Baits you own but never throw

Just curious to see what baits y'all have bought thinking they will be great but have never ended up throwing. I bought a buzzbait about 12 years ago with a 12" wire that I watched Bill Dance throw on one his shows. Never ended up using it and I just sold it over the weekend with some other tackle I sold on Facebook.

Another for me would be swim jigs. I bought about 5 different ones and just end up throwing chatterbaits in those situations I was planning on

I got a bunch of that, everybody does. Part of the addiction.

Lateral Perch...

How much time ya got?

I have a lot of random dropshot baits that never get used, but would probably work pretty well. That's about it.

This.

big fat swimming rat,...purple. not my fault.

Ive got a bunch...

Prop Baits, jigs, swim jigs, swimbaits, buzzbaits.

I've thrown jigs a lot and only have ever caught 3 fish on one and it was off a bed in the spawn. Chunked a buzzbait for days and never a bite. Caught a few on a swimbait but not much confidence in it.


It may just be that I am not very versatile. I tend to pitch T-rigs and throw crankbaits. I bet I get 95% of my bites on those two techniques.

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About 90% of this stuff in my boat.

I own plenty now, so when I retire, I won't have to buy any more. That's when I'll use them all

A Rigs and 10 Xds for me! I have thrown the 10 XDs a couple times without a bite They pull so hard you don't need to catch a fish on them, they are fun enough to reel in by themselves

These 2 for me also.

X4 there might be a limit on how many characters you can type on a post and I'm afraid I would be over the limit.

Buzzbaits. Have never even had a fish look at one that I can remember.

To many to list

I'm worse....


I've bought rod a reel combos, several at that, that are technique specific to baits I've bought that I don't EVER use.

That won't work...

Not sure which baits but I own about 200 lbs of them that have never left my cabinet in the barn.

A Jig....never caught a bass off of one....ZERO confidence! so i rarely tie it on.

This is what I'm afraid of. I'm new to fishing outside of ponds and I just don't have confidence with the jig yet. They look cool with a fat trailer so I keep buying them.

It's crazy to see all the different things some people never throw. Some of these baits are go-to's for many of us!

was that purchased because of the Falcon Lake stringer that was reportedly caught using this from 7 or so years ago?

Probably, I don't remember but that's around the time frame I bought them.

Most of then I don't fish with or at least not very often.

Might was well flush $$$ down the toilet.

Hollow body frogs.

A-rig. I've got several and have caught fish on them, but during the time when they really shine I much prefer an underspin, scrounger head, or just a regular swimbait. It's not that I hate them or anything, it's just that they always get put aside for something more favorable.

I have the mid size one in that color and have caught fish with it on lake Athens.

Wow, I love throwing a buzzbait.


I have a lot of extra tackle that I don't use because the boat is already full but one bait that I have a bunch of but rarely throw is a hard jerk bait.

Just pretend it is a Tx. rig when you throw it.

Any crank bait in my boat

Moving baits in general.

Deep and mid cranks specifically.

Keith combs won a PAA event on tawakoni and it just blew up cause he was catching around 25lbs a day

AC Plug.

A-rigs and chatterbaits.

BIG crankbaits. I got boxes of them and don't know why.

Those not catching on buzzbait blows my mind. They are awesome. Tri-wing over lily pads will catch big fish, especially during the hot summer days. Can't even comprehend not having one tied on. Big fish love it.

I think you may be thinking of Del Rio's Keith Combs who won the PAA tournament on Tawakoni a couple years ago, fishing docks.
Yes, I own half a dozen and no I've not thrown one.

I remember when the Lunker Lure first came out, way back in the 70's. They had field tested it on Toledo Bend and had sounded like a possible maybe but after buying two and looking at them I figured I would not be caught dead throwing something that stupid looking. Then next year the Texstar Bass Club here in Arlington was fishing Toledo Bend on a two day spring trip. The first day was overcast and we did pretty well on spinnerbaits. The second day was clear and hot. Nothing going on and about 10 I looked and saw the two I had bought the previous year. One was white, the other chartreuse. So for fun over on the Louisiana side across from Huxley Bay I started throwing it out. My partner turned the other way and kept fishing. I think he was annoyed that I took that loud thing out while he was seriously fishing.
You can guess what happened. Second or third cast, fish. Another couple casts, another fish. We put the trolling motor on high and started catching a limit which for our club back then was ten. They seemed to only want the white one so when I finished my limit I gave it to Ron and he caught a couple before we went back to the weigh in. Good times.

Being the helpful guy I am, I will take all the buzzbaits and hollow body frogs off your hands that are just taking up space.

I was given a bag of senkos one time...I think they're still in the boat somewhere.

Too many to list! Time for my annual donation to Cast For Kids

This. Too easy to hanh up and lose, and expensive to replace.

I thought he won it on a jig and a Lateral.Perch

^^^^^^^this

Wow, crazy to see so many of my go-to baits listed. Jigs, buzzbaits, and big cranks are some of my main tools. Won tournaments throwing just those so to hear that guys have given up on those baits just sounds crazy to me

Mann's 12in jelly worm

LOL well, I have 2 storage shelves full of boxed crank baits all sizes,depths colors etc.
Other shelf has plastics galore, Zipper worms, floating worms, brush hogs etc
I always say I'll clean it out, ha!!
My boats has the whole Bandit crank lineup, Brush hogs etc, never get used I guess
they re only on board as ballast. LOL

Good one! Got mine on the mantle of the fireplace. Best place for it IMHO.

But I love a buzzbait.

I bought 3 whopper poppers right when they came out. All still in package

Box full of rattletraps, never use them.

I'll be a good samaritan and take all the hollow body frogs, buzz baits, oversized crank baits, whopper ploppers, and jigs off your hands free of charge!

Keitech Crazy Flapper..... I bought way too many of these things after catching one fish with the bait. Now I prefer Rage Bugs and never throw the flappers anymore.

Probably when Keith Combs won on Twok.

Sounds like some trading is in order.

Banjo baits and deep divers

You are truly missing out.

I wondered if you would see this. Looking forward to some of your catches coming up soon.

Every bite I had but 2 today came on a frog. They were eating it good today.

Same here. And I’m a cranking fool but 10XD I just have no confidence in.

Whopper flopper

Those big old deep divers, They are pretty but a real chore to throw all day. My left wrist is full of arthritis so it hurts to thrown them much, but I have caught lotsa of fish and big fish on the A rig so that's what I throw. Not as much work for me. Nothing like hooking up on a heavy fish using 65# braid in deep water. It is a jolt that is pure excitement on the A rig.

Tubes, and 10XD's. I bought a bunch while I was in Kuwait out of pure boredom while they were on sale at TW.

Soft plastic lizards, I just usually throw my brushhogs instead.

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Here lately all of them.

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Completely agree. Don’t even know why. Somewhere along the way all the other “creature baits” caused my lizards to disappeared from my arsenal. No reason cus they never stopped working.