Live Bait???

[AvidAngler]

So ive been reading a lot and trying to figure out new cool ways to fish and what not. ive seem to come across a conclusion about myself and that is, that i don't really care what fish im catching as long as im catching fish. I love to fish for bass in particular though just becuase i feel like its a community/club kinda thing. everyone goes and racks up a crap load of different bass lures/jigs/worms/swimbaits etc.. and i just feel like bass fishing is more fun because of that aspect. everyone wants to catch the fish on something they have never tried. BUT. i never ever see anyone posting about live bait at all. i wanted to start trying to catch my own minnows or buying them either one and then seeing what i catch. ive heard from countless people saying live bait will get you fish everytime. and i realize why. but i don't understand why people don't post more about using it. Do you not like how it changes the speed you fish? or do you think its cheating? i think it would be cool but i also think its less rewarding to catch them on live bait. just a thought.

[Hot n Tot]

I used to use night crawlers and minnows that I'd trap when I lived on a lake. Honestly, I don't think live bait works any better day in and day out, and is not really worth the hassle.

I only use artificial now and haven't touched live bait in years.

[TxBankFisherman]

get a cast net... When the bite got tough on a local lake I used to fish... in the heat of the summer... would fish all day, then catch perch before it got dark.. used a lighted bobber and fished closed to trees with the perch...

it was a lot cooler and the fish bit a lot better.... we caught bass to 6 lbs. big catfish and got broke off a few times 2...

[flyeaglesfly5186]

I like to spend an hour catching smaller pan fish at the lake on small chunks of worms then taking them to the river. Baiting them on a 2/0 or bigger bait hook then tossing them in the river for smallmouth.

[basscatcher8]

I love walleye fishing just as much as bass fishing so I usually carry some live bait with me mostly minnows or crawlers in case I end up some where that a walleye bite might be possible. Always catch bass on it as well. Nothing wrong with it all about what you like to do.

[hatrix]

In the dead of summer or when I'm lazy I will use a small BG with a bobber. Generally though I think artificial baits will out fish live bait almost all the time. It depends on what fish your targeting also. For example artificials won't beat shiners when you get on a school of perch.