Normally I would ask what lures or techniques you want to master for the next season.  But I'm wondering something different.

 

Any lures or techniques that you've just had it with?  You gave them a shot and they just don't work for you?

 

I'm just getting back into fishing after a long hiatus, so I don't have anything really on my list.  The Tokyo Rig just doesn't interest me but I've honestly never tried it.

   No more soft plastics for me. From now on, it's spinnerbaits, spoons, inline spinners, crankbaits and blade lures. If they don't do it, then I go home and try another day.     jj

4 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

No more soft plastics for me.

Interesting.  That's one I didn't expect.

I would never give up on a lure, as that would possibly limit my chances to catch fish. There are lures I don't use as much as others, but give up on them...No way.

A-Jay

Fed up with bottom bouncing jigs, can't get bites and would rather fish a worm or standalone craw.

Never had any luck on topwater frogs or toads. Very little luck with tubes. Don't use any of them anymore.

53 minutes ago, jimmyjoe said:

   No more soft plastics for me. From now on, it's spinnerbaits, spoons, inline spinners, crankbaits and blade lures. If they don't do it, then I go home and try another day.     jj

It’s funny. I fish with a guy who’d rather go to the dentist than throw soft plastics. Next season, I’m giving up on him.

Jerkbaits. 

 

Or at least fishing jerkbaits slowly.  It's dull and half the time I get a hit it's a pickerel who steals my lure/bites me/bleeds on me.  I have like six LC Pointers left in my box and I am going to lose them all throwing them for creek smallies.  

2 minutes ago, Scott F said:

It’s funny. I fish with a guy who’d rather go to the dentist than throw soft plastics. Next season, I’m giving up on him.

   Sounds like a guy I'd like to fish with.     ?     jj

5 minutes ago, Scott F said:

It’s funny. I fish with a guy who’d rather go to the dentist than throw soft plastics. Next season, I’m giving up on him.

    This is one small part of my decision. https://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/skinny-fish.html  There's definitely more to it, though.      jj

I did have a reply ready. Then I read someone is giving up on plastics. Then someone says they're giving up on frog fishing. Now, I forgot what I was even gonna type. 

I surrender to the ned rig. I know, I know. I haven't caught anything on it when I'm not losing it to snags. It's pretty much useless for me. 

What are you giving up on?

 

Getting skunked ?

I’m going to fish paddle tail swimbaits on jig heads and no longer on weighted t-rigs.

Similar to @A-Jay ...

 

 

As for "normal" lures in my rotation currently? Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna...

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

A-Jay

 

1 minute ago, Boomstick said:

Similar to @A-Jay ...

 

 

As for "normal" lures in my rotation currently? Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna...

@Boomstick

I think I like Blinky better !  

A-Jay

I fish with a guy that likes to fish 5-10 feet from the bank.  I would like to give that up. 

 

Lure wise......  Buzz baits.  The whopper plopper has taken its' place. 

Woooww, blown away seeing soft plastics being "turned down". Like "billmac", didn't see that coming!

 

The only lure CURRENTLY not a big go-to for me, and was once a BIG go-to, is lipless cranks. But still on my tool belt!

 

Karl

Not lure or technique, but line. No more FC as main line. Thinking about going braid on everything. Maybe FC leaders until it’s gone. Tired of the slinky effect.

Not that I’m giving up on them, I just have no interest and have no need to throw any of that light finesse stuff....Ned, Wacky, Shaky, Drop shot etc. 

 

 

 

 

Mike

58 minutes ago, FishTank said:

Buzz baits.  The whopper plopper has taken its' place. 

Blasphemy

3 hours ago, jimmyjoe said:

No more soft plastics for me.

This accounts for at least 50% of my fishing.

1 hour ago, FishTank said:

Buzz baits.  The whopper plopper has taken its' place. 

I am more the opposite - the buzzbait is way more useful and doesn't get snagged all the time.  

2 hours ago, Log Catcher said:

Never had any luck on topwater frogs or toads.

But they are so much fun!

 

 

The lure I have the absolute least luck with are boot tail and paddeltail swimbaits.  They are almost useless if not on a jig, spinnerbait or chatterbait.  I am not giving up on them, but it's getting close.

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 

@Boomstick

I think I like Blinky better !  

A-Jay

If you like Blinky then....

 

Think I'm giving up on big jigs.  Hardly caught any bass on jigs.  Going to replace that with crankbaits and jerkbaits to go along with my Texas Rigged soft plastics.  I can't believe I'm going to give jerkbaits a good try but I got thinking, I have caught a few bass on jerkbaits, at least more than big jigs, and jerkbaits are long and narrow, just like my all time favorite lure - the Yum-Dinger.  Me thinks if a bass loves long and slender stick baits like the Yum-Dinger and Senko, maybe they will like a jerkbait when they are in the mood for a hard bait.  

20 minutes ago, JediAmoeba said:

 absolute least luck with

   Whoa ..... I apologize if I gave the impression that I didn't catch some (or any) fish on soft plastics. I did. But they're a no-go in the river, too many gill-hooked fish, too hard to get the particular action I want, not as snagless as I expected and I only had 2 days this last year when some other lure didn't get me equal numbers of fish, or even more. The "best" was wacky-rigged, and I lost plastic left and right on that. Did I mention that I hate bluegills?

   The OP did ask about lures that "just didn't work for you."  I interpreted that a little differently, so that's my bad.       jj