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I voted cranking, which is by far my favorite.  But I usually catch more on soft plastics.  T rigs and C rigs.  Topwater bites are always alot of fun though.

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Spawn.

I love it all but I guess my favorite "hit" would be topwater. I am usually wormin or jigin.

Worming is my favorite method ("Topwater" is the most exciting, but not nearly as productive).

Finesse fishing gives me a feeling of achievement, like I had something to do with the catch.

Cranking a handle does not give me the same feeling of achievement, but makes me feel like a pawn.

I'm sure my wife is tired of hearing me ask a hooked crankbait bass the same ole question, "What made you do that anyway?"

Roger

Although I don't seem to have the patience for this very often, I'd have to say that my favorite way to catch bass is with a fly rod and fly on 6lb test.

I usually go with plastic worms - T-rigged, and spinnerbaits.

I hate worming & jigging, catch about one third of my fish by worming & jigging, but ya know .......... a man gotta do what he gotta do.

Live bait ? won 't touch that even with a 20 ft pole.

Flippin' and Pitchin' dirty south style................................all day!!!!          8-)

I voted wormin'... There is nothing like feeling that tap and seeing your line swim off! Intense! However topwater can be really exciting too!! Crankin' can be fun but it doesnt seem like much skill involved in it once you catch one.

what no froggin.............im not playing this game.....ok i vote topwater.

I love to fish soft jerkbaits, but I voted for live bait just because when I fish with my dad, we only live bait. It's a lot of fun too.

favorite = worming

but nothing really beats top water

Top water is my favorite way to fish, but not my most productive.  I fish a lot of plastics, t-rigged or carolina rigged worms, lizards, and paca craws are the most productive for me.  Catch a few on a drop shot, and a few crankin, and with spinner baits, but since I learned how to fish the bottom first, it is still my most productive, I have real trouble with suspended fish.

Deep water structure

My two main ways of fishing are to crank 'em then finesse 'em

To me there is nothing better thank thinkin'... I bet there is a fish on that log. Pitchin' out and having the bait hammered almost instantly  

Wormin' is a close second though!

Flipping wins hands down for me.  Even if I'm throwin a t-rig there's a good chance im just beating the bank with it.

I enjoy all except live bait, but give me a t-rigged soft plastic (worm, craw, etc) and I'm happy as can be.

I would have to say, there is nothing like a smallmouth almost ripping the rod out of your hands while throwing a jerkbait.

I like crankin, with jiggin with soft plastics in a close second.

crankin

Top water has always been my favorite till lately and lately I have fell prey to jig fishing.  I am slowly learning there is no wrong way to fish a jig, no wrong time, to wrong water conditions, it just does not matter.  Fish will hit a jig anytime and anywhere for pretty much any reason.

Later,

I would have to say, there is nothing like a smallmouth almost ripping the rod out of your hands while throwing a jerkbait.

X2, there's nothing better

combo fishing.    I make the most of my casts (because i shore fish in limited structure situations) by fliping & pitching a ton of different baits to obvious targets, then swiming, jiging, ect what ever im fishing back through mulitiple secondary target opportunities....    so its breaking traditional rules about each kind of fishing, but it gets the job done.

Im now a HUGE jig fishing fan. but i dont think anyone can deny that a topwater bite is the most fun of all when its hot! ;D