Hoping to catch first bass ever tomorrow,any tips?
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I’ve been reading the yahoo answers questions a lot lately.But with so much information about so many different types of lures etc.,I’m just looking for the main few things to keep in mind while I’m there.
I’ll be fishing on a large pond from the shoreline.There is no obvious cover from what I can see on the shoreline.I have a few different size spinnerbaits,texas rig hooks/sinkers and various lures of varying depths.We will be fishing from 9-noon,the temperature is to be around 80 degrees.
Any help would be great.I just want to catch something.I don’t care if it’s the smallest bass you’ve ever seen.I just want the experience so I know what to look for in the future.I can read and read but until I actually catch one it won’t mean much.Thanks!
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I suggest using a fake worm, thats what some of my friends use and there big fishers. Depending on what size bass your going for, u should use a mid-sized hook.
buzz bait
At that time of day the sun will be really bright, unless it’s overcast. Fish a dark rubber worm on the bottom. Bounce it off the bottom very slowly. Work as much of the pond as possible. Since the water is fairly warm the fish should be pretty active. After you cover as much as you can with the worm, go back over the same area with a deep crankbait. Try a couple of different colors. After that, move to a shallower crankbait or a spinnerbait.
The idea is to cover as much area as possible, and as many depths as possible. Once you find a lure the fish are biting on, keep fishing it. If it’s overcast and calm, a topwater lure like a popper or a Zara Spook will also be good.
Good luck!
i like to use all black worms
Here is what to do you have to use a spinnerbait and use a dark one if the water is dark and use all techniques like slow role and also if water is muddy use colorado blades. Then use a jig near trees and make sure to keep the pole at 10 so you can feel the bite. If you have a crankbait go ahead and use than around the trees. It works like a charm when i do it.
best of luck
Hey, Hi, look, without dragging around three or four different tackle boxes that would sink a bathtub for your 3 – 4 hour excursion, use the “KISS” theory, (it’s an acronym for Keep It Simple Stupid, something, that I have to keep reminding myself of.).
I’ve got tackle boxes for catfish, panfish, walleye, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, etcetera, etcetera.
So I’ve simplified things by only taking what I’m actually going to have time to use, and I’ve even simplified that too. I bought a belly bag (in camo, of course), that has one main zippered pouch, and room for up to four more smaller, different, pouches that can be added/subtracted as needed. I have one smaller pouch with certain neccessities required in the field, (such as Toilet paper, snakebite kit, 1st aid kit, 1 – 2oz. spray bottle of “Repel” mosuito repellant, with 100% DEET, spare pack of cigarettes, 4 butane lighters, suture kit, aspirin, tylenol, ibuprofen, benadryl, Mini Mag flaslight, with spare AA Batteries, and a package of beef jerky. With any of the perishables, I rotate them according to their shelf life, or every 6 months, and I always recharge the batteries on an hour charger before I leave. And the TP is a 1/3rd roll I swipe from the bathroom, whenever the wife ain’t looking.
From the sound of it, I do pack quite a bit, but it all fits into the smaller pouch that would be used for ammo if I were going hunting, but it only weighs about 1&1/2 lbs.
Back to carrying only what is neccessary to the mission, pick out what type of equipment, and lures that you are going to have time to use for this trip, there will be more trips in the future, and you will have time to experiment more then. Choose at least two types that can be switched easily, without having to rig up something completely different, because that is time consuming, and you will spend less time fishing than rerigging, and the fish are in the water, not on the bank. My choices would be, A), weedless (black,grey, green, white) mouse/frog, and B), 10″ Berkeley “Original” Powerbait worm (black), and possibly, C), a Black/blue buzz bait.
This should give you easy changeovers, lessen the amont of weight/gear you gotta haul every step you take, and maximize the amount of time you actually spend fishing.
Goodluck & Good fishing
Well, just remember to have fun and learn. If you’re new you’ll be doing a lot learning. If someone who has more skill than you is taking you, ask a lot of questions. If it were me, I pick up a few plastic baits, some small worm weights, and worm hooks in 3/0,4/0, and 5/0. Get some creature baits in bright colors and natural colors. Get some Berkley Power Worms in Black, Blue Fleck, or Tequila Sunrise in the 7 inch size. Fish your topwaters in the morning and before sunset. Throw plastics the rest of the day and fish them slow.
Some of the answers so far are great.
Keep in mind your desire to maximise the number of hook ups and not quality of fish, so fish lite.
4-8lb line
small spinner baits .
panther martins, rooster tails…yep trout gear
you will have tone of hook ups , but bring pliers the small hooks are hard to get out.