2017: Favorite Technique to Catch Bass

[RazorCat]

I checked spinnerbait because that my go-to bait on my home waters.
Buzzbaits weren't listed, so I suppose topwater would be my 2nd.
I love to Pitch/Flip/Punch when the moving bait bite slows down.

[jpd0144]

Senko's flat out catch here year around. Whacky or Texas rigged ... but my favorite is Punching ! Check !

[gambergl1]

Hard to beat a chatterbait in the spring!

[jmb27]

You separated frogs from topwater, so frogs it is for me. Love it when the frog bite is on--heartstopping at times and love it when a bass nearly takes the rod out of your hands annihilating a horny toad.

[Hobie-Wan Kenobi]

Hard to beat a chatterbait in the spring!

Its my go to spring lure as well.

Fall time when the smallmouth are schooling and busting the surface, chatterbait works pretty good as well...pretty much anything that moves is a good bait at that point.

[Bronzeback91]

I voted other since lipless baits were not an option. I'm pretty much addicted to a trap bite, have confidence to throw it all day long, as long as the weather is right. If there Is a little chop on the water and the fish are shallow, it's hard for me to put down.

[Hobie-Wan Kenobi]

No love for the deep crank or Carolina Rig?

[Canga-]

i put "senko style baits" as i will fish the "ned rig" a ton this year, with both the TRD stuff from zman and a 3" stick bait (mostly from Barlows tackle, but alot of 3" yum dingers too), smallies LOVE a 3" senko!

[Obz]

Gotta go t-rig, so versital. In weeds, on top of weeds, deep, shallow and weightless. If there could only be 1 way it has to be the t-rig.

[Triton Man]

My favorite is a jerkbait and they work well most of the year in the lakes I fish. Spinnerbait is a close second and my go to bait after dark.

[Dug]

I voted other since lipless baits were not an option. I'm pretty much addicted to a trap bite, have confidence to throw it all day long, as long as the weather is right. If there Is a little chop on the water and the fish are shallow, it's hard for me to put down.

I would have voted Lipless Cranks as well, but my second choice was chatterbaits. both are tied on and ready to throw because both work.

dug

[antisaint]

Slow rolling Keitechs for deepwater smallmouth !!!!!!!

[slime king]

While I enjoy many types of bass fishing, nothing beats topwater....especially Frogging!

[Mike and Pike]

On a fly.

[FishGirl71]

I checked pitching and flipping. I like pitching to heavy cover and vegetation. I like throwing a jig and I think the "hand to hand combat" of pitching in thick stuff is a lot of fun. My problem is I tend to fish painfully slow when I so that because I'm always so convinced there's a fish where I pitched. I know it slows me down too much sometimes, so I made a concerted effort to speed up - but it doesn't always work.