Comfort zone fishing

[Jacobguy]

For me its a 3/8oz green pumpkin original Z-man chatterbait with an upside down greenpumpkin or K's magic keitech. Wake rigged 4" senko is a close second.

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[coachfozz]

I guess mine is either a ned rig or shaky head

[big g]

An array of Texas rigged plastics.  I will throw them fast, slow, deep, shallow, weighted, weightless, and wacky.  Whatever they want that day, that hour.

[zippyduck]

I guess mine is either a ned rig or shaky head

you have to be a smallie hunter.

[Braden]

Year in and Year out, a Swimming Speedworm puts more fish in my boat than any other bait.

I always have other choices on the deck, sometimes they change, but there is usually a Crankbait, Spinnerbait or Chatterbait, SwimJig, Two Flipping Outfits with different weights, Buzz or HB Frog, and a 2nd Worming Setup that is either a Senko or Ribbontail.

But the Speedworm usually gets in my hand first.


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Deadeye, is there a particular size weight that you usually start with to swim a speed worm? Do you usually peg it?


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[Deadeye]

Deadeye, is there a particular size weight that you usually start with to swim a speed worm? Do you usually peg it?


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I use any size from None (weightless) to 3/16.

I've learned over time that given the right mix of vegetation I can Burn the surface weightless or vary the weight until I get the depth-speed I'm looking for.

I usually go with the 3/16 pegged because I can swim it faster to keep it in the same zone or get a great tail spin if I stop and let it drop.

Depth your fishing makes some difference too as deeper I use heavier weight.


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[Braden]

I use any size from None (weightless) to 3/16.

I've learned over time that given the right mix of vegetation I can Burn the surface weightless or vary the weight until I get the depth-speed I'm looking for.

I usually go with the 3/16 pegged because I can swim it faster to keep it in the same zone or get a great tail spin if I stop and let it drop.

Depth your fishing makes some difference too as deeper I use heavier weight.


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Thanks!


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[Tatsu Dave]

I went out the other day and had a different lure on every rod. I was honestly trying variety and giving everything a turn, you know what? Boy was sitting up front catching bass after bass with a simple old weightless T-rigged 5" stick bait.

Now where we fish is shallow and very weedy, 10-12' is deep and anything with exposed hooks makes weed removal a full time job. We spend a lot of time cleaning weeds off both motors so its got to slide thru the pads, reeds and arrowhead up top and the slimy concoction of junk lower in the water column to work. I guess its where I fish but cranks and spinnerbaits are a tough way to go. When I lived and fished in Maryland it was a different game entirely and spinnerbaits and jigs were my go to's.

I'd like to fish more gravel and rocky bottoms but sadly that's not available in my area, that's why I asked about a rocky bottomed lake we tried for smallies recently. It was quite a foreign fishing experience to me compared to normal up here. I keep with plastics and weedless as comfort lures and the sticks outperform the lizards, grubs, HB frogs, creature baits and worms so far. Sound like a broken record I guess, but I tend to gravitate to what works the best.  Dave