Senko/stickbait...

Ned rig...

 

I know it's pretty sacrilegious to never use those two baits, but I just never enjoy fishing with them. 

I know you asked for one but I don’t...

Drop, Shake, Wack or Ned. 
I have all the baits and tackle somewhere, but I never felt the need. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

2 minutes ago, Mike L said:

I know you asked for one but I don’t...

Drop, Shake, Wack or Ned. 

 

There are times in the summer where a dropshot and a Ned make up 95% of what I cast all day when smallmouth fishing.  

 

 

I don't even own a Whopper Plopper.  

One I've thrown but haven't caught much on is a bladed jig.

 

Another one would be a lipless crank...the river is awfully shallow and snaggy  and other places I fish just seem too weedy. Years ago I fished places that were more suited to it and I used it a bunch but not in recent years.

 

I guess I have more. I never threw an 'A' rig in my life and I'm not looking to start. The other would be the hard swim baits. I just don't have any. I do have a big glide bait I bought for muskies but it's bigger than most of the bass I catch. LOL

Chatterbait. Can't see a need for it. If water is clear, as normal here, I use a swimbait. If choppy or stained I go spinnerbait. 

Chatterbait, wacky rig, drop shot, a-rig

Drop shot.  I have used it before in the past but was never very effective and I found it to be painfully slow to fish.

7 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Drop shot.  I have used it before in the past but was never very effective and I found it to be painfully slow to fish.

I HATE the drop shot.  

Drop shot

Swim jig. I know lots of fish are caught on em and I've decided to dabble into them some this year. Have had several for a few years just never really gave em a chance. My local lakes are heavily pressured so anything that works I'm down to try. I hate throwing a shakey head but it flat out catches fish so I throw it

For years I have felt like a weirdo because I hated using a drop shot  , but now I can come out of the closet after reading these comments today ! Thank you guys for giving me the courage to open up. Hahaha , but seriously the drop shot sucks 

pretty much all hardbaits other than topwaters

Drop shot, jigs, buzz bait, 

I know some folks on here will start fitting me for a straight jacket with my answer.

 

Spinnerbaits & Flukes

 

Other than big swimbaits, deep-diving crankbaits, and A-rigs, I can't think of any category of baits I don't ever use that lots of other people do.  But I didn't use a dropshot at all last year, and it's been two years since I threw a lipless crankbait.

Shakey head

C-rig

Toads. I have used frogs beginning with the Plumber weedless frog and several hollow body frogs starting with Snag Proof frog, both over 40 years ago. Never bought or used a solid body toad.

Tom

2 hours ago, Shimano_1 said:

My local lakes are heavily pressured so anything that works I'm down to try.

Swim jig is great for pressured fishing.  When everyone else is making noise with chatters and spinners, the swim jig provides that subtle presentation

Drop shot and Ned rig, got nothing against them just don’t use them. 

Chatterbait and Carolina rig

Every year I buy and swear I’ll use some type of finesse bait. It goes in the other storage box and at the end of the year I find it and throw it in a box. It’s not that I don’t like them or hate them. I just have so many other types of baits that work somehow someway. One year I’ll finally be desperate enough to try it I guess.?

 

Never used a ned rig.

I don't use Spinnerbaits or any topwater lures. Even my Whopper Plopper isn't used.

Flutter spoons and blade baits.

Wacky rig and big swimbaits for me.