Good morning fellow fisherman,

I live in South Carolina, Im not new to fishing from the shore in lakes and rivers around the area, but usually do alot of trout and fly fishing. I recently moved and am not near any trout streams so Ive taken up bass fishing. But I am having problems. Ive read all over the forum on what type of bait to use and different techniques but Im still coming back empty handed.

Tackle: I use all different colors of bombers and crankbaits including earthy/natural colors as well as the blues and greens. I also use spinners, rooster tails, and red and black worms and still get nothing. I use top of the water bubblers and minnows also.

I would love to catch some bass, but dont know exactly what I am doing wrong. Alot of what I fish is small lakes and streams in the area, sometimes places that are over fished from the shore. Thanks in advance for the great advice!

Don't give up. The bass are in there man. It's only a matter of time before one bites your bait.

just keep trying. also, the forum is a great place to gain knowledge, but so are the articles. have you read the articles on this website?

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Ive read through most of the articles as well as watched the videos too. I think I just dont have the confidence that the fish are there.

I use a 6wt and streamers for bass often, dont give up the fly tackle so easy. Sinking floro furled leader and go. A 4 or 5 wt would work too all the hype saying you need an 8 or bigger is crap.

Good morning fellow fisherman,

I live in South Carolina, Im not new to fishing from the shore in lakes and rivers around the area, but usually do alot of trout and fly fishing. I recently moved and am not near any trout streams so Ive taken up bass fishing. But I am having problems. Ive read all over the forum on what type of bait to use and different techniques but Im still coming back empty handed.

Tackle: I use all different colors of bombers and crankbaits including earthy/natural colors as well as the blues and greens. I also use spinners, rooster tails, and red and black worms and still get nothing. I use top of the water bubblers and minnows also.

I would love to catch some bass, but dont know exactly what I am doing wrong. Alot of what I fish is small lakes and streams in the area, sometimes places that are over fished from the shore. Thanks in advance for the great advice!

I'm an avid fly fisherman, trout is kinda my speciality in the Western VA streams, but I've recently started tying on flies for bass. South Carolina has some monster bass, use Bett's Poppers, cork bugs anything with significant size will lure out the biguns. I use an 8'6, 6 Weight, Two Seventy rod with an Orvis Access MA lll. I use White River Bass Taper floating line with 24 inches of Seaguar Grand Max Flurocarbon Tippet rated for 9 pounds.

roadwarrior usually has a post that talks about fan casting senkos that is a great place to start

not sure how to find it but maybe someone that knows more then I can find it for you

Wacky rigged Senkos, Flukes, Grande Bass Rattlesnake (any color as long as its pumpkin seed green). Three good baits to learn with. You can find the first two just about anywhere. Grande Bass are available online or at Academy Sports.

I'm an avid fly fisherman, trout is kinda my speciality in the Western VA streams, but I've recently started tying on flies for bass. South Carolina has some monster bass, use Bett's Poppers, cork bugs anything with significant size will lure out the biguns. I use an 8'6, 6 Weight, Two Seventy rod with an Orvis Access MA lll. I use White River Bass Taper floating line with 24 inches of Seaguar Grand Max Flurocarbon Tippet rated for 9 pounds.

Fantastic advice and awesome set up man! I fly fish in the ocean and thought about taking it to bass fishing but didnt know what the success rate would be or even if bass hit stuff with a fly rod. Ill definatly give that a try!

Wacky rigged Senkos, Flukes, Grande Bass Rattlesnake (any color as long as its pumpkin seed green). Three good baits to learn with. You can find the first two just about anywhere. Grande Bass are available online or at Academy Sports.

Thanks for the heads up on some great tackle, Im going fishing this weekend so I will pick some up and give them a try.

Earlier someone mentioned about having the confidence and also patience. Today I went out to a small pond and put on a crankbait the whole time. I fished through weeds and shallow grass and just worked it through and on the shore line. I kept my mental fustration at bay and resisted the temptation to be ADD on the takle. At the end of the day I caught FIVE three small ones and one 13 incher and one 15 incher. So thanks for the advice and help guys. Confidence and wise advice was what I needed!

Most times i always get ADD with my tackle and constantly switch baits and colors when i have no confidence, most times i end up spending all my time changing baits instead of fishing. I always get confidence when fishing in little coves with tons of trees and vegetation though, something about a bush/tree in shallow water that makes me certain there are fish around. after that it just takes patients. sometimes the fish are just more picky. the other day i tried to get a huge bass in a local pond to bite one of my worms and i tried for about 2 hours on the same fish. he just wasen't interested.

Most times i always get ADD with my tackle and constantly switch baits and colors when i have no confidence, most times i end up spending all my time changing baits instead of fishing. I always get confidence when fishing in little coves with tons of trees and vegetation though, something about a bush/tree in shallow water that makes me certain there are fish around. after that it just takes patients. sometimes the fish are just more picky. the other day i tried to get a huge bass in a local pond to bite one of my worms and i tried for about 2 hours on the same fish. he just wasen't interested.

same here! Haha.