Super User ol'crickety Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 ...caught a bass under a dock. Your turn. Please share a common experience that you've never experienced. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User the reel ess Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Not all that common, but I've never caught a double on one lure. I have caught two white bass on a double jig rig. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galyonj Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Never caught a bass on a chatterbait. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skunkmaster-k Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Never caught a bass on a drop shot. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted September 12, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Me too on the chatterbait and drop shot. A drop shot just feels like a lot of work to rig it. I have cast my chatterbaits, but nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2tall79 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 In 60 years, I've never lost a fish bigger than my PB. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, ol'crickety said: I have cast my chatterbaits, but nothing Okay, I'm not crazy about chatterbaits, but that actually boggles my mind. Your Maine bass are cray cray. Never thrown a dropshot, free rig, tokyo rig, or inurig. Never caught a double, same as @the reel ess Never caught a bass on a walking bait, but ain't really put time into em Mention any cover, I'm good to go. I'm pretty sure somebody could name any type of cover and I've caught a bass out of it. The craziest is tires, but lemme tell you, there's some tires that hold some schools of bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Never used live bait to specifically target a bass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zcoker Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Never been skunked out in the everglades. Hope I don't jinx myself lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Just now, gimruis said: Never used live bait to specifically target a bass. That reminds me. I should do that more often 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Just now, LrgmouthShad said: That reminds me. I should do that more often Bring beer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Mobasser Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 Caught a fish on a chatterbait 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User ol'crickety Posted September 12, 2023 Author Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: Okay, I'm not crazy about chatterbaits, but that actually boggles my mind. Your Maine bass are cray cray. I know, huh? It boggles my mind too. I have shared many times how I'm constantly switching baits to see what they'll hit, so I must have thrown chatterbaits on half a dozen trips this summer, but nothing. Not even a hit. And I've tried them shallow and deep and up against cover and in the middle of nowhere and in transition zones. I'll keep trying, like I keep trying with walking baits, which Tom (@WRB) correctly observed are hard to fish from a canoe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 I have never been in Jerry Seinfeld's kitchen. ? A-Jay 4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 How is there so many people saying chatterbait??!!! Mobasser added into the mix. What is the world coming to? I mean, yeah, spinnerbaits are better, but holy cow, never catching a fish on a chatter? That's wild. I bought maybe 4 jackhammers a long time ago. Worked good when I used them, then I lost all but one of them. If you want to know how to quickly lose $50 in chatterbaits, I can offer expert advice. Just fish from the bank, fish them on the bottom like a jig, and make sure you are around riprap or timber. I can't make this stuff up ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, A-Jay said: I have never been in Jerry Seinfeld's kitchen. ? A-Jay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keagbassr Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Add me to the list of those that never caught a double. I did once have an almost 5 lb. Smallie inhale a 12ish inch pickeral I was reeling in but couldn't re set the hook into it. Not sure if tht would've counted as a double anyway.?, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thediscochef Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, LrgmouthShad said: How is there so many people saying chatterbait??!!! Mobasser added into the mix. What is the world coming to? I mean, yeah, spinnerbaits are better, but holy cow, never catching a fish on a chatter? That's wild. I bought maybe 4 jackhammers a long time ago. Worked good when I used them, then I lost all but one of them. If you want to know how to quickly lose $50 in chatterbaits, I can offer expert advice. Just fish from the bank, fish them on the bottom like a jig, and make sure you are around riprap or timber. I can't make this stuff up ? I cut my teeth fishing a chatterbait over riprap...if you let it fall, say goodbye LOL it's one of the main reasons I started off using the micro version...way cheaper when they inevitably get snagged. But a chatterbait over riprap is deadly. I've never caught a bass on a standard skirted jig, though I got close last week. Never caught a fish on a crankbait. Never caught a double. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Smith Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I've never caught a bass out deep. Haven't really put in the time, either. I love casting to cover I can see, and picking it apart. Seeing structure on a sonar screen and dropping a jig or pulling down a deep diving crankbait just doesn't excite me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, thediscochef said: I've never caught a bass on a standard skirted jig, though I got close last week That's surprising too actually. Rocks are my favorite cover to fish jigs in. Sometimes it's a little harder to work them from the bank though, so I hear ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User A-Jay Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 @galyonj @ol'crickety @Mobasser PLEASE consider changing the name of all your chatterbaits to "Vibrating Jig". And then think of them and fish them that way. #likeajig. Meaning ONLY move the bait with the ROD, not the reel. You'll be glad you did. My work is done here. A-Jay 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/lake-guntersville-2012.html "Big Bass" on the 2012 RoadTrip. GYCB Fat Ika under a dock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bankc Posted September 12, 2023 Super User Share Posted September 12, 2023 I've never caught a bass off a hard jerkbait. At least not while jerking it. I caught a few, many, many years ago when I thought they were just long, skinny crankbaits and fished them with a steady retrieve. I fish stained waters though. But I do alright with soft jerkbaits sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator TnRiver46 Posted September 12, 2023 Global Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2023 I’ve never been to California 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbjorn Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I have never caught or fished for lake Smallmouth, which is odd considering I'm in the Great Lakes region. Only lake and pond Largemouth and river and stream Smallmouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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