Question?

[Mlion]

please help me, when i go to a lake for example, how can i know the best place to throw the bait?

[slonezp]

Start reading. There are thousands upon thousands of posts on bassresource to keep you busy learning for a long time.

[RoLo]

1 hour ago, Mlion said:

please help me, when i go to a lake for example, how can i know the best place to throw the bait?

 

"Location" begins at home, by pouring over your hydrographic chart.

 

Roger

[jr231]

Understanding and finding your forage species is an excellent place to start

[scaleface]

KVD doesnt even know the best place .Its a riddle . Each cast helps to solve it .

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read this:

 

 

im still in the learning stage, but when i started fishing soft plastics some years ago, that article really helped me get my first bites and get confidence on soft plastics, specially senkos....

[ScottDB]

It's always changing. There's days where I smash them along the banks or in deeper water then some days I'll sit at those spots for an hour or two and you'd think there aren't any fish in the whole pond. Do what everyone else is saying and study the fish you're looking for, it will help you figure out where to look first and go from there

[papajoe222]

Fishing from shore, you are limited to whatever access areas are available to you. From a boat, you have more options, but there are spots that are good for both.  Points, weeds (especially those with a defined edge), docks, rip-rap and lay-downs all offer good potential. Points offer the added advantage of offering access to deeper water for the fish. If you can find any of the other areas mentioned on a point, you've found a very good starting point.

Not knowing if you're fishing from a boat with electronics, I can only offer visible clues to where you could begin. 

[Lures'n'Liberty]

19 hours ago, Mlion said:

please help me, when i go to a lake for example, how can i know the best place to throw the bait?

In the water is usually a good spot. (Sorry, I had to). Really, though, there are so many variables to answer that question that I can see why it's such a good one. Bass fishing is a lot like chess, it involves practice and each piece has an effective move in certain places at certain times while others are useless, or at the least, better at certain times. Bass fishing involves thinking and studying, it's not just throwing a random lure in the water and hoping you get a bite. There's a whole lot to know, pre spawn, post spawn, during the spawn, water temp, all sorts of things. Most often, however, finding a spot where the sun heats the water, there's good cover, and the wind is to your back will be productive, but the answer to your question lies within the many threads throughout the forums. Bring your smartphone in the bathroom and read a couple threads or watch some videos on here every time you poop and you will soon gain a wealth of bass knowledge. 

[WRB]

You are obviously new to this site and new to fishing, welcome to BR.

Are you asking a bass fishing question? Bait, live bait or lure? What type of tackle do you use? I have a few questions that need answers before answering your question.

Tom

[Bucky205]

20 hours ago, Mlion said:

please help me, when i go to a lake for example, how can i know the best place to throw the bait?

One place to start is where you see things sticking up out of the water.  Grass is also another producer.  Bass love structure and grass.  Pay attention to the water.  Bass will follow the food.  If you see shad running chances are there is a bass chasing them.  If you see something bust the water early morning or late evening, chances are good it's a bass feeding.  I've fished for over 50 years and finding the fish that will hit a bait remains the largest challenge.

[XpressJeff]

Let's just say to throw it somewhere it splashes!

 

Beyond that, there are a whole lot of VERY experienced fisherman that have provided advice here on this forum.

 

Welcome to the conundrum!

 

Open your mind and absorb. Good luck!

[Deleted account]

In the old days, you'd have to go there a bunch of times, try a bunch of things and by trial and error develop experience and confidence, now you just have to google the lake, and look up YouBoob® videos, and see the spots where others are catching and go there.

 

I don't think you can call yourself 1 rod 1 reel and have endless annoying videos of you carrying 6 sticks, but that's just me...

[Ratherbfishing]

You really have asked the "million dollar question" because in fishing, as in real estate, location is the single most important factor. And finding them becomes, generally, more challenging as size of the body of water increases.

 

Bass are motivated by pretty primal needs:  Food, reproduction, safety, and "comfort" and their location will largely be driven by these things.  Knowing when, where, and how they meet those needs will determine where to begin looking.  As a single example, in the spring bass will generally be found in or near shallow(er) because they need shallow water where they can "nest", deposit and fertilize their eggs, and allow the warmth of the sun to incubate the "zygotes."  Bass are fairly adaptable BUT they prefer sandy (or small gravel) bottoms for this purpose so extremely hard bottoms (rock) can be avoided.

 

Entire books (and libraries) have been dedicated to this subject and, hence, I have barely scratched the surface but if you study your quarry and learn why they do what they do, finding them will be easier.