Hello,
I am new to fishing. I recently went out and got all my gear with some friends advice. Ive been fishing at the urban lakes in Anthem the past three weekends. I haven't caught anything yet. However, on my last outing my wife caught a small bass with a panfishing setup using a slip bobber and worm on a hook a buddy let me borrow. HAHA!!!
I have been using texas rigged soft plastics. I have been mainly using different shades of green (watermelon or green pumpkin), and have also tried some blues. Some plastics are small grub size all the way up to 6". After watching lots of youtube video I think I have the technique down for fishing this setup. I am trying to fish near the water falls, and rock structures on the perimeter. I even had an occurrence where I could see the bass very close to the shore where I was standing. I slowly twitched the rig along the bottom and let it sit still for a bit. It got the fish attention multiple times. It would come up and just stare at it, then swim away. I tried letting it sit thinking it would slam it. I even tried giving it a little bump hoping for a reaction strike. No luck!
Can you guys give me some pointers? Im also looking for other places to go fish. I don't have a boat or kayka. Im mainly looking to stick to urban fishing at the moment. Im located off the 17 and Thunderbird. Looking online it seems Cortez is the next closest place to try. Im open to all suggestions though.
Thanks in advance for your help!
