Beginner Lure Help.

[ackblade24]

Hey yall this is my first post so sorry if i am doing something wrong. Me and my dad want to get into bass fishing (We always hunted and never really got into fishing) and we need to know what lures to use and how to use them. I have fished before but that is just with some worms or minnows and want to get into using lures. I have some spinner baits, buzz baits, and cranks and i got a ton of plastic worms, minnows and craws, and i got some bass football jigs and i just want to know what other lures and such i should buy and how i could use them. i know there are tons of rigs like Texas and Carolina and i would like to know when to use those. Any tips for a beginner would be greatly appreciated. Most of my bass fishing will be from a shore. And i am in southern Wisconsin if you need to know. like i said any tips would be greatly appericated, anything helps! Thanks!

 

August

[The Young Gun]

Mepps #5 and tubes always do me good here in Wisconsin ... I'm in the northern part

[bigbill]

My first lure that day caught bass was a mepps #3 Anglia silver blade,Brown bucktail. Don't forget the bass scent too.

[coryn h. fishowl]

Mepps #5 and tubes always do me good here in Wisconsin ... I'm in the northern part

YG gave good advice, a mepps, a tube, some 4 inch worms, 4in (gulp) jerkbaits, crawfish lure (optional)(I recommend havoc craw fatty), apaddletail lure of some sort, double willowleaf,  Colorado, and a combo williowleaf and Colorado bladed spinnerbaits, a rat l trap, and bream/shad colored cranks, about 3 r 4 for different depths ( it'll say on package), for shallow, mid, and deep water. Those will go a long way.  Don't worry about jis and multiple rigs jest yet, a texas rig, with hooks either weedless or exposed, especially with weighted hooks, will get you trough most situations.  The best way to learn about lures and techniques is research, and bassresource is as good as it gets. I personally am twice the angler I was last year thanks to research.  If you have any questions you can always send me a message, I'm eager to help.  Also if you want advice on what to do in particular situations I'll help you out. I have a crapload of links in my favorites bar, so I can always provide good articles too, that can help.  Don't worry, the guys here on bassresource are always eager to help, post more topics for questions you have and send messages to individuals. Somebody will always have nothing better to do (except dream about bass)  I'd love to talk to you 'bout hunting, and let me know what state/region you are, it can definitely vary the worth of the answers you get.  Welcome to bassresource, as soon as I can log back on, I'll send you some info on how to use what you've already got.

[Sam]

Read, read and read.

 

 

 

 

Subscribe to Bass Angler Magazine, Bass Quest and Bass Times.

 

 

 

 

 

Join BASS and FLW and get their magazines.

 

 

 

 

 

Consider joining a local bass club and learn from the guys.

 

 

 

 

 

Order the free Cabala’s and Bass Pro Shops catalogs and read every page to get acquainted with the rods, reels, baits and tackle that is out there. Just remember the catalogs are putting out half baloney and half-truth to sell the products.

 

 

 

 

 

Subscribe to Glenn’s YouTube videos. Excellent and down to earth on many topics.

 

 

 

 

 

If you and your dad hear of a technique, bait or tackle go to both Google and YouTube and enter the product’s or technique’s name. Check out as many of the articles you can before making a purchase.

 

 

 

 

 

Go to Hank Parker’s and Woo Daves’ web sites and read their articles and what they have to say.

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the other pros web pages for their input with the understanding that they are hawking their products.

 

 

 

 

 

Get up early on Sunday mornings and find the fishing shows and watch each one. Take notes.

 

 

 

 

 

Go to the top of the Forum’s page and read all of the articles. Every one. Take notes.

 

 

 

 

 

Save as much as you can in your new folder on your computer “Bass Fishing” and read those articles and posts during your 9 month winter.

 

 

 

 

 

Start a library with the articles you tear out of your magazines for future reference and the 10 months of winter up your way.

 

 

 

 

 

Look over the DVDs out there on specific techniques, baits, times of the year, etc. and watch them together, taking notes, and then watch them again and during your 11 months of winter.

 

 

 

 

 

Go to any fishing expo in your neck of the woods. They are usually held in February and March. Great outing for you and your dad. Talk to everyone about their products. Take as much free advertising as you can and read it when you get home.

 

 

 

 

 

Educate yourselves by reading, watching the DVDs and TV shows plus going to seminars, Bassmasters University and the expos.

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone can go out and throw something in the water and luck out once in a while. But you really need to educate yourself and your father and get to know that little green creature that will break your heart and drive you up a wall.

 

 

 

 

 

And last, as usual, GET SOME QUALITY NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS TO REMOVE THE HOOKS. You and your dad need one each. A 7 or 8-incher will do fine. Check them out a Home Depot or Lowe’s.

 

 

 

 

 

Now sit back and start coaming our posts and learning about your adversary, baits, techniques and the bass itself.

 

 

 

 

 

All the best.

 

 

 

 

 

Post pics of what you and your dad catch.

 

[tholmes]

Go to the top of the Forum’s page and read all of the articles. Every one. Take notes.

 

 

There's a gold mine of information on this site. I've been bass fishing for 50 years, and I'm constantly learning from the collection of articles here.

 

Tom

[roadwarrior]

Start here: http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_articles.html

 

This is another:  http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/60793-best-of-bassresourcecom/

 

 

 

 

[coryn h. fishowl]

one thing i forgot too metion, goto tools at thetop of this website andprint out the fishing log it will help you create a record of fishing trips t see what has worked and what hasn't. for the weather portion of it, youcan egt barometric pressure snset and sunrise time etc. from wunderground. pick up a copy of in fisherman handbook of strategies LARGERMOUTH BASS edition, best d**n fishing book on themarket, and it willl walk u through all 10 seasons of bass fihing, yes 10, it will explaain that too, i'll hit you up later withsome info, gotta go get ona train, but remember, have fun.

[Avalonjohn44]

Here is a Quick and relatively cheap starter kit, and most of it can be found at Walmart. I bought these exact lures for my kids' tackle boxes:

• Mepps Fury #3 Red Dots
• White 3 inch grub on a jig head. Power bait or Mister Twister
• Rebel Pop R Black top, blue and white sides.
• Bandit 100, 200 and 300, Colors - My best colors are Rootbeer, Chartreuse Back white sides and Blue Back/Chartreuse side
• KVD 1.5 Black top, Yellow sides
• Walmart Spinner Baits (A $1.50 each) in various colors. Green/White is my favorite, but buy a few.
• If Walmart carries their own Buzz Baits, buy some of those too, if not, Booyah Buzzbaits, a black one and a chartreuse/white one.
• Yum Dinger in watermelon seed or Baby Bass
• Zoom Fluke in Baby Bass
• Zoom or Power Bait 7.5inch worm, my fav colors are Pumpkinseed, Green Pumpkin, Junebug and tequila sunrise
• Zoom Horny Toad in Brown and white swirl or in Watermelon Red fleck.
• Strike King Coffee Tubes, I like pearl colored.