Unfamiliar Lake Fishing From Shore

[Weld's Largemouth]

Hey all!

 

Tomorrow morning im fishing in a lake called Plum Orchard Lake in West Virginia. Im on vacation here and im hoping to catch some bass in a new state!

I attempted to catch a bass in a new state when i was driving through Pennsylvania and stopped at a lake, but i had no success

 

I will be fishing from shore around 8am in the morning. I dont know if there are any docks. Ill probably try out a spinnerbait first, then a crankbait, then a senko, then a couple of other things which i had done at the lake in Pennsylvania....

 

I feel like i am not going to have good luck at finding these fish :/

 

help me out with some tips please

 

Thanks

 

Welds 

 

UPDATE ****

This is an area of the lake i will be fishing from the shore and the docks:

Photo: 

 

[Raul]

You know where you fish don't you ? Well, find "your place" in the new place, fish with and how you fish in your place in the new place.

[Weld's Largemouth]

You know where you fish don't you ? Well, find "your place" in the new place, fish with and how you fish in your place in the new place.

i never fish large lakes from shore like this. I usually fish only ponds

[nascar2428]

I'd start at the bottom dock and throw towards the trees. If you have shadows like in the picture throw along the outside of those. The earlier you can get there the better the fishing should be. 

[ThatZX14Fella]

Cast under docks, trees, if there's rocks around cast into them. That corner looks like a good place to try, May have some weeds.

[kikstand454]

i never fish large lakes from shore like this. I usually fish only ponds

What Raul means is, find a spot on that shoreline that is familiar to you in terms of what you normally fish, and then fish it like you would normally. If you normally fish vegetation, then find some, if you normally fish stumps and laydowns, find those!

Without a doubt this time of year. ..... throw a shaky head around those docks. You will almost certainly catch at least a dink.

[georgeyew]

The area where the trees hang over the water may be productive (if you can get in there). The dam may be a good place to try as well.

[Weld's Largemouth]

What Raul means is, find a spot on that shoreline that is familiar to you in terms of what you normally fish, and then fish it like you would normally. If you normally fish vegetation, then find some, if you normally fish stumps and laydowns, find those!

Without a doubt this time of year. ..... throw a shaky head around those docks. You will almost certainly catch at least a dink.

Oh ok. I threw a shakey head with a brush hog and worked it dead slow and I got a dink! Other wise I caught nothing

[ThatZX14Fella]

Oh ok. I threw a shakey head with a brush hog and worked it dead slow and I got a dink! Other wise I caught nothing

 

That's the fun of fishing. You never know if you're going to catch your PB on the first cast or if you'll get nothing after four hours.

[Weld's Largemouth]

That's the fun of fishing. You never know if you're going to catch your PB on the first cast or if you'll get nothing after four hours.

Yup! One thing that made me really upset was I saw a 3 lber gaze past my spinnerbait, my crankbaits and my senko!!!! I also saw a couple other bass who were not interested in anything I threw at them makes me feel like my lures are ineffective and don't look like food

[kikstand454]

Well keep in mind, in any kind of pressured lake, If you see a bass- it sees you. And its probably not going to bite.

Unless its bedding of course. ....

[Weld's Largemouth]

Well keep in mind, in any kind of pressured lake, If you see a bass- it sees you. And its probably not going to bite.

Unless its bedding of course. ....

True and I'm not used to pressured lake fishing

It wasn't bedding. A guy next to me actually caught it using a bluegill lol

[Raul]

Yup! One thing that made me really upset was I saw a 3 lber gaze past my spinnerbait, my crankbaits and my senko!!!! I also saw a couple other bass who were not interested in anything I threw at them makes me feel like my lures are ineffective and don't look like food

 

Well, time to learn how to approach and catch visible bass.

 

Seriously I don´t believe in uncatchable fish, I believe that you can find a way to catch them ( even visible ones ), bass don´t have hands to touch things, the only way they can touch is by mouthing, most of the times has nothing to do with hunger so the reasons why a fish bites are many, curiosity is one of them and curiosity killed the cat, I´ve caught a bunch of fish that were 6 ft from me, I saw them and they saw me, they aren´t the easiest and can take a long time, now that´s a way to practice patience.