the best way to catch a bass?
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You should try a 3/8 ounce jig head , Texas rig a power worm (color:tequila sunrise) and jig it on the bottom near timber....this will give the worm a fairly slow sink rate and you will get lots of bites while the worm is sinking\n\nTry to use some Rapala baits, preferably the X-RAP, gold and silver colors work the best. Husky jerks work well in spawning bass beds and weeds.\n\nAnother tip is to use a a white tube with red glitter( Venom brand) and inset a 1/16 tud insert weight and jig that on the bottom...but don't push that tube weight all the way up. by doing this that tube twitches more and attracts more fish..also use some liquid powerbait bass attractant with that.\n\nBuzzbaits work very good. so des berkley gulp!\n\nlive shiners...never fail\n\nplastic frogs work very well as a topwater bait.
328446
I like to use my silver spinner. Get one with a bight strip on it. If you go in the river use a smaller one, and if you are at the mouth of the river us a medium one. They also like flies. Find out which ones just hatched and go get that bait. They eat it up. Good Luck!
933643
If it's legal in that particular lake   Fish after dark..I've caught huge,finicky clear water bass on black,shallow running plugs at night...squirt some scent on the lure,fish close to shore ..and keep quiet...
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try cabelas\n\nhttp://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jsp?id=cat20362&navAction=jump&navCount=1&parentId=cat20166&parentType=category&cmCat=MainCatcat20166\n\nalso bass pro shops\n\nhttp://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.SubClass?hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=11&hvarSubCode=3&cmid=FILN_OS_FISHINGEQUIPMENT_SINKERJIGSHOTMOLDS
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You can use just about anything for catfish... and yes... I have used anchovies as bait before... with limited success... but I also caught a stripped bass that night too.
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Minnows:  buy a minnow trap and bait it with bread crumbs\nworms:    pick them up off the road after a heavy rain. Keep them in the basment or garage with coffee grounds and dirt\n\ncickets:  catch them as you find them.
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I love bass fishing at night, especially in the dog days of summer.  If you have a bit of light, such as a full moon, I will cast a buzzbait.  If light is scarce, I switch to a large plastic worm or lizard.  Swimming plastics lets you feel the bite, rather than see it.  Keep some form of light in the boat, so you can safely remove all the fish you catch!
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ask local fishermen.\nthe bes way i know is troling with jigs. you can also cast spoon baits from a pier or jetty, if they are in a feeding frenzy reel in fast so the bait is close 2 the surface.
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WOW!! I was checking out this site last night, when I came upon this little tool. You enter the basses' length and girth, and it gives you an approximate weight. Just click on the link below to go right to it.  When you are done, check out the rest of the site.  Even if your the best bass fisherman in the world, you'll still learn a few things off of this site.  Have fun, tight lines and keep the wind at your back!
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If there is a bait shop near the pier than go and talk to the fisherman. (the ones who are catching fish)  But usually the bait store guy will tell you because his buddys are giving him the report. The most siimple way to rig is the top and bottom wire riggs, 1,2,3and maby 4, oz weights. dipending on what is biteing, use a #1 or # circle hook, if sea trout,(the stealth bombers of the sea) use somthing smaller cause they can hit and run in 2 seconds flat and steal your bait.  all of this stuff is cheap enough so buy a few extras cause your going to loose some on rocks and seaweed. 20 dollars will have you fishing for a month or two.
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Try a variety of picks.  Also, practice finger-picking.  And when you practice, spend a lot of time playing along with songs you know and like.  This will make the session more enjoyable as well as challenge you to learn different techniques, rhythms, chord structures, and familiarize yourself with your own abilities and limitations.  This will speed you along faster than practice alone and reward you when you are actually able to play a bass line.\n\nDon't worry about spending money on high-end equipment until you feel you need to invest in it.  Go to a pawn shop, used music store, or classifieds for used bass heads and amps.  You will find some good deals, and many used amps actually sound better than new equipment because it has aged and been played.  New equipment tends to sound "new" and may take time to break in.  Take your bass with you when you try out amps, most places don't mind and actually encourage you to try out different amps.
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I use a bait that has never failed me. Go to the grocery store and pick up a box of bran flakes and a bottle of Big Red. Take a bowl and poor about 1-2 cups of bran flakes in. Then, you poor in the Big Red. You're going to get your hands dirty, but start mashing away at the stuff until you get a nice consistant paste. The tricky part here is to get the right parts flakes to Big Red. You want it to be pretty sticky, but not liquidy if that makes sense. Tie a treble hook (one of those hooks with three points) to your line. When it's time to bait up, pinch off enough of the stuff to cover all the points of the hook. Be careful when casting not to throw the bait off your hook. When it settles to the bottom, you will see your line go slack. Reel up that slack until your line is tight.\n\nWhen a buffalo bites, it usually mouths on the bait for a few seconds. That will cause your line to go slack. Don't try to catch the fish at this point. Let it sit there. The fish will eventually pick the bait up and pull your line tight again. When this happens, set the hook. \n\nI used to catch huge carp on this bait. They are one of the best fighting fish I've ever chased.
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Depends on what kind of fish you are going for... if its bass, the one important thing to look for is shallow water, with deeper water near by...they hang out in these areas in order to escape the shallow water into the deeper. ex: a 4ft. drop off in a lake is a good place too look for them usually with brush or trees near by
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This time of year it can be hard to trigger strikes - contrary to popular thinking.  I'd use some sort of floating crank that dives to no more than 3-4 ft. upon retrieve.  Anything in a shad color will work since that makes up a significant portion of bass diet this time of year.  If you're fishing over milfoil, cast to the edge, retrieve quickly for the first 3 or 4 feet and then let it float back up to the top.  It simulates a shad scurrying away from the bass which usually makes them come out and hit it.  Stop and go retrieves tend to work really well at this time of year.  If you're hell-bent on using cranks, go for it.  Let me suggest, however, floating worms in the early and late parts of the day.  They are killer here in NC.  Zoom puts out a color called tomatoe that I've had a lot of luck w/ lately.  Don't forget about the trusty ol' buzz bait either, you can usually do some damage w/ one of those if you throw it up to a grassy bank and just slow roll it.\n\nGood luck.
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Check out Cabelas OR Pro bass .com they have eveything. good luck
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Definitely.  Top-water, 10" worms and noisy baits work well.  Most bass fisherman overlook night fishing.
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I would get each of them this rod and reel -  http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=58422&hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=3&hvarSubCode=3&hvarTarget=browse\n\nGet some medium sized, eagle claw hooks with leader, get the red hooks\n\nget some red, medium sized swivels \n\ngets some medium sized weights, like this - http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=16668&hvarDept=100&hvarEvent=&hvarClassCode=10&hvarSubCode=3&hvarTarget=browse\n\nget a box of nightcrawler worms