jitterbug127

I might look into a raft. it would be ideal since i live in an apartment anyways.

that's great man. Awesome fish, and sounds like a good year all around. Can't argue with results.

thank you very much. That is a good tip i didn't know about.

Thank you very much. It is just hard to tell sometimes. I have been looking through pictures on here, and most of the smallmouth bass are much more brown or tan than the ones i've caught.

I am new to fishing, and i have looked at pictures online but can't really seem to tell a difference. Here are some bass from the last time I fished. I just can't tell, but i think they are all smallmouth bass.

I really like top water baits for where i fish the best. The pop-R and weedless frogs have done me well. I've also had some luck with sexy shad colored crankbaits.

Hello there, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Rob, and I am currently a bank fisherman from Indiana. This is my first year fishing since I was a kid, and I have absolutely loved it. I spent the early part of the year going after catfish, but I found it to be a little to stationary for my personality. I was bored one day, and I was going through the very small tackle box my dad gave me that he had sitting in the garage for 20 years (I found his license from 1994, and that was the last time he fished). I found some lures that i knew were for bass fishing, but I had no clue how to use them. My apartment is straight across from the river here in town, and I went down there to catfish with little luck in the past. I went down to the river with my little tackle box with bass baits in it, and put a spinnerbait on the end my line. Within 10 minutes I hooked into a fish, and i didn't know what it was. The fish was jumping out of the water, and gave me a great fight. I got the fish in, and it was a nice 1 lb smallmouth bass. I have been hooked on catching bass since then. I have a couple simple combo i bought at a pawnshop (abu garcia 402i and ugly stik gx2 if you were wondering) that i have been using this season. I like the abu for my finesse baits and the ugly stick for my heavier crankbaits, jigs, spinners, etc. I've had quite a bit of luck this year just bank fishing the river, and I am looking into a kayak now. I can't wait for spring.

Had my best luck on 1/2 oz squarebill in green or sexy shad so far