Well, my college has a pond that is usually pretty lively.  In the summertime, I saw so many carp jumping in and out of the water.  I decided to try to catch some bass with a texas rig with a worm late at night.  Luckily, I got a bite and set the hook but I pulled up too fast causing it to be spit out.  I'll never forget that bass as I have never come close to catching one after that day.  

I read all of the beginner articles that were provided from this site.  Inside my tackle box there are 5 spinnerbaits of different colors.  3 Crankbaits (2 of them are floating),  Some Rapala Floating Lures,  A Frog,  3/0, 2/0, 1/0 hooks to go with the plastic U-tale worm.  I unfortunately lost my Rat L trap today in the trees.  That about covers all my lures that I have in my box.   Is there anything else I should add to it?

Right now I fish with a 29.99 combo I got at dicks.  A 7' quantum IM6 with a Quantum HPX30.  I think it should be good enough according to the articles.  

Its been 3 days now since I started going out in the morning trying to catch some bass.  My friend Noah said he caught an 18'' bass the morning before I started along with other 3.  I managed to catch 3 bluegills.  But so far that has been it.  But for the past 2 days, there has barely been a bite.

I am still longing to catch my first bass,  is there something that I could potentially boost my chances in catching them?  I think I have all the necessary lures and such.  I am going to try to go out every morning at 7:00am before class to give it a try.

Any advice would be more than welcome!

Where are you at in the country.  Bass will be moving up with spring coming on from deep water and staging to eventually spawn.  There are tons of articles on the site about pre spawn and spawn fishing.  Keep reading, keep posting, and most importantly keep fishing.  I would also recommend fishing some smaller lures on your pond at first until you start catching some fish to get used to the strikes and let you get some fish landed and under your belt.  2.5 or 3" curly tail grubs rigged on jigheads, beetlespins and Ardmore Roadrunners are great pond baits and will catch alot of nice bass.  Sometimes scaling down your lures and fishing small is a great way to get started and catching fish.  Good luck and Welcome!!

Try to get some bandit crankbaits in chartreuse and blue back to use in dirty water or shad color, or a natural color to use in clear water. another good bait is the strikeking wild shinner suspending bait.  If the water is cold give the jerk bait a couple of jerks and let it sit, if the water is warmer you can fish it a little faster. The last thing is a texas rig worm. Work it slow, real slow and get the right colors, clean water get watermelon or pumpkin, dirty water use darker colors like june bug or black with red flake. Just keep fishing dont give up!!!! ;D

Welcome aboard!

This might help:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1180501296/10

8-)

Welcome

Welcome to the BR Forums - the BEST fishing site on the Net, IMO:o) You might want to get some Senkos and offset worm hooks and give them a try T-rigged and weightless. Just toss your Senko out, let it settle to the bottom and twitch/hop it back to you on shore. A lot of the bites this technique elicits are when the Senko is falling back to the bottom so you need to watch the slack in your line carefully. Just something else to add to your bass fishing arsenal.

I noticed you're in New Paltz, which I believe is New York. My guess is that the water temps are still pretty cold, and the bass are holding in deeper water and are not very active yet, especially at 7:30 in the morning.

Your best chance at catching fish this time of year is to try fishing during the warmest part of the day, when fish are most likely to be active.

Also, as a general rule, when the bite is tough you need to slow down your presentation and downsize your bait.

Keep tossing those soft plastics and good luck!

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Mainly just smaller bait.  I did a lot of reading from that not catching bass thread it was very informative.

Well, you didn't learn anything from my thread.

Good luck.

Well, you didn't learn anything from my thread.

Good luck.

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I think Daniel My Bratwurst hit the nail on the head for the time of year and water temps.Just stay at it,sloooow down and good luck

I noticed you're in New Paltz, which I believe is New York. My guess is that the water temps are still pretty cold, and the bass are holding in deeper water and are not very active yet, especially at 7:30 in the morning.

Your best chance at catching fish this time of year is to try fishing during the warmest part of the day, when fish are most likely to be active.

Also, as a general rule, when the bite is tough you need to slow down your presentation and downsize your bait.

Keep tossing those soft plastics and good luck!

I agree with the warmest part of the day, i couldnt have said it better.

But I have been catching alot of fish this year on rattle traps and other crankbaits.  but if the water is clear i do try a shakeyhead worm lol