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  • Super User

KVD squarebills . I have used them and they dont even feel right . I havent caught anything on them , switch to other squarebills and catch fish.

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  • J Francho
    J Francho

    Put a hair band on the rod butt, and loop the weight in it for storing.  But I get it, drop shot is boring and often isn't even the right rig for most places and situations.  When it is right, it is r

  • Deephaven
    Deephaven

    I HATE the drop shot.  

  • Skunkmaster-k
    Skunkmaster-k

    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.

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  • Super User
15 hours ago, Cdn Angler said:

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. 

You're missing out. Big time.

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I never, ever use a C-rig. If you see me doing it, call 9-1-1, someone has a gun pointed at me somewhere.

 

Pretty rare I fish a swim jig, just not often I run into a situation where I feel like they're better suited for it than my bladed jigs. 

 

Toads, if it's clear enough to fish a buzzbait, I use those, if not then I'm fishing a hollow body frog. 

  • Super User

Glide Baits ~ 

I just don't get it.

:Idontknow:

A-Jay

Never fished a stickbait.

 

The amount of anti-dropshot people is startling. It's one of my favorite ways to fish.

Ned, Nekos, and (N)dropshots. I know that’s three but they’re the same to me...not usable. 

  • Super User

 Carolina rig

15 minutes ago, J Francho said:

 Carolina rig

Ha, almost as boring as a drop shot.  If I wanted to be a walleye fisherman I would fish for walleye.

  • Super User
1 hour ago, cdlittle said:

The amount of anti-dropshot people is startling. It's one of my favorite ways to fish.

 

Part of the reason I dislike it so much is that the weighted portion below the plastic always gets tangled up when I'm not using it.  I got so sick of untangling it fwhile it was on the deck I simply decided to untie it lol

  • Super User

Put a hair band on the rod butt, and loop the weight in it for storing.  But I get it, drop shot is boring and often isn't even the right rig for most places and situations.  When it is right, it is really right.  I love days catching 50+ of these things:

 

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  • Super User
16 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

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

 

Spinnerbaits & Flukes

 

"Nurse Ratchet, Ward B, Nurse Ratchet Ward B Stat!"

 

For me, A-rigs, I still ain't casting no umbrella.

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

 

Part of the reason I dislike it so much is that the weighted portion below the plastic always gets tangled up when I'm not using it.  I got so sick of untangling it fwhile it was on the deck I simply decided to untie it lol

 

These work great to hold your leader.

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1 minute ago, RDB said:

 

These work great to hold your leader.

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I like the design of these.  You can thread a hook or a drop sinker in it easily.  Still not as economical as the hair band I stole off the bathroom doorknob ?

  • Super User
31 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

 

For me, A-rigs, I still ain't casting no umbrella.

First , I dont carry the right gear to cast one of those contraptions and secondly I would get to to close to snags and lose it .

  • Super User
21 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Still not as economical as the hair band I stole off the bathroom doorknob ?

"Borrowed" like nail clippers, nail files, and nail polish... :) 

27 minutes ago, RDB said:

 

These work great to hold your leader.

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What is that?

  • Super User
3 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I never, ever use a C-rig. If you see me doing it, call 9-1-1, someone has a gun pointed at me somewhere

 

Three knots everytime I break off & I break off way too much.

 

Everyone tells me to peg my weights because the separation between the two will cause you hangups.

 

Now they're telling me put 3' between the two...right!

I'd have to say... frogs. I own quite a few frog lures and frog rods. Yet rarely do I fish them.

  • Super User

None that I know of but the Alabama rig comes close.

 

I don't use it as it wears me out and so far only a few guys I know have used it without any great success in Virginia waters.

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I'm gonna add to my original list and say: subsurface treble hook lures.  Any lure that I've caught fish on trebles has not survived to today, the rest in the box are untouched.

  • Super User

I hope I don't get banned from this forum, or have the bass police kick in my door, but the truth is, I don't use plastic worms.  I have used them, but prefer other baits.

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