Hi everyone. I’m 38 years old and just now coming to the party. I’ve just recently gotten into bass fishing and I’m looking to see what are the mainstay lures I should have in my tackle box. I fished last year with a friend on his boat a few times, and we mainly just used poppers in the spring then went to jigs and Texas rigs. That’s all my friend uses and I’m wanting to broaden my horizons.
Over the winter I’ve acquired new poles after my wife generously closed all my rods up in the garage door and broke them in half. So I have a Megabass Orochi XXX Jerkbait special, Orochi Xx Flatside Special, Destroyer P5 X Bites and a Dobyns 765 flipping/pitching rod. I have a small amount of baits, mainly just have top water and soft plastics. What would be a good start on lures and colors that would compliment my rods? The lake I normally fish in is a Highland reservoir with little to no shallow areas, gin clear most of the days and no vegetation. I’m wanting to try a little bit of everything to see what I like and what I don’t like.
thanks for your time