New Skills for 2023?

Rodwork wrote:

That is some great information you gave me.

I’ll bet half of the info he gave you was about how to fish a neko.

gimruis wrote:

I’ll bet half of the info he gave you was about how to fish a neko.

The Neko would not be a bad technique for a young fishermen to learn early on. Easy enough to change from a weightless wacky Rig when fishing shallow or skipping docks to a weighted rig for fishing deeper weedlines or edge of deeper cover. The last few years its something that I always seem to have on the deck. Probably the first technique I’d have a new fishermen learn is the old Jigworm. Just so many ways to fish it and it just catches fish. I’d say pick a technique and learn it a fair amount and then move onto another. I think someone would be more successful fishing 1 or 2 techniques well than fishing lots of them poorly.

I’m going to try more wacky rigging. I was getting smoked by little kids fishing wacky rigs on a couple different occasions last year, didn’t want to try it because it looked so simple, but the results were right in front of me.

Selling my boat lol

Going take a few years off of hardcore fishing, I need to get my house done and finish my schooling.

I would love to spend some time Carolina rigging.

Don’t worry RW, anybody can catch bass!

Riverrat wrote:

I’m going to try more wacky rigging. I was getting smoked by little kids fishing wacky rigs on a couple different occasions last year, didn’t want to try it because it looked so simple, but the results were right in front of me.

I did this one last year. I only used it weightless around docks, the edges of pad beds, and shoreline structure. When they don’t bite the creature bait, they bite the weightless wacky. Good weapon to have.

Ah Gim, you got jokes! I limited it to 1/3 of the message thank you very much!

mahtofire14 wrote:

Ah Gim, you got jokes! I limited it to 1/3 of the message thank you very much!

Haha, I knew it would be in there.

mahtofire14 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Riverrat wrote:</div>
I’m going to try more wacky rigging. I was getting smoked by little kids fishing wacky rigs on a couple different occasions last year, didn’t want to try it because it looked so simple, but the results were right in front of me.

I did this one last year. I only used it weightless around docks, the edges of pad beds, and shoreline structure. When they don’t bite the creature bait, they bite the weightless wacky. Good weapon to have.

There’s a reason most pros have one laying on the deck when fishing shallow structure. So simple, yet so effective. Beginning last year, I have one rod dedicated to it.

For me it will be running a 8 to 10 planner board spread with snap weights tied to #14’s or so crank baits on Lake Erie.

Denny O wrote:

For me it will be running a 8 to 10 planner board spread with snap weights tied to #14’s or so crank baits on Lake Erie.

Strange technique for bass……

Back to the basics with skirted jigs and plastics, starting July 1-before that jig worm, wacky, and maybe very early neutrally bouyant stick bait. Can’t wait!