) I would say I'm not a huge jerkbait guy.

Jerkbaits were a killer for me last spring and fall. This year I have only caught one fish on a jerkbait. I don't know whats happened. 

I can only speak for myself, but this must be a common situation;

I started out with weightless and texas rigged worms when I first started bass fishing. I started to have some success and began catching some large fish, and instead of really sharpening my technique and sticking with worms, I decided to try every other technique under the sun that was new to me. I got really into frogging and toads, tons of topwater, crankbaits and spinner baits, etc. this has helped because I am not decently well versed in many different techniques, however I have started to get back to my roots of worm fishing (especially large worms). I feel like a lot of guys look down upon worm fishing as a beginners technique and tend to lean mostly on more advanced techniques.

I don't know, I might be a sucker from the fundamentals but there's nothing that's more majestic in fishing to me than fishing a large worm.

As far as techniques And baits that I got away from and stayed away from (unlike worm fishing) I would say I'm not a huge jerkbait guy.

I remember when I was a kid I went fishing with a friend of my dad's once when my dad was busy. We got into some smaller schoolies and I was throwing the tackle box at them, with some success. That guy had two rods and only used the one with a T-rigged worm. He caught more and larger. And proved to me that even when fish are chasing bait, they'll bite the worm more often than not. Now every time I'm out and the bite slows, I'll throw a T-rig. But I admit I haven't used the worm that much lately.

 

What are your favorite worms?

the original floating rapala

 

just found better baits that cast in the wind

 

still a great bait though

 

Oh yeah, trying to cast those Rapala minnow bait are like trying to cast a friggin´ kite.

 

Actually I don´t have any bait that fits the description, I continue to use them all since I fish very different places, most of the baits I would use to fish one of those little ponds don´t have a place when I´m going to fish my everyday lake.