Need help catching bass?

Question

ok so i really want to catch a bass but but what should i use for bait if i use spinners should i reel in then throw out and keep doing that or should i use giant rubber worms and throw it out there and leave it until something bites?

Answer 1

I like the purple rubber worm. I have no idea what a purple worm represents to a fish but it works. First I try it rigged weedless, with the hook tip buried in the worm without a weight. Bass like structure. Any object or even a shadow sometimes. So toss at something let it sink and wait a few seconds give it a twitch. moved it again. try a slow roll, I ve made it swim on top too. If you dont find em shallow go deeper with a bit of weight. I watched a thousand fishing shows and many species basically feed the same way. Watch and learn. Also alot of older guys are more than willing to help a guy out. I know I am one.

Answer 2

There are variables in catching bass. If the water is murky, then you need something flashy. If the water is cold or too warm, then they won't bite. You pretty much have to find where the bass are at, if you are fishing a pond, then they can hold at different depth's.

If you use a rubber worm, you have to cast out and reel it in. You could leave it, but most of the time you won't get anything to bite.

If you find anything like down trees or logs, or anything that the bass could hang out, try those places first. I use a Rooster-Tail and they work wonders for me.

For deeper water, a jig will work, or even a spinner. Reels kinda slow, and move in jerky motions, to simulate a wounded bait fish.

If you do want to try bait, try minnows, and just hook them in the tail, or back or lip, and cast them out and let them sit.

If its later on in the day when the sun starts to go down, try a jitterbug. Or anything that will making popping noises on the surface.

There are other ways, but you pretty much have to play. I caught bass on corn.

A lot of the time, to castch bass, you have to pi$$ them off. So, flashy, noisy or vibrating type lures usually work. You might have to play around with colors, but make sure you try light and dark lures, depending on the fishes mood, and water, will depend on what they hit.

Answer 3

I have read a lot of books on finding bass this is fall and the water temp is starting to go down in temp. that will cause the bass to fetten up before winter (they know its time to feed as the leaves turn colors) something else the baits that will work best are the ones that immolate the food sourse the fish in that water already target. if it's shad, use crank baits around anything that is giving shade under the water like weed lines or drop offs. use plastic worms blue and purple in deep water (and this time of year), I would fish at least an hour a day, in the deepest water, using the biggest baits in my box, yes, on the bottom, for shalow water use browns and orange colored worms and jigs, in the evening I would use pencil poppers and top water crank baits and really move the tip of the rod around to different heights and jerking it almost spasticly during the retreive. Spinner baits will work along the surface too at dusk but Trick #122) Usually the lakes by this time of year are burdened with moss everywhere and anything hanging of any kind of lure will not get touched. So! You have got to get anystragglers of moss or weeds off (sometimes every cast) if you want to add to your days total weight.

Answer 4

during these hot summer months, you are going to have to get their attention.  They are going to find cooler water and not eat as much as earlier in the year.  The best lure for this is the Rooster Tail.  It is a spinner bait.  Go with a heavy 1/4 oz.  this will let you get deep enough to find the big ones hiding in the cool water.

Answer 5

if your using a spinner you throw it out and reel and repeat yes,or you can use a worm try youtube "Texas rigging worms" and you can reel the worm in or just flick your rod or let it sit. you can use plastics-e.g. lizards worms frogs. Or crank baits that you reel in and then throw out like a spinner.Poppers you flick it and it pops on the surface and it makes the fish come for it,you just flick it and let it sit for a little bit,and flick it again. Hula poppers are killers.

Answer 6

If you go with rubber worm,  cast out to a  stump, log, weed bed or rock pile and SLOWLY crank it in. I mean so slow it's almost irritating. The longer it's in front of a fish's nose the more likely the fish is to hit it.