Bass fish can be difficult to catch, requiring much patience and attention in order to trigger bites. With some knowledge and skill it’s possible to shorten this learning curve and start fishing successfully sooner.
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1. Know Your Lures
Select a lure family that consistently produces bass catches, and stick with it.
Spinnerbaits, plastic worms and crank baits should be cast into cover such as standing timber, stump fields or thick clumps of grass for best results. Make use of small twitches to keep the bait above the bottom before setting your hook when there is movement on your line.
2. Know Your Water
Bass can be slow feeders in warmer water environments, and understanding your environment will help you catch more bass. Look out for mudlines, points and ledges with overhanging cover or vegetation such as hydrilla and lily pads.
In murky waters, use brighter colors that closely resemble forage present. Bass fish typically move shallow during spring to defend their territory and spawn.
3. Know Your Boat
A bass boat provides much more storage for gear than kayaks, making it easier to experiment with various lures and presentations. But its use requires much greater attention from operators in order to remain safe.
Be sure to enroll in a boating safety course, and always operate your bass boat carefully and with due caution. Keep an eye out for other boats, buoys, channels, and any potential “no wake” zones while on the water.
4. Know Your Line
Bass fishermen utilize various lines to catch fish, with fluorocarbon lines being among the most successful options available due to their combination of features from mono and braid models as well as superior abrasion resistance.
Selecting an appropriate line size depends on where and how you fish. In this video, DICK’S Sporting Goods Associate and tournament bass angler Brendan Conlon from DICK’S offers advice on selecting an ideal fishing line size to meet your fishing applications.
5. Know Your Strike Zone
Bass fisheries typically possess an ideal strike distance that defines the most likely reaction to bait presented to them, but it can fluctuate throughout a day, hour, or day of fishing depending on different natural or manmade factors.
Muddy water creates smaller strike zones than clearer environments, since fish in this environment rely more heavily on sound displacement and lateral line movement to track down prey. Due to these circumstances, lure presentations must also be slower.
6. Know Your Tackle
Bass fishing can be both entertaining and challenging, requiring knowing the appropriate tackle and techniques in order to catch more fish.
Keep in mind that bass are object oriented fish, so when fishing for bass it’s wise to target cover like docks, lily pads and submerged logs. Don’t forget live bait – using live worms, leeches or crayfish under a slip bobber can trigger strikes from bass.
7. Know Your Cover
Bass are known to use any cover that provides shade and ambush points for prey, such as weeds or wood. But even mundane objects like tires can provide ample cover.
For optimal success in rocky lakes, focus on standing timber where large limbs break off; employ a jig or deep diving crankbait here. Bass may suspend around ledges and drop-offs in clear water, so try fishing a suspending jerkbait or heavy spinnerbait here instead.
8. Know Your Time of Day
Bass are object oriented fish, often being seen near structures like docks, boathouses, piers or trees as covers for them to congregate around. So target shaded areas by targeting docks, boathouses or trees as potential places where bass might congregate and cover themselves from predatory fish.
Early morning and nighttime fishing tend to offer less competition on the water, giving larger bass more opportunity to feed and strike out at them.
9. Know Your Lures
Bass fishing can be both rewarding and difficult; to ensure success you need to explore various lures and approaches until you find what works for you.
Select brighter plastics for use in clear water and darker plastics for murky water environments. When fishing strikes your lure, hold tight to the line and set your hook with confidence – more practice equals more success at this sport.
10. Know Your Location
Largemouth bass fisheries exist across the nation and it is likely you can catch some in your local lake or river. From ponds and creeks to rivers and even man-made reservoirs, largemouth bass offer numerous opportunities for targeting this prolific species.
Seasonal patterns will have an enormous influence on where and when bass are located, as well as their mood. Being aware of what to look out for can save time when searching for fish! Knowing exactly where and what you should look can save both effort and time in finding your next catch!https://www.youtube.com/embed/xm0xyt8QBgM