One piece of advice for a newbie

[Mobasser]

Learn from your time on the water, and have fun!

[CTBassin860]

It's not the size of the fish.....It's the motion of the ocean/lake/pond

[Dtrombly]

Spend as much time on the water as you can 

[shovelmouth83]

pick one method and work it till you are good or comfortable with it. IE drop shotting or jerk baits. when you get comfortable with that then go to another. 

[BCline]

On 4/1/2018 at 12:02 PM, CroakHunter said:

Slow down. Simplify. Focus. Check your line/knot. 

 

What he said.  Forget everything you have seen on TV.  Fish slow and watch your line.

[thinkingredneck]

A couple things:

Plastics Texas rigged is a good start

Get on the water

safety first:  kill switch, pfd, sun screen, mosquito spray, etc

[Airman4754]

Think like a living predator.

 

If it's been cold and you have a warm day, where would you be?

If it's been hot all day where would you be? 

Could you ambush in open water with no cover? 

Would you rather be in stagnant air or a breeze? 

Would you look for food where there is no food? 

 

These are dumb beasts. They're like electricity; easiest path. 

[slonezp]

 

[Further North]

Fish as much as you can, with people who are better at it than you are.

 

Unsolicited 2^nd piece of advice: Pay it back later when you can.

[LCG]

Take something away from each outing, even when you don't catch fish.

 

Don't get frustrated or down on yourself, think what could you have done differently or was there better places to target the fish. 

 

True story - first year of fishing, I caught one fish... But it was awesome and I was addicted. 

[soflabasser]

Here's another good piece of advice for a new bass fisherman;

Find someone who is a much better bass fisherman than yourself and become a good friend to them. Make sure to always join them when they invite you and help them out if they ask you for help. You will learn much more when fishing with someone who is a much better fisherman than yourself than fishing with someone who is at your level or less. I know this sounds very blunt but it is my honest advise and its what I did in my first couple years of bass fishing.Its like the saying " You can't soar like an eagle when you surround yourself with turkeys" so make sure to surround yourself with eagles and not turkeys and you will become a much better fisherman in a much shorter amount of time.

[LionHeart]

Don't have a pet technique or lure.  You must be willing to throw what the bass are biting even if it means using a technique or lure you Don't enjoy.

[Seth_7]

Senkos are awesome... Fish em!

 

[Dranrab]

Don't be afraid to go small. Light line and small baits will almost always deliver for me when the big stuff isn't working.  

[DRT]

Embrace the senko. Learn it, live it, love it!