Catch and Grease

If you we're sight fishing it I would have just kept banging soft plastics off him until she got mad enough to strike, she was probably spawning

If your looking into spincasters look at the higher end zebcos they aren't half bad. And Idk I've never tried light tackle baitcaster you'll have to ask somepne else about that... When I bream fish I'm ethier using a spincast, cane pole, or spinning reel

Well for panfish you need smaller lures more often than not and baitcasters just don't cast small lures as well as spinning reels. Just make sure your using a rod that's rated for those lure weights and you should get more distance. You could look into a expensive ultra-light baitcaster that other guys were discussing in another thread recently

Its 4-10 feet

Then he should be fine, as long as blood wasn't dripping down him and you didn't rip the hook out of his throat. It seems that the bigger bass are a lot more fragile than the smaller ones.

There is so much to buy I wouldn't go to the store trying to get everything at once. Do what OroBass said and just get the tackle for a few techniques and just fish them until your ready for something new. Eventually you'll start to realize your getting a good bit of tackle!

That depends on a lot of things, how long was he out of the water? How bad was he bleeding? How big/small was the bass?

Ive been using a 7FT MH/Fast action rod called the shimano zeles from a combo I bought a pretty good while back, I really like the rod.

I think people get to worried about not having the best gear, squarebill cranks are my favorite lures so you'd think I'd have a great cranking rod but nope... I have a berkly cherry wood graphite rod that I got on sale for 5$ haha! Its the only rod I use for my square bills at the moment and its been doing ALOT better than I expected. I am however saving up for a new cranking rod and reel lol

What waters do you fish? Maybe the place you fish at doesn't hold bass... Have you seen other people fishing there catching bass? If you have been fishing a year and go 3 or 4 times a week you've had to of caught something by now! Welcome to the site!

I've started river fishing more lately and have had good luck catch largemouth and Suwannee bass with those heavily salted strike king tubes!

Okay I forgot to mention something important that makes me feel dumb... I FEED THE FISH! haha twice a day everyday, morning and afternoon. I feed the bream bread and the little pellets you can buy. I'm assuming the bass eat these to but not sure and may look into some different feed

Yeah I've always had great success flipping and pitching into the thick stuff but I justed went out one day and decided to try something new

No creek. I guess I'll see how it goes, I've always taken care of my bluegill and hopefully I can get the bass on track... I shouldn't have put so many in the pond before seeing how it would react. But I also haven't seen any dead bass and I'm around it for hours a day. But then again its only been since this spring that I put them in so that's just short term success. I go fishing out there constantly trying new lures, rigs, gear etc... And I have probably caught all the 25 bass more than once haha if I catch the smaller ones again I'll cook em up

Alright, if I can get off bass resource for more than 2 seconds I'll Check it out haha!

Oh ya almost forgot! Don't forget to try the good old square bill!! KVD 1.5 in chartreuse/black back!Edit: seriously though, I haven't been to a bass fishery yet where square bills won't work, bump and bang them off cover for the best results but they can work with just a straight retrieve in more open water to if the bass don't care.

Am I the only one who bream fishing with a cane pole or bream buster still...

Idk anything about your waters but I can give you one tip. Keep trying and get out to the water as much as you can!

I've been trying a strike king frog, and the small h2o express frog and the bigger one. All hollow bodied

The main reason I hate night fishing is because of the bugs. If I go out im covered head to toes with no skin showing except finger tips. I fish with an orange ski mask at night if I have too! Haha

How do you guys go about doing this? I have had success fishing them in moderate cover but I just can't produce fish when it comes to the really thick stuff like hydrilla. Do you guys just pop the frog through the hydrilla or maybe just reel in stopping at the holes? I'm using a MH fast action rod with 50lb braid. I know that isn't what I need, I'm broke and don't have the funds right now to get a heavy, fast/extra fast action rod... I'm sure this has been asked 100s of times but didn't see anything specifically about thick pads posted recently

No there isn't any rocky areas, but there is plenty if vegetation for the little guys to hide in.

I wouldn't say anything is the best lure at night but I said jitterbug because it is a tried and true tactic at night

Oh and BTW some of them did spawn this season, I saw at least 3 bedding.

Its not big catfish its that black species that doesn't get big maybe a pound, thanks for the tips guys