Bass Fishing
I have yet to find the an efficient and effective bait to catch bass, instead of my constant success in catching moss, weeds and grass. ANY SUGGESTIONS????
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In moss and grass, I go with a plastic bait, rigged weedless (the hook turned back into the bait) and no weight. It will generally slide through about anything. If you need it to sink, use one of the dense plastics, like a Sinko. For brush, I use a spinner bait, tandem willow leaf. It will bounce through the brush and often trigger strikes as it comes off a limb or branch. You might want to go to braided line to help retrieve the lure if it does hang up and to muscle a big bass out of the brush when you get one. I like to use a 20 lb braid. I've done very well this spring with a spinner bait in the shallow, brush filled areas of the lakes here in central Texas. Good Luck!
it just depends on what time of the year it is and what time of day. summer i would use a buzz bait early morning and late evening but middle of day go with the worm. winter it depends how deep it is, of it kind of deep use a flippin jig.
using a scum frog or a carolina rigged worm will give you usual success in being weedless.
I would go with a 5" or 7" worm on a weighted weedless hook, retrieving it slowly.A good all year round combination would be a 7" red shad colored worm on a 1/8oz or 1/4oz weighted weedless hook on clear 10lb. test line.
when fishing in pickerel grass i put on a 7" (i think that's the lenght) weightless slug-go. I then keep the hook just barely under the surface of the jerkbait. When i fish it i then fish it slow through the weeds then speed it up once i get through them.
Moss is moss.Snags are snags.This is why some people fish some people don't.Just keep trying.
I would try a texas rig with a berkley powerbait worm. Or a drop shot, those always work well and same with carolina rigs.
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In moss and grass, I go with a plastic bait, rigged weedless (the hook turned back into the bait) and no weight. It will generally slide through about anything. If you need it to sink, use one of the dense plastics, like a Sinko. For brush, I use a spinner bait, tandem willow leaf. It will bounce through the brush and often trigger strikes as it comes off a limb or branch. You might want to go to braided line to help retrieve the lure if it does hang up and to muscle a big bass out of the brush when you get one. I like to use a 20 lb braid. I've done very well this spring with a spinner bait in the shallow, brush filled areas of the lakes here in central Texas. Good Luck!
it just depends on what time of the year it is and what time of day. summer i would use a buzz bait early morning and late evening but middle of day go with the worm. winter it depends how deep it is, of it kind of deep use a flippin jig.
I would try a texas rig with a berkley powerbait worm. Or a drop shot, those always work well and same with carolina rigs.
using a scum frog or a carolina rigged worm will give you usual success in being weedless.
I would go with a 5" or 7" worm on a weighted weedless hook, retrieving it slowly.A good all year round combination would be a 7" red shad colored worm on a 1/8oz or 1/4oz weighted weedless hook on clear 10lb. test line.
when fishing in pickerel grass i put on a 7" (i think that's the lenght) weightless slug-go. I then keep the hook just barely under the surface of the jerkbait. When i fish it i then fish it slow through the weeds then speed it up once i get through them.
Moss is moss.Snags are snags.This is why some people fish some people don't.Just keep trying.
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