fishing for nothing

[ironman]

as you guys know from all my posts i am not very good at catching bass we went again today and again did not catch anything i have lived here for a year and fish almost every weekend and this hole time i have caught 2 bass a half a pound and a 1 and a half pound WHAT DO I DO?????

[ROBZILLA]

Post A pic of the lake as well a pic of the water color. Look for bait indicators such as smaller fish, frogs ect... These things will give you hints on what to use for bait. Tell us what you already have used for bait, tackle ect... I'm sure we all could come up with a game plan for ya. P.S tell us how deep the water is and the temperature is. Describe us the lake, pond or where you fish in as much detail and we can help you out.


Robby.

[Rebbasser]

Well, lets take a look at where/how you are fishing. What kind of water-clear, stained, muddy? Cover-weeds, lilly pads, grass, none? What kind of lures? Try to be specific. Are there fish in the spots you are fishing? Sounds like a stupid question I know but there may not be fish-for example, a pond that dired up before you moved there due to drought conditions but has filled up again. If you give us some specific conditions we can give you some specific suggestions.

[ironman]

i dont know how post pictures so i will tell you everything the water is pretty dark unless it is shallow then it just looks brown i have a spinning reel ugly stick and ten pound test line i have no luck with worms unless i am not doing it right and the water has top water vegitaion and fallen trees every where and you will see a catsigh or bowfin jump every secound and all i can catch is the cat fish and the bowfin and that even is pretty hard

[Rebbasser]

OK-you are fishing worms-how are you fishing them? Just based on that description I would try fishing them weightless or wacky rigged. Throw them around the vegitation and slowly twitch them back in.

[ironman]

i texas riged them and pull them up and then let them fall doen that is the only way i have fished them how do you doo the others also is their any thing else i can use because personlly i hate worms

[Rebbasser]

Weightless is just like a T-rig except no weight. Wacky:



There are a lot of things you can use-if all you are fishing is worms you are really limiting yourself. What other baits do you have in your tackle box?

[ironman]

here is all of themrapala sinking crankbait,rapala floating crank bait,rapala shallow runner crank bait baby bass color,manns bay seires4-,manns baby seires 1- crank baits,the terminater in-line spinner,the strick king betsy flip,the storm chug bug, rapala x-rap,popin grass frog,yum buzz frogs,baitmate bass formula,2 wally world doller spinnerbaits, 2 wally world buzz baits,gulp night crallers,zoom u-tail june bug color,black with green tail bass assasins,pumpkinseed with chart. tail wave worms dip-stick,roster tail, and that is about it for lures

[Rebbasser]

Good mix. Throw topwaterw in the early morning/evening, spinnerbaits around the weeds and trees and I'd throw that Tiki Stick during the day. I would think with the variety of baits you have in your arsenal you would be catching more. Are you sure there are bass in the water you are fishing? If you have a lot of cats and mudfish there may not be.

[HulaPopr]

Ok, so conditions are heavily stained water, just like anywhere else in FL, shallow water can be assumed, lots of vegetaation and lots of brush piles. First thing I would do is T-rig those zoom junebug worms w/ a bullet weight and fish all the areas where the vegetation and structure meet. Look for the spots with the most different types of vegetation/structure in the smallest areas and hit those. If you can find some clearings or weedlines fish those with chartreuse or white tandem spinnerbaits. If you're fishing early morning before the sun comes up, fish the weedlines w/ buzzbaits and other topwaters. During mid-day take a t-rigged worm/lizard/whatever and fish right in the middle of the vegetation.

[ironman]

i know for a fact their bass in their and another question about the top water for early morning is a x-rap considered a topwater

[Rebbasser]

You can, but the X-rap is a suspending slash bait, which means when you pull it under the surface it suspends and stays there-it won't float back to the surface after you twitch it like a floating Rapala will.

[zooker]

think of it this way you are figuring out what NOT to use and where not to use it.something even as good as this board is we can NOT do..

zooker

[Bo Dale James Jr.]

Don't get discouraged! I fished for two years in Illinois before I caught bass on a regular basis. My daughter who was 4 at the time caught a bass before I did. I finally ran into a guy who was knockin' dead and he was nice enough to give me a lure he was using. Watch how other people are doing and don't be afraid to ask! Also maybe you could save up some lunch money and go out with a guide a couple of times.

[ironman]

i have 180 dollers and i am going to basspro in like 30 minutes to get a fishfinder a bow case and maybe some lures any sugestions for some lures

[1st_cast]

Originally Posted by ironman

i have 180 dollers and i am going to basspro in like 30 minutes to get a fishfinder a bow case and maybe some lures any sugestions for some lures

do the fishfinders realy work if you do not have a boat?

thanks Jason

[Steve Junior]

Originally Posted by ironman

as you guys know from all my posts i am not very good at catching bass we went again today and again did not catch anything i have lived here for a year and fish almost every weekend and this hole time i have caught 2 bass a half a pound and a 1 and a half pound WHAT DO I DO?????

Iron Man:


I have been fishing lures for about a month now, and I have not caught anything with them. I have only caught one bass and it wasnt even at my local lake, it was at lake corpus christi in texas. I also need advice on how to catch bass with lures and how to work different kinds of them. I to dont have a boat but want to get one, can some one help me to?
I have lived here in Laredo all my life and yet fail to catch a single bass!


Thanks
-Steve Jr.

[LoneStarAngler07]

bassresource.com theres some very useful info there.

[michiganbassassasin]

Try t-rigging a wave worm during the day and using a bobber its not very conventional but it works!!!!!!!!!!!!



SET THE HOOK!!!!!!!!!

[mack]

michigan, do you just let it sit there? or do you drag it..it would be good for me to use cause i cant pay attention lol...

[sw20]

Originally Posted by ironman

as you guys know from all my posts i am not very good at catching bass we went again today and again did not catch anything i have lived here for a year and fish almost every weekend and this hole time i have caught 2 bass a half a pound and a 1 and a half pound WHAT DO I DO?????

Get you a bobber and some minnows and try that

[Fishing4Soup]

Don't go to basspro and buy more stuff if you dont know what they are biting. Also, dont buy a fish finder for a pond when you don't have a boat. I would use that ticki stick weightless in any areas where there are fallen trees. You may want to try to fish topwaters at morning and in the night as well. You may just want to do what sw20 said as well...also, how long are you fishing a bait for? Don't just cast it out once, take it off and switch it. Take oen lure and fish it the whole time until you figure it out.

[Snake2715]

I didn't see it mentioned. What do you have on the line before the hook? Are you tying a leader with a snap swivel or another type of swivel? Are you just putting a snap swivel then the hook?

How is your line setup?

[crankybait]

dont buy more stuff it would be useless... you already have stuff that can catch fish, buying more wont change a thing.

[michiganbassassasin]

Mack usually if you have a little wind just let it set the waves in the water usually make it dance enough. If its calm water i just pop it up and down a little kinda like you do with gills if you have one toying with it. And snake just to irritate ya i hate those dang swivels i try to keep it as natural looking as i can.