Jabbaman

No bass. I went to a few different spots and tried all the techniques mentioned here. I've even tried streamers and poppers on my fly rod. After another 2 months since this thread of fishing three times a week most weeks four or so hours each trip. It's not worth my time to pursue these fish. Back to panfish like everyone else. I'm convinced the bass here is non existent. My talks with tons of local fishermen validates this. I've pretty much given up unless a local who has good luck is willing to go and teach.

Sweet fish man, that's awesome. Tell that to the bass around me, ha! They don't seem to know those rules. I happened to be out bluegill fishing and had my bass rod in the car to try what you said. I'm sure I've tried that method before, but figured I'd try it again. Again, no luck. I tried it weightless texas rigged, and wacky rigged.

I have not. That's a little far from me but I'd be willing to go. I'm not sure where though. I don't have a boat and I feel like the shore fishing opportunities might be limited. Where's the good bank fishing and what do you usually get them on? Looking for more specifics than put a senko on a hook and fish cover. I've been at this for hundreds of hours as gruesome as that sounds. Believe me. I've tried this. To no avail

I've done this experiment and sadly it was futile. Since the time you linked this I've done this on four different lakes. All of them yielded no bass. I'm beginning to think that there just isn't good largemouth fishing in the area.

Silver lake has very limited access but doable. Flint lake is a no go. It's all private land. Long lake is limited to a small public area, the rest is private. Loomis and spectacle look promising, but both are paid lakes. I think it's 10 bucks to get in. Plus it's all an hour drive away. Maybe a holiday I could check out spectacle and loomis. It looks like it could yield results.

So far no luck, two different lakes about three hours each. Not giving up yet though.

I'm willing to go anywhere in lake or Porter county. Closer to home the better.

Nothing I suppose. I'm more than willing to give it a shot. I can do this at a couple of different close by lakes. The fat Ika and some line won't cost much.

I don't have anything like the fat Ika. Maybe I should get some. I've tried a similar tactic of fishing the whole shoreline in a similar way you've described. Is 6lb line needed? Most of the lakes near me are weed pits and snag heaven. Even in the spring 6lb seems light.

So, to put it simply. Sometime a few years ago, I got tired of catching bluegill and catfish and when I'm fishing with friends it can get a little crowded if we're all going for the gills. I bought some gear ( Some senkos. Crankbait. Buzzbait. Recently some ned rig stuff. Frogs. Etc etc.) I fish with a fairly average 6'6 baitcasting rod or a 6ft spinning rod. My baitcaster is loaded with 50lb braid and sometimes a leader. Spinning rod is 8lb mono I've been fishing multiple times a week during the warm weather. Specifically for bass, for 3 years. I haven't caught one. I've been taking in all the advice I can soak up from youtube and elsewhere, none of it has helped. Even talking with local anglers out on the lakes, none of them say they've ever had luck with bass. A few older guys have told me they only get bass when they go out on vacation. At the same time. I know they're in the lakes, and I know people online say they get them. Is there anyone from the region ( Northwest Indiana) who has any advice? Or would like to go fishing and help a new guy out? I'm from northern merrillville. Typically I'm at Lake George, Lake Rosser. Lake Robinson. Grand Blvd Lake. I only fish from shore, as I lack a boat.