rock bass

planxdownfall · 10-10-06, 08:11 PM

i just started fishing a place where there is tons of good sized rock bass. i was trying to catch some smallmouth and largemouth on 4 and 5 inch senkos, but i caught a few rockbass, in the evening, and some smallmouth and largemouth at night on topwater. so now i want to fish for rockbass, during sunlight hours, and as soon as the sun goes down, catch the nice ones, but what is good for rockbass? i had tons of bites from them, but they wouldn't get hooked, because the senkos was so big.

mack · 10-10-06, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by planxdownfall

i just started fishing a place where there is tons of good sized rock bass. i was trying to catch some smallmouth and largemouth on 4 and 5 inch senkos, but i caught a few rockbass, in the evening, and some smallmouth and largemouth at night on topwater. so now i want to fish for rockbass, during sunlight hours, and as soon as the sun goes down, catch the nice ones, but what is good for rockbass? i had tons of bites from them, but they wouldn't get hooked, because the senkos was so big.

use grubs and yellow 1/8 oz roostertails

WTL · 10-10-06, 08:22 PM

Fly poppers will get them too. Rock bass will bunch up a lot and you can catch 3-4 from the same spot a lot of times.

texasbasser · 10-10-06, 08:29 PM

there is lot in a stream down my street. i use crappie jigs or a frog that slowely sinks.

skeeter944 · 10-10-06, 08:48 PM

yeah,crappie jigs would be the way to go. try small 1/8 or 1/4 ounce ones in different colors,fish them on a 6' medium action graphite spinning rod with 6lb clear mono. let the bass take it and sweep set the hook,there isnt a need for a huge hookset,so set lightly.

texasbasser · 10-10-06, 08:50 PM

i get all my pet fish from that stream. i catch catfish, bass, rock bass, all on crappie jigs

mack · 10-10-06, 08:56 PM

i was gonna say use a trout rod and 4 pound test. thats what i use for perch. it works good on rockbass.

keithdog · 10-10-06, 10:19 PM

I have a lure combo I use for rock bass that seems to work great. It is a No. 2 Mepps squirreltail spinner with silver Aglia blade, tipped with a 2 inch plastic redworm hanging off the hook. They can't resist it. I caught a 2 pound 2 oz. rockbass off that combo in Minnesota on Big Thunder Lake. They were tearing it up. Sandy soil around some shallow reedbeds.

planxdownfall · 10-11-06, 03:19 PM

thanks i will try it all

live2fish2007 · 10-12-06, 10:32 AM

maybe try a topwater frog and put a slip shot about a half a foot on ur line and try that

K-Driz · 10-12-06, 12:37 PM

a bobber and splitshot rig with a small hook and corn right out of the can works. Also, what's better yet is the Creme Lures Angler Worm, which is a pre-rigged worm about 3" long, pink/natural color works the best.

mymomisbecky · 10-12-06, 02:54 PM

ive caught the majority of my rock bass on a small mepps #1 - #2 spinner or trolling walleye spinners up north. both have spinners involved, try that.
rock bass are my favorite fish, they are small, but dang cool looking

10-10-06, 08:22 PM	#3
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Fly poppers will get them too. Rock bass will bunch up a lot and you can catch 3-4 from the same spot a lot of times. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

10-10-06, 08:11 PM	#1
planxdownfall BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: danbury ct Posts: 118	rock bass i just started fishing a place where there is tons of good sized rock bass. i was trying to catch some smallmouth and largemouth on 4 and 5 inch senkos, but i caught a few rockbass, in the evening, and some smallmouth and largemouth at night on topwater. so now i want to fish for rockbass, during sunlight hours, and as soon as the sun goes down, catch the nice ones, but what is good for rockbass? i had tons of bites from them, but they wouldn't get hooked, because the senkos was so big.

10-10-06, 08:29 PM	#4
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	there is lot in a stream down my street. i use crappie jigs or a frog that slowely sinks.

10-10-06, 08:48 PM	#5
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	yeah,crappie jigs would be the way to go. try small 1/8 or 1/4 ounce ones in different colors,fish them on a 6' medium action graphite spinning rod with 6lb clear mono. let the bass take it and sweep set the hook,there isnt a need for a huge hookset,so set lightly.

10-10-06, 08:50 PM	#6
texasbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 2,301	i get all my pet fish from that stream. i catch catfish, bass, rock bass, all on crappie jigs

10-10-06, 08:56 PM	#7
mack BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: nj Posts: 652	i was gonna say use a trout rod and 4 pound test. thats what i use for perch. it works good on rockbass.

10-10-06, 10:19 PM	#8
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I have a lure combo I use for rock bass that seems to work great. It is a No. 2 Mepps squirreltail spinner with silver Aglia blade, tipped with a 2 inch plastic redworm hanging off the hook. They can't resist it. I caught a 2 pound 2 oz. rockbass off that combo in Minnesota on Big Thunder Lake. They were tearing it up. Sandy soil around some shallow reedbeds.

10-11-06, 03:19 PM	#9
planxdownfall BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: danbury ct Posts: 118	thanks i will try it all

10-12-06, 10:32 AM	#10
live2fish2007 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 20	maybe try a topwater frog and put a slip shot about a half a foot on ur line and try that

10-12-06, 12:37 PM	#11
K-Driz BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Murray or Smithfield, KY Posts: 209	a bobber and splitshot rig with a small hook and corn right out of the can works. Also, what's better yet is the Creme Lures Angler Worm, which is a pre-rigged worm about 3" long, pink/natural color works the best.

10-12-06, 02:54 PM	#12
mymomisbecky BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Des MOines, IA Posts: 336	ive caught the majority of my rock bass on a small mepps #1 - #2 spinner or trolling walleye spinners up north. both have spinners involved, try that. rock bass are my favorite fish, they are small, but dang cool looking

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