Tips for bass fishing.

[aku17]

So recently I have been on a dry streak lately im not sure if its me or its the fish. I have been trying so many worm color, crank baits, jigs, etc and i have not been getting any bass at all while other people around me are getting bites all day. I Understand that there are some days where fish dont always bite but i could use some tips. Should  i slow down on my actions on worms or twitch it faster etc. 

[Outdoor Zack]

4 hours ago, aku17 said:

So recently I have been on a dry streak lately im not sure if its me or its the fish. I have been trying so many worm color, crank baits, jigs, etc and i have not been getting any bass at all while other people around me are getting bites all day. I Understand that there are some days where fish dont always bite but i could use some tips. Should  i slow down on my actions on worms or twitch it faster etc. 

Just try slowing your retrieve down.  I had the same problem when I started last summer but I kept hitting the water until  found a cadence that was successful.  Also read the articles on Bass Resource and watch YouTube if possible. 

[Darren.]

My first reaction to your post was "slow down".

Not you, but how you fish. Worms, especially.
Are others around you catching on the same
stuff you are throwing, or something entirely
different?

Are they using lighter gear than you? Sometimes
simply downsizing your presentation is all it
takes to get bit.

Plenty of the pros go to a light-line presentation
when the bite gets tough. I like using it 95% of
the time  

So if you are using, say 20# mono, try dropping
way down to 12#, 10#, or even 8#....

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/light_line.html

[scaleface]

 Go back to the basics . Skinny six inch worms , slip sinker { dont peg} and offset regular worm hook, {no wide gap}. Bury the hook in the worm , thats how those hooks are designed { no skin hook}.  You will get bites and that hook on a jelly worm or   similar worm will penetrate the basses mouth easily on a solid hookset . Take your time and get the worm straight , if not line twist will result . This is the greatest bass catcher of all time and will remain so .

 

 

[bigbill]

Slow down. I retrieve my bait just fast enough to make it wiggle evenly(crankbait), or just enough to make the spinnerbait blade thump. I use a #6 & #8 Excalibur silver thread copolymer line most of the time. I have noticed that too heavy of a line will lessen the action.

Next it's a shot of scent. Bass have a keen sense of smell. Is your tackle box clean? Again foul orders can linger in your tackle box.

[Fishin' Fool]

Also depending on what state you live in the water temps are still up and down. I live in Michigan I fished yesterday and caught 1. The time before I caught my personal best. I think alot of what happens right now is driven by weather conditions. Stick to it you'll catch them. Senkos are a great lure for beginners. There's really no wrong way to fish them.

If fishing was that easy we'd all be making a living on the Pro Circuit.

The best weather conditions I've ever fished in for largemouth are low pressure so heavy clouds/drizzle that preceeds a high pressure front (bluebird skies). The fish feed like crazy before the high pressure pushes in.

[Raul]

9 hours ago, aku17 said:

I have been trying so many worm color, crank baits, jigs, etc

You are trying too much, that´s why in the end you pay the price of not catching because you keep changing: let me try this, 3 casts later let me try that, 5 casts later Iet me try ...... and it keeps going on. Slowing down doesn´t only apply at fishing slower, it also applies about sticking to a few lures and few techniques.

I have hundred of crankbaits, hundreds of spinnerbaits, pound after pound of soft plastics in a rainbow of colors, 99% of the stuff I own has never touched the water, when I go fishing I end up fishing pretty much the same baits and same colors that I have been using to catch fish for the past 30 years, lesson: bass are the same now as they were 30 years ago, and if we take in consideration that many of those baits have been around for more than that long it makes the statement that bass aren´t that smart.

If people around you are catching and you don´t I bet that in most cases it´s not about the lure, it´s about they are doing something you are not, watch or ask them.

 

[Oklahoma Mike]

Some pretty good advice in here. 

When I'm in a slump, I try to get back to the basics. For me this means keeping it to three baits (my confidence baits): A rooster tail, a senko, and a buzzbait. I will stick to those three and work them according to the conditions/time of day, and I will force myself to be patient with them until I've come out of the dry spell. I feel the rooster tail is the best of the slump busters, because I can fish it at a range of speeds and elevations, can cover a lot of water with it, and can haul in some other species besides just bass, which helps a lot with the frustration of catching nothing at all. 

[RUSS9999]

Crank baits are my go to bait. Every one of them can be fished many different ways. Speed him up, slow him down, Stop and go. Jerk or twitch. The same one in a different size or caller. Try different line size and different rods. Bring him across the top of grass or rip him right down thought the grass. Let your mind run wild with a crank bait and don't be afraid of losing him. Put him where you are sure you are going to loss him or brake him. A new crank bait at the end of the day should look like he as been fished with all year.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Maybe you're not on fish. They move seasonally and throughout the day. 

[Pond]

Try the Ned rig I haven't been skunked on it yet

[Catt]

The more one tries, the more one over analyzes a situation, the more complex it becomes, the more mistakes will be made.

K.I.S.S.!

[primetime]

Spinning Rod 6-8lb test line, split shot or weightless worm....smaller 4-6" worm...Hard to beat a Ribbon tail, curly tail, and the senko...I would cast a senko weightless and let it sink to the bottom, count to 5, twitch it twice, wait another 5 seconds and then work it back like a Fluke at different levels and speeds in case they are active..

Sometimes they just move, or get finicky, I find I need to slow down and go back to basics...Lighter line, make accurate casts, and slow down, I usually am fishing too fast when I am in a slump, or I am still trying to force feed whatever was working the previous month...Fish change from conditions, the First thing I would do is make sure there is action going on around where you are fishing, sometimes I get in habits of doing the same things and it takes me a bit to realize that a new season has started or the water is higher....

The Orginal Rapala FLoater always gets me out of a slump..Just barely twitch it and leave it in the strike zone...They hit a Rapala like a senko only better many days in the spring and summer.