Catch and Grease

Obviously, but don't tell me to look for deep structure when there isn't any in my lake.

That's just bad manners and I guess puts you at a "disadvantage". The person in the back just has to fish everywhere second when beating banks.

I own three different bantams and a diawa from the 70s and a bunch of old pistol grip rods....

Thank you so much for posting this... It's an incredible help, the whole time people kept saying lure doesn't matter in my thread I bit my tongue and picked my words carefully because I didn't want to start a debate.

It isn't a mute point and I'm still gonna come out and say some lures catch bigger fish on average than others, this thread hasn't changed my mind.For the guys telling me to fish deep, remember that I have no deep water here. I would like to get into swim baits eventually but don't have the money right now to be buying expensive lure, And with all the toothy critters in some areas of the lake they would get tore to shreds I would think.... Thanks guys

Practice.

If the bass were biting a hard bait and a soft bait equally on one day and one was not producing better than the other in anyway I would throw the hard bait.

Imo the best rock and roll was late 50s to early 60s...

Ill have to look up a some reviews before I drop 20$ on one of those crank, they look good though.

I have already mentioned that I don't want to go to some private pond and catch a trophy. I want to catch a big bass out of banks lake Georiga!

Yea but I have been curious about what kind of bait fish are in the big schools I've been seeing...

The Biggest bass I've caught in banks were on soft plastics used as buzzbaits and squarebills if that means anything.

There pretty large crawfish there... As I already mentioned Idk what bait fish are there, I've tried getting a hold of people to find out what kind are here but nobody ever answers... I described them earlier in the thread, maybe you can help me make an educated guess. The water clarity is very stained its like 2-3 foot or less visibility, kinda tea colored water

Lol the whole lake I fish is less that 10 feet...

Haven't ordered the book yet, kinda broke... Gonna buy that book and a heavy rod when I get some extra funds.

The thing I'm so confused about is people saying if your trying to target the bigger bass don't worry about throwing specific lures? Like one guy said "it doesn't matter" and to an extent it probably doesnt. But I'm sure if your targeting big bass a bigger lure will be better usually. Like why do pro's always reach for the jig or 12 inch worm when trying to catch the biggest of the day? BECAUSE THOSE LURES CATCH BIG FISH! What about the guys consistently catching trophy bass on huge swimbaits? Like obviously a big bass will bite a trick worm or a 10 inch worm but which one looks better to him? Which will get the big bass to bite more than the other? My vote is for the big worm.

What information is bad? Heck call em out, its not like they should get offended. If they get offended from someone disagreeing with them they need to get off the forums.

Find the baitfish, find the bass.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/late-summer-bass.html good article on flipping grass.

Thanks guys, This information really helps... I really wanna try that variation of the drop shot y'all mentioned, and I'll look into buying some lighter jigs with bigger skirts! Gonna try and pick that book up when I can WRB.

That looks like a sweet fishing spot, nice fish man!

I took a quadruple take at the first picture before I noticed it was a catfish... I thought y'all had done caught a record bass! Its helps to read a post before you look at the pictures, nice fish!

Terry Bradshaw.

You miss understood what I was saying. Okay with matted grass out of the picture, think about sub surface grass. A heavy jig will sink into it and the bass will never see it... Re-read my post and see if it clicks... Like on a hard bottom your worm happily dances as you hop it back to the boat, but on a grassy bottom it just sinks into the grass, pops back out, then sinks back in the grass, same with jigs.