AverageJoeBass

I recently purchased an 8' Bass Raider for $50 and a 30lb. thrust trolling motor to go with it for $40. I have taken it out a few times and it beats having to fish from the bank all the time!

I believe the very first bass I caught was when I was in 8th grade fishing with my Grandpa Red and my grandmother. He took us to his boss's pond to fish and rigged me up with a plain plastic black worm with a weight on it. Something had happened to his line and he asked me to fix it. While doing that off in the distance where I had cast a bass jumps out of the water and splashes back in. My grandfather told me to check my line and sure enough there was a bass on the end of it. A 5 lb. bass at that! We kept that bass and my grandfather filleted him and took the head and nailed it to the barn he had. I was very proud of that bass head hanging there.

The best luck we have had with cold water fish is with grey-white crankbait's (tried other colors with no success). Also we have had good luck with watermelon red Senko style worms rigged wacky style and just fishing them real slow. The only other luck we have had is with a dark yellow skirted jig.