Personally I am all about the bottom contact type of fishing. Not a big fan of just reeling in a reaction bait but to me pitching a jig and getting that ThUnK of a bite cant be beat. So much so it is probably my downfall a good amount of the time. I prefer this type of fishing so much that I will do it even when conditions point to other presentations being more effective. Oh well, its about having fun after all.

On 7/12/2018 at 9:11 PM, A-Jay said:

This is a tough one. 

One look in the rod locker indicates there's a lot of 'favorites.'

While I do like to Chunk & Wind quite a bit, I'll say that my "favorite style of fishing" is putting the pieces together and solving the puzzle.   The excitement comes from the anticipation & expectation of getting bit over & over.

A-Jay

 

That answers it for me quite well, also.

 

I generally need a 'style' that has me 'actively' working the lure, however.  Sure, getting on a school and dropping a DS or shaky into them is fun when they're biting...but it doesn't completely do it for me.  (I acknowledge that part of the reason is psychological -- I still lack some confidence in getting onto active fish -- so, in my mind lures that aren't moving might be 20 feet from the nearest interested bass.)

 

Same for fishing other species -- couple of weeks ago on a walleye trip, we stumbled upon a narrow fish-highway that carried 27 inchers through it every evening -- loved catching nice fish, but anchoring and vertically soaking a leech just wasn't nearly as much fun as trolling and casting for me.

 

So, chucking and winding....flipping and dragging...that's where I generally find myself

About a couple weeks ago I dedicated myself to throw only jigs, to learn the technique.  After tons of frustration I finally started to see success, and now I'm addicted.  The feeling of setting the hook on a fish who just slurped up your jig is very fun to me.

On 7/12/2018 at 9:08 PM, CroakHunter said:

I like pitching Texas rigged craws and creatures. Fast paced, in your face, hand to hand combat. Heavy rods, line, and big hook sets. I used to love to throw wacky rigs and still do at times. But give me a 3/8 to 3/4 ounce weight, some 20Lb fluoro or 65Lb braid, and a 4x strong hook and I'll go to town on some green fish!

Ditto!!

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

Frog is exciting,butttt nothing like sitting down in chair on my boat with Texas rigged bait and a knot of Copenhagen in my jaw, to me that's bass fishing

From the bank or in the boat nothing like early in the morning zinging a t rigged worm at a stump and getting a strike on the fall...thank the Lord for every day...

 

good fishing...

I do like catching fish about any way possible, but all it takes is 1 good jig bite and I have to MAKE myself put the jig rod down

 

I'm not quite sure if it's the fact that you really don't have to mess with it like you do soft plastics or what, but I just truly enjoy fishing jigs.

Specifically, I like topwater because it's a challenge to get bass to take a lure on top and it's the most exciting bite you can get. But, generally, I like to cast and retrieve, no matter the species. I jut don't like trolling or using a bobber with live bait unless there's just no other way to catch fish. And that's why I prefer bass fishing.

A jig, creature, or worm thrown into the nastiest stuff I can find. There's nothing else like the thump, a hookset hard enough to cross their eyes, and the breaking of wood while getting them out of cover. At night it's even better.