So this morning we went out fishing and I was using some senkos but no bites (that I know of... ?) but I switched to using a bobber and live minnows and cause 3 or 4 bass nothing big but it was something. It is a bit cooler this morning in Indiana temp was about 48 degrees. Any tips and using artificial baits? 

Maybe next time using your live bait rig @Tanner., try using a senko rigged wacky style. A little ripple on the water surface will also impart some action to this version of the float-n-fly. With the weather getting warmer, fishing will get better as the fish start to transition. 

The surface water temp can change a lot in the course of a day .In stained water It could very well be 48 in the morning and 60 in the afternoon . The fishing typically picks up in the shallows in the afternoon .Just keep on keepin on . 

 

Usually I will find a pattern either on points or cuts . What I mean by points is the bank contour jutting out , the mouths of coves , the tips of laydown trees , vegetation sticking out. Any thing that is jutting out in the water. Its usually easier to fish these "points" because a cast can be made past and retrieved to the high percentage area .

 

A cut is the opposite . Inside a cove , the part of the laydown next to the bank , pockets in brush or vegetation . Pitching is an easy way to get the bait in there . I've been  pitching spinnerbaits in  a lot  of  such places , right now .   Keep putting the bait in likely places to figure out where the bass are at .

 

Right now with cool nights the fish may be in the cuts during the morning then move on the points in the afternoon .This is spinnerbait weather in the midwest .  Keep putting them next to cover , pay attention to where the hits come from and try to put a pattern together . I'm using a half ounce bait with a gold willow leaf main blade and a silver colorado secondary blade . I'm a better fisherman with a half ounce bait than a quarter ounce one because its easier to put the bait where I want .

Tanner, welcome to the Forum. Please go to the Introduction Section and introduce your self.

 

The guys and gals on the Forum could give you lots of tips but since this is your first post you could be like so many guys who post one time, get their answer, and disappear.

 

This Forum is not set up for that type of reply. We can give so you much information that you will be reading the posts all day.  However, since there are so many variables that come into the formula for success it is impossible to really give you guidance that will help you now and into the future.

 

So look up cold fronts, spawning temperatures, colors to use in different water clarity, current, wind, line test, types of plastics and corresponding hooks and weights, forage, structure, spinning rigs vs. baitcaster rigs, plus types of plastics, sun on the western and northern banks, flipping and pitching, and you will have a good start to bass fishing and having an understanding of what the bass does under specific circumstances.

 

In other words, please ask your questions; remain on the Forum and read the posts; and go to the top of this page and bring down the Fishing Articles list and start reading. And look up Woo Daves and read his articles, too on his web page.

 

And to give you a suggestion, throw a Junebug Zoom Trick Worm on a 1/4 ounce Provider jighead on 8 pound fluorocarbon line on your spinning rig. You probably won't catch anything as 48* water has the bass suspending but you can give it a try.

 

So don't go away. Start reading and asking questions.

 

Good luck.