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I've had midday success with t-rigged Zoom Trick Worms.

Me and my buddy just bought a boat from some guy on Craigslist for $500. It's a two seater john boat and it came with a Minn Kota trolling motor, a battery, a battery charger, a fishing net, swivel seats, an anchor, and oars. There were many other john boats listed as well, so I am sure you can find a listing in your local area.

Haha glad you posted this Adam! We did have a blast today out on the water! Being able to fish spots that were previously unreachable is truly awesome. Adam caught the first bass, so he gets to name the boat. Here's a few pictures... Adam's first. My second. We went out again around 7:30 to the same pond but didn't have any luck. I think it was because a storm system was moving through our area. Oh well....they'll be there another time.

What was the weather like that day?

I'd switch to at least a 30 lb braided line and a rod that has enough backbone to rip them out of the lilly pads.

The water is cooler and has no shadows, so bass will more easily move into shallower waters and cover more ground. I don't know if they are any more aggressive, but you do have a higher chance of catching them away from cover that they normally hide in on sunny days. Hope that helps some.

Black and blue buzz bait or a black and blue spinnerbait with a large colorado blade. I also like to use Ragetail Smoking Rooster's in the junebug color.

Any type of buzzbait. Nothing like watching a bass explode on a buzzbait.

I went back out to the same second pond today and took some of your advice. I was more patient, zoned in on the bass, and chose a lure to fit the conditions. I resited the urge to change lures after 15 minutes with no luck, and caught a 2lb bass shortly after on a bluegill colored swim jig and trailer. I had to leave shortly after, but I was satisfied with this new approach to fishing. I also got to use my new Abu Garcia Veritas rod today and it worked incredibly. I could feel the bass I caught much better than the cheap rod I was using before. I set the hook perfectly in the fish. All in all, it was a successful day! Thanks guys.

At work, I am the only person who bass fishes. I used to work with a game warden who bass fished all the time and worked tournaments in the North Carolina area, but he left recently to do other things. Most of my close friends bass fish and go on fishing trips with me often.

Thanks for the tips guys! I'm heading out again Saturday morning on my new jon boat! Looks like the weather will be mostly clear and warm in the morning. I hope to put some of these new techniques to work!

Hey everyone. I've been bass fishing for the past year and have fell in love with it. Ever since my first big catch, the bass bug has bit me hard. I love it soo much that tomorrow me and my fishing buddy are going to buy a jon boat so we can fish bigger ponds and lakes. Being a novice, I'm still learning various techniques and lure choices for different scenarios that I face on the pond. Once situation I still can't figure out is fishing perfectly clear weather. Let me explain to you the situation I encountered tonight... I went to a murky pond first. It has rained the past couple days here, but today was clear, sunny, and warm. I initially threw in a moss and a black jig with trailers around some cover where I saw some larger bass lurking in the shade. With no success, I went to the northern side of the pond, put on a pumpkin colored plastic worm, and threw in around an old laydown in a cove. After a couple dozen casts with no success, I decided to try a black and blue buzzbait around some docks to try and pull bass out from underneath. I still wasn't having any success, so I decided to pack up and try another pond. The water in the second pond was very clear. I started out with a dark buzzbait in a cove with lilly pads. Still, I received no strikes. I threw on a natural colored medium diving crankbait and fished out towards a drop off in the pond. I had no success there either. Finally, because it was getting dark, I tied a medium sized hula popper and tried casting around the lilly pad banks. During the entire evening from 5pm to 9:30pm, I didn't receive one bite. I enjoy being out and fishing, even if I don't catch anything. However, it is still frustrating when the fish just seem to elude anything I throw at them. Were the fish just not biting, was I in the wrong place, or was I using the wrong lures. Being a novice, I can't really figure out what I was doing wrong. How do some of you guys handle clear, sunny and warm days in either murky or clear water. Thank you!

Here in NC I've had consistant results on plastics. Every now and then they will bite on a buzzbait, but only when the sun sinks below the trees. Other than that, it has been pretty slow on everything else.

When I first started bass fishing, I was using a buzzbait and catching massive amounts of bass every time I hit the local pond. The excitement I received from watching a hog explode on my buzzbait was like none other. Because of these things, I find that I rely on my buzzbait a little too much today. I always try to choose my lure considering the conditions....but if nothing's striking after awhile, I always throw a buzzbait.