Shore Rigs For Bass?

[GreenCarp]

What would you suggest a fisherman new to bass fishing ( always fished for sunfish, catfish, trout) use for shore bass fishing? What kind of setups would you use if you were limited to fishing from the shore?

[OroBass]

Same stuff as on a boat lol. Senkos, worms, spinnerbaits, and jigs. Tight lines my brudda

[Fishes in trees]

A long time ago, far, far away (late 70's early 80's) when I was bank bound, I had 3 primary lures.  1 - a 4" split tail eel on a 1/8 oz crappie jig.  2 -  A Charlie Brewer slider worm in some shade of purple.  (green pumpkin wasn't available then)  3 - A Mepps spinner.  I fished spinning gear because it was available and you could get much more distance than bait casting gear that was available at that time.  I meddled around a little with other hard baits ( cranks, Rapalas, top waters, and so forth) but for the most part the 3 baits first mentioned were my bread and butter.

 

If I was bank bound today, I'd throw a tx rigged senko.  You might mess around with other baits, but the texas rigged senko will allot you to fish all the water column available to you.  Throw it on spinning gear and 20 lb braid and you can sneer at most weeds.

 

Plan B would be to find someone who lives near you with a boat and reason with them in some fashion so that they will take you with them when they go out in their boat.   Fish lakes with rental boats.   I fished  many ponds where the owners left old jon boats turned over on the bank, for anyone who wanted to fish out of.  Be very careful turning over jon boats.   Copperheads and other snakes like to live underneath them.  In your info, you don't say where you live, so no one on this board could offer if they wanted to.

[Marty]

When I did a lot more shore fishing than I do now, I used a 6'6" rod, medium power and fast action, with a 2500 size reel and 10# mono or 15# braid. As to lures I used a full variety depending on cover and other factors. Generally speaking, if a lure will catch fish from a boat, it'll catch 'em from shore as well. Just match the lure to the conditions. My biggest bass and my 4th biggest were from shore.