So I Used a Big Hook to Avoid Small Fish

[kfx450r]

....Quite ambitious, using either 12 or 15 lb test...I actually didn't realize he was on the line until I reeled it in and casted it back out (Was looking at where I was casting)...see a little fish flying mid air, I was like O well, maybe a big fish will grab him. [-o<

The bass are elusive, anyone got any aritificial bait tips? I want to try some lizards/toads/crawfish (Louisiana) but not sure what colors to try. Any advice?

 

[cgaengineer]

I have goo luck with the color red and rooster tails.

 

[Captain Ahab]

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That is an offset worm hook and it looks like you are using it for live worms?

And yes, those 'gills will eat anything - I have caught them on 7' fatboy senkos where they deepthroated the worm - never got the hook but had so much soft plastic in their mouth they could not get off


Crazy

 

[kfx450r]

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That is an offset worm hook and it looks like you are using it for live worms?

And yes, those 'gills will eat anything - I have caught them on 7' fatboy senkos where they deepthroated the worm - never got the hook but had so much soft plastic in their mouth they could not get off


Crazy

(Hammond, Louisiana) Thanks for reminding me, I've been real busy trying to finish up my boat project and I have finals this week but I'll definitely get it all squared away soon. Yah, I'm a fishing newb I have no idea what hooks are called specifically or their specific size I just, figure what size fish I'm aiming for and go for a hook size after that. Kinda annoying though, the pic above is a pond about a 1/4 mile from my house that a local boat dealership sits on, every day if you go early they have ski boats testing them out doing like 50mph cutting turns about 100-150 feet from the bank...makes me furious they have so much room and I know they see people fishing there, it isn't like they own the pond or anything theres probably 5-6 businesses and a few apartment complexes on it.

I've been abusing the hell out of beetle spinners among a few other artificials to try to catch bluegills but they refuse to bite them so, to avoid not catching ANYTHING I decided to use worms... didn't plan to catch them but, I figure that is better than nothing. The weather has been horrible, tons of rain, really high water levels.

Went to a friends house that lives on a really deep (like 70 feet) canal known to have big catfish in it, threw a huge worm on a hook with 2x (idk the size but pretty big) weights, and the current still took it and we sat there for about 3 hours and the bait was completely in tact. Sometimes its just not meant to be, I'm hoping once I can get my boat in the water I can get to some prime spots and the weather gets better so I can start experimenting with artificial baits because I am very new to all this (Not fishing, just the technical aspects aside from "Worm on hook, cast, catch"

 

[theyyounggun]

A lizard texas rigged and fish it SLOWWWWW. cast at rocks, docks, under trees, or shade. When you see your line swimming set the hook!

 

[200racing]

a would recommend a water melon redflake baby brush hog drug along the bottom.

also spinning reels cast best and farthest when filled with line to a about a 1/8 of a inch from the lip of the bail.

 

[vahunter]

A lot of factors for lure choices. My favorite rig is a Texas rig with the smallest weight you can get away with for conditions and a smallish (6") black or green pumpkin worm. If muddy water I use black or red shad. I can almost always catch bass on this rig.