My favorite fishing technique is probably either crank bait or top water. After fishing something fast it becomes so hard for me to slow things down and use something like a dropshot/texas rig worm. Thus, I get super impatient that I can't cover a whole lot of water in a short amount of time. I suppose if you want to catch fish you gotta do what you gotta do and give em what they want right?

Most favorite:  Jig or t-rigged plastic.

 

Least favorite:  Crankbait or topwater (aversion to treble hooks).

 

HA!!!!! 

   Swimbait

 

    Carolina Rig

 

Roger

My favorite technique is what ever I brought with me, expect to catch fish with & actually do.

 

My least favorite technique is when the above technique does not produce.

 

So it changes for me - quite a bit.

 

A-Jay

Most Favorite - Jig, it produces bigger fish for me.

Least Favorite - Jig, detecting strikes can be a pain. We're told to swing if you feel anything different. If I did that I'd set the hook about 10 times per cast on every rock or tree I hit.

Most Favorite - Jig, it produces bigger fish for me.

Least Favorite - Jig, detecting strikes can be a pain. We're told to swing if you feel anything different. If I did that I'd set the hook about 10 times per cast on every rock or tree I hit.

 

Good summation.

 

You might consider trying a weedless swimbait fished on top of your favorite jig coverts.

Bass often hook themselves on swimbaits, and if there's any difference in mean size it might be upward 

 

Roger

I hate soft plastics and jigs.

 

I like spinnerbaits n´cranks.

 

Least productive but immensely fun are top waters.

Least favorite= Junk fishing

If I have 2-3 rods on my deck it was a great day fishing, when I have 6 or more it is not a good day at all.  

 

Favorite changes with time of year, but for year round I guess a big plastic worm texas rigged.

Fav: Topwater Frogs (not my best technique, but the most fun I can have with my clothes on when it's working). Followed by all topwaters and wacky rig. I enjoy the techniques where you don't have to crank on the reel as much due to shoulder issues and using a kayak to fish from.

 

Least Fav: Well, dropshot, I won't even try. Jigs (I just use T-rigs instead). I don't think I want to spend all day deep cranking anymore.

Fav:  Finesse Swimbait

 

Least:  Crankbait ... can't seem to get them working for me.

Favorite is spinner bait buzz bait combo depending on water temp.

Least favorite is drop shotting although it does work and can produce pigs.

My absolute favorite way to catch fish is on a buzzbait. 

 

I really don't have a least favorite. I don't care for cranking, but it produces sometimes and I've caught some good fish on crankbaits. Honestly, I'll throw whatever I need to. I caught my PB dragging a bait like a Carolina rig .

It changes for me periodically, but the hollow body frog is definitely at the top of the list most of the time.

I guess if I had to pick a least favorite, it would be the Carolina rig solely to the fact I never use it.

Favorite: Tie between Jig and a Bladed Jig]

 

Least Favorite: Punching, to me its boring and tiring

Favorite: Tie between Jig and a Bladed Jig]

Least Favorite: Punching, to me its boring and tiring

Punching= tiring from catching pigs all day!!! Lol

Most: fly fishing with a popper, 1-2ft water, around fallen shoreline timber.

Least: deep water casting plastics in the weeds.

Favorite is lipless/any jig type

Least fovorite(if theres such a thing) would probably be throwing deep cranks, only because its some work lol!

Favorite- Top-water, flipping... power fishing

 

Least favorite- C-Rig... If you see I'm throwing a C-rig, I've given up on life....

Favorite:  texas-rigged soft plastic

 

Least favorite:  Carolina-rig soft plastic.  (the Alabama rig gets honorable mention).

Favorite- Lipless Crank

 

Least Favorite- Jig (Cant catch a thing on them)

Punching= tiring from catching pigs all day!!! Lol

Biggest punching fish I've gotten was barely 2.5lbs. I'm terrible at finding big fish in the thick stuff lol. I just get exhausted catching a 1lb bass and 12lbs of weeds lol. 

Favorite by far is a topwater lure in open water, such as a popper or spook-type.

 

Least favorite: spinnerbaits. Never ever ever ever have even had so much as a strike from a bass. Great pike bait though lol.

Punching= tiring from catching pigs all day!!! Lol

Punching is something I want to try. There are mats of lilies in my bud's pond. I've used the frog there, but never tried to punch.

Favorite: Whatever catches bass.

 

Least Favorite: Whatever doesn't catch bass

Favorite way to fish is buzzbaiting. 

 

Least is finesse fishing . I dont like to throw tiny baits .