what are good bass fishing tackle for this week end.?
im fishing in my secound fishing tornament ever, so i kinda need some advice on what to put in my tackle for it. Im fishing at pat mayse lake in paris tx at the annual uncle jesse’s fishing ternament and last year i didnt catch any thing what so ever.
So if there anyone that could maby help me figuer out what tackle and maby a place to fish. So if theres any one out there that has bass fished Pat mayse lake before in Paris TX and know a good spot to fish i could use as much help as possible. Thank you for your help … if you help of cours.


l have not fished your lake but plastic worms work everywhere. all the time.
get an assortment of soft plastics colored to resemble the 3 or 4 major forage species in your lake. 6″ worms in those colors will probably work fine.
for starters, go with a crayfish color. some bluegill colored ones and some shad colored ones. a few 8″ worms in black or purple. 3/16 or 1/4 ounce weights with 10lb line should be fine. texas rigged.
find some brushy cover in some dingy water 2 to 6 feet deep. work it all day. especially a wind driven wave swept shoreline where there is a mud line reaching out 20 feet or more from the bank, use your craw finished and larger dark worms there. adding a bead for a rattle won’t hurt. toss your bait right up to the bank. don’t be afraid to get it dirty. work it SLOW all the way out to clearer water. if you can find some oxblood or cinnamon “fat ikas” rig those backwards, weedless, on a 5/0 EWG hook with only a splitshot for weight crimped right at the eye of the hook. this is a great rig for me in dirty water. use your shad and bluegill colors right at the edge of the mud line. the dirty water makes great cover for lots of bass and the wind drives the bait right to them. the crayfish also feel safer and leave their cover more readily.
hope this might be a bit of help.
my last trip, that type of area produced the best for me.