jitterbug127

Username might give it away. Really like a spook or frog too. Just switched my frog set up. It is great

I have caught more fish on a single lure this year than everything else combine. This bomber fat free guppu green white belly with orange stripe. 1/2 oz square bill. Will post photo tomm. What is your lure oc choice when nothing else is working

when the monster cats are biting it is very fun, but it can be very slow. The thing i love about bass fishing the most is the chase. It is finding the fish and getting them to bite on the right lures. I think for me bass fishing is all about the chase and finding the fish more than the actual fish i catch.

Black and blue pig and jig is solid

I love catching a big hawg of a catfish. Bass are my favorite for sure, but i wanted to start a catfishing thread for advice. Personally i keep it simple. 5/0 circle hooks, carolina rigs, 25 lb leaders and 50 lb braid is my go to set up with cut bait

Pb and j

Going out with a ul rod and reel and 4 lb test for crappie is awesome. Some of the most fun i had all summer. They just love to eat

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