Creek Fishing

[Dillypickle18]

What is the best bait or lure to use in a creek? And where the best place to cast it?

[Crestliner2008]

What species of bass are you targeting? How big (wide) is the "creek"? What are the max. depth? What is the water clarity like? Are you shore-bound or using a small boat? 

 

I, for one anyway, need more information. Sorry.

[Avalonjohn44]

My favorite creek bait is a Lunker City Hellgie on a jig head. Cast into little eddies behind rocks, or any other current break you can find. Small cranks like a Bandit 100, a Bagley Killer B1 or Bagley HoneyB will work some magic too.

[Curved]

My current favorite is a 1" gulp minnow on a 1/32 oz jig. Ultralight rod, 3 lb nanofil main and 2 lb mono leader. I toss it at deep spots or shadows and swim it back slowly. I like it because it catches most creek size fish including trout and smb. If I'm going for food I usually end up with a nice hodgepodge of sunfish, rock bass, smb, fallfish, or trout.

[Kevin22]

4-6" finesse worm on a 1/16 head. Fish any holes you can find, behind large rocks, undercut banks, under low hanging trees, and longjams/logs. Always try and fish downriver, throw upstream at a 45º angle and fish it as its coming down stream. 

[Thatbasstardbrent]

Wow i just had the same question this morning. I just went creek fishing in pa and honestly i have to say i did well with inline spinners. Just use a mid retrieve and fish it up-stream and down-stream. I used a rooster tail and this other inline that looked like a minnow, anything in that nature. Always cast for the deeper parts of the creek, if theres trout and bass thats were theyll be. Best of luck!

[Bluebasser86]

I like using the smallest size Pop R they make in the creeks I fish. I catch a lot of bass and green sunfish on them and the occasional white bass, wiper, crappie, or catfish. A small grub on a jighead works well to catch about anything that swims.