Samham:

Spinner bait or purple worms have always been the tried and true.

Aaron P:

In the summer months I would use a sinko or a yum dinger. Use them in watermelon red flake and in pumpkin colors. You will also get bit on a jig in green pumpkin or black and blue. Use a matching color trailer to make the jig look like a crawfish. You will probably get some on a twisted tail plastic worm also, but color can vary. Fish along weed lines and wood in the summer months. Look for depths to be in the 5 to 15 foot range.

Snapper G.:

OK, man, here’s how you can catch Largemouth bass like a pro.
Strip whatever line off of your reel if you haven’t been fishing in a good long wile, for starters, and we’ll go from there.
I’ve been fishing on & off for about 30 yrs.(since I was about 3 yrs old), and I’ve tried just about everything that they have put out on the market, except for some of the exotic, and the really expensive ticket items that are still out of my price range.
I don’t know what type of rod & reel you have, but having a good one is just as important to the trip as having fun is.
So here is what I’ve done, & I continue to use this set-up as recent as last weekend.
I purchased a “Rhino”, “Indestructible” 2 – piece, open-face rod @ Walmart, $20.00. (ask for help if you need it.)
Next, I bought a Shakespeare, open-faced reel that has 10 ball-bearings @ (Yes, you guessed it, Walmart, cost: $35.00.)

A really good line is imperative if you’re fishing around stumps, weeds, & through heavy moss, (HINT: This is where the fish are). I got really tired of fighting good sized fish, only to lose them in the heavy moss that I’ve had to drag them through, and breaking off due to the weight of the fish, plus the weight of the weeds/moss is most discouraging.
I found a line that works well in the toughest cover is the 20 lb. test, braided “power pro” is worth the dough you’ve got to cough up for it,….. but there is a one, must follow rule to using this line, …….. when 1st spooling the line onto the reel, it has to be wrapped onto the spool really tight, as it has a tendency to bind up, (like locking your fingers together), once that is accomplished, you’re almost ready to start fishing, and the braided 20 # line has only the diameter of 6 # mono, so you get the casting distance of the 6 lb. line with a given 20 lb. test strength. ( And once again, Walmart, for about $17.00.)

Finally, we are @ the part that is going to pay off in some good dividends. Go to Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, Cabela’s, Gander Mtn., or a local bait shop, (and the latter might be your best bet), and purchase 2 items. One is a pack of “Mister Twister” “Keeper” hooks, size 5/0, which is, while being a large hook, remind yourself that your fishing for “Ol’ Bucketmouth”, (and I caught one about a month ago that swallowed an eight inch bluegill). Cost? About $3.00.
The final item to purchase will cost you about $3.99 per package, but this is where the fun turns to being a serious fisherman, fisherperson, angler whatever. I buy the Berkeley 10″(inch), “Original” Powerbait Worms, in Black, Red Liver, Black/Blue tail, Blue Fleck, & Green Pumpkinseed, and Black is my alltime favorite, as they just hate the sight of some predators, and believe me, they hate the color black most. I’ve never seen one lure, used day or night, that has gotten the strikes that I’ve had using the black 10″ worm.
Hooking the worm is basically self-explanatory, just so the tail rides upwards.

The technique: Very simply it’s all about patience, practiced patience, something that I was never really good @ until I was shown how to catch bass. Pick a likely spot that bass should be using for cover, something like a submerged tree stump, a grass line in the water, or even casting down the length of the shoreline as you approach the area that you intend to fish. Once the worm has been cast, allow it to settle to the bottom, and wait, (when the worm hits the water, the splash will scare off the fish, but don’t worry, they’ll come right back to their spot in a few minutes), usually 3-4 minutes will do… no takers? Then move your rod to the 12 o’clock in front of you, take up the slack… gently, until you feel the weight of the worm giving resistance, now twitch the rod 2-3 inches towards you, once, twice, maybe even three times, take up the slack, and repeat until you have retrieved the worm back to the rod. Cast again, repeating the above technique, and you don’t necessarily have to cast to the same spot over and over. Using the 12 o’clock in front of you, cast 90 degrees to your right or left, parallel to the shoreline, and work all of the water back to your 12 o’clock, then move on down the shoreline just far enough that your next cast overlaps the last shoreline cast by about 1/4 th of your last shore cast from the previous spot.

It has taken me almost 35 years, along with my fishing partner, (of almost 20 years) to find ways that actually catch some of the different species of fish that I like to eat, so what I’m trying to say is that you’ll have to experiment with different techniques, products, and places to fish. A rubber mouse in black, white, gray, or brown, works well over moss covered water. And a green rubber frog works wonders around lily pads, and stumps as well, and black/blue skirts on a spinner blade works good in open waters.

As an added thought, show this to your parents, and maybe they can help you out with the cost, it’s around $70.00, just for one setup. And I use a lightweight belly/hip bag to stow my gear in, (worms, hooks, stringer, mosquito repellent, rain poncho (the throwaway type), something to drink, etcetera.
Also, should you catch some decent sized, (legal), fish, and decide that you would like to have them for dinner.

“`good catchin“`

Golden Feather:

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miamidolphins17_0:

buzz bait is GOD along with spinner baits they will also get pikril iftheres any in there good luck