04-03-07, 02:50 PM | #1 |
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In need of help 2!
i have spent my whole life saltwater fishing, now i live in concord nc where im 4 hours from saltwater so im taking up lake fishing now, but have no idea what type of lures, bait (live or not) tackle or anything of that nature to use or do..any help is greatly appreciated
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04-03-07, 03:02 PM | #2 |
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Welcome to the forum!
You'll find there is a lot of crossover-a lot of the tactics you use in saltwater will work for bass. Here is a great site for getting started in bass fishing: http://www.bassresource.com/beginner/beginner.html That site will get you pointed in the right direction, answer a lot of your questions and probably generate a lot more .
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04-03-07, 04:34 PM | #3 |
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Concord??
Ah my neck of the woods. You will quickly find that the bass fishing here is good; Especially if you get to Wylie. Do you have a boat, or stuck on the banks?
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To be honest, I think a rubber worm may be the way to get you started, I am sure most of us started with the 6 oe 7 inch ribbon plastic worms like culprit, zoom, manns, and many other brands...its a nice way to learn about bass and usually will work most of the year, plus will teach you patience.
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04-03-07, 05:05 PM | #5 |
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Welcome aboard. I would recomend some type of spinner and soft plastics to start.
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04-03-07, 05:26 PM | #6 |
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depends on the lake you choose. wylie is a color freak norman is normal..
on wylie metholite-blood red-or orange work, belive it or not.. norman green pumkin,watermelon seed,red shad all work..norman bass are mostly KY spotted bass. senko's,ribbon tailed worms,#5 shad rap,jointed shad rap..all work. now word of advise both get a terrible amount of boat traffic during the summer months.. if you have not noticed norman has massive yahts-over 100 feet long-cruising all over it..hit one of these wakes wrong and you will get more than a bath.. zooker
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What type of salwater did you do? Did you use artificials for most fish while casting and retreiving them or were you using live/dead bait or trolling? If for example you fished for redfish/snook, then fishing for bass is almost easier. If you used jerkbaits, or crankbaits thsoe will work for bass also. If you used live abit, then you can use live bait for bass also. If you are used to fishing super deep, you gotta change that usually unless you fish winter or for small mouths. Usually aren't fishing where you are deeper than max 20 feet for the bass. I don't think the learing curve is near what you may expect, but the biggest thing is bass relate to cover probably more than they relate to structure many times(not always). If you have both cover and structure you have a great location usually. Welcome to the site and good fishing to ya.
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Oh, as for live bait: Try a split shot rig (with or without bobber) with a piece of nightcrawler threaded on the hook, near the banks. This works all of the time for all species of fish and is really good for a quick on-shore meal of panfish like bluegills. Last edited by K-Driz; 04-05-07 at 10:07 AM. |
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Oh, and as for live bait, I don't know of a lake fish that can pass up either a split shot rig (with or without a bobber) with a piece of nightcrawler threaded onto the hook fished near the bank. That works all of the time for all species and is really good if you need to catch some panfish like bluegills for breakfast/lunch/dinner. |
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