Bass newb

I've caught 5 total 2-3 pounders and every one of them has had a bunch of fight in them. Four on frogs and one on a worm and he was deep down (10-15 feet). He wasn't happy to come straight up so he took the long route up. I'm just imagining what a 3.5 or 4 lb bass will be like.

Never thought about tackle and rod choices ajay. I love having my heavy 7'6" with me frogging though. I would have hated to catch anything bigger than a 1.5lb bass on my 8lb worm rod although it's pulled a 2.5lb in just fine once before.

Used to live there for 25 years, but I'm 3 minutes from the Coosa river now, and 2 hours from the Tennessee river. 1.5 hours from Guntersville though. I plan on a trip that way soon!

So I've heard, but they don't reside in my area.

Did you ever really have them? When do you say "lost" officially? I've lost a few that were hooked and jumping while I reeled...others I felt something while reeling for a few seconds, then nothing. I don't say that I lost those. They never ate the bait.

A guy I work with says 3 to 4lb fight as hard as any. Another guy who just caught an 8+ lb says that it just felt really heavy on the line. What poundage do you see the biggest resistance from? Or is it all just different? Is this even a good question or ridiculous? From a physical standpoint I would think that the speed and power would max out at a strong 3-6lbs max. A 12 lb fish can't possibly move and flop as violently as a 2 lb fish can it? Never caught 'em so I don't have an opinion but would like yours.

Found this cove Monday had three fish blow up on my frog but all were small dinks and missed the frog completely. Today I went back on a mission. Like normal, I didn't get a single hit until 6:15pm. That is quite the trend around here for me. Anyway, I saw rustling under a tree in a spot opening in the weeds, I threw a worm for a minute, then a frog, two casts, maybe three, and boom! He hit it hard I waited a second, then sunk 'em in deep. A quick reel later I pulled a 14.5" 1.3lb fish to the Bote. I fished 30 more minutes and nothing, so I left the cove and on my way out to the main river I saw a weedy corner that I thought looked perfect for a big bass. I cast to it once and whoosh burble burble as I was half way back on my retrieve. Wait, set, frog comes flying by my head. He didn't get it! d**n! I had my worm rod ready but I was gonna throw the frog again instead. One cast, two casts, three casts, the line was 30 feet from me and whoosh slam! I waited a second pulled the hookset hard, I used both hands so when I took my left hand over to reel I couldn't find the handle I was frantically looking for it so I didn't give this big guy any slack to get off by... When I found it I reeled as fast as I could and held the rod back to keep him coming my way. It was a long reel and this guy was doing acrobatics for me! I could tell right away that he was a 2-3 pounder . Finally got him netted and pulled a weight at 2lb 12.5oz. Almost 3lb! That beat my prior by 6 oz! 18.5" long. Poor picture, but I'm in the habit of releasing them right away, but this pb needed a remembrance picture...it was such a fun catch, my most exciting to date, except for that one 2+ pounder that threw the hook when he got to my board deck! I'm amazed that he didn't escape. This was the first of ten or 12 frogged bass that was a spotted bass not a largemouth.

Great detail monkey man. I need to know stuff like that. I've never caught one on a jig.

How were you fishing that jig

How do you pull that one off? That's what I need to do.

Hard to go wrong with bass pro pro qualifier reel and carbonlite rod.

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Really nice bass. What did you catch them on?

This day proved no different than any other.

This day proved no different than any other.

But to really answer the question, i want to know how to catch fish on a versatile number of techniques. I don't want to be a one trick pony.

I'd rather catch more and bigger fish. All my research has pointed towards knowing the right technique for the particular "mood" of the fish that day...along with weather temperature wind etc. I've caught bigger fish with my frogs than the worms. Right now people are all telling me swimbaits topwater and spinner and buzzbaits produce. Frogs and worms are all that produce for me though.

Thanks, I will study your suggestions and think on them.I fished soft plastics for 5 weeks before I began using frogs and then I just recently began other baits. Soft plastics aren't my focus anymore. I feel good with them already.

Wrb kayak? Imo the 14' bote ahab paddle board is vastly superior to any kayak. Stand and sit freely with no constraints. I sit on a chair on my board when I want, not in a seat like a kayak. It is kayakers who will be switching to paddleboards in the future. Kayaks will see a decline in usage like canoes did when kayaks became popular.

Hello, First a little background on my level: I've been bass fishing and catching for right at two months. I've been fishing a local river/lake, Coosa River/Logan Martin Lake in Pell City area of Alabama. I've been told that fishing these last two months has been the worst of the year typically for this area, and the local tournaments that I've heard of in the last few weeks are winning with 13lb of bass and 15lb of bass. No one is catching 50 or 60 bass on an outing around here. I will be happy if I catch 2 or 3 in 3 or 4 hours of fishing, and from every one else that I've seen or talked to, that is typical. I get skunked quite often too. I've caught about 30 bass, from 9" dinks to 2lb 6oz 16.5" long ones. Never anything bigger. I've caught just a few striped bass, but mostly Largemouth and Spotted bass. I go out fishing for 2 to 4 hours at at time 5 days a week if I can manage. I have limited fishing techniques. I need to figure out drop shotting, but I have to get my equipment set up right first. I can't anchor well in water deeper than 10 or 15 feet, but I'm working on a solution for that soon. I do have a fish finder. I'm fishing from a paddle board, so my speed and mobility are limited to about 4 mph. My equipment set up so far, I think I have all the bases covered, what I'm mainly asking about is something that I may not have thought about, or comments on my line choices. I love braided line, but I'm not sure if it isn't a detriment to my catching fish given the visibility of that line compared to others. Rods/reels; I have a 7' Med/Heavy Fast action baitcaster 6.4/1 with 30lb spider wire braid that I can't cast as far as I think I should be able to. I use this rod (it was my first) for everything at first, but now it's for Jigs, swimbaits, spinners, buzzbaits, and frogs. I have a 7'6" Heavy Fast action baitcaster 7.1/1 with 50lb Power Pro 8 braid that I can cast forever and I love this set up for frogging and jigs and heavy baits. I have a 6'6" med/heavy fast action spinner 5.4/1 with 8lb berkeley vanish flouro that I use for soft plastics mainly. I have a 7' medium medium action spinner 5.3/1 with 10lb power pro braid that I just bought for rattle traps, crankbaits, top water type stuff. I have swivels and quick connectors on all three rods with braided line. I can swap out baits really quickly by doing this and avoid twist on the spinner. I do a direct tie on my flouro rod and keep a hook typically texas rigged soft plastic on it at all times. I feel I have the hardware for learning most of the techniques covered. I've only ever caught fish with frogs, worms, rattle traps, squarebills. I can't remember ever catching a fish with a spinner, buzzbait, jig, crankbait, swimbait, or many other baits, although I still throw them and try to fish with them. Really, it's weird to me that I can throw a topwater torpedo, spooks, or whatever, and not even get a bite, switch to a frog and then pull out two bass in 30 minutes. Everyone tells me topwater right now, but frogs have been getting it for me lately. I don't think my technique is that far off for these topwaters that I'm throwing, I just don't seem to get bites. I feel jealous when I read topics like "50 bass today" or whatever, but I just think to my self, they must really be in some honey hole, because there is nobody catching that kind of bass at my lake/river. 22 boats in a recent tourney, only 9 came to weigh in and 13lbs won, very very few people are catching even 10 bass in an outing all day long. Please feel free to comment and offer opinions and advice. I didn't list the name brands of my rods and reels because I'm very happy with them and that shouldn't matter so much. Bass Newb.

I've caught all 10 or so of my bass on frogs this season at 5:15 - 6:45 pm and every one of them has been in the weedline or a few feet from it.

Mine says the opposite. You might outta get a new clock!

2lb fish and I'm a happy camper. 1.5 even make me a little happy.

Caught two more last night. All this frogging of lately has been between 6:15 and 6:45. Nothing before and nothing after. In fact 90% of my fish have been between 6 and 7 pm. I really have trouble catching anything any other time.

I'd been impressed by personal inspection of a pflueger President reel, and after this thread I decided to buy a spinning rod and reel combo from walmart for $80 two days ago. I'm very happy with it.