What are you doing that nobody else is, or that very few people are, that catches you more fish?

 

I have a M/F casting rod paired with a good spincast reel spooled with 10lb fluorocarbon, and it's always got a Texas Rigged Senko attached to it. I pick it up when I need deadly accuracy. I can put that Senko almost anywhere and skip it with absolute ease, and it's great for the wind. It's gotten me bit in places that I can't really get to with spinning or casting setups. I've had buddies laugh when I show up with 5 rods: 3 casting, 1 spinning, 1 spincast. What do you need that thing for? Oh, you'll see. Just another tool for the job at hand that gets glossed over. My second best LMB ever was caught in some nasty weeds with this setup. Couldn't quite get to the spot I needed to get to without it.

Jig & pig, meaning real multi-color custom hair jigs and real custom cut and dyed 3"-4" pork rind trailers. Nobody has my jigs or trailers so I am he only person on the lake with them.

Tom

 

I wouldn't say nobody else does it but a lot of times in my kayak I will paddle through large expanses of lily pads just looking for swirls from fish moving out of the way to get a better picture of where fish are. Then come back a little later after things calm back down and fish it with a frog. 

Nothing .

 

  One of the things I do that most anglers dont   is hold a casting rod in front of the reel then gently squeeze the line between  my index  finger  and  thumb .  Been doing   this since I was a kid , jigging crappie jigs  along river banks with zebco 202's . 

1 hour ago, scaleface said:

Nothing .

 

  One of the things I do that most anglers dont   is hold a casting rod in front of the reel then gently squeeze the line between  my index  finger  and  thumb .  Been doing   this since I was a kid , jigging crappie jigs  along river banks with zebco 202's . 

i do this. sometimes (usually early in the season) i’ll forget to remove my finger before setting the hook, the line cuts into my finger, and it hurts.

1 hour ago, MassYak85 said:

I wouldn't say nobody else does it but a lot of times in my kayak I will paddle through large expanses of lily pads just looking for swirls from fish moving out of the way to get a better picture of where fish are. Then come back a little later after things calm back down and fish it with a frog. 

I kinda do the same thing with matted grass. And if it's not windy out, I can come back an hour later and still see the trail my kayak made in the grass which also helps.

Its the Indian not the arrow.

I use a punch skirt about 99% of the time. 

(Almost everyone I know or been with rarely do)

 

I'll spend an inordinate amount of time fishing a single bed. 

 

I use Flouro line for all techniques except punching and frogs. 

 

Won't use mono line or a leader. 

 

 

 

Mike

 

Years ago I saw people using crankbaits, senkos, plastic worms, and spinnerbaits in the summer.  I started using 1/8, and 3/8 ounce jigs. If one of those won't work then I go home.

Texas Rig ?

23 minutes ago, lo n slo said:

i do this. sometimes (usually early in the season) i’ll forget to remove my finger before setting the hook, the line cuts into my finger, and it hurts.

Thats why I never use braid . I have never sliced my finger on mono .

8 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Thats why I never use braid . I have never sliced my finger on mono .

I never use braid either. I've never been in a position where I thought braid would have mattered. When you're from Illinois and our 5 pounders are as exciting as southern 10 pounders, and our vegetation is typically scarce, I guess it doesn't matter. 

TS/SCI

3 things I can think of: 1st. Using bass lures for bass.

2nd.fishing the upper and lower end of the temp spectrum.

3rd. When the ponds I fish get weeded in and the water gets low most won't make the effort needed to launch their boats.

1 hour ago, LTBAndrew said:

This isn't particularly unique, but growing up I used to watch Bill Dance come out of his shoes on every hook set, so I thought that was the way to do it. In the last few years, I've started doing a reel set on about 70% of the baits I throw. Normally, I just turn to the side slightly and reel into them. This is especially true of most small swimbaits, swim jigs, chatterbaits and a lot of finesse rigs. The right rod is important, too. I like something that's longer with a lot of bend to it. For example, on 2.8 - 3.8 inch Keitechs that I'm slow rolling on the bottom, I'll throw on a 7'6 ML spinning rod with a lot of tip to it. They hook themselves! I lost a lot of fish early on by ripping into them, now I hook up almost every time. 

Basically the same man! When I do the cross their eyes garbage, there are too many misses to be comfortable with. When I reel into them, I never miss.

I wouldn't say I do much that NOBODY else does, but after reading posts here for 5 years, I'd say I DON'T do a lot that the majority of the posters here do.

Unlike a lot of the guys who post here, I use nothing but braided line for every lure I throw and never use mono/fluoro leaders. Mostly, I use  spinning gear. It's all 10lb braid and on my baitcasters, it's all 20lb. braid. I don't do a lot of largemouth fishing, mostly smallmouth, so I don't do any flipping, pitching or punching. I use a lot of Senko type baits but it's always weightless T rigged, never wacky. I also never weigh fish. If it's a big fish, I might put it on a measuring board for length only. I seldom pay much attention to what many feel is the "correct" color choice for the conditions. I don't own any (as far as I know) technique specific rods. I'm more likely to to use one rod for as many applications as is reasonable. As long as the lure falls within the weight rating of the rod, I'll adjust so it works for me. 

I "break" a lot of the rules that others live by. Because I'm pretty happy with the numbers of fish I catch, and enjoy what I'm doing, I'm unlikely to change the way I do things.

 

3 hours ago, scaleface said:

Nothing .

 

  One of the things I do that most anglers dont   is hold a casting rod in front of the reel then gently squeeze the line between  my index  finger  and  thumb .  Been doing   this since I was a kid , jigging crappie jigs  along river banks with zebco 202's . 

I learned to do that as a kid with my zebco 22 as well, still do it today. I think it would feel weird if I didn't,

15 minutes ago, Scott F said:

I wouldn't say I do much that NOBODY else does, but after reading posts here for 5 years, I'd say I DON'T do a lot that the majority of the posters here do.

Unlike a lot of the guys who post here, I use nothing but braided line for every lure I throw and never use mono/fluoro leaders. Mostly, I use  spinning gear. It's all 10lb braid and on my baitcasters, it's all 20lb. braid. I don't do a lot of largemouth fishing, mostly smallmouth, so I don't do any flipping, pitching or punching. I use a lot of Senko type baits but it's always weightless T rigged, never wacky. I also never weigh fish. If it's a big fish, I might put it on a measuring board for length only. I seldom pay much attention to what many feel is the "correct" color choice for the conditions. I don't own any (as far as I know) technique specific rods. I'm more likely to to use one rod for as many applications as is reasonable. As long as the lure falls within the weight rating of the rod, I'll adjust so it works for me. 

I "break" a lot of the rules that others live by. Because I'm pretty happy with the numbers of fish I catch, and enjoy what I'm doing, I'm unlikely to change the way I do things.

 

It's cool to see how different people are and yet still catch bass. I've never used braid in my life. All mono with fluoro leaders, or rarely, straight fluoro. 

Rather than buying into the wacky rigging tool and o-ring hype I’ve always used little elastic hair bands made for braiding. 5$ gets you about 100 of em.

 

 

They are super small I just double them over once and they fit nice and tight.

I frog in open water alot, regardless of conditions I usually try to get that bite going first before I switch to other techniques. 

2 hours ago, scaleface said:

Thats why I never use braid . I have never sliced my finger on mono .

i dont use braid either, probably a good thing. but i do use fluoro, usually 12 lb test.

4 hours ago, MassYak85 said:

I wouldn't say nobody else does it but a lot of times in my kayak I will paddle through large expanses of lily pads just looking for swirls from fish moving out of the way to get a better picture of where fish are. Then come back a little later after things calm back down and fish it with a frog. 

Dude, that was our secret man...OUR SECRET!

 

I T-rig a 2.8 keitech FAT Swim impact on a #2 EWG. Even toss on a 1/16oz Tungsten bullet weight.

Fish for bass on the blackest of nights.

Others must certainly be doing it too.

 I just never see any.

A-Jay

Buzz a 5 inch grub on surface like a buzzbait .

6 hours ago, Glaucus said:

What are you doing that nobody else is, or that very few people are, that catches you more fish?

 

I have a M/F casting rod paired with a good spincast reel spooled with 10lb fluorocarbon, and it's always got a Texas Rigged Senko attached to it. I pick it up when I need deadly accuracy. I can put that Senko almost anywhere and skip it with absolute ease, and it's great for the wind. It's gotten me bit in places that I can't really get to with spinning or casting setups. I've had buddies laugh when I show up with 5 rods: 3 casting, 1 spinning, 1 spincast. What do you need that thing for? Oh, you'll see. Just another tool for the job at hand that gets glossed over. My second best LMB ever was caught in some nasty weeds with this setup. Couldn't quite get to the spot I needed to get to without it.

I put a 3" slim senko on my sons Zebco spincast one day, and he outcaught me 3-1...somedays when he takes a break from fishing I pick up his Zebco.