New to site, new love for bassin with alot of questions

[wallywallace]

i am catfisherman, always have been and it is the best to me, wich go me into ultralite fishing for bait, which landed me catching a big bass and having a heck of a fight. Now i am getting into bassin, when i was 13-15 use to bass fish with my uncles and catch ones like we was pros on tv.

Now i try to use stuff i did long ago and fail to catch them, so here comes the boat load of questions

1. fishing a tiny fluke, wht size hook, also i see people mostly use wide gap,. on flukes best way to fish is.. weightless, let the fall like a dead fish and twitch them, fish fast near surface or fish with a weighted hook and slow retreve.

2. will the pre-made carolina rigs work, i usally use tesas (i guess with just letting weight slide)

3. 90% of the time i am stuck to the shore, so do i fish the dock then walk and fish around it.

4. on fishing buzz baits, do i start reeling as it hits the water, maybe i am using a lighter pole for it( 6 ft. lightning rod) and it seems to take half the cast to get it to the top, or do i reel it real fast.

5. i have all the bask worm colors (pumpkin-chartrouse-motor oil-red bug-june bug) so my question i get confused on for clear water, dark colors? and stained/muddy it is bright colors???

I have some more but they can be adressed later, this site is great. thank you