Rocky998

Thats kinda my only option. I don't really go far, I stay local, so it's either the quarry lake or the brackish/sometimes fresh water river. The thing is, I want to have confidence in some of these baits but I just haven't been able to gain it lol. They're so big and I wonder how any fish I'm fishing for will ever bite it. I know they do, but it just seems massive lol. Like those 4-5" swimbaits just seem huge. What size of bass go after them? While catching larger 3-10lb bass would be nice, I really just want to catch any bass I can right now and then work up from there. Even a 1lb bass or just under would be nice. Well I don't have them yet. That's what I was trying to say, that those baits and lures are the ones I PLAN on getting. The stuff I do have but isn't working, are the green pumpkin senkos, the Carolina craw chatterbait (makes sense why that's not working though), and several spinnerbaits that I haven't gotten a single bite on sadly. If you're wondering the colors I have for spinnerbaits are: Bluegill Black white/chartreuse gold/black (I used to have all white, but somehow I snagged it and lost a ton of my braided line as well after it dug in on itself when I tried pulling it from the snag point 🤦) So that's why I'm here, to figure out what to spend my money on exactly as I don't have a lot of that to throw around... I definitely need to practice more with presentation I know. I'm thinking of attempting a stop and go retrieve rather than just reeling straight in and doing an occasional jerk. I'm finding out that stop and go allows the fish a chance to strike Well thats really good to hear! Glad I did my research right on colors! Lol Thanks! As of now, as far as soft plastics go, I have a 1/4oz bullet weight on a texposed green pumpkin senko. I usually do a quick 2 pops, reel the slack, and do 2-3 more pops.

I probably need to learn it better is all, but I also think other baits like craws and swimbaits would help. Especially in the brown water here where the action and vibration helps. I have the green pumpkin colored senkos with nothing else (ie, no glitter or added colors). And I think it just blends right into the water...

Hi everyone! I'm a fisherman in eastern NC and I really want to start targeting bass! I've been using spinnerbaits but haven't gotten any bites. I also have a chatterbait but stupid me got the wrong color (Carolina craw)... I have 2, maybe 3 water types I fish. One being the Neuse and Trent rivers which are both brackish water as they are connected to eachother and to the ocean. The water there is always brown. Sometimes it clears up a bit, but it always has a tannin stain to it. But mostly it's gonna be murky as well. Two is a quarry lake. There's lots of aquatic weeds/plants in there but don't mat at the top from what I've seen and I don't know how or if I should penetrate it. Should I use a tungsten weight with a bobber stop and a soft plastic? This water is clearer. May sometimes be a little brown at times due to tannins, but otherwise the visibility is pretty good! Three is the rivers still, but further up where it's a bit more fresh water. Same conditions as far as water clarity goes, just a bit fresher water. I'm unsure of what to use... I have a medium heavy baitcasting rod with a daiwa lexa 100h on it, a medium heavy spinning rod, a medium spinning rod, and an ultralight as well. I've tried senkos for a little this year and plan to still try, but haven't gotten anything. Tried crankbaits, nothing, and spinnerbaits as well... My plan right now is to get into soft plastics. I plan to get 3 different colors of the strike king rage bug (black/blue swirl, Okeechobee craw, and blue craw), the June bug variant of the rage craw, the paddle tail yamamoto zako (still deciding on colors but know I'm using it to imitate a shad presence, so probably somethingwith white), and a bunch of jig type things like the strike king hack attack heavy cover swim jig, and strike king swinging swim jig. I've done tons of research and feeling overwhelmed as I don't want to waste money on things that won't benefit me in the long run. This is a big step for me cause I used to really only use actual bait like worms, or something like rooster tails, and maybe a small type of crank bait here and there. I used to think jigs and all these 3 inch+ soft plastics were way too big for fish, but after looking into stuff I'm realizing I'm wrong lol. Also, speaking of that... I want to get the 3" zako, but all the 3/8 chatterbaits I've seen have a 5/0 hook which would be really massive on a 3" bait, right? So I'm confused on what to do there.