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95% of the time i am either fishing plastics or jigs, with plastic trailers obviously. But, try different types of soft plastics. The ones i use the most are ribbontail worms and stick worms. Also, i just ordered some 4in swimbugs from wave fishing and the bass are tearing them up! Just try different soft plastics, i would say a stick worm like a senko for beginners, and try different rigging and techniques.

I was trying to rip my bait out of the weeds, and well it came undone, but it came back so fast that the 1/4 oz bullet weight hit me right in my knee. Left a nice mark lol

Senkos, jigs, creature baits, spinnerbaits, and top water frogs here and there

You got to fish the senko, and most plastics slow. Giving them a twitch and letting them drop. Tbh, the senko does so much on its own, all you need to do sometimes is lift your rod tip a little then let the senko drop back down cause as it falls its wiggles. Spinnerbaits are another good idea that i didnt mention. Also try a top water frog during the summer, maybe even now. you can cast them right into the weed bed and drag them across it without snagging anything. You just "walk the dog" with it.

My girlfriend will go fishing with me, thats always fun. She will cast the line and reel it in. But if it involves touching the fish or the weeds, its a NO GO lol.

This is exactly what i use for topwater weedless. Also try texas rigged plastics such as a senko, or a ribbontail worm.

I have a sort of mix matched setup for my multipurpose rod. Well tbh, its the only baitcasting setup i have. I have a abu garcia silver max, spooled with 30lb spiderwire braid because i fish lakes with alot of weeds around my area. And the rod i got from a baitcasting combo from gander mountain. The reel broke within a week from just being used, i took care of it an everything. But the rod is good. Its a 7' MH. I might even be wrong, but i don't see the need for different rods and reels for different lures. I use anything from plastics to top water hard baits on this setup.

I am in the same boat as you, i have never bass fished from a boat, always shore fishing. I normally stick to weedless rigged plastics such as a senko, or a ribbontail worm from culprit, berkley, etc. With bass, they are either deeps, nested up by the banks, in the weeds, or just outside the weedlines where i live. So more then likely you will catch more fish if you cast closer to the shore then deeper, but the biggest bass are normally outside the weeds, or deep.

I actually taught myself how to fish. My dad took me out once or twice to fish for bluegill at a neighborhood pond, but nothing more then that. I either found out what to do with lures, poles, etc by trail and error or asking someone on boards and just watching tv shows on verses. I dont fish with anyone very often, normally its just me and my black lab Gage. He is enough company for me, especially when he gets excited to chase ducks and when I catch a fish he gets hyper and starts smelling it and licking it lol. He is really the only company i need when i go fishing. So, saying that i wouldn't quit because i have no one to fish with. If i ever quit it would be something important, like extremely important. Such as a demanding job later down the road or something else. But i know i will keep fishing if i have a family because i would teach my kids to fish and see if they love it as i do.

Not all carp are invasive i believe. One of the lakes i fish have 3 huge koi fish, which i think are carp, i might be wrong and bass living in there. One of my best ponds has shiners, bass, like 1 or 2 carp, catfish, bluegill, and some sort of sun fish.

The ponds i fish are lined with weeds also about 10ft off the shore then a straight drop off to deeper water. During the spring and summer i position myself and cast parallel just outside the weed bed. Or i take a weightless worm, most of the time a senko, and rig it Texas weedless and drag it either on top if it is too thick or let it drop underneath and drag it across the bottom, then twitch, and let the senko float to the bottom to make the irresistible action that bass love.

Never mounted a fish before due to the lakes i fish most often are only catch and release. They are private neighborhood lakes. But if i ever catch a big one at some of the reservoirs i fish then i might.

Im finally on spring break. Gonna be fishing all week

Did you add that skirt yourself?

Caught my personal best with a wacky rigged senko.