Bank Fishing

[Corey1123]

Im a first time bass fisherman and I don't have a boat so I will be fishing of Pierre or bank mostly bank though. So I am making this post to noe what kind of lured I will need to fish from the banks

[livetofish28]

jig's spinnerbait's buzzbait's t-rigs and anything else that you can use for bass fishing good luck 

 

Tight lines 

 

 

Andrew

[Raider Nation Fisher]

Most anything you would use from a boat. Bank fishing is just boat fishing in reverse. As for lures it depends on structure, cover, and what have you. Me I fish a lot of cranks, frogs, soft plastics (Texas and wacky rigged), and jigs from the bank.

Ain't nothing wrong with fishing from the bank the 3 biggest bass I have caught were from the bank. 2 10lbers and 9lber.

[Mccallister25]

I dont own a boat, so I also bank fish.

 

Iv caught em on just about everything. Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jigs, worms, poppers, drop shots.. Dont let not having a boat discourage you.. All i fish are ponds, and i catch good fish. Just do your research, read, and read some more. Look on this website daily. Subscribe to a magazine. The more you do your homework, and put in time on the water, the easier it will be for you to know what kind of lure to trow around what kind of structure etc. Good luck!

[Corey1123]

Thank you all for the advice I really appreciate ithr advice

[jimmykm21]

Everything mentioned above just don't use any expensive cranks that dive deep.

[AK-Jax86]

Most anything you would use from a boat. Bank fishing is just boat fishing in reverse. As for lures it depends on structure, cover, and what have you. Me I fish a lot of cranks, frogs, soft plastics (Texas and wacky rigged), and jigs from the bank.

Ain't nothing wrong with fishing from the bank the 3 biggest bass I have caught were from the bank. 2 10lbers and 9lber.

He doesn't have a boat so he wouldn't know what to use from a boat lol

[Raider Nation Fisher]

He doesn't have a boat so he wouldn't know what to use from a boat lol

Very true. Good point.

[Crestliner2008]

I do both, boat & bank. When I want to get out for only an hour or two, I hit the banks. Quite a challenge you are in for, for sure. Since you cannot easily move from one structure to another. I would recommend you read the articles above here; there are several that will put the odds in your favor. I would highly recommend you start with the articles on Senkos fishing..

[Arv]

As mentioned, a lot depends on the cover. I learned to fish on texas rigs (mostly worms) and crankbaits and I still think those are great lures to get started with. Another good lure get going on is a senko worm. Also, maybe get some basic topwaters like poppers or a jitterbug.

[bigbill]

I mainly fish from the bank in smaller unfinished places. As said above its shallow cranks like the bomber square A 1' -3'. The top water spooks and poppers. Inline spinners like Joe's Files in blackgnat, firetiger apache, glo-tiger, etc. And mepps and strike king inline too. I have success with the smaller spinnerbaits but don't throw them hard so you crash the water.

I also use a light carolina rig with wacky rigged senkos and brushogs.

The original plastic split shot rigged worm works in a slower presentation too.

Now it's all about the location. I fish the dropoffs, the flats, the deeper feeder channels and along side the shoreline where the water flows from when it exits the body of water. I do find all the predators

lined up in this area looking for an easy meal. Using an inline spinner with a slow presentation just fast enough to spin the blade will

give the fish a longer time to view it. Remember there is a current in

this area so try to stay near the shoreline and fish parallel to it when you can.

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Wacky rigged senkos, buzz baits along the the shore. Spinners, jitterbugs, cranks.. just fish what you are able to do in the spoy .. some places I go I have to get into the trees and flip soft plastics or jigs. Just adapt to your pond or anywhere your fishing.. and the plus side of pond fishing if your fishing a pond work an area for longer don't be running around after 5 cast fan cast an area for about 30 mins or less if your not getting bit just walk down the bank.. also frogs are pretty killer from bank..

[Dingah]

I dont own a boat, so I also bank fish.

 

Iv caught em on just about everything. Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, jigs, worms, poppers, drop shots.. Dont let not having a boat discourage you.. All i fish are ponds, and i catch good fish. Just do your research, read, and read some more. Look on this website daily. Subscribe to a magazine. The more you do your homework, and put in time on the water, the easier it will be for you to know what kind of lure to trow around what kind of structure etc. Good luck!

Dont own a boat either, and all the styles that BigBlock496 reccomended all work, anything you would fish on a boat, you can fish from land.

 

-Ryan

[zwhiten12]

Honestly, I would start of throwing weightless senkos, they are fairly easy to learn and can boost your confidence in a hurry!

Good luck!

[Jigs 4 Pigs]

When I didn't have a clue, I still killed it on a #3 mepps agilia and a small rapala floater size 7 I believe. Then I discovered senkos...