How should I fish to catch bass in a pond?
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I always catch bluegill and I want to hook more bass. What changes should I make to my tackle and technique?
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what my brother does is use bluegill as the bait and he caught 10 pounders and 8 pounders with it. use this website http://www.bassresource.com/
Fishing with bait or lures? Get you a nice medium-action casting or spinning combo and use a 6″ plastic worm as your bait. Do a few quick searches on Google for the “Texas rig”, the most popular rig of the plastic worm, and also do searches relating to “plastic worm presentations”, “beginner bass fishing”, and “how to fish a plastic worm”. The internet was made for searching for things, and I would stretch it as far as it will go. Bullet weights are used with the plastic worm, 1/16 OZ, 1/8 OZ, and 1/4 OZ is probably all you need. Worm hooks are needed, and for 6″ plastic worms, a 2/0 hook will fit it the best. I would prefer an “extra wide gap” or “wide gap” worm hook such as the Gamakatsu EWG hook. (EWG means extra wide gap)
Bluegill are said to be a good bait if legal in your state. Some state’s ban the use of certain fish as bait. A good sized minnow will do good. There’s a few other baits such as crayfish, worms, and other stuff, but the most popular bait is the live minnow. 3 or 4 inch minnow would be my choice for all around sized bass, but smaller and/or larger can be used.
Line? 8-12 lb. monofilament, such as Stren or Trilene, is the best for plastic wormin’ or bass fishing itself. No heavier than 12, not lighter than 8. I use 8, 10, and 12 myself for most of my bass fishing. I prefer the 10 or 12 but some people will go as low as 8. After you get used to bass fishin’, with your cheap rod & reel, save some cash and get a more expensive set-up. That is if you really do get into bass fishing. It is a wonderful sport, and it welcomes newcomers.
I would have to guess that this is a fairly small pond and if that is the case then i would suggest that you try a 4in pumkinseed plastic worm with NO weight make sure to let the worm SINK to the bottom befor you retrieve when you retrieve make slow reels and quick short twitches i would suggest dont move the rod tip more than 2 or 3 inches per twitch or a whole nitecrawler LOOSLEY hooked on your hook for example like once in the collar “the thick part” you should let the worm sink then reel it Slowly untill it reaches the surface then let is sink again then repeat.
But.. if it is a very large pond i would say try a live shiner or minnow just cast it and reel it SLOW you can also use a 7 inch plastic worm my favoroite is the powerbait plastic worm in pumkinseed color. Somthing that may be worth a try is a tube or a crankbait those also seem to give me some sucess
try using small lures like rooster tails and sinko worm on a texas rig and look around you and look for small fish and cast a small artificial lure that resembles a minnow