Any bass "Pros" out there?

[Kurt505]

I'm out with my son trying to catch a bass but nothings takin the bait. We tried copper rapelas and spoons and all they did was follow. Any tips on making them hit?

[Dust1n]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

I'm out with my son trying to catch a bass but nothings takin the bait. We tried copper rapelas and spoons and all they did was follow. Any tips on making them hit?

use topwater frogs and crayfish imatations close to thick cover and close to the shoreline

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by Fish Hunter7

use topwater frogs and crayfish imatations close to thick cover and close to the shoreline

I don't have any imitation baits like that with me, but I can catch some live crawfish here. Would that work?

[FishlessFool]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

I don't have any imitation baits like that with me, but I can catch some live crawfish here. Would that work?

Pretty sure it's against the provincewide regulations to possess live crawfish, or use them as bait.

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by FishlessFool

Pretty sure it's against the provincewide regulations to possess live crawfish, or use them as bait.

I was just fishing on surveyors lake and got checked out by f&w for a license and asked him about the regs and he was absolutely clueless. He didn't know if I could fish with barbs, treble hooks, or bait. All he wanted to see was my license.

[Dust1n]

well your deffinity not allowed barbs thats all i know some lakes have other restrictions

[gonefishin]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

I'm out with my son trying to catch a bass ...

Just out of curiosity, where are you fishing for bass?

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

Just out of curiosity, where are you fishing for bass?

I'm at kikomun creek pp in BC, there is a little lake in the camp ground that has bass and a couple km's away is baynes lake which also has bass.

[Dust1n]

go pick up a yellow bass poper at wallyworld for 4 bucks and cast it right beside the bank twitch and wait. its a sure thing theyll go after a imatation just as much if not faster then a worm.
a black minster twister works too mty buddy said after windermere lake

[pikester]

Originally Posted by Kurt505

I'm at kikomun creek pp in BC, there is a little lake in the camp ground that has bass and a couple km's away is baynes lake which also has bass.

Don't know what regs are now for bait but I killed em in there years ago drop shotting with good old worms on single hooks!

[recce43]

spinners work good find holes in the weeds and flip into the holes bass love that any top water lures frogs jitterbugs flip and cast look for logs in the water or weeds any structre docks

[Lunker4Life]

I was catching smallmouth bass at lake of the woods a week ago they were loving my jointed pike rapala trolling around rocky islands i was also catching them in about 5 feet of water on a jig tipped with gulp yellow minnows. largemouth bass love top waters try a super bass frog. i was also catching white bass and fresh water drum (silver bass) on spoons, small white baitfish immitations (rapalas) and pickerel rigs tipped with minnows good luck man!

[Zeb]

I have fished that pond before when I was younger. We slayed them on Panther Martins just buy the yellow body with the silver blade and you should have no problems catching them. You can try any color combos out they will all work well in that pond. We probably caught close to 100 on them last time I was out there. The highlight for me fishing that pond was seeing a huge bass that would hang out by a dead tree in the water. I finally managed to catch him and he was close to six pounds! I caught him on a small silver spoon with a bend in it, I think it may have been a Little Cleo but I cant remember the exact make.

[Kurt505]

Well I took the boy to baynes lake this morning, turns out it wasn't the lure but rather the lake. We nailed them today! Atleast 50-60 each, hooking up on more casts than we missed. We were using an orange and yellow power grub with an orange head. Went through an entire package of power grubs in about 2hrs. Only caught 3 keepers but we had a blast!

[tschallock]

I fish some competitve smallmouth events here in ontario regularly and do quite well. The simplest thing to do is throw a weightless stick worm, rigged wacky or texas, and do nothing. Let it sink and just sit on bottom for as long as you can stand. Most of the time, if there are any bass around that have probably never seen this before, your worm won't get to bottom.

Keep an eye on the water temp if you can, it is the most important IMO. They will start getting active in the low 50's, smash anything in the shallows through the 60's. Once surface temp gets into the 70's start looking for a little deeper water, or 6-10ft flats with deep water close by.

Topwaters are a lot of fun, but I'll usually use a worm, tube, or other type of light jig if there are numbers of fish just because you can get into a lot more fish because your not fighting with a mouth full of treble hooks.

[SalmoTrutta]

Plain rubber worms like mr twisters will catch you Bass, sometimes its the simpler things that work, weight it only enough to cast it.

[curtis_rak]

Originally Posted by tschallock

I fish some competitve smallmouth events here in ontario regularly and do quite well. The simplest thing to do is throw a weightless stick worm, rigged wacky or texas, and do nothing. Let it sink and just sit on bottom for as long as you can stand. Most of the time, if there are any bass around that have probably never seen this before, your worm won't get to bottom.

I will second this.
Texas rigged 5" and 6" worms work the most consistantly. Black w/ red sparkles and pumpkinseed colors are my personal favorite.

Ive bass fished Lake Windermere in BC the last couple summers and did very well for largemouths on texas rigs in 3-6' of water around lily pads and docks.

[gprime27]

Just a very small bobber and worm.. Worked all the time on that lake.. Single hook barbless.. I'm from that area.. go nuts

[Albertafisher]

Shaky-head worm presentation on a dropshot rig. Will work better than any spoon in the situation.

[ksmitty]

Caught lots of bass at Surveyors last summer using a black mister twister tail as a leech imitation. Slow twitchy retrieve was effective

[lotw]

put a leach or a nightcrawler on a straight hook and a splitshot about 18 inches up from it. outfish any artificial lure 3 to 1. If there is a ridiculous amount of under 8 inch fish around this rig may catch too many smaller fish before the bigger ones have a chance to get to it. If you want to use shiners bigger is better, big smallmouth love 4 -5 inch shiners and herring. Using a jig instead of a straight hook is easier to cast but will not catch nearly as many. The natural fall of a straight hook with small weight is the trigger. You can swap the live bait for just about any powerbait that is 3 to 5 inches. Gulp leaches and 3 inch tubes are great, i like the 3 inch white powerbait twister tails. When they are slow the live bait rig is by far the best. If you want to cast artificials that arent rubber, rattle traps are very good, better than rattle raps and a meps #3 with hair will catch a pile if they are in shallows. Most of the stick baits work good too, classic silver and black is my favorite colour. If you want a challenge walk a frog colored zara spook across the water in the evening. Hard to hook em but they will go it it like crazy.