great lures

check out the great lures at rctackle.com, i know for a fact these are great lure baits, just look at almost all the local tournaments, weather its the bfl or team supreme rc tackle lures dominated the leader boards, for instance at the bfl out of red wing, mike hanson got 2nd place and had a limit in 30 min, check them out you wont be sorry, kreig leppert of la crosse used rc tackle to make the red man all american

Yo coonry – Until I started making my my own lures and above all, have spent 33 yrs learning how to find fish (Bass).

I have a garage full of “hot” baits.

LEARN TO FIND’EM and the rest is easy.

GoFish

Kensyl Reading——-EFN ProStaff

All lures are good, but they’re not all equal. Everyone has their own fishing style. A good friend told me that the lure is hot if the fisherman has confidence in it. When you cast out if you fully expect to get bitten, your focus is up, you react faster, you fish harder, you catch more fish. If RC tackle lures give you that confidence, don’t buy them anywhere else.

good point jedsall

I’ve also heard that individual’s fishing style has something to do with it too. Speed of retrieve and equipment have something to do with the lure action.

Jointed floating firetiger #9 Rapalas fill the bill for me. I jsut catch the most fish on thoese lures.

Cheap advertising huh.

Let me take a quote from [censored] Bengraff.

“Fish where they have to be” and “Use what they will always eat” and you WILL catch fish.

My favorite lure is something you might call biology.

jc

I’ve always wondered about the confidence thing. It just doesn’t make sense to me.

I spent the last couple of years trying to become a better crankbait fisherman. There have been maybe 2 ‘hot’ days where I could catch fish on them repeatedly. Other days, I’ll switch over to a plastic worm on a Carolina rig and start catching fish where cranks failed.

The fish are there, but no matter what action I put on the crank, they just won’t nail it.

Undoubtedly, it is easier to detect bites on a crank due to the tight line. The hookup percentage has to be higher on cranks due to all the exposed trebles. A weedless worm, especially on a Carolina rig, where there’s slack betweenthe weight and the worm, has to be one of the least sensitive, hardest to set the hook rigs, but it is my #1 producer on LMB’s when cranks fail.

Gianni,

I have used the Carolina rig in a few areas of pools 9 and 10. I have yet to find structures that they shine. I put together good numbers of fish Carolina fishing the dredge in Bussy, other than ledges I don’t see many areas that I can use this presentation. I could see fishing Lake Pippin like this for smallie as I have done this and caught plenty. In the realm of the Largemouth however I am ignorant. What types of places are you finding this presentation effective. What calendar period and or water temps put these fish in these locations. I am sure you could use different presentations based on the structure however, you catching them on a Carolina rig offers up that you are catching fish in water greater than 4 feet, fish are relating to the bottom typically holding on either weeds or ledges. I assume if you were fishing wood piles you be noticeably shallower or using jigs. I would love to know what target areas you use this. Especially since it is one of your go to presentations.

Your take on confidence, I am torn with this one for reasons unexplained. I firmly believe that your confidence has nothing to do with the fish you catch however has everything to do with the quality of your presentation thus you catch more fish. This is simply explained by saying we as a race often achieve great things because of our stupidity rather than rational thought. Its often funny the things we do.

Crankbaits, I love these things and am very confident in them. I catch many fish on them but honestly when compared to the simple jig they fall short. I catch 90% of my smallies on these simple baits but I realize that I could triple my catch with a single boot tail grub. Its funny how I often refer to the stupid things we do and find myself using that dang crankbait all the while knowing that I should be throwing a chunk of plastic.

Jc

isn’t coonry ryan coon who works with rc tackle

I rest my case. Take a minute and read read even these few posts. Crankbaits, jigs, worms, carolina rigs. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone has their go to bait. All these techniques work, they all work well. My point is that if you love a jig, throw a jig, catch good fish on a jig, your going to spend more than an average amount of time fishing a jig. If you do this, your going to catch fish, and good fish on a jig. The spots you catch fish are going to be spots where the fish repond to the jig. If you take your best jig spot, and start throwing a crank, you may very well catch nothing. Pick up the trusty jig and bang, you catch a fish. Does that make the jig the best bait? Rest assured your not far from a place where the crank can out fish a jig. If you don’t have confidence in a crank, you won’t throw it as long, in as many spots, or react as quickly when you get a strike as you would if you fished your jig. It’s the same with the other fishing methods. Fish the bait or baits you like, and have confidence in, find fish that respond to those methods, you can win some tournaments, or simply have more fun. Of course the truth is somewhere in the middle, but if your jigs, not working, and a the fish are up on the surface chasing bait, switch to the topwater that you have confidence in. If it was simply a matter of choosing the right bait, the millions of anglers in the world would have narrowed it down by now. Every tournament would be won with the same bait. Doesn’t happen, never will, thats why we come to weigh in. The question we try to answer everytime out is are the fish going to repond to the baits I’ve chosen to use today? Someone always finds them, every tournament I’ve ever fished in the winners had a great b ag of fish. I guarantee that those anglers had confidence in the baits that they were throwing.

Actually, I fish the carolina rig anywhere. It’s definitely a producer in shallow water, where a twitch will bring the worm off the bottom and it can just swing from side to side while it drifts back toward the bottom.

I don’t get to fish as much as I’d like (does anyone?), so I try to follow the same pattern as a tourney guy would: Get on the fish using a fast bait that covers lots of water, like a crank or a spinnerbait; then go back and work them over with a slower presentation.

Unfortunately, what I end up doing is fishing cranks and spinnerbaits in every spot I try, and when they fail to produce any fish, I go back and re-try every spot with a jig or a plastic worm. Turns out the fish are there, they just don’t like faster moving baits.

I am not sure of which case you are resting conversely if you are agreeing that working a bait more thoroughly, paying closer attention to detail, and presenting it in a fashion that would induce more strikes will catch you more fish, then I will second your closing argument. In the context that confidence will influence your creative subconscious to perform better, I agree. As you so eloquently pointed out though, confidence with a jig when the fish are feeding on the top will have diminutive returns. Do you think we will ever just be able to work the baits properly 100% of the time responding to environmental factors in an efficient manor? -Me neither, -grin-

Its funny about weigh-ins. Some days you think your 5 fish 18 lbs is a winner and you don’t even cash a check, The very next tourney you bring in 5 fish 14lbs and win.

I guess that’s why I love this sport!!!

jc