2018 Recap - What New Bait or Technique Did You Discover?

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Permalink Reply by R Meyer on January 24, 2019 at 9:51pm

2. Chatterbait and a plopper. I had never fished either until 2018, kind of thought of them as gimmicks. I ended up catching my personal best largie on a plopper and my pb smallie on a chatterbait. Both are a blast to fish.

Permalink Reply by Arnold La Gambina on January 26, 2019 at 6:02am

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Flatlands_Shimmer_Spin_Spinnerbaits...  paired with  https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Jenko_Fishing_Booty_Shaker_Swimbait... , 5" in spark

Permalink Reply by P.J. Koshi on January 28, 2019 at 12:23pm

I enjoyed using a frog this past year. I'm a strange person and pretty much abandoned all topwaters a few years ago. I still enjoy the whopper plopper and pop-r every now and then, but I got tired of seeing a ton of fish jumping over and attacking my bait without getting them in the boat. I used a Jackall Gavacho frog in 2018 and experienced a good hookup ratio and had fun with it. 

Permalink Reply by Zach Chandler on January 29, 2019 at 5:45pm

I had never fished a Carolina Rig before this past year.  Never really saw the need for it or benefit of it.  I got a good tutorial on Clear Lake in CA from a guy who fishes The Rig a ton.  Learned a bunch and decided to try it some up here.  Ended up having a few days where it outfished a d-shot or football head on Lk WA.  Plan to try it this year on Moses some.