FishBass207

I’ve talked to other anglers on the lakes, seems slow for most people still.

Semper-Fi Bro

Hey all, this post is primarily for the Maine bass fisherman, or any experienced anglers in the New England Area. What’s working for you all lately? I’ve had some luck on Texas Rigs and some swim and football jigs ... but I’ll have to be honest, it has been a quite and slow start to this year. Any advice? If you’re familiar with maine, I’m fishing the southern part of the state (Little Sebego) and surrounding lakes, ponds, rivers. Water still is cold here and the fish must think I smell or something cause they stay far away from me lately. Haha best of luck to you all this year and thanks for all the responses to come!

Thanks everyone for your help. I know it was a bland question. I spent 4 years away from fishing and I feel like I'm relearning how to fish all over again and its very fun but also stressful because of how much information their is out their. I was reading earlier about anglers adding leaders to their lines, which is something I've never heard of but its really cool to see what people are doing 4 years after not being around the sport, even though I'm sure this is something thats been done for a while now.

It's not that i don't know what to use it for, I was just looking for some tips. Thank you for your help

I recently purchased myself a new rod and reel combination. I have a Shimano Curado 7'4 Medium xFast rod with a Shimano Ultegra 2500HG Reel. I've used it a couple of times with some cheap mono they threw on at Cabelas but its been pretty awful with hook setting so far. So I was gonna use some Braid, But I have no idea what to use for the weight of the line. I like to fish topwater and jigs, and other soft plastics. But I wanna know what I can use for baits to really have the most success with this current setup. Thank you for the responses.