I know this is old but I switched from catfish to bass 6 months and a couple thousand dollars ago with zero success. I mean 0. No catches, no bites, no nada (I may have had a couple bites; I can’t really tell). Went to the pond by my house that I’ve fished 6 or 7 times with no luck, followed these directions, and bam; caught me a bass. Thanks RW. Your word lives on.