Buddy of mine is always telling me to use jigs because they do catch the largest bass period. He was in the LMB tourney circuit for years and owns/runs a small bait shop. I am still stuck fishing spinnerbaits, rubber worms and floating Rapala style lures.
If there are freshwater bass in a body of water - I don't have much problem catching them. I always catch a few at the local reservior each time out and get bored after an hr or so.
Catching stripers in the ocean is much harder because there are so many variables. Tide & moon cycles are one. If you fish the beaches the sand shifts all the time with each storm. Fishing rocky areas are more predictable year to year since those huge rocks usually don't move much. <g> I have spend much more $$ chasing stripers in one year than I have my lifetime of freshwater bass ...... LOL.
Freshwater bass - I make due with small ziplock with lures in a pocket. Saltwater minimum is small Canyon bag jammed with lures.
TIME is my greatest factor at the moment. It takes me more time to drive to fishable waters for stripers where as I can hit half a dozen good spots freshwater in 1/4 the time.
That is nice LMB regardless dude.
I like fishing for smallmouth better just because they fight much better IMHO and I love the aerial acrobating leaps!
