What common household substance can I use for bass bait?
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LOL, I hear that Bacon Bit Brownies work great!\n\nS.S.
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I lived in Jacksonville, Florida all my life. My bass-club had a tournament out of Talquin in the late 90's. \n\nI think you should be throwing 7 inch Berkley "Power-worms" in "Red Shad/Green Glitter" or "Camo" colors.\n\nTry a 1/4 OZ "Titanium" spinner bait with "GOLD" willow-leaf blades and a "red/chartreuse" skirt. \n\n"Hank Parker's" "Classic" spinner-bait works TOO!\n\nThe guy who won that particular tourney put his trolling motor on at a brisk pace, threw spinner-baits until he found fish, then slowed down and thoroughly worked the area with "Power-worms",( he ended up wining over $600).\n\nAlso, try the new "Senko" 5" stick bait in "cinnamon/black/Merthiolate tip" color. I have heard this bait works VERY well "walked" across weed tops and weed-lines.\n\nIf all else fails, try "downsizing" your line diameter("Berkly Fireline" size 4/10), using a "spinning" reel, and throw 1/8 & 1/4 OZ, "Beetle-spins" with curly-tailed bodys in "Black body/silver blade" or "Chartruese body/ gold blade". \n\nIf you find a concentration of "spooky" Bass, try throwing a "Yum" "Zellamander"(no weight), Texas-style rigged, "water melon/red-flake" color.  \n\nCast to wood! Cast along weedlines! GOOD LUCK!
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Well there are alot of variables to your question.... water temperature, clarity, depth, stream or pond/lake..... but here are my top three....\n\nGrape soft plastic worm... usually a curl tail... and rigging depends on those above variables.\n\nBuzz baits and spinner baits.... with a slow retrieve.... and a nice trailer never hurt anything..\n\nAnd top water poppers and hard baits.... poppers for the noise and spooks and torpedos for good action
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Ringtail cats (which are not actually cats, but related to raccoons) are predators, and are most likely to be attracted to aromatic meat baits.\n\nCanned fish, fish based cat food, or a 50/50 mixture of peanut butter and honey or molasses (which is pretty much an all-purpose mammal bait) would probably work well.  I would recommend the cat food first, as it is easy to obtain and cheap, and if that doesn't work, try the other baits.\n\nI'm not sure what the local regulations are in Texas, but you might require a permit from your state Fish and Wildlife regulatory agency.  Many allow trapping freely on your own property, but may require written permission of the owners of whatever property you intend to release the animal onto.  Some agencies may require a nominal fee for trapping fur bearing varmints.
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Live shrimp are your best bet, try some cut bait in the bottom
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I prefer 2 lures for BIG BASS.  The jig and pig or jig and craw both are proven time and time again as BIG BASS catchers.  Also try any lures that are larger than you'd usually use.  Try a Heddon Zara Spook.  Use the walk the dog method on choppy water for great results! Almost anything that's too big for a smaller bass will attract the BIG BOYS.  Try any soft plastic worms that are 10 inches or more.  I like YUM worms due to the fact that they hold together very well.  I have caught several bass on 1 single worm, as opposed to say a senko that when used can usually only land 1 bass, maybe 2 if your lucky.  You can use a larger size original floater by Rapala to get larger bass also.  It is more knowing where the big boys are hiding while paying attention to conditions such as water temp, clarity, air temp, your retrieval speed, your techniques, etc...  You can catch a lunker on a finesse jig, or an 8 inch crankbait.  You have to learn how bass think before you can understand how they feed. Here is a good site you can use to learn about bass and their habits alittle more.  You can learn all sorts of good stuff at this site.  I know for sure that it helped me a great deal.  Keep your line tight and you bait wet,  BASS Fisherman
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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND YOU ARE FISHING FOR.CHANNELS, BLUES AND BULLHEADS ALL LOVE FRESH CUT BAIT, CHICKEN LIVER( FRESH OR ROTTEN), FLATHEADS PREFER LIVE BAIT, LIKE LIVE SUNFISH (WHERE LEGAL) CARP, SUCKERS, LARGE MINNOWS,AND SMALL BULLHEADS (AGAIN, WHERE LEGAL).NIGHTCRAWLERS, LEECHES AND CRAYFISH CAN WORK FOR ALL FOUR SPECIES.OH, IF THEY ARE BITING SO GOOD, WHY ARE YOU ON THE COMPUTER?????LOL
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Probably the best bait would be large black lug and squid. Use a pully rig.First cut a lenght of shock leader approx 2ft.Tie a weight clip on the end ,then slid a bait clip above it a peice of silicon rubber holds it in place.Follow it with a bead then a large swivel another bead goes on next. Tie a overhand knot to form a loop.To this tie a length of nylon about 18ins long use two hooks pennel style,they need to be large hooks2/0 say.The swivel fixes to your shock leader. When you bait up use 2 or3 lug and a peice of squid to tip off .Put the hook onto the bait clip,the weight of the lead will hold it in place.When this hits the water any slack line will make the hook fall away. This time of year the main speices will be cod.These fish have big mouths so a big bait is needed. Hope this goes some way to helping you out.Tight lines.
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I only fish for bass, so here is my list for bass. I would try Rebel pop-r's in different sizes and colors. Hula poppers, heddons zara spook for big bass, try different propeller lures, the Rapala original floating minnow. Try some different frogs that can float over weeds, and provoke vicious strikes, you could also try different floating plastic baits from 3x by strike king, they have all sorts of plastics that float like lizards, worms, crawfish, etc... I live in PA, but there are alot of constants in bass fishing.  If your not producing fish, vary your retrieve speed, and technique. In clear water use realistic lures, in cloudy water use brighter lures like firetiger, in muddy waters try lures that make noise so the fish can zero in on them. A few examples are spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and wide wobble crankbaits. Same with at night, use noisy lures. But I have also got fish at night with worms, which don't make any noise. Try different things till you hit the right lure.  Tight lines
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That's a tough one.  They are persistent little critters.\n\nTry using boric acid - you can get it at any department store.  It is a powder, quite inexpensive, and harmless to humans.  Put it in any places you see signs of silverfish, along cracks in wood, etc.  We use boric acid on our sailboat and it seems to control most pests.\n\nIf you have silverfish in your kitchen cupboards try putting loose bay leaves around all the shelves and corners.  They won't kill the silverfish, but I have found that bay leaves spread around like that tend to keep most insects away.  There seems to be something about the bay leaves they don't like.  I've never used them for silverfish, but they work for ants.\n\n\nThere are special insecticides for silverfish, including Drone Dust which actually dries them out when they pass through it.  And there are things called silverfish packs.  Any powder you put down has to go in the dark places and cracks where they like to live, not out in the open - around your foundation, inside electrical outlets, around plumbing, under sinks, places liek that.\n\nThey are particularly attracted to wet, humid areas, so getting everything as dry as posible will help.  Fix any leaky pipes, maybe get a dehumidifier.  Regularly ventilate closed rooms.  VAcuum cracks with the special crevice tool regularly.  Use silica gel to help keep things dry.  Keep all food tightly covered to remove their food source.\n\nDid you do an Internet search related to this?  You might get more ideas.\n\nIf all else fails, or if you have a big problem, you might need to call an exterminator, which of course will be expensive.\n\nI hope this helps!  Good luck with it!
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I'd say if you're catching that variety you're probably doing the right things... you might catch more bluegill if you switch from minnows to worms or crickets... use a small brass hook... no bigger than an inch (I don't know hook #'s) put a spit shot weight about 3 inches above the hook and then a bobber about 2 feet above that... good luck
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First go to your local sporting goods store, and get yourself some 4 inch and some 6 inch YUM dinger "worms".  And some YUM 7 inch ribbontail worms.  Also get a pack or 2 of Gamakatsu #2 worm hooks.  Rig both of these worms Texas style with out any wieght.  Cast near the edge of grass beds, where bass like to ambush thier prey from.  Also try flipping the worms near the shady side of underwater trees and rocks.  Keep your line taut by casting, and then raising your rod tip to get rid of the slack.  Do not reel in the line to pick up slack, because most hits will happen moments after the worm splashes into the water.  If it doesn't get an immediate strike, let the bait sink to the bottom, and then give the worm a few little tugs, as to jump the worm up about a foot off the bottom, then let it sink back to the bottom, then as it sinks again, keep your line taut, and do 1 or 2 cranks om the reel to pick up a little slack.  99% of hits will happen as the worms are falling down/ or sinking, so keeping the line taut will help you feel the hits. Bass usually don't eat worms off of the bottom.  You must also keep an eye on your line, because sometimes you won't feell the hit and your line may go to one side or the other and you'll know a bass has your bait.  When you hook a bass, be sure to reel him away from the cover, because that is right where the bass will go, and you have to be quick, or you will lose him.  After you get the bass away from the cover, let the fish wear itself out.  Then reel him in and carefully lip the bass.  DO NOT touch any part of the bass except the lip, unless you plan to eat them.  Fish have a protective enzyme that protects them from bacteria.  The slime is eaten away and removed, when you touch the bass, because of the amino acids on your skin.  Touching the bass removes this protective layer and opens the bass to bacterial and fungal infections which will kill the fish. Last night, I fished a heavily pressured lake and caught 9 bass in 3 hours. 8 largemouth and 1 smallmouth all with the YUM dinger.  On memorial day I fished a small farm pond and using the YUM ribbontail, I caught 16 largemouth in 4 hours.  It is all about presentation, so go to the site that the others have listed, the best is bass resource, which I put a link up for, and research how to best fish these worms.  I gave you my favorite and most productive methods.  Have fun and remember, tight lines.
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Aliminum foil and toilet bowl cleaner.  Shake it up and throw it.  We made one once that killed all the grass on a volley ball court, and another one that didn't go off for like 30 minutes, but destroyed the trash can it was in!
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On the Mississippi I use 0000 stainless steel hooks, large brim and shad... at least hand sized or larger or chicken thighs.... I use to use 65lbs test but now I use Army "550" cord.  For wieghts I use 4 to 6 oz pear wieghts depending on the water level and current.... tie it off to a good sized limb..... you'll need it.  50lbs cats are common there.\n\nCabelas stocks most of the stuff you need. Or you can try bait shop along Old Man River
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Well, word of mouth is a good start.  Go to bait stores, sporting stores, tackle shops.  You will find valuable answers there!
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Okay here goes.First thing you need is great insect repellent to spray yourself completely to keep the nasty bugs away.Buy the strongest sun screen to protect your skin.Wear a hat to ward off sun/heat stroke.Buy 6 bottles of water and a cooler with ice to keep them cold.Make yourself some snack foods for lunch and for the munchies.I also brought hand wipes to clean the worm gunk and fish smell off my hands.Buy a cheap but good rod and real with a small tackle box filled with all the little goodies you may need.Remember above all if the fish is smaller than your hand throw the poor thing back into the water so it can grow some more.
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When visibility is greatly reduced, choose big lures since they are easier for bass to see and catch. Bass seem reluctant to move far from a holding spot, so you want their first swipe at the lure to hook them. When the going gets muddy try: 1. Spinnerbaits – A large spinnerbait is highly visible and produces vibrations fish can sense with their lateral line. For maximum flash and vibration, use a 3/8 to 9/16 ounce black spinnerbait with a single Tennessee blade. If the current is slack, you may want to drop to a ¼ ounce model. You can also tip your spinnerbait with a trailer such as a big pork frog to add buoyancy so you can fish it slower. 2. Crankbaits – A big crankbait with a diving lip is deadly in muddy water, even in very shallow water. Use a slow retrieve to give the bass ample opportunity to find the lure. 3. Jigs – Use a big rubber-legged jig and large trailer to probe shallow cover. Black is a good primary color, but try a hot secondary color on the jig skirt or trailer, such as chartreuse or orange. In muddy water, you can approach bass closely, so try flippin a jig into cover in quiet pockets. 4. Plastic Lizards – Rig them Texas-style on a 3/16 ounce slip sinker. They work better than plastic worms because they have more bulk, therefore easier for bass to find. A lizard with a twister tail provides added vibration. Try black or black and chartreuse.\n\nIf spinnerbaits and crankbaits aren’t producing bass, slow your retrieve. If you still aren’t catching fish, change the lure style or size. Even lures of the same kind often produce different vibrations. A change in style and size changes the pattern of vibration, which can change the response of bass.