The Lucky Craft pro staff talks about lure selection on different types of water and under different conditions. Some excellent underwater footage of various baits!!!!!
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Anyone out there have Bass fishing tips or want some?
fishing for bass is tricky, they are sly and they jump and turn to get off your line. use a light line for example 6lb. test and keep your line tight. bass like cover and will be in weeds, around stumps, and around lillly pads to.
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Some tips on bass fishing.?
I could use some tips on bass fishing. Thanks = )
What size hook works the best?
What type of bait works best?
Best place to fish in a pound/lake
Bass are fun fish to catch – they fight well, but they aren't terribly smart compared to other sportfish. To catch a bass you need only to introduce an item to it that looks like it might possibly be a good meal, and not startle it in the process. Luckily for you, bass are voracious eaters, so a good meal is usually a smaller fish.
Bass congregate around underwater structure, and will seek out the best spots in their body of water for ambushing prey. This means that in a relatively small lake, the biggest pile of limbs on the bottom is usually where all of the good bass are. Larger lakes offer many different spots to look for bass, but they still prefer whatever structure they can find. Junked-out automobiles, or the remains of an old pier are excellent places to try. Finding some of these spots requires a fish-finder radar onboard your boat, but a well-trained eye and attention to detail – as well as experience on the lake – will help those of us who can't afford or prefer not to use a fish-finder catch fish too.
As for the weather, slightly warm is usually best. If the water becomes too hot, there is not enough oxygen for the fish and they are sluggish. At the same time, colder waters decrease the metabolism of the fish and they are also sluggish. I most prefer to fish when it is between 70 and 80 degrees outside, with a minimum of cloud cover and low wind. This makes for a pleasant day, and the water conditions are favorable for catching fish all afternoon.
Hook-size is based entirely on what size and sort of bass you are look for. Try to find out what species of bass you will encounter, and then determine the average size of this type of fish. Considering how big the mouth is, you can usually eyeball the size fairly well. There is not a hard standard for the sizing of hooks between manufacturer's, so you will need to think in a relative sense. As far as the type of hook, the factors to consider are 1.) what bait you will be using on the hook , and 2.) how big of a fighter your species of fish is. Bass have a lot of fight, so I usually opt for a deep bend and a large barb. Eagle Claw makes excellent hooks for bass, and you can get pre-rigged Eagle Claw leaders at Academy for pretty cheap.
The best thing that you can do for yourself is have a well-stocked tackle box. Depending on water conditions, you may need to use a drab color (clear water) or a bright color (muddy water) of any given lure in order to succeed. Be prepared to fish many different "tiers" of the water until you find the fish. Often, bass are most active during the cool of early morning, and move to deeper and deeper waters as the sun comes up and begins heating the lake. If you take along enough gear to pick from, chances are very good that you will have the correct lure on any given day.
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Does anyone want to share their favorite spring bass fishing techniques and tips?
I am a fan of soft plastic tubes and worms. Can you give me some of your favorite techniques?
North shore of the lakes will warm up faster due to getting more sun shine and the prevailing southerly winds. Fish those banks, outside bends in the channel, drop offs near there, with craw fish imitators….either crank baits or jig w/ trailer.
Start when the water reaches 50 deg. Big females spawn first.
If you lake has a shore with black shale or black clay fish them hard….especially if there is a drop off of more than 5 ft. like from 15 to 20 or more. This has worked for me for a long time now.
Tubes will work under the same conditions sense they imitate a craw. Tube colors I like are Road Kill / Chartreuse tips, Brown cold, green flake / orange tips, of course Black blue tips as well. I do not use worms until the water gets in the upper 50's or after spawn.
Spinner Baits also work well this time of year as do crank baits worked slow….remember I am talking "early spring" pre-spawn, when the bass are starting to stage off their spawning grounds.
** Added ** Float N Fly is a real good technique when the water is below 50 degrees. Works great from around Dec. – late Feb, early March. I use it during this time for Small Mouth Bass in S. Central Ky, and Tn.
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The Tenth Day Of Christmas
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten spinners spinning, nine jigs a jigging, eight bobbers bobbing, seven sinkers sinking, six kits for rigging, … five purple worms … four rebel lures, three weedless hooks, two spools of line and a fishing pole complete with a reel.
Are you a fan of spinning lures? I am! When I was younger, my family and I travelled all over the USA as well as Canada. Every place we went, I looked at the fishing lures and usually bought a couple. So I have many spinning lures that don’t really produce for me in my current area in which I live (Southern NJ, USA), but I still like to look at them and dream about going back to where I bought them and catching a huge lunker with them!
Fishing in the shallower waters of New Jersey means that you’ll need a lighter spinner – one that doesn’t sink too much or run too deep. I have two favorite spinners that I like to use. When I’m looking to catch bass, I’ll pull out one of my panther-martin spinners. They’re small but boy do they attract the bass! Never heard of a panther-martin? Well check them out here:
I caught a very nice 5 pound bass on my favorite panther-martin in our local creek. It has a feather tied to the treble hook at the back of it. I’m always amazed that such a large fish would be attracted to such a small lure!
So what do you use if you want a trout or some other game fish besides bass? Well I like to use rooster tail spinners. Here’s what a rooster tail spinner looks like:
When we were in Banff National Park in Canada, we rented a boat and went fishing for trout in one of the local lakes. My brother and I both were using a rooster tail. Mine was black and his was red. Other than the colors, the lures were identical. The result? I outfished my brother 3 to 1! And I caught the largest fish that day – a beautiful 3-4 pound Kamloop trout. So do yourself a favor and get a black rooster tail spinner! 😉
Any other spinners that you may know of that deserve mentioning here? Please write and let me know.
Catch you later.
-Mark
The Eighth Day Of Christmas
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me eight bobbers bobbing, seven sinkers sinking, six kits for rigging, … five purple worms … four rebel lures, three weedless hooks, two spools of line and a fishing pole complete with a reel.
Do you use bobbers? Which ones do you use? Think they’re all the same?
I use bobbers occasionally. Mostly when I take my younger son freshwater fishing. He likes to use live bait and it’s easy to tell when you’ve got a fish on if there’s a bobber on your line. But my younger son aside, I’ve been known to use bobbers as a weight when fishing flies on a spinning system. Yep, you read that right! I’ll tie a fly (wet fly – one that sinks) on the end of my 4 pound test and put a bobber 2 feet above it. The bobber gives you enough weight to be able to cast the fly and also acts as a strike indicator! I’ll usually use a small tear-drop shaped bobber to do this type of fishing. And yes – it works! I’ve used this technique to catch bass when they weren’t hitting anything else. That’s your bass fishing tip for the day! 🙂
I used to think bobbers were all the same – with variations in their size and shape. But I recently read about a new bobber “with a brain”. I was thinking “yeah… right” but when I read the write up, it actually looks interesting. Check this out:
Notice the product’s description – “This Smart Fishing Bobber is a slip & lock system without a Line Stopper. Simply: Just cast the Bobber with a Brain out and it will allow the line to slip thru until the sinker finds the bottom, then it fills with water, LOCKS THE LINE, and holds your baits inches to feet off the bottom with the sinker as the “anchor.” The hook held above the bottom can be “danced” or jigged by slightly pulling on your rod, makes dead or plastic baits ‘come alive!'”
Sounds very interesting – but come on – does it really do all this? Any of you readers ever try this thing? Would you mind writing a comment about it here please? They say they’ve been selling for over 8 years now but this is the first I’ve heard of it. If it really does work, I’d love to hear your opinions and maybe I’ll actually buy and try one! (I’m used to getting a 6 or 10 pack of bobbers for a couple bucks, and this is 2 bobbers for 9 dollars. Kind of pricey for a bobber!)
Well, I’d really love to hear any of your experiences with any type of bobbers, so please write a comment to share with everyone!
Catch you later.
The Sixth Day Of Christmas
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me six kits for rigging, … five purple worms … four rebel lures, three weedless hooks, two spools of line and a fishing pole complete with a reel.
Have you bought any of those “bass fishing kits? You know like this:
I’ve bought a few of these and they usually are a good deal! I look for the kits that have good colored worms in them. As I’ve posted previously, I don’t really use the weights that come in these kits. I rig the worms my own special way. But if I find a kit that has weedless hooks and has good colored worms, I’ll buy it in a heartbeat!
Playing with your rubber worm bassing kit will help you experiment and try different ways to rig your worms. It will also keep your mind off the winter and the snow that we sometimes get this time of year! I can hardly wait for the warmer weather and catching some more good bass!
Catch you later.
Fall Bass Fishing Tips
In-depth look at the Fall bass migration with strategy and techniques discussed. These fall bass fishing tips will put you where the bass and shad are during these colder months. To view more fishing videos like this, visit http://www.bassfishin.com
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Need helpful tips for successful bass fishing.?
I have been fishing for many years now so I am not a fishing newbie but I am not sure about lure colors and how water clarity and weather conditions effect what would be the best choices. I like fishing spinners and crank baits and am asking for tips on color selection in specific conditions. I fish the mississippi river backwaters so the water is usually pretty murky and dark.
Thanks.
When fishing with crakbaits, i gennerally like to match the hatch… In murky water, you want to use firetiger colors…You also want to use gold… (gold produces lots of flash in dark water) With spinnerbaits, like to use a big spinnerbait, with big colorado blades.(A big lure choice and high vibration is a necessity for fishing murky water) i'd also go with white, yellow/orance, red, or gold… pretty much, if it looks very bright in the murky water it's good… sometimes, people will go the other way around and pick a black or brown colored spinner bait… Experiment with different colors… (I like to use big, bright colored lures that make lots of vibration in murky water)
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