changing tactics

[slopmaster]

i feel once you get stuck on doing something a certain way it is hard to change but change is good right i am a big plactics man that is practicley all i throw but my next trips out i am going to devote my time to crankbaits and spinnerbaits the only bass i have caught on a spinnerbait this year was muskie fishing. everytime i throw them i come up empty it seems like i throw them forever when it is probley only 20 min. so should i keep trying spinnerbaits or keep to plactics. and for a crankbait if it is 8 feet of water do you throw one that reaches the bottom or one that stays off the bottom a foot or two.

[Trucker Jim]

I'm in a similar situation. I love fishing plastics, but have thought about spinner baits. The thing is, in my mind anyway, our lakes are pounded by spinner baits, so why would I want to be just another spinner bait thrower? I finally settled it in my mind by telling myself, go ahead and use spinner baits, but don't use them like I have in the past by casting and burning em back to the boat. I'm thinking that fishing them much like plastics could be the thing to do. Lot's of helicoptering down to the bottom, lift and drops. Just my 2 cents, take it for what it's worth.

[Juice]

I guess the only time i throw spinnerbaits is early in the morning to mid-afternoon since bass are generally out cruising around. And i use it more as a quick search bait. But once i find out if they're out in front over cover or along the shady/lit part of structure, i'll then throw plastics at them. But as for crankbaits they're good when bass go deeper in the afternoon or you want that bigger bite. Just make sure when you throw a crank or spinnerbait is to bump it off some cover. Like running it into a dock pole or for cranks, to burn it across a weed bed, then pause so it floats up and do it again. But its always good to try different ways to fish for bass, it makes you a more complete angler and who knows, you might find a new confidence bait.