What To Throw For Beginner

[Bigterp77]

Im a complete newbie!  Ive been lurking for a while on here though and Ive learned a ton.  Trying to learn a specific style at a time.  Ive been throwing senkos for the past 2 months and have had good success, feel pretty confident.  Im ready to expand and im not sure where to go next.  Thinking about cranks or jigs?  Any thoughts or suggestions?  (Im only fish from the bank right now)  Im also going to get a new bc reel and rod but Im waiting so it fits with the technique.

Thanks for all of your input!

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[Arv]

I would recommend a texas rig, jig and a spinnerbait. All should be able to be fished well on the same rod if you are going to get a new set up. Something 7'ish, MH/F will let you cover a lot of applications. You can speed up or slow down depending on the mood of the fish.

[NEjitterbugger]

If you will be patient start with a senko, otherwise a crank or spinnerbait would be a good starter.

[Felix77]

I would go with a Spinnerbait next.  That way you have both a finesse and power method under your belt.

[WRB]

Try expanding your current outfit by adding a few finesse rigs like the split shot rig, slip shot rig, nail worm and drop shot rigs. You can also try out a few smaller size top water lures like a Splash-It or Chug Bug early and late in the day. Bank fishing limits what you can do or how much stuff you want to carry.

Tom

[Bigterp77]

can cranks or jigs be effective in bank fishing?  its kind of tough to hide a boat from the wife!  ive been throwing senkos and doing well, id like to have another set up that i can be a little less patient.  ive been reading up and watching videos, just want to make sure that the next setup i choose will be effective for largemouths from the bank.

[TexasRigger21]

I'd suggest something like a crankbait or T-rig. Jigs are tricky, you have to know what to feel for and what not to feel for. Choose something you think you would like to do. Just stick with it until you master it. One at a time.

[Blues19]

I would go with a spinnerbait or T-Rig.  A spinnerbait will allow you to cover alot of water and move much faster.  I would start with either some of the $1 spinnerbaits from Walmart or a booyah 1/4 or 3/8 oz tandem Chartreuse white spinnerbait.  You should be able to catch some fish with those.  I would also look at getting some baby brush hogs, lizards, and or 7" ribbon tail worms.  You can use 2/o or 3/o gamakatsu ewg hook with a 3/16 oz bullet weight with those.  Drag those, hop them, or even swim them. You don't need to be as patient because you move the bait quite a bit more and dont have to wait as much as you will have to with a senko. 

 

You could also consider getting a Hollow Bodied frog.  I like the albino Spro Bronze eye frog. It is a good bait to throw around cover because it wont get hung up and seeing a bass come up and destroy a topwater bait is fun.

[Sodus Bay Scooter]

Get one of everything

No really though, if you can afford it, get a little bit of everything because I don't know where you fish but you may find out that out of all the various baits out there, there might be something that out catches everything else in your particular body of water.

It's not a bad idea to become at least familiar with all styles of bait.

Otherwise my vote goes to t-rigged creature/beaver style baits. They are a bigger profile and you can rig them heavy to punch through a lot of junk that you'll find most often when bank fishing.

[BamaBassChaser]

Swim jig gets my vote. I fish from the bank too and always have one in a bream color rigged up.

[basskicker98]

Toss a senko rigged wacky!

[Seth12]

I am a beginner as well and so far I have had luck with a Carolina rig, and spinner baits.

[basskicker98]

Also.... although you can fish it a few different ways, a square bill crank on a straight retrieve will do great in shallow water. Also, shallow water is easy to fish. Just toss her out and reel in the fish! It's hard to go wrong with a texas rigged worm. Just grab some powerbait 7" ribbon-tails and let the fun begin! Like I said in a previous post, Senkos are 100% idiot proof. They're wicked easy to rig and there's now wrong way to fish it. Live bait is always an option. Tubes are fairly easy to work. A Yamamoto fat Ika is very easy to catch fish on too. Stick an octopus hook under the collar and slowly bounce it off the bottom.

[Bigterp77]

just grabbed a cranking rod, a crucial m/h.  looks like im going to try my luck in crankbaits. thanks for all of your advice  

[LARGEMOUTH ANGLER]

frogs, spinnerbait and worms

[CDMeyer]

Hey welcome to the sport, once your in your in!  But if I was you I would start to throw a spinner bait and or a crank bait.