What are the baits you simply aren't going to try anymore?  They may work for others but just not for you.

 

For myself, I can't really think of any. My problem is the opposite.  I need to give more baits a decent chance.  I tend to stay locked into my favorites.

Maybe the GYBC Fat Ika. I catch the vast majority of bass on soft plastics of all types but I’ve never gotten one strike on these. 

2 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

Maybe the GYBC Fat Ika. I catch the vast majority of bass on soft plastics of all types but I’ve never gotten one strike on these. 

@roadwarrior is going to have a stroke! 

Frog, hollow body and popping. Can never catch on them. 

Spinnerbaits. It doesn't matter what pond, lake, or river I'm on, they do not work.

25 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

@roadwarrior is going to have a stroke! 

Maybe I need to rig them different. I’ve tried weightless and weighted TR and on jig heads. But I’ve gotten nada on them. 

I've been saving this one for Lake Springfield

but it doesn't look like I'll ever get there . . . . . .

A-Jay

Whopper ploppers or anything that resembles one.

 

 

Whopper Ploppers........

I have much better luck with wake baits. 

KVD squarebills .  I never had much luck with them but smashed the bass on other squarebills the same day .

31 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I've been saving this one for Lake Springfield

but it doesn't look like I'll ever get there . . . . . .

A-Jay

Have you seen the fish from Springfield Lake?

40 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Spinnerbaits. It doesn't matter what pond, lake, or river I'm on, they do not work.

I love the idea of spinnerbaits and I do catch the occasional fish on them but I’ve never had a great day throwing them and I pretty much always start out throwing them. I’m going to tinker with some different baits and skirts and maybe even trailers this spring and see what happens.

18 minutes ago, Dens228 said:

Whopper Ploppers........

I have much better luck with wake baits. 

The smaller one gets more bites. The bigger one seems to only work on big gals and on fewer occasions. Though I've caught a 6 lb. on the size 90. The drawback of the 90 is that it's more prone to spin on retrieve. You need the rod tip high, which is difficult from a kayak.

Chatterbaits. They just don't seem to work well on the lakes I fish.

14 minutes ago, BlakeMolone said:

I love the idea of spinnerbaits and I do catch the occasional fish on them but I’ve never had a great day throwing them and I pretty much always start out throwing them. I’m going to tinker with some different baits and skirts and maybe even trailers this spring and see what happens.

They are a sporadic lure for me. I got my PB on one though. The place I catch the most bass on the spinnerbait is a little pond full of standing timber. They can't resist it when you're bumping the logs with it. 

2 minutes ago, the reel ess said:

They can't resist it when you're bumping the logs with it. 

 

That's a key with spinnerbaits, I run em into everything. 

 

A bait I've given up on is a full size Brush Hog, can't even remember getting a bump on one!

Stupid tubes are definitely on a short leash with me.  I have lost too many fish on these and they tear up after 1 or 2 hooksets and I am often unhappy with the way they look.  I have no doubt that they are effective and tubes are my best bait for smallmouth of all time but the Stupid Tube has not been a good bait for me . 

 

 

1 hour ago, BrianMDTX said:

Maybe I need to rig them different. I’ve tried weightless and weighted TR and on jig heads. But I’ve gotten nada on them. 

 

I don't use them a lot but I have caught nice fish on them.  I was pitching them weightless in a clear, shallow, weedy water with pretty good success.  I fish them how I fish a Senko.  Fishing them on the fall on weed edges like lily pads is very effective.  

14 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

Chatterbaits. They just don't seem to work well on the lakes I fish.

Two years ago I didn't do that well with chatterbaits but killed it with swim jigs.  This past summer I didn't do well with swim jigs but killed it with chatterbaits..........same waters.......

No wonder I always bring way to many lures in my kayak. 

1 hour ago, BrianMDTX said:

Maybe I need to rig them different. I’ve tried weightless and weighted TR and on jig heads. But I’ve gotten nada on them. 

Have you rigged them backwards weightless? I’ve had awesome luck doing it that way. I don’t fish them anymore because I can’t find them around here and I always forget when I place online orders. 

Actually, that was the way I first rigged them lol. Backwards and forward. 
 

Maybe I need to try it like a Neko rig lol. 

2 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Maybe the GYBC Fat Ika. I catch the vast majority of bass on soft plastics of all types but I’ve never gotten one strike on these. 

 

This is still one of my go to baits.  I have one rigged every time I go out.   I always catch something on it but it requires patience and you can't have the trolling motor going none stop.  It's a sit and pop bait for me.

 

As far as what I have given up on.....  KVD crankbaits.

lol. No trolling motor in my inflatable. Maybe too much wind drift? ?

1 hour ago, the reel ess said:

The smaller one gets more bites. The bigger one seems to only work on big gals and on fewer occasions. Though I've caught a 6 lb. on the size 90. The drawback of the 90 is that it's more prone to spin on retrieve. You need the rod tip high, which is difficult from a kayak.

I've only used the 70's and 110's.  Probably less than five bass on each over the years.   

Haven't given up on them, but underspins are my kryptonite for sure. 

Bladed jigs for me for sure.  I am heading down to Okeechobee in February and my intel is that I better not show up without them and GYCB Zako trailers so I am going to give them another try.