hey guys,
my buddy got me into the sport of largemouth bass fishing last year around this time. ever since then i've been hooked! ever since the beginning, i was buying every type of bass lure, different kinds of line, rods, reels. i just converted over to bait casting reels and rods. i knew i was going to have to "learn" the reel since all you hear is bad stories about how everyone you know hates these types of reels because of constant backlash blah blah blah.. well i wanted to figure it out for my self. and yes i did have my fair share of backlashes in the beginning, but hey that's trial and error right?
i'm now very good with my bait casting setup and i caught my first bass of the season with it! and my second bass with my setup was my PB! 4lbs 10oz. you guys have no idea how excited i was to feel this amount of power pulling on my lure! especially since around my area of local lakes your average largemouth bass is a little over 1lb. If you catch a 2lb bass around here your high fiveing all your buddies lol. so a 4lb 10oz Bass just a couple oz's short of 5lb is on heard of for us here.
well that leads me into this.. every time i go out fishing no matter what, i always use my Zoom Trick Worm: Green Pumpkin with Gamakatzu EWG Offset Shank Worm 2/0 Hook Texas rigged weightless. on 8lb mono. i always start out with this, becuase when i was first starting out, I only used worms. senkos, ribbon tails etc.. and the only color that really worked well was green pumpkin. so everything i bought was green pumpkin this and that. and i would always catch bass no matter what on the zoom trick worm. worked every time! i have so much confidence in this worm its ridiculous.
but now, like today for example, i started out with that worm and nothing all day.. for hours. but i know it works. so what do you guys go to next for lure choice if your go to lure doesn't work? i know it matters about what the condition the weather is, what time of day, water temp, etc.. im not even talking about that. i just have zero confidence is anything else other than worms. i started using jigs at the end of the season last year and i bought every kind, every color, every size with every different type of trailer... im weird like that, and i actually caught my past pb on a jig. (the pics of the bass that ate is in my photo gallery)! the bass was 3lbs 3oz. huge for around here. this picture i took of the bass with the jig in it's mouth was right as soon as i pulled it from the water! i was so shocked my jig and trailer worked! and how awesome it looked in it's mouth!
but i just don't know what to do when your go to lure doesn't work... i tried spinners, buzzbaits, jigs, flukes, jerkbaits, frogs, popers, crank baits etc... the only bait that works is the worm. and every time the worm doesn't work for that day and i switch to a different type of lure, i feel like im wasting my time and i could of caught a bass on my worm by now other than using that current lure i have setup.
i need help!
sorry for the long post about something so simple i need answers for, but i know you guys would listen and give me so advice!
thanks,
-Zildjian
