Newbie

[Mitcher]

Hi haven't been on the boards in a long time almost a year. But last year i started fishing for the first time for something for me and my daughter to do, so im not very good, i didnt catch anything really last year so after about a month of fishing i gave up. I am back this year to try again. All there really is around my area is a small river that runs into a man made small lake. I dont have a boat so can only fish off the shore.

So i know the basics of how to do texas rig and have an assortment of worms but have never caught anything using them. Could it be that im using too big of worms for what im fishing for, or am i just probably getting bites and not feeling them. The only thing i do catch fish on is a rooster tale, the 2 fish i caught yesterday, (1 trout, 1 bass) where on that and the one was my first cast into the river, and the 2nd one was after i had tried a few other baits and went back to the rooster tail and my 2nd or 3rd cast in i caught the bass. I really want to try to get better with plastics but cant catch a single thing with them and it isnt much fun. So really could use some help.

Also this may be a weird question but after you use a plastic worm, and with me atleast i never get any bites and the worm is still in great condition, is it ok to put it back in the bag to get the scent back or is this something i shouldn't do.
Thanks
Mitch