j_martin
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Re: how to fish
If you want to catch bass without having to learn to cross their eyes with the hook set and dodge the bait if you miss, do this.
With any rig that is medium weight or heavier, and 12 lb or better line, put on a #4 plain hook (large crappie size) and get some heavy salted worms, like Senko (costly) or a ripoff. 5 inch or 6 inch will produce the most bites. I make my own. If you get a green (motor oil is best, maybe watermellon second best) black, and purple, you'll cover most of the taste preferences of bass. Hook the worm once in the middle, and throw it where the fish are, and let it sink on a slack line. If you see the line move, gently feel for a fish, and set the hook if you feel one.
Another real good worm for this is a 6 inch zipper worm. If it's not salted, you have to add a small split shot or 2 close to the hook to get it to drop at a natural rate. The common factor is that all these baits are soft and wiggly.
A little Kick-N-Bass crawfish scent makes em hold on till you figure out you should set the hook.
If you want to get serious, get a decent cheap level wind (Abu Garcia Black Max is OK) put it on a medium heavy 6' to 6'6" graphite rod (need not spend over 25 bucks) and load the spool 1/2 full of 12 lb mono, then top it off with 75 yards (1/2 spool) of 20 lb spiderwire braid. (tie them together with a blood knot) Spiderwire 20 is the diameter and limpness of 6 lb. mono. You can throw your bait half way across the lake, and when you're fighting fish, you don't have to worry about horsing it because your line can take it.
I've been bass fishing for 20 years. I finally talked my wife into getting out of bed and going with me. Set her up like this. She cleaned my clock for 3 hours.
My son and I had an outing on a local lake that is an average bass lake one friday morning. We both used the wacky worm rig I described above. In 4 hours we put together a 35 lb stringer of bass.
If you want to catch bass without having to learn to cross their eyes with the hook set and dodge the bait if you miss, do this.
With any rig that is medium weight or heavier, and 12 lb or better line, put on a #4 plain hook (large crappie size) and get some heavy salted worms, like Senko (costly) or a ripoff. 5 inch or 6 inch will produce the most bites. I make my own. If you get a green (motor oil is best, maybe watermellon second best) black, and purple, you'll cover most of the taste preferences of bass. Hook the worm once in the middle, and throw it where the fish are, and let it sink on a slack line. If you see the line move, gently feel for a fish, and set the hook if you feel one.
Another real good worm for this is a 6 inch zipper worm. If it's not salted, you have to add a small split shot or 2 close to the hook to get it to drop at a natural rate. The common factor is that all these baits are soft and wiggly.
A little Kick-N-Bass crawfish scent makes em hold on till you figure out you should set the hook.
If you want to get serious, get a decent cheap level wind (Abu Garcia Black Max is OK) put it on a medium heavy 6' to 6'6" graphite rod (need not spend over 25 bucks) and load the spool 1/2 full of 12 lb mono, then top it off with 75 yards (1/2 spool) of 20 lb spiderwire braid. (tie them together with a blood knot) Spiderwire 20 is the diameter and limpness of 6 lb. mono. You can throw your bait half way across the lake, and when you're fighting fish, you don't have to worry about horsing it because your line can take it.
I've been bass fishing for 20 years. I finally talked my wife into getting out of bed and going with me. Set her up like this. She cleaned my clock for 3 hours.
My son and I had an outing on a local lake that is an average bass lake one friday morning. We both used the wacky worm rig I described above. In 4 hours we put together a 35 lb stringer of bass.
