Your favorite bass technique

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Renegade wrote:Oh yeah. Little Perch imitation

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Really is an easy tie.

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Hammer 4 wrote:

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Seriously..? Goldfish can have parasites, ick is one that is common, and if introduced to the water, can have a bad effect on other fish. Also, while the dfg guidelines don't mention goldfish, they aren't listed as "legal" bait for LMB.

waxon67 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:Over the years, I've found the most consistent way to catch LMB is drop shoting, you may not get the biggest fish, but this technique catches fish, also split shoting is another way to get fish, especially in high pressured water.

Baits can be 4 or 6" roboworms, or any hand poured worms, or small creature baits. When the fishing is tough these are 2 of your best bets to get fish.

Crank baits are another high percentage bait.

I throw big swimbaits for Big bass, although smaller fish will hit them.

Technique is dependent on, time of year, water clarity, type of forage, and in my case pressure from the gazillions of guys trying to catch bass.

I have to agree with this. But I still love to play with the frog. I always forget about split shotting. Funny cuz that is how I started out being the only technique I really knew that well. Now I always forget about it. Good points Hammer.

miller wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Seriously..? Goldfish can have parasites, ick is one that is common, and if introduced to the water, can have a bad effect on other fish. Also, while the dfg guidelines don't mention goldfish, they aren't listed as "legal" bait for LMB.

all very true hammer but it is an awesome bait.

I have done it few times befor knowing all the bad things that come from it, this was meny years ago when I was much younger

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

If you do get bit using a top water frog, Do Not set the hook upon the fish striking the bait, you will lose it. Do a fast 3 count, then swing for the fences..

Aquaholic38 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

If you do get bit using a top water frog, Do Not set the hook upon the fish striking the bait, you will lose it. Do a fast 3 count, then swing for the fences..

I heard of that before before..hmm

waxon67 wrote:

Aquaholic38 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

If you do get bit using a top water frog, Do Not set the hook upon the fish striking the bait, you will lose it. Do a fast 3 count, then swing for the fences..

I heard of that before before..hmm

Ya, every frog guy will tell you its what to do and still hard to make yourself do it. I would love to have the chance. Need to find those tooleys and pads...some slop to fish.

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:

Aquaholic38 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

If you do get bit using a top water frog, Do Not set the hook upon the fish striking the bait, you will lose it. Do a fast 3 count, then swing for the fences..

I heard of that before before..hmm

Ya, every frog guy will tell you its what to do and still hard to make yourself do it. I would love to have the chance. Need to find those tooleys and pads...some slop to fish.

There's a certain city park in O.C. that has, lily pads, at least they did a year ago..Some of the park lakes like El D have toolies where you can toss frogs. Also, don't limit your froggin to weeds, ect, they will work in open water to..

waxon67 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:

Aquaholic38 wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

waxon67 wrote:Not on the frog becuase I rarely get to go to places I can slop and frog really. But top water yes I have. I love a top water bight. I hope this year to get a frog bit. That would be super cool. I fish them locally but mainly just to play. One day Eddie..one day.

If you do get bit using a top water frog, Do Not set the hook upon the fish striking the bait, you will lose it. Do a fast 3 count, then swing for the fences..

I heard of that before before..hmm

Ya, every frog guy will tell you its what to do and still hard to make yourself do it. I would love to have the chance. Need to find those tooleys and pads...some slop to fish.

There's a certain city park in O.C. that has, lily pads, at least they did a year ago..Some of the park lakes like El D have toolies where you can toss frogs. Also, don't limit your froggin to weeds, ect, they will work in open water to..

Your right about that. Just hasn't happened for me yet. Eldo toolies been herbacided.

Hammer 4 wrote:

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Seriously..? Goldfish can have parasites, ick is one that is common, and if introduced to the water, can have a bad effect on other fish. Also, while the dfg guidelines don't mention goldfish, they aren't listed as "legal" bait for LMB.

Lok Dog wrote:

Hammer 4 wrote:

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Seriously..? Goldfish can have parasites, ick is one that is common, and if introduced to the water, can have a bad effect on other fish. Also, while the dfg guidelines don't mention goldfish, they aren't listed as "legal" bait for LMB.

settle down its a joke lol

i know how uptight and pissed off LMB anglers get when you say the word "goldfish" as you just did,..

Hammer 4 wrote:
I get pissed because of what I described above can have bad effects on all the fish in the area, not to mention the fish that takes the bait, so yeah, I get upset. If you post it w/o a smiley or something, I take it that you were serious..I have seen, and know of people that have done that. The fisheries for LMB's are declining.

Hammer 4 wrote:

Lok Dog wrote:goldfish,..

Seriously..? Goldfish can have parasites, ick is one that is common, and if introduced to the water, can have a bad effect on other fish. Also, while the dfg guidelines don't mention goldfish, they aren't listed as "legal" bait for LMB.

Thoraks Jigs wrote:My favorite bass catching lure/rig is the Thoraks Jigs Shakey Balls. The Bama Craw in a 3/8oz. My preferred trailer for this jig is a NetBait Tiny Paca Craw in Alabama Craw color. I'm not just saying this because we make them, I'm saying this because we have won the most money on these baits. The stand up action of these jigs makes the bass bite when other lures won't. My second favorite rig is a regular shakey headed worm. Preferring a finesse worm like a Damiki Finesse Miki. Deadly on heavily pressured fish.