1 hour ago, Mike L said:

Anything on a spinning rod and lighter line.  
Obviously not the hardest things to do,  just can’t stand doing any of it. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

Man same thing here, I am 100% agree with you, I just came back from fishing, I was casting Rap Shad 05 with spinning set up, After 20 cast I put it away and start bait casting, Jerkbait/spinnerbait?jig/TX rig.

I didn't catch fish but I at least enjoy the fishing.

On 10/25/2021 at 9:45 AM, the reel ess said:

Swimbaits for several reasons. Expensive, almost requires you but at least one expensive dedicated combo and you may go several trips without a bite. 

+1

4 hours ago, J Francho said:

 Any bait, fished into the wind is difficult.

+ another 1

 

Was coming in to say that most difficult for me is finesse in the wind....or any bottom contact, really.   Fishing from a kayak in the wind is challenge enough.   But if you can't feel bites, or wind has blown enough slack in your line that hook setting is harder than deploying James Webb gold panels....well....probably best to just head in

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

+1

+ another 1

 

Was coming in to say that most difficult for me is finesse in the wind....or any bottom contact, really.   Fishing from a kayak in the wind is challenge enough.   But if you can't feel bites, or wind has blown enough slack in your line that hook setting is harder than deploying James Webb gold panels....well....probably best to just head in

I have a rule that I won't fish in wind much greater than 10 MPH. But I've broken it many times. When they're on the bed I'll go anyway because I can get back in some skinny water and still catch 'em up. The last 3 times I went it was windy, but I persevered. It's more like real exercise. I also have another place that's down in a depression that's not effected as much by wind.

20 hours ago, J Francho said:

The hardest to learn was jigs, but well worth putting in the time.  The most exhausting is an umbrella rig or a big swimbait, but also well worth it.  Any bait, fished into the wind is difficult.

 

18 hours ago, RDB said:

I agree…if you had a way to capture the actual number of bites compared to bites detected, my guess is the bite detection for the average jig fisherman would be pretty poor compared to “masters”.

 

From a physical standpoint, for me it’s deep cranks and big swimbaits.  I have bone spurs in both shoulders and they won’t hold up to the long casts and lure weights anymore.

Why is fishing a jig and detecting bites with them so much more difficult than a Texas rigged plastic?

I came from an era when a Texas rig was a 7-12" worm that was hopped and crawled through weeds. A jig is a different animal altogether. Now, Texas rig fishing has evolved to many things, some similar to jig fishing, but it remains an overall more subtle and nuanced bait. Just look at all the threads about how to fish a jig. Rejection of a jig can often be much quicker with a jig than a plastic bait. 

14 minutes ago, ajschn06 said:

 

Why is fishing a jig and detecting bites with them so much more difficult than a Texas rigged plastic?

Most jig bites don't feel like anything. You just either feel resistance or the lure gets lighter. I jig fish a good bit. Most of the bites I get are detected by seeing the line move in a direction I'm not retrieving. The bass has it and is swimming somewhere else to eat it. If you're lucky they swim away from cover to deeper water to eat it. But the biggest bass (plural) I've caught on the jig yanked the jig and didn't give it up even if they felt my resistance. The ones that give the familiar "tap-tap" bite on the jig are usually small bass in my experience.