4 Tactics for Maximum Bass
Ronnie Garrison – May 28, 2019
For your next bass trip, you’d better come with the right baits & tactics.
Bass fishing this time of year is wide open in many places across the country.
Bass are scattered and on many types of structure and cover as they leave spawning areas and head to deep summer holes. It can be confusing, but tying on one of the following four baits can cover all possibilities.
A topwater bait, spinnerbait, shaky head worm and jig and pig will allow you to fish all cover and structure where bass are holding and feeding. And used in combination, they catch fish at any depth you need to fish, depending on your choices in each.
TOPWATER
Many bass fishermen agree that the most exciting way to catch bass is on top. Right now, bass are feeding from the very back ends of creeks and coves to main-lake open water and may be anywhere in between. A good tactic for patterning fish early is to go to the back of a short feeder creek and work out to the main lake, fishing all the cover along the bank, letting the fish tell you where they are.
A popper like a Rico or Pop-R, or walking bait like the Sammy, will find fish. Cast either past cover and fish as close as possible to bushes, logs, blowdowns and rocks in the water. Try different speeds, from a fast-twitching action (making the popper gurgle) to walking bait so it jerks from side to side, to using slow twitches to give the bait gentle movements.
If the fish seem scattered, tie on a buzzbait to cover water fast. Make long casts and run it over and beside any cover you see. When a bass hits, note its location and the type of cover to find a pattern. Then concentrate on that cover and depth combination in other similar places.
Bass hold on cover on main lake points and humps, and ambush baitfish as they move past. Some of the fastest action is when feeding bass churn the surface. Long casts to them with either the walking bait or popper, fished fast, can catch multiple fish. And you can draw bass up from deep, clear water by fishing those baits over brushand standing timber.
Clear water means working your topwater faster because bass can see and chase the bait over a longer distance. Stained water should make you slow down, work your topwater longer over cover, and keep it in one area to give the fish time to locate and hit it.
A walking bait works better when the water is dead calm (or close to it). With more surface waves, a popper creates more disturbance and is easier for the fish to find. The more wind, the bigger your bait should be. If waves are a half foot high or more, though, it is tough to catch fish on topwater lures.
Bright colors — chrome or bone for your plugs, white skirts for buzzbaits — work well for most water color. But in very clear water also try natural, muted colors. In stained water black baits are hard to beat, in both plugs or buzzbaits. And try different sizes, from 1/4-ounce to 3/4-ounce, to match the size bait the fish are eating.
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Conclusion
Hope this post was helpful to you and that you have a very successful trip fishing with your friends and family! Check out the other sections of my blog for more tips on ThebookOnGoneFishing.
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