10 Bass Fishing Secrets from Professional Anglers
- Save Shredded Worms. When your plastic worms get torn up, save ’em.
- Red Fools the Fish.
- Skip Your Bait.
- Keep Your Hooks Sharp.
- Look at Your Livewell Water.
- Face the Wind.
- Fish Shallow in the Spring.
- Make Your Bait Seasonal.
What attracts bass the most?
Shad, minnows, or shiners are some of the best live baits for bass, hands down. Baitfish come in different sizes and can be used in all types of bass waters, but they are incredibly productive in deeper water to target huge bass.
What time of day are bass most active?
In Conclusion. Most times of the year, bass fishing is best around dawn and dusk. Focus on the hours of dawn until around 8 am and 5:30 pm until dusk in the late spring, summer, and fall. During the late fall, winter, and early spring focus fishing efforts around midday for bass.
What is the number 1 bass lure?
11 Best Lures for Bass Fishing Beginners
- Stick Bait. The legendary Stick Bait is the most popular and fundamental Bass lure ever.
- Curl Tail Grub.
- Spinnerbait.
- Square Bill Crankbait.
- Skirted Bass Jig.
- Lipless Crankbait.
- Finesse Worm.
- Tube Bait.
What time should I catch bass?
In general, the best time of day to fish for bass is either early morning or later in the evening (dawn or dusk), because bass tend to bite in low light environments where they are adapted to hunt and feed. This also means you can have some luck catching bass in the middle of a rainy day when clouds cover up the sun.
Why is bass fishing so hard?
Even though catch-and-release is common these days, not all bass are released and not all released bass survive. As easily caught bass get removed from the gene pool, those hard-to-catch bass continue to reproduce elusive offspring. So even top anglers will have a tougher time putting bass in the boat.
What triggers a bass strike?
Banging a crankbait or jig over laydowns, log jams, or other structure for reaction strikes. Banging a spinnerbait or square bill crankbait into a rock or log is another effective way to trigger a reaction strike from bass.
What color lures do bass like?
The most fundamental rule is to fish brightly colored baits in dingy or muddy water and light, subtle colors in clear water. The logic here is that a bass’ visibility is hampered by silt, and colors like chartreuse, yellow and orange are easier to see than bone, pumpkinseed and smoke.
What is the best bait to catch bass?
Top 7 Best Bass Fishing Baits & Lures
- Soft Plastic Stickbaits. Gary Yamamoto 5 inch Senko in Green Pumpkin Black Flake.
- ChatterBaits (aka Bladed Swim Jigs or Vibrating Jigs)
- Lipless Crankbaits.
- Topwater Hard Lures.
- Squarebill Crankbaits.
- Ned Rig.
- Paddle Tail Swimbaits.
What color worm is best for bass?
The best colors for worms are natural colors: green pumpkin, watermelon, junebug, black and blue. With these colors you will be able to catch bass year round in any body of water that holds bass.
How do you catch a big bass consistently?
Using a big jig or crankbait and dragging it is the most consistent way to catch big bass. The general rule of thumb, use a larger lure to catch larger fish. Big fish want to get a full meal if they are going to use their energy.
Why am I not catching any fish?
Each species of fish may prefer different temperatures. Some species may not be able to tolerate certain temperatures. If the water temperature gets too hot or cold, these fish tend to shut down. If the fish aren’t biting, it may be due to the water being too cold or too hot for them to behave as they normally would.
What size hooks for bass fishing?
A good size of hook for bass will usually be around 1/0 or 2/0. However, you can use smaller and larger hooks depending on the type of lure you want to use and your presentation.
What lure catches the most fish?
jigs
The Lure Love Podcast has crunched the numbers in its database and determined that jigs, by far, have caught the most record fish of any lure type among the nearly 20,000 records it has on file.
Is bass good to eat?
Bass are some of the most delicious freshwater gamefish in North America. Be it largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, or the highly prized black sea bass, they are in demand. People can’t seem to get enough of the tender texture and delicious white meat. The thing about bass is they don’t all taste the same.
Where do bass go overnight?
At night, bass will leave their deepwater haunts to hunt in the shallows. The best night fishing locations are transitions where there is deep water close to shore. Bass follow those transitions as they move up to feed. Drop-offs, points, channel bends, and ditches are all excellent night fishing targets.
Where do bass hide in lakes?
Look for weed beds, docks, and bridges. Bass will hang out just outside the entrances to shallow coves if there’s a quick drop-off. Also look for any submerged trees, logs, rocks, etc. Once the water starts cooling in the fall, bass will aggressively chase down schools of baitfish.
What lure should I use for bass today?
JIGS. A jig is the bass lure to use when you plan to fish for bass in an area of heavy cover. In other words, if you see a lot of grass, surface vegetation, trees or stumps, a jig should work well. One of the other advantages of using a jig is that you can fish them in either shallow or deep water.
Why can’t I catch big bass?
The major prerequisites for catching big bass in any water are cover, structure, and proximity to deep water. The actual type of cover varies from water to water. In impoundments, it is often brush and timber. In natural lakes, it is often some type of aquatic plant or a fallen tree along the shore.
Do bass usually stay in the same area?
Resident bass move into an area after they spawn and never leave. That area might be the back of a creek, in marina or somewhere under a giant laydown. For the most part they stay shallow all the time but there will usually be deeper water nearby.
How do you tell if a bass has been caught before?
You can tell a lot about what a bass was doing prior to you catching it by looking at its color. If it has a black back and really vibrant colors, it was up really shallow recently and has been there a while. If it’s washed out, muted – almost ghostly, it was very recently out deep.
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