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Bass Fishing
Any tips for catching bass
Uploaded on April 06, 2013I have fished salt and brackish waters for years but I moved to kansas when i joined the army. I have had a lot of luck catching trout and catfish in the ponds and rivers on post, but I have yet to land a bass. I found a large pond today and could see bass feeding on the surface and even jumping completely out of the water. I tried using worms and a bobber to keep bait at feeding level but still no luck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Remember that bass are aggressive feeders. Buy a popper and let it splash on the surface and they'll bite. Or you could get a jig and just bounce it through the water keeping it shallow. Also pulling a plastic through the groups of bass your seeing should work as well. I usually use a salamander or cray fish.
Just use a hook and no weight. Hook a plastic worm through the middle. Throw the worm to where you see them feeding and as it falls barely jiggle your rod tip. This is a wacky worm and it will simulate an injured baitfish which is what the big mommas are waiting for down below those little whipper snappers busting them on the surface. Hope this helps.
Burke Lure Co. made some great rubber wig-wag rubber tails...."Put a Burke where they Lurk"....that's my tip.
try buying some wide gap hooks and some plastic worms. hook the worm through the nose and push the nose up to the top of the hook and then hook it through the body.
A little update. I tried using plastic worms but couldnt seem to get much action off of them. I started useing some rooster tails however and have gotten some decent smallmouth using them. I've had incredible luck catching wipers with the rooster tail as well. Thanks for all the advice.
If I am not mistaken Rooster Tails are the biggest selling lures in the USA. At least the used to be not that many years ago. Lots of them are sold in the South especially for everything from pan fish to bass.
If they are feeding on the top, use poppers, frogs, mice, anthing that walks the dog. Get some senkos, some flukes and some other big ribbon tail worms. be patient. Mepps number 3 is awesome and a mepps 5 is great for really big bass. If you use soft plastics you can fish them many ways. you can texas rig them, carolina rig, weightless, topwater. Once you find something that works for you than keep it in mind but don't shy away from trying different types of lures, you never know what else might work for you.
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Remember that bass are aggressive feeders. Buy a popper and let it splash on the surface and they'll bite. Or you could get a jig and just bounce it through the water keeping it shallow. Also pulling a plastic through the groups of bass your seeing should work as well. I usually use a salamander or cray fish.
Just use a hook and no weight. Hook a plastic worm through the middle. Throw the worm to where you see them feeding and as it falls barely jiggle your rod tip. This is a wacky worm and it will simulate an injured baitfish which is what the big mommas are waiting for down below those little whipper snappers busting them on the surface. Hope this helps.
Burke Lure Co. made some great rubber wig-wag rubber tails...."Put a Burke where they Lurk"....that's my tip.
try buying some wide gap hooks and some plastic worms. hook the worm through the nose and push the nose up to the top of the hook and then hook it through the body.
A little update. I tried using plastic worms but couldnt seem to get much action off of them. I started useing some rooster tails however and have gotten some decent smallmouth using them. I've had incredible luck catching wipers with the rooster tail as well. Thanks for all the advice.
If I am not mistaken Rooster Tails are the biggest selling lures in the USA. At least the used to be not that many years ago. Lots of them are sold in the South especially for everything from pan fish to bass.
If they are feeding on the top, use poppers, frogs, mice, anthing that walks the dog. Get some senkos, some flukes and some other big ribbon tail worms. be patient. Mepps number 3 is awesome and a mepps 5 is great for really big bass. If you use soft plastics you can fish them many ways. you can texas rig them, carolina rig, weightless, topwater. Once you find something that works for you than keep it in mind but don't shy away from trying different types of lures, you never know what else might work for you.
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