Browns7213

Well thanks for all the ideas and recommendations, will need to sort through all the fishing jargon that is totally new to us. Will try and answer some of the additional questions. Have you tried an Original Floating Rapala? Jitterbug? - Nope. I had these in my tackle box as a young boy, but have not reacquired those 2 lures. a jig with a bobber? I have never heard of such a thing - We were trying to keep the jig from hooking the debris on the bottom, had no idea this was actually a technique used by real fishermen

Been fishing 4 times here is the catch. 1 Bass 1 Crappie 12 Blue Catfish

Hey All, Just joined the forum and my wife and I are brand new to fishing. We live on a small cove on a lake in middle GA with depths ranging from 4'-9'. The lake is man made and varies in color from dark green to chocolate milk brown. We fish off our dock and shoreline and have learned any type of sinking lure that goes below 6 feet gets snagged on the something, most likely dead trees. We've lost quite a few lures getting the lay of the land per se. Due to the shallow depth we have been using some poppers, some Rapala lures that stay between 4-6 feet and some jigs with a bobber to keep them from getting snagged. So far we've only been able to hook one large large mouth, every other fish we have caught has been a blue catfish. There are plenty of bass in the cove, as I see them swimming around the dock, but for whatever reason they are not biting. Can you recommend some bait or tactics that we can try to improve our chances of catching more bass and less catfish? Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi All, My wife and I just moved to a lake community in middle JOJA (Georgia) and have begun fishing off our dock for fun. Neither of us have touched a rod & reel since we were young children so this is all new to us. We purchased a few Zebco rod/reel combos and a basic tackle box with a few lures, hooks, etc. So far we have only hooked one large mouth and it was a beaut! Right now all we seem to pull in are blue catfish which neither of us are fans of, so we look forward to learning how to attract more bass from the experts here.