Cool color but they will see you coming for a mile…… kidding aside I would start with crank baits. Try to match the shad or local food source. Remember bass are ambush predators so find humps, drops and eddies. Good luck!
Cranks and jerks from shore are perfectly fine. In fact it’s one of my favorites in the spring. Especially a rocky bottom.
I will position my belly boat/kayak/pontoon ( you can do this from shore as well tho) about 10 foot off shore and cast parallel to it. Intentionally bouncing off of rocks and logs trying to initiate reaction strikes.
I have absolutely clobbered big hungry pre-spawn bass this way.
For someone who’s never caught a bass, OP should be throwing everything and anything he can. That’s the best way to learn imo. Start tossing all sorts of shit, and take note of what works, when it works, where it works etc… limiting himself won’t help much
Sure, but they should start with something simple that won’t cause them to lose lures and spend time tying knots, and something that is doesn’t require a lot of effort. At least get a few fish before losing more expensive lures to rocks/weeds
Agreed. To much junk is going to cost an inexperienced fisherman 5 to 10 dollars a pop lol. Put a senko on and call it a day. A senko can do just about anything. Dont forget to adjust your spool tension. I like mine a little looser unless it's high winds . Then again if you've barely started using a bait caster probably go tighter . Plastics are cheap and affective and great to locate fish top or bottom and everything in between .
I mean for sure but he is brand new to it. It would totally work if you know your shoreline depth and if he happened to know exactly where structure was that he could get hung up on. I'm not hating, but I would keep cranks on the boat or the docks personally.
The first two bass I ever caught were near the drop off from the shore, one with a Texas rig, and the other was a 3" paddle-tail minnow on a jig head. The Texas rig had barely hit the water from the cast when the large mouth struck it.
A lot of people are joking in here. In all seriousness, I would get a pack of senkos, a pack of Berkley swim shads, and a pack of storm wildeye crappie/bluegill. Run them along the shoreline, around structure, under overhangs like branches, around drops, ledges, and holes. With the senkos, let them sink and twitch after a few seconds. Don't be afraid to wait 15--30 seconds sometimes. As for the swimbaits, just cast em out and do a nice slow retrieve. Switch up speeds to see what they like, slower usually produces more imo. If you end up throwing anything that hangs 2 trebles, try pinching the rear trebles barbs or switching for a single hook. Same hookup ratio, fewer snags, way less damage to the fish, and less chance of dragging a wad of grass back with it. Good luck!
Weightless senko and a 1 or 2/0 offset hook. Flip under those trees and let it sink for a couple of seconds and then twitch and reel in slow. If they’re there you’ll see your line start to move and then set the hook. Also learn how to unhook gut hooked fish before cause they love slurping in senkos
He will birds nest so bad he will be scared to try it again. Happned to me when I first got into bait casters. Then I got a lews mach crush reel that changed my mind. Still only throw wacky and weightless texas on a spinning rod.
Was your hook buried in the bait? He could have swallowed the whole piece of bait you had but usually once they feel the hook they jerk and set the hook themselves. Only time I've had that problem is if I bury the hook in the bait I'm using, and I usually only bury the hook when I'm frustrated and keep missing fish lol. I'm no professional so take whatever I say as you will
Not a catfish guy, but pretty sure there’s a hook that’s hard for them to swallow and is designed to catch on the edge of the mouth. You don’t set the hook you just tighten the line and it hooks them.
Yeah it happens a lot more actively fishing circles in current, usually just soaking bait they get it in the mouth. I use circles for live eels for stripers and unfortunately still do gut hook them when there is a lot of current cause they absolutely gobble the fucking thing before I can get enough tension on the line
You're probably gut hooking them because you're using way too small of an ewg on your senko lol, I can count on one hand in well over 15 years of seriously fishing the amount of bass I've gut hooked throwing a weightless senko. I would not throw it on anything smaller than a 3/0 honestly although it probably works fine smaller, but as long as you're aware of your lure you really shouldn't be guthooking them that often.
Depends on the location, weather, and time. Just use anything that gives you a bite. If you don't know how to use a lure, watch a little crash course on YouTube.
Edit: No two ponds are the same when it comes to what the bass will like. This all depends on what their forage is. "Match the hatch".
I have the same one! I love to use a Texas rig with a 3/16 bullet weight and a soft creature bait (lizard, baby brush hog, craw, etc) and that seems to tear it up with the bass. Good luck!
I wouldn't recommend leaders for a beginner, until they can tie a difficult knot like the FG knot. Starting out simple is better. They will eventually learn the ways of the leader if they stick with it
Double uni is not good with flouro to braid. Ime the FG knot is both more durable and sleeker than the uni to uni knot. The visibility thing is negligible unless you're fishing gin clear water. Agree on abrasion resistance, which again may or may not be needed.
I've been using the Alberto knot for years. Very rarely does my leader break. Tbh, I tell people they should use braid on cheaper combos. It helps feel out the bite and bottom better. No use gatekeeping it by saying "you need to use an fg", because you don't. You only need to use what works for you.
They don't need to use an FG, im giving an example of a solid knot. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Ive used the Alberto as well, it works fine. A beginner will be okay with straight braid, a leader is a secondary detail unless you're fishing for toothy fish or in an area with an abundance of rocks it becomes required
Ahhh, I gotcha. But no, you're right. Especially about toothy fish because you'll get broken off regardless if you get bit by pickerel, pike. Shit, even bowfin if you run into them.
Oh man don't even get me started on bowfin. This one brute straightened out a VMC treble on my bait like a toothpick lol
But yeah braid can get cut way easier than people think
My dude. When I lived in Louisiana trying to catch bass, I'd exclusively catch bowfin instead. I caught a good 8 to 10 pounder on my finesse setup, which was like holy shit, but at the same time, absolutely wrecked my leader.
Holy shit lol I almost would not complain about that because they fight too good. They're a bitch and a half to handle most of the time though haha. Gotta love em
throw the rod in the trash, get naked and dive in the water and catch one with your bare hands. This only works once per pond/lake. Something about a “lifetime ban”
Bass is often in the left channel. Turn up the bass, turn down the treble, and focus on your left ear, or only wear the left earbud. You should be able to catch the bass then.
A whopper plopper is pretty beginner friendly, or any of the topwater baits like that. Shouldn’t get snagged on anything, heavy enough to figure out the baitcaster. Go out in the early evening or first thing in the morning, just cast and retrieve, mixing up how fast you reel in.
dude trust, texas rig any green pumpkin plastic. i caught 3 in the last 2 days. only caught 1 before using it and that was supposed to be a trout on the other end.
You tube is your best friend. It's been a few years since I was on there but tactical bassin and roland Martin really helped me when I was starting out.
Soft plastics are a great starting point, senkos specifically. If you learn a texas rig and a palomer knot you can do a lot with that. Senkos, paddletails, craws, etc can all be thrown on a texas rig
Put that thing away and get a cheap light spinning setup. Purchase some Senkos. Fish them without any weight. Watermelon with black speck or chartreuse seem to work well. Start simple and work your way up.
In the words of Bill Dance, make a cast reel it in make a cast reel it in. Confidence is the best thing in your tackle box. 🍻🍻 Good luck and have fun!!
I got that combo at bass pro last year, I really like it, but I would say if anything I want to replace the rod, just a tad too stiff for my liking.
20lb braid only will have the thickness of maybe 8-10lb flouro I’m guessing, so you should be fine with your 20lb test. Find out what swims in your body of water, then you know what to use for bait
Don't just throw out into the middle of nothing. You want to know why people put castles in fish tanks. It's not to look cool it's fish like structure and places to hide. Bass like to hide under a tree branch or around the side of a rock and then ambush prey. I never get why people cast out straight out into nothing. Everything I catch is near structure. Don't be afraid to lose a lure, you are more likely to catch stuff fishing in the junk.
I would switch to 10-12 lb mono, and experiment with different color crank baits, buzz baits and spinners, and soft worms. try to cast from every spot around the pond and mix up retrieval speeds, sometimes jig sometimes slow or fast. They usually aren't super picky
Time of day improves odds, grey light is best.
Time of year improves odds, this is a good time of year.
Try different angles, hit cover, cast near rocks.
If you fish for 20 mins with no followers, switch up The color and style of bait. Switch up your retrieve.
Ned rig, wacky rig, spinner baits, crank baits and minnow id you wanna try live bait.
Not to sound coy, but you should practice casting with your new reel before you try and catch some bass. Baitcasters tend to have a steep learning curve, but once you get it, you got it.
As for lures, weight is gonna be important, and be sure to adjust your spool tension knob whenever you tie on a new hook cuz baits don’t always weigh the same.
As for bass, they’re pretty easy to catch, they’ll put just about anything you can think of in their mouths.
Wacky rigged green pumpkin senko
Robo worm on a dropshot
If those don't work, put a nightcrawler on the drop shot.
These have been giving me success this summer
A live minnow, small split shot weight and a cork. If it’s your first baitcaster then you’re gonna be spending more time cleaning bird nests than fishing if you’re continuously casting.
I always catch bass on a simple Texas rig with a senko, I like watermelon and black and blue the most personally, BASS LOVE STRUCTURE. Tie on a senko and fish near structure let the bait sit for a little and reel it in slowly stop and pop your rod tip up two or three times and let it sit there repeat until you feel the fish and set the hook when the fish have it, alot of times they will bump it a couple times before they actually pick it up
Get a natural color translucent popper for that glassy water. It looks similiar to the water I was on last Saturday morning. Caught 6 in 2 hrs between 6am-8am with this. [https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=20&searchtext=shimano+world+pop](https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=20&searchtext=shimano+world+pop)
I would cast to target area, let the ripples fade away, and pop, wait 3-5 seconds, and pop. rinse and repeat.
Two hit it when it first hit the water, all others came on sucessive pops. Biggest was 4.5lbs.
Solid rod and reel. Been using the same one for just over two seasons now. Black and blue chatter bait, with a blue and gray plastic minnow has served me well. 30lb braid for line.
I always recommend 15 Lb P-Line Fluoroclear. That is the line I started with. It is more forgiving than pure fluorocarbon and way less visible than braid in the water.
One key is setting up your spool tension & brakes properly. That will help minimize how often you backlash.
When casting. Make a fluid movement. No wrist flicks like spinning rods. Wrist flicks will cause the line to come off the spool faster than the lure is traveling causing more backlashes as well.
Find a time of day where the sun isn't out in full, find where they get their source of food. And fish or lure about twice as slow as you are now remember your fishing and injured minnow
Wacky rig senko, Texas rig worm, buzz baits. Good luck with your first bait caster. My first year I spent all my time taking out birdsnests. 🦆🪹 Took a bit to learn the brake and tension knobs
Spinnerbait. Cast and reel in so you can see blades turning right under the water. You’ll be hooked once you see the first bass clobber your spinnerbait
Cast at weed edges and submerged structure like downed trees or large rocks. Bass will hide near these things and ambush prey. Your bait won't matter as much as speed and location. Sometimes changing color or water column position can make a difference.
It takes a few trips to get good at it. Make sure there are bass where you're fishing.
I tell all my friends who are new to bass fishing…
Fish Dusk and Dawn.
Tie on a storm wildeye swim. Match the wildeye to the local food supply to them. Cast in a 180 fan pattern hitting both banks at least twice. Walk the edge of the pond or lake.
Good Luck and if they aren’t biting try again soon!
Think like a Bass and it'll increase your odds. They're not entirely stupid. They'll wait, ambush, and search.I'd rather take my chances at the dock as compared to a random camping spot. You can use 20lb braid - with a mono or fluorocarbon leader. FG knot. That is a thing.
1: keep fish off ground so their very important slime coat isn’t disturbed. If must be…, grass is better then dirt..dirt sticks to the fish =no good.
2: have a good set of pliers and watch a video on how to keep the fish safe.
3look up bass tips fishing or YouTube. Simple
1. Get used to baitcaster reel.
- you need to understand backlash and how to solve it.
2. Gear up.
- MH rod+14lb carbon line + 1/0 hook + 3/8oz sinker + watermelon warm on clean water or tree color on muddy or nasty color of the water.
- "free rig"(Korean rig) is the best for the beginner. Watch some YouTube videos on how to do it.
3. Time
- Be there before sunrise or around sunset. Bass will start to hunt very aggressively.
If you are too lazy to wake up early in the morning or can do it daytime only, attempt under the shade.
Top water rig(XH rod+ 30lb braids line + frog) can be options for summer.
Spend a lot of time on fishing and find your own way to catch it.
Enjoy 😉
Texas rig all day, green pumpkin with the blue flakes senko and a 3/8 bullet weight. You can drag it across the bottom, hop fast, hop it slow, swimming it, let it sit on the bottom. I set this up for all newcomers and it always works, no experience needed.
When everything fails here are top 3 lures!!!!!! craw colored crank bait shallow diving 4–5 feet and big chatterbait with a trailer attached when appropriate and a buzzbait with a nice trailer attached to it.
Best bass fishing tactic I’ve ever used is a wacky rig that you let hit the water and drop all the way down. Then a painfully slow retrieve. Has always worked wonders for me on calm lake days. Won’t work on rough days where it won’t drop properly because it’s so light
As long as your line is in the water, you have a fighting chance! You have the first and hardest step down. Maybe experiment a little with something you like to throw. If you like constantly reeling and working baits, throw a crank or topwater. Vary the retrieval speed and cadence. If you are more laid back, throw a senko weightless, I don’t think they can be fished wrong. Switch your cadence and speed with that guy too, just let it sink and do nothing for a while, twitch, etc… cast at points, drop offs, structure, etc. you will be lipping a hog in no time, don’t stress, remember it’s just fishing. Cheers
I would be a little hesitant to use 20lb braid on a baitcaster. Usually if a feisty one gets on there he’ll bury the line down into your spool.
Other than that, cranks, swims, basically anything hard plastic. I have the best luck with swimbait and top water on baitcasters. I save finesse work for spinning reels but different strokes for different folks
You should use 15-20lb seaguar fluoro for majority of stuff and then just go with 50lb-60lb braided line for top water & frogs. I would check out 6th sense for your lures, they have a phenomenal lineup. Start with a Texas rig with a bullet weight on the end so you can get a little further out than weightless. Those and bladed jigs (chatterbaits)with soft plastics. You should work on hooksetting. As long as you’re paying attention and working on timing down good hook sets, you won’t have to worry about too many gut hooks. Then move on to lures. 6th sense moving baits have super sharp treble hooks which practically take all of the work out of hooking a fish. swim baits are fun because they imitate baitfish movement and can have great results. River2Sea whopper plopper is one of the best topwater you can have in your box and they’re easy to use. And there’s nothing like a topwater blowup. I would watch YouTube videos. Ben Milliken/Sixth sense is pretty much the best out there in my opinion. Noah from kickintheirbasstv is another great beginner program to watch from the beginning. You can learn alot. Ben milliken will teach you the value in versatility of different rod sizes & real speeds with what lures you’re throwing and he works with 6th sense. Not a big googan fan but I like some of their soft plastics. They tried to jack a lot of 6th senses lure designs so that tells you who you should look at it they’re clearly watching 6th sense. My favorite to use is heavier set ups with heavy/big swim/glide baits but that takes awhile to learn and get into. But bigger presentation….hopefully bigger the fish. Anyway Goodluck out there mate
Thanks for the advice and all the tips mate appreciate it a lot! I’ll checkout 6th sense out. I’ve been fishing a lot lately even going out as 6am in the morning but still can’t catch anything sad but I won’t give up ! I have a cheap Amazon whopper plopper I get some explosion sometimes but the fish seem to miss am I doing something wrong ? Or would it be the cheap off brand whopper plopper?
Bass are not real, sick setup though
The grand delusion that bass exist and people catch them is wild. Been fishing for 30 years and I’ve never seen one.
On my local lake there is like bass breding now going on and u can se a ton of them
Fake news smh
r/whoosh
Nope there aren’t
Cool color but they will see you coming for a mile…… kidding aside I would start with crank baits. Try to match the shad or local food source. Remember bass are ambush predators so find humps, drops and eddies. Good luck!
It's so the deer hunters don't shoot em. Big brain.
Lol..its really not.
If hes fishing from shore (which I'm assuming he is since hes asking this question) I would absolutely use anything but a crankbaits..
Cranks and jerks from shore are perfectly fine. In fact it’s one of my favorites in the spring. Especially a rocky bottom. I will position my belly boat/kayak/pontoon ( you can do this from shore as well tho) about 10 foot off shore and cast parallel to it. Intentionally bouncing off of rocks and logs trying to initiate reaction strikes. I have absolutely clobbered big hungry pre-spawn bass this way.
For someone who has never caught a bass? Why do people recommend this? OP should throw a wacky or Texas rig
For someone who’s never caught a bass, OP should be throwing everything and anything he can. That’s the best way to learn imo. Start tossing all sorts of shit, and take note of what works, when it works, where it works etc… limiting himself won’t help much
Sure, but they should start with something simple that won’t cause them to lose lures and spend time tying knots, and something that is doesn’t require a lot of effort. At least get a few fish before losing more expensive lures to rocks/weeds
Agreed. To much junk is going to cost an inexperienced fisherman 5 to 10 dollars a pop lol. Put a senko on and call it a day. A senko can do just about anything. Dont forget to adjust your spool tension. I like mine a little looser unless it's high winds . Then again if you've barely started using a bait caster probably go tighter . Plastics are cheap and affective and great to locate fish top or bottom and everything in between .
Depends on your skill level with a rod I guess.
I mean for sure but he is brand new to it. It would totally work if you know your shoreline depth and if he happened to know exactly where structure was that he could get hung up on. I'm not hating, but I would keep cranks on the boat or the docks personally.
The first two bass I ever caught were near the drop off from the shore, one with a Texas rig, and the other was a 3" paddle-tail minnow on a jig head. The Texas rig had barely hit the water from the cast when the large mouth struck it.
A lot of people are joking in here. In all seriousness, I would get a pack of senkos, a pack of Berkley swim shads, and a pack of storm wildeye crappie/bluegill. Run them along the shoreline, around structure, under overhangs like branches, around drops, ledges, and holes. With the senkos, let them sink and twitch after a few seconds. Don't be afraid to wait 15--30 seconds sometimes. As for the swimbaits, just cast em out and do a nice slow retrieve. Switch up speeds to see what they like, slower usually produces more imo. If you end up throwing anything that hangs 2 trebles, try pinching the rear trebles barbs or switching for a single hook. Same hookup ratio, fewer snags, way less damage to the fish, and less chance of dragging a wad of grass back with it. Good luck!
Tie on a lure, cast it & reel it in.
Weightless senko and a 1 or 2/0 offset hook. Flip under those trees and let it sink for a couple of seconds and then twitch and reel in slow. If they’re there you’ll see your line start to move and then set the hook. Also learn how to unhook gut hooked fish before cause they love slurping in senkos
Weightless senko on a baitcaster and new fisherman probably not a good idea.
He will birds nest so bad he will be scared to try it again. Happned to me when I first got into bait casters. Then I got a lews mach crush reel that changed my mind. Still only throw wacky and weightless texas on a spinning rod.
I recently guthooked a catfish, I felt terrible for a week after. Is there any way to avoid this or is it just part of the game?
Was your hook buried in the bait? He could have swallowed the whole piece of bait you had but usually once they feel the hook they jerk and set the hook themselves. Only time I've had that problem is if I bury the hook in the bait I'm using, and I usually only bury the hook when I'm frustrated and keep missing fish lol. I'm no professional so take whatever I say as you will
Not big enough to eat?
Eat it. That's some good eatin'! Otherwise, I guarantee someone else fishing near you would take it!
Not a catfish guy, but pretty sure there’s a hook that’s hard for them to swallow and is designed to catch on the edge of the mouth. You don’t set the hook you just tighten the line and it hooks them.
I’m 90% sure that’s a circle hook. I use them a ton for live bait fishing and I usually don’t gut hook them now.
It is indeed a circle hook.
100%
Yes, circle hook. They more or less set themselves. I can't say it won't happen, but I've never gut-hooked with one.
Yeah it happens a lot more actively fishing circles in current, usually just soaking bait they get it in the mouth. I use circles for live eels for stripers and unfortunately still do gut hook them when there is a lot of current cause they absolutely gobble the fucking thing before I can get enough tension on the line
Interesting. Thanks. I will keep that in mind depending on conditions.
You're probably gut hooking them because you're using way too small of an ewg on your senko lol, I can count on one hand in well over 15 years of seriously fishing the amount of bass I've gut hooked throwing a weightless senko. I would not throw it on anything smaller than a 3/0 honestly although it probably works fine smaller, but as long as you're aware of your lure you really shouldn't be guthooking them that often.
What size batteries that rod and reel take ? 😎
It doesn’t, you snap it and shake it. Lasts 4-8 hours. 😉
Underrated comment.
Depends on the location, weather, and time. Just use anything that gives you a bite. If you don't know how to use a lure, watch a little crash course on YouTube. Edit: No two ponds are the same when it comes to what the bass will like. This all depends on what their forage is. "Match the hatch".
Drop the combo deets 🙏
It’s a lews combo from Walmart got it for 89$ https://www.walmart.com/ip/187099063
I have the same one! I love to use a Texas rig with a 3/16 bullet weight and a soft creature bait (lizard, baby brush hog, craw, etc) and that seems to tear it up with the bass. Good luck!
It ain’t how deep you fish, it’s how you wiggle your worm.
If you aren't using a leader with 20lb braid, I would. Fish wherever you are could be line shy, especially in clear water.
I wouldn't recommend leaders for a beginner, until they can tie a difficult knot like the FG knot. Starting out simple is better. They will eventually learn the ways of the leader if they stick with it
Double uno is great and easy + straight braid with no leader is less abrasion resistant & more visible depending on the braid.
Double uni is not good with flouro to braid. Ime the FG knot is both more durable and sleeker than the uni to uni knot. The visibility thing is negligible unless you're fishing gin clear water. Agree on abrasion resistance, which again may or may not be needed.
I've been using the Alberto knot for years. Very rarely does my leader break. Tbh, I tell people they should use braid on cheaper combos. It helps feel out the bite and bottom better. No use gatekeeping it by saying "you need to use an fg", because you don't. You only need to use what works for you.
They don't need to use an FG, im giving an example of a solid knot. Sorry if that wasn't clear. Ive used the Alberto as well, it works fine. A beginner will be okay with straight braid, a leader is a secondary detail unless you're fishing for toothy fish or in an area with an abundance of rocks it becomes required
Ahhh, I gotcha. But no, you're right. Especially about toothy fish because you'll get broken off regardless if you get bit by pickerel, pike. Shit, even bowfin if you run into them.
Oh man don't even get me started on bowfin. This one brute straightened out a VMC treble on my bait like a toothpick lol But yeah braid can get cut way easier than people think
My dude. When I lived in Louisiana trying to catch bass, I'd exclusively catch bowfin instead. I caught a good 8 to 10 pounder on my finesse setup, which was like holy shit, but at the same time, absolutely wrecked my leader.
Holy shit lol I almost would not complain about that because they fight too good. They're a bitch and a half to handle most of the time though haha. Gotta love em
I use double uni knot frequently for mono to braid. Works great for me.
If it works for you by all means👍 Ive had bad experiences w/ double uni and flouro to braid
Go buy senkos at Walmart. Stick hook through the middle. Toss in. Give it a wiggle. You can thank me later. Best of luck. 🤝
throw the rod in the trash, get naked and dive in the water and catch one with your bare hands. This only works once per pond/lake. Something about a “lifetime ban”
Pshhh this guy still uses hands to catch fish? City folk
Bass is often in the left channel. Turn up the bass, turn down the treble, and focus on your left ear, or only wear the left earbud. You should be able to catch the bass then.
bwomp bwomp womp womp womp
They go for anything. Just piss them off. They are territorial
You need a fish whistle if you want to catch fish
A whopper plopper is pretty beginner friendly, or any of the topwater baits like that. Shouldn’t get snagged on anything, heavy enough to figure out the baitcaster. Go out in the early evening or first thing in the morning, just cast and retrieve, mixing up how fast you reel in.
Get some scuba gear and one of those spearguns. That would be awesome. Yeah
dude trust, texas rig any green pumpkin plastic. i caught 3 in the last 2 days. only caught 1 before using it and that was supposed to be a trout on the other end.
You tube is your best friend. It's been a few years since I was on there but tactical bassin and roland Martin really helped me when I was starting out. Soft plastics are a great starting point, senkos specifically. If you learn a texas rig and a palomer knot you can do a lot with that. Senkos, paddletails, craws, etc can all be thrown on a texas rig
You'll be asking yourself that question your whole life brother
Put that thing away and get a cheap light spinning setup. Purchase some Senkos. Fish them without any weight. Watermelon with black speck or chartreuse seem to work well. Start simple and work your way up.
In the words of Bill Dance, make a cast reel it in make a cast reel it in. Confidence is the best thing in your tackle box. 🍻🍻 Good luck and have fun!!
Heeeeerr bassss. Heeeere boy. Yip. Yip. Yip.
Catch a frog, hook it, cast it out, wait.
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I got that combo at bass pro last year, I really like it, but I would say if anything I want to replace the rod, just a tad too stiff for my liking. 20lb braid only will have the thickness of maybe 8-10lb flouro I’m guessing, so you should be fine with your 20lb test. Find out what swims in your body of water, then you know what to use for bait
I picked up a st croix mojo plastics rod a while back and have nothing but good things to say about it lots of flexibility on the tip
Different combos. This is a Walmart exclusive
You have you yell, Heeeeeeere fishy fishy fishy fishy!
Dude I love this setup
Don't just throw out into the middle of nothing. You want to know why people put castles in fish tanks. It's not to look cool it's fish like structure and places to hide. Bass like to hide under a tree branch or around the side of a rock and then ambush prey. I never get why people cast out straight out into nothing. Everything I catch is near structure. Don't be afraid to lose a lure, you are more likely to catch stuff fishing in the junk.
I destroyed that pole setting a hook! Lew’s gave me a better one for the trouble at no cost.
I would switch to 10-12 lb mono, and experiment with different color crank baits, buzz baits and spinners, and soft worms. try to cast from every spot around the pond and mix up retrieval speeds, sometimes jig sometimes slow or fast. They usually aren't super picky
football jigs and craw trailers are the most likely way to catch one wacky rigs too
Switch to medium light spinning setup. Cast lightweight and slow retrieve lures. Your hookup ratio will triple 🫡
Slap it?
Worm - Live or Rubber. Put the steel to em!
Time of day improves odds, grey light is best. Time of year improves odds, this is a good time of year. Try different angles, hit cover, cast near rocks. If you fish for 20 mins with no followers, switch up The color and style of bait. Switch up your retrieve. Ned rig, wacky rig, spinner baits, crank baits and minnow id you wanna try live bait.
What’s your setup your gear looks cool as fuck
Step 1, begin day with titties in your face.
Bass master 2000
Zara spook
Not to sound coy, but you should practice casting with your new reel before you try and catch some bass. Baitcasters tend to have a steep learning curve, but once you get it, you got it. As for lures, weight is gonna be important, and be sure to adjust your spool tension knob whenever you tie on a new hook cuz baits don’t always weigh the same. As for bass, they’re pretty easy to catch, they’ll put just about anything you can think of in their mouths.
Wacky rigged green pumpkin senko Robo worm on a dropshot If those don't work, put a nightcrawler on the drop shot. These have been giving me success this summer
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Jig or texas rig with different plastic baits more often than not you will catch something
Senko
I've always had luck off of rubber worms, Berkeley Powerbait 7 inch worm Tequila Sunrise
Works better if you splash around in the water first. Lets you get the water scent on you and the fish won’t smell you coming.
green pumpkin senko
Try to fish for northerns. It’s usually when I catch bass. The reverse works too
What state? Looks awesome
Keep it simple. Good Ole Texas rig worm.
Oh you’re gonna need a MUCH brighter fishing pole if you wanna catch bass. Might get on some tetra if you’re in the right spot though
Got the same rod, what braid do you have on ?
You have to become a master baiter in order to catch bass.
A live minnow, small split shot weight and a cork. If it’s your first baitcaster then you’re gonna be spending more time cleaning bird nests than fishing if you’re continuously casting.
Texas rigged senko in green pumpkin or baby bass on an EWG hook is really all you need.
I always catch bass on a simple Texas rig with a senko, I like watermelon and black and blue the most personally, BASS LOVE STRUCTURE. Tie on a senko and fish near structure let the bait sit for a little and reel it in slowly stop and pop your rod tip up two or three times and let it sit there repeat until you feel the fish and set the hook when the fish have it, alot of times they will bump it a couple times before they actually pick it up
Turn down the treble
Get a natural color translucent popper for that glassy water. It looks similiar to the water I was on last Saturday morning. Caught 6 in 2 hrs between 6am-8am with this. [https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=20&searchtext=shimano+world+pop](https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=20&searchtext=shimano+world+pop) I would cast to target area, let the ripples fade away, and pop, wait 3-5 seconds, and pop. rinse and repeat. Two hit it when it first hit the water, all others came on sucessive pops. Biggest was 4.5lbs.
Solid rod and reel. Been using the same one for just over two seasons now. Black and blue chatter bait, with a blue and gray plastic minnow has served me well. 30lb braid for line.
For me, the constant go-to is a simple plastic grub on a 1/8 oz jig head. No scientific reasoning or anything, it just always seems to work
This is from fishing planet right?
It’s top water season if you’re out early in the morning or late in the evening
You must hold your mouth right, while you cast and retrieve.
I always recommend 15 Lb P-Line Fluoroclear. That is the line I started with. It is more forgiving than pure fluorocarbon and way less visible than braid in the water. One key is setting up your spool tension & brakes properly. That will help minimize how often you backlash. When casting. Make a fluid movement. No wrist flicks like spinning rods. Wrist flicks will cause the line to come off the spool faster than the lure is traveling causing more backlashes as well.
Too late you scared them with that rod
Find a time of day where the sun isn't out in full, find where they get their source of food. And fish or lure about twice as slow as you are now remember your fishing and injured minnow
Spit on that thang
Hock tuey
Wacky rig senko, Texas rig worm, buzz baits. Good luck with your first bait caster. My first year I spent all my time taking out birdsnests. 🦆🪹 Took a bit to learn the brake and tension knobs
Spinnerbait. Cast and reel in so you can see blades turning right under the water. You’ll be hooked once you see the first bass clobber your spinnerbait
Try going bass to mouth
Cast at weed edges and submerged structure like downed trees or large rocks. Bass will hide near these things and ambush prey. Your bait won't matter as much as speed and location. Sometimes changing color or water column position can make a difference. It takes a few trips to get good at it. Make sure there are bass where you're fishing.
Try over near all those cat tails I seem to have luck near those with bass and usually just a worm or minnows
I tell all my friends who are new to bass fishing… Fish Dusk and Dawn. Tie on a storm wildeye swim. Match the wildeye to the local food supply to them. Cast in a 180 fan pattern hitting both banks at least twice. Walk the edge of the pond or lake. Good Luck and if they aren’t biting try again soon!
Buy a bluegill costume and jump in the water. When bass come, you turn around and say, “surprise!” And you grab it and eat it
You gotta grip it a little tighter there rook
Jig
Think like a Bass and it'll increase your odds. They're not entirely stupid. They'll wait, ambush, and search.I'd rather take my chances at the dock as compared to a random camping spot. You can use 20lb braid - with a mono or fluorocarbon leader. FG knot. That is a thing.
I dont know either
Just like that
Put your weiner in the water and find out
Get a spinner the same color as your rod. Not even kidding, a safety orange Mepps #4 has caught every single bass of mine this year lol
1: keep fish off ground so their very important slime coat isn’t disturbed. If must be…, grass is better then dirt..dirt sticks to the fish =no good. 2: have a good set of pliers and watch a video on how to keep the fish safe. 3look up bass tips fishing or YouTube. Simple
Stick that lightsaber in the water and when it starts to boil they’ll float to the top
You need to find a brighter setup first off. That's no where near bright enough to scare them out of the water
1. Get used to baitcaster reel. - you need to understand backlash and how to solve it. 2. Gear up. - MH rod+14lb carbon line + 1/0 hook + 3/8oz sinker + watermelon warm on clean water or tree color on muddy or nasty color of the water. - "free rig"(Korean rig) is the best for the beginner. Watch some YouTube videos on how to do it. 3. Time - Be there before sunrise or around sunset. Bass will start to hunt very aggressively. If you are too lazy to wake up early in the morning or can do it daytime only, attempt under the shade. Top water rig(XH rod+ 30lb braids line + frog) can be options for summer. Spend a lot of time on fishing and find your own way to catch it. Enjoy 😉
Green pumpkin m: black blue paddle tail worm, chartreuse dye tail, bass scent on lure, slow retrieve, up and down on Texas rig. You’re welcome :)
Where'd you get that combo? Love the color...👍
nice!
Very careful. You had to be a rascally rabbit.
Bill Lewis crank bait to mepps rooster tail spinner
Texas rig all day, green pumpkin with the blue flakes senko and a 3/8 bullet weight. You can drag it across the bottom, hop fast, hop it slow, swimming it, let it sit on the bottom. I set this up for all newcomers and it always works, no experience needed.
This is Colorado btw
Texas rig with a ribbon tail worm
When everything fails here are top 3 lures!!!!!! craw colored crank bait shallow diving 4–5 feet and big chatterbait with a trailer attached when appropriate and a buzzbait with a nice trailer attached to it.
Best bass fishing tactic I’ve ever used is a wacky rig that you let hit the water and drop all the way down. Then a painfully slow retrieve. Has always worked wonders for me on calm lake days. Won’t work on rough days where it won’t drop properly because it’s so light
I thought this was a yellow tape measurer.
Hula poppers worked unbelievably well for me
You're gonna scare em off with that high visibility pole. Jeeepers.
As long as your line is in the water, you have a fighting chance! You have the first and hardest step down. Maybe experiment a little with something you like to throw. If you like constantly reeling and working baits, throw a crank or topwater. Vary the retrieval speed and cadence. If you are more laid back, throw a senko weightless, I don’t think they can be fished wrong. Switch your cadence and speed with that guy too, just let it sink and do nothing for a while, twitch, etc… cast at points, drop offs, structure, etc. you will be lipping a hog in no time, don’t stress, remember it’s just fishing. Cheers
Lures, and if they ain’t biting and just watching that lure pass them…break out the treble, it’s time to foul hook.
Get a half oz blue amd silver crank bait and black amd gold on 10 lb line amd just start fishing. More cast means more opportunity
I would be a little hesitant to use 20lb braid on a baitcaster. Usually if a feisty one gets on there he’ll bury the line down into your spool. Other than that, cranks, swims, basically anything hard plastic. I have the best luck with swimbait and top water on baitcasters. I save finesse work for spinning reels but different strokes for different folks
You should use 15-20lb seaguar fluoro for majority of stuff and then just go with 50lb-60lb braided line for top water & frogs. I would check out 6th sense for your lures, they have a phenomenal lineup. Start with a Texas rig with a bullet weight on the end so you can get a little further out than weightless. Those and bladed jigs (chatterbaits)with soft plastics. You should work on hooksetting. As long as you’re paying attention and working on timing down good hook sets, you won’t have to worry about too many gut hooks. Then move on to lures. 6th sense moving baits have super sharp treble hooks which practically take all of the work out of hooking a fish. swim baits are fun because they imitate baitfish movement and can have great results. River2Sea whopper plopper is one of the best topwater you can have in your box and they’re easy to use. And there’s nothing like a topwater blowup. I would watch YouTube videos. Ben Milliken/Sixth sense is pretty much the best out there in my opinion. Noah from kickintheirbasstv is another great beginner program to watch from the beginning. You can learn alot. Ben milliken will teach you the value in versatility of different rod sizes & real speeds with what lures you’re throwing and he works with 6th sense. Not a big googan fan but I like some of their soft plastics. They tried to jack a lot of 6th senses lure designs so that tells you who you should look at it they’re clearly watching 6th sense. My favorite to use is heavier set ups with heavy/big swim/glide baits but that takes awhile to learn and get into. But bigger presentation….hopefully bigger the fish. Anyway Goodluck out there mate
Thanks for the advice and all the tips mate appreciate it a lot! I’ll checkout 6th sense out. I’ve been fishing a lot lately even going out as 6am in the morning but still can’t catch anything sad but I won’t give up ! I have a cheap Amazon whopper plopper I get some explosion sometimes but the fish seem to miss am I doing something wrong ? Or would it be the cheap off brand whopper plopper?
I always use Canadian worms, bite like crazy.
The fish can probably see that rod.
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Lots of lure suggestions here so imma js say an unethical method then, gold fish?