bass fishing in a small lake?
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i ride my bike to this nearby lake, its about 5-7 acers. they sides all the way round is COVERS in lilypads, its a private lake but my dads friends with a guy there. Anyways i can take a paddle boat, (i do every day) and always go for bass, the water is pretty clear, the habbitat in the lake should be bass paradise. i do see bass but not nearly as much as i would expect. i am using plastic worms every color the best ones are all dark colors. i am and experienced fisherman, but a beginner bass fishermen. ive fished thier for three days, i think i lost 6 fish but it might have been weeds or small blue gills nibbling on the worm, i am setting the hook as soon as i get a bite, i only caught 1 bass though, it was 17 in’.
anyways. i think i should be doing better since i only caught one bass in three days, tell me if im doing anything wrong, what lures to use, how to use them, or if i just simply need practice. i just fish on the edge of the lily pads and i stand up in the back of the boat, casting and reeling.
p.s. the lake is FILLED will blue gills and are LOADED with big ones to, i caught three 7-9 in of em’ all on plastic worms, but i want bass.
PLEASE HELP
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Try a rubber mouse as topwater in early morning, many lakes are a bass paradise so much so that the bass are simply not in the mood to chase a lure when there is an easier meal, try using lures that get their attention, I slamed bass on a green broke back rapala in a lake while no one else caught a thing, go slow, don’t make them have to chase your lure, just real in slowly.
Blue Gills will bite almost anything you throw in the water. They are know not to be to smart.
I had a farm pond when I grew up and I have caught blue gills on a nice shiny new swivel clip, sometimes spit helps if the swivel clip isn’t really shiny too.
But anyway, you need a bigger bait. Yes bigger, the blue gill has a small mouth, a bass has a very large mouth.
Try a large rubber worm, “powerbait” is best. The fish spit out normal rubber worms. Blue gill will still go after the rubber worm but they just can’t eat it because they can’t get it into their little mouths, but the big ones can.
Try using a weedless rig, with no sinker. Just a hook and a rubber worm, the natural drop into the water looks better to them. I caught more bass that way than I can shake a stick at to say.
Little bait, little fish. Big bait, big fish. You may not catch as many but you will get bigger fish.
Assume you’re using texas-rigged worms with a slip sinker? Try this: when you get a strike, lower your rod tip and wait. When you see the line move, take up the slack and set the hook for all you’re worth. I mean, try to cross her eyes! You have to move that hook through the worm and then through the bass’s bony mouth.
Try a 9 or 10-inch blue-tail black worm — works good where the bass are feeding on bluegills.
I like the gamakatsu extra wide gap offset-shank worm hooks, 3/0 or 4/0 should be about right.
Work the shallow, lilly pad covered areas of the lake with Rage Tail Shad’s. Should work very good in both the lilly pads and the clear water, pretty much an “ideal” situation for this lure!
In open water fish a white Buzz-Bait and you should catch some fish. Smaller poppers will work also like a Pop-R.