Poorest performing bait you have used? - Page 2

JB · 07-13-06, 05:21 PM

I have won some money and so has tony my tournament partner on the tiny torpedo, in crome and black...
As far as the chug bug, I thought it was ineffective the first several years I owned one, but a few years ago it really brought some nice fish to the boat, I lost it last year and haven't replaced it tho LOL...
I have norman baits and they caught me about 10 fish last night, but they were all dinks...I noticed they dont catch fish, but over the last couple of years their paint jobs have gotten better...last night I threw the DeepN
in green tomatoe color....

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ToPwAt'R GuY · 07-13-06, 05:35 PM

I would say the worst lure I have ever used was a chatterbait. I took the lip off and just used it as a jig after a while.

pig n jig · 07-13-06, 05:38 PM

Soupy Sales, If your wanting to get rid of those matzuo traps, let me know.

I have to say the ozmo bait by Lunker city.It looks great, but they suck at catching fish.

P N J

zooker · 07-13-06, 06:14 PM

worst paint jobs -strike king
most untunable shad rap#4
worst fishing lure- got be flying lure
the lure i bought not to use- hover lure.thats the dragon fly on a lilly pad lure.
the lure i bought to use but is unusable.-illusion lures lipless bait. looks great problem all bb's are in the tail section..

zooker

JB · 07-13-06, 06:22 PM

yer right about that #4 shad rap...it just kinda hangs around lol

lizardsrule · 07-13-06, 09:39 PM

Worst lure ever? No such thing. If I'm fishing, then it's a great lure, because I'm fishing.

Lizards

Snake2715 · 07-14-06, 08:52 AM

I found that ell its a Bill Dance EEL Not a Babe Winkelman EEL.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOC-Bill-Dance-I...QQcmdZViewItem

pig n jig · 07-14-06, 05:10 PM

I am shocked No one said the Whiz Bang fabricar baits ? You know the one with the damned decoder ring and decoder handbook that always seemed to get ruined everytime it rained ?The ring was kind of useless without the book,once the rains came, but for $5.95 and the waiting for delivery, they sent you a new book.I am not good with instructions, and yet I did manage to catch decent fish with the lure even though I probably didn't use the lure to its fullest potential.Thanks again to the members on this site for introducing the Whiz Bang products. They are the best kept secret in bass fishing.

P N J

bassintom · 07-14-06, 07:07 PM

every bait has been the worst at one time or another...except for two.

JB · 07-14-06, 07:16 PM

I know its not a worst lure, but I have yet to catch a nice bass on a jitterbug, I've had the same black one for 20 years, and everyone I know, esp. in the south swear by it, I just haven't experienced it yet...
Same thing with my Little George tail spinner, I fish it alot just to see what will hit, all the old timers here used to slay the bass on it...I was lucky enough to find a garage sale and got all 3 of them about 15 years ago.

Jackl · 07-14-06, 08:01 PM

JB,
That black jitterbug is probably one of the best night fishing lures ever. Just "plop-plop-plop" it around a brush pile and hang on.
As far as the Little George, find a school of yellow perch hanging around below a pod of shad and drop "Georgie" down thru the shad to the bottom and rip it up about 3 ft and let it fall back. You will catch some fine table fare (yellow perch) and often will catch a lunker largemouth that was feeding on the shad and perch also.
The Little George is also a good lure for white bass (sand bass).

JackL

Fishing4Soup · 07-14-06, 08:02 PM

Pig N Jig, those matzuos rattletraps work well, there's this 5-pack that they sell that have a crappier version of that and they dont work.

michiganbassassasin · 07-14-06, 09:36 PM

Neon green and white ribbit frogs. They have a great action but ive never had a bite on the darn things. Guess thats what 1.99$ gets ya.

ILfishinman · 07-14-06, 09:57 PM

what is whiz band fabricar baits?

Rebbasser · 07-14-06, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hef

I'm with BassnFlorida on this one.......I have two of them tiny torpedos and I think I will start using them as "bobbers" when I go catfishin.

Bad move, fellas. Best day ever: I lost count at 27 LM on 27 consecutive casts, all between 1 and 2 pounds on a chrome/black back Tiny Torpedo.

Mine would probably be an old snagproof black leach. Never caught squat on it.

Quote:

I am not one to normally run down any crankbait, as i love them all. But i have to say, I have bought several of the Strike King cranks, in all sizes and my favorite colors, and They were just awful.

You know, when I read that I realized I've had the same experience with Strike Kings-I like Normans or Bandits MUCH better.

JB · 07-15-06, 08:05 AM

JackL,
thanks for the tips!
and kevin? yer bored an'it ya rofl

Man?orAstroman? · 07-15-06, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Bad move, fellas. Best day ever: I lost count at 27 LM on 27 consecutive casts, all between 1 and 2 pounds on a chrome/black back Tiny Torpedo.

Mine would probably be an old snagproof black leach. Never caught squat on it.

You know, when I read that I realized I've had the same experience with Strike Kings-I like Normans or Bandits MUCH better.

Always had great experiences with the torpedos. Last night got a strike on one, but didn't take. When I was younger I used to catch a lot of smallies on them.

Worst lure I have ever fished so far is a rattle trap. Still haven't caught anything on one yet.

Rebbasser · 07-15-06, 01:22 PM

Keep chunking it, Astro-traps definitely catch fish.

NCYankee · 07-15-06, 07:02 PM

I had a lot of success with Rat-L-Traps last fall with a stop and go retrieve. I've caught some big ones on traps.

pig n jig · 07-15-06, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Man?orAstroman?

Always had great experiences with the torpedos. Last night got a strike on one, but didn't take. When I was younger I used to catch a lot of smallies on them.

Worst lure I have ever fished so far is a rattle trap. Still haven't caught anything on one yet.

When the water temperature reaches 60 degrees,In my opnion there isn't a better bait to be throwing than the rattle trap.P N J

bassking22 · 07-15-06, 09:37 PM

NEVER buy a pre-rigged plastic hellgrammite. I have watched my friend fish one for six hours straight, without a single bite. He tried all different kind of retrieves, he tried with a swivel, w/o one etc. etc. etc. He tried everything me and him couldn't think of.

Man?orAstroman? · 07-16-06, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

Keep chunking it, Astro-traps definitely catch fish.

See, a lot of people say they have had success with them. I guess I just have to keep casting

.

mack · 07-16-06, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassking22

NEVER buy a pre-rigged plastic hellgrammite. I have watched my friend fish one for six hours straight, without a single bite. He tried all different kind of retrieves, he tried with a swivel, w/o one etc. etc. etc. He tried everything me and him couldn't think of.

ive fished a senko for a whole day and didnt get a bite and at the end of the day i switch to a crankbait and that did it...6 hours really doesnt mean its a bad lure, they just didnt want it...

bassking22 · 07-17-06, 12:24 AM

Yeah but this is my 2nd best lake that day I caught a 4.5 pounder, and a 3.5 pounder, and I was casting 4 feet away from him. It's kinda sad that I can't fish either one of my two fave lakes......

Snake2715 · 07-17-06, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassking22

Yeah but this is my 2nd best lake that day I caught a 4.5 pounder, and a 3.5 pounder, and I was casting 4 feet away from him. It's kinda sad that I can't fish either one of my two fave lakes......

You might find one day the oppostie is ture and he lights it up and you dont get squat. Hey it could happen.

07-13-06, 05:38 PM	#28
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Soupy Sales, If your wanting to get rid of those matzuo traps, let me know. I have to say the ozmo bait by Lunker city.It looks great, but they suck at catching fish. P N J Attached Thumbnails

07-13-06, 06:14 PM	#29
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	worst paint jobs -strike king most untunable shad rap#4 worst fishing lure- got be flying lure the lure i bought not to use- hover lure.thats the dragon fly on a lilly pad lure. the lure i bought to use but is unusable.-illusion lures lipless bait. looks great problem all bb's are in the tail section.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

07-13-06, 09:39 PM	#31
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Worst lure ever? No such thing. If I'm fishing, then it's a great lure, because I'm fishing. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

07-14-06, 08:52 AM	#32
Snake2715 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 249	I found that ell its a Bill Dance EEL Not a Babe Winkelman EEL. http://cgi.ebay.com/MOC-Bill-Dance-I...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ -Josh

07-14-06, 07:07 PM	#34
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	every bait has been the worst at one time or another...except for two. __________________ A man's gotta believe in something...I believe I'll go fishing.

07-13-06, 05:21 PM	#26
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I have won some money and so has tony my tournament partner on the tiny torpedo, in crome and black... As far as the chug bug, I thought it was ineffective the first several years I owned one, but a few years ago it really brought some nice fish to the boat, I lost it last year and haven't replaced it tho LOL... I have norman baits and they caught me about 10 fish last night, but they were all dinks...I noticed they dont catch fish, but over the last couple of years their paint jobs have gotten better...last night I threw the DeepN in green tomatoe color....

07-13-06, 05:35 PM	#27
ToPwAt'R GuY BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: missouri Posts: 930	I would say the worst lure I have ever used was a chatterbait. I took the lip off and just used it as a jig after a while.

07-13-06, 06:22 PM	#30
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	yer right about that #4 shad rap...it just kinda hangs around lol

07-14-06, 05:10 PM	#33
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	I am shocked No one said the Whiz Bang fabricar baits ? You know the one with the damned decoder ring and decoder handbook that always seemed to get ruined everytime it rained ?The ring was kind of useless without the book,once the rains came, but for $5.95 and the waiting for delivery, they sent you a new book.I am not good with instructions, and yet I did manage to catch decent fish with the lure even though I probably didn't use the lure to its fullest potential.Thanks again to the members on this site for introducing the Whiz Bang products. They are the best kept secret in bass fishing. P N J

07-14-06, 07:16 PM	#35
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I know its not a worst lure, but I have yet to catch a nice bass on a jitterbug, I've had the same black one for 20 years, and everyone I know, esp. in the south swear by it, I just haven't experienced it yet... Same thing with my Little George tail spinner, I fish it alot just to see what will hit, all the old timers here used to slay the bass on it...I was lucky enough to find a garage sale and got all 3 of them about 15 years ago.

07-14-06, 08:01 PM	#36
Jackl BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Great Bend, KS Posts: 2,960	JB, That black jitterbug is probably one of the best night fishing lures ever. Just "plop-plop-plop" it around a brush pile and hang on. As far as the Little George, find a school of yellow perch hanging around below a pod of shad and drop "Georgie" down thru the shad to the bottom and rip it up about 3 ft and let it fall back. You will catch some fine table fare (yellow perch) and often will catch a lunker largemouth that was feeding on the shad and perch also. The Little George is also a good lure for white bass (sand bass). JackL __________________ There are two theories about argueing with women...........Neither one works!

07-14-06, 08:02 PM	#37
Fishing4Soup BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fairport, NY Posts: 278	Pig N Jig, those matzuos rattletraps work well, there's this 5-pack that they sell that have a crappier version of that and they dont work.

07-14-06, 09:36 PM	#38
michiganbassassasin BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Osseo, MI Posts: 31	Neon green and white ribbit frogs. They have a great action but ive never had a bite on the darn things. Guess thats what 1.99$ gets ya. __________________ SET THE HOOK!!!!

07-14-06, 09:57 PM	#39
ILfishinman BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Champaign, Illinois Posts: 706	what is whiz band fabricar baits? __________________ If light moves at 670616629 MPH, how fast is Dark? Bass count 07: lost count

07-15-06, 08:05 AM	#41
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	JackL, thanks for the tips! and kevin? yer bored an'it ya rofl

07-15-06, 01:22 PM	#43
Rebbasser BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 10,141	Keep chunking it, Astro-traps definitely catch fish. __________________ It's happened to the best of them: John 21:3

07-15-06, 07:02 PM	#44
NCYankee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 188	I had a lot of success with Rat-L-Traps last fall with a stop and go retrieve. I've caught some big ones on traps.

07-15-06, 09:37 PM	#46
bassking22 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 630	NEVER buy a pre-rigged plastic hellgrammite. I have watched my friend fish one for six hours straight, without a single bite. He tried all different kind of retrieves, he tried with a swivel, w/o one etc. etc. etc. He tried everything me and him couldn't think of. __________________ Does anyone know of a fishing addictions program? Cause I need one.

07-17-06, 12:24 AM	#49
bassking22 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 630	Yeah but this is my 2nd best lake that day I caught a 4.5 pounder, and a 3.5 pounder, and I was casting 4 feet away from him. It's kinda sad that I can't fish either one of my two fave lakes...... __________________ Does anyone know of a fishing addictions program? Cause I need one.

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