need advice

[nic11]

Hi guys, I live in broward and go fishing mostly in davie and pembroke pines area. I’ve tried fishing rapalas, crankbaits, buzzbaits, senkos, frogs, swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and jigs. I tried fishing them slow, fast, dragging them, hopping them, etc and I can rarely get a bite. At this point I don’t know what to do. 

[ATA]

Use lucky craft deep diver 78 and match the hatch, either it is bait fish or sunfish or bluegill. change the retrive speed and twiches, I can promise you get fish if there is any

I don't know maybe because I have so much success with it, but worth the trying. 

[bogfrog]

I was guiding in northern Wisconsin and getting a lot of smallies on the Luckycraft LV-100 in ghost minnow. I picked up a client one day who had ten 3700 Plano boxes filled with every hard bait you can imagine. We began to fish and I was getting bit on every cast with the LV-100. My client was getting zero hits, and went through every bait he had (including a bunch of lipless) without a fish (while I was killing them). Finally he broke down and tried the LV and began getting fish. Any bait can catch fish, but there is something to it when a bait gets hit every cast while NOTHING else is catching any fish. I havent been without one of these baits in the boat for over 10 years.

The Tactical Bassin guys swear by the bigger LV-500 for CA largemouth. Give one of the LV's a try, and stick with it. If there is one bass in your lake it will get him eventually.

[ATA]

I am agree with LV500

[papajoe222]

I think you're putting too much emphasis on the lures you're using and not enough on where the fish should be. That saying; 'I'd rather throw the wrong bait in the right place than the right bait in the wrong place' sound like it may apply here. The other thing may just be that the fish just aren't active when you have the opportunity to get out. 

I noticed the only soft plastic you listed was a senko and I'm assuming that you weren't fishing close to or on the bottom. When catching is tough, soft plastics are your savior. Trouble is, if you only present them in one part of the water column, you may miss out.

[Hammer 4]

2 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I think you're putting too much emphasis on the lures you're using and not enough on where the fish should be. That saying; 'I'd rather throw the wrong bait in the right place than the right bait in the wrong place' sound like it may apply here. The other thing may just be that the fish just aren't active when you have the opportunity to get out. 

I noticed the only soft plastic you listed was a senko and I'm assuming that you weren't fishing close to or on the bottom. When catching is tough, soft plastics are your savior. Trouble is, if you only present them in one part of the water column, you may miss out.

Also, how you rig them, and how you actually fish them could play a major part in you catching vs well, not. A Senko whacky rigged is tough to beat, it's a proven bass catcher. I suggest you go on youtube and see how it's done. The only downside to this technique is that you have to be very Aware of the bite, and set the hook Immediately to avoid gut hooking the fish.

 

Also, how you fish your other lures may be keeping you from getting bites, i.e. to fast, to high in the water, to slow, to fast, ect, ect..Bass fishing ain't easy, it takes time on the water, and lots of practice to get good at it.

[Finessegenics]

5 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I think you're putting too much emphasis on the lures you're using and not enough on where the fish should be. That saying; 'I'd rather throw the wrong bait in the right place than the right bait in the wrong place' sound like it may apply here. The other thing may just be that the fish just aren't active when you have the opportunity to get out. 

I noticed the only soft plastic you listed was a senko and I'm assuming that you weren't fishing close to or on the bottom. When catching is tough, soft plastics are your savior. Trouble is, if you only present them in one part of the water column, you may miss out.

x2. 

also, I spent a lot of my summers in Pembroke Pines as a kid. My grandma used to have a place there, I regret not doing any freshwater fishing back then, I was just too obsessed with pier fishing

 

[papajoe222]

4 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

The only downside to this technique is that you have to be very Aware of the bite, and set the hook Immediately to avoid gut hooking the fish.

 

 

I've been using circle hooks for wacky rigging for a number of years. Started out in an attempt to keep the wife from gut hooking fish. I haven't gut hooked a fish since. Haven't missed many either.

 

[scaleface]

On 3/27/2020 at 12:42 AM, nic11 said:

Hi guys, I live in broward and go fishing mostly in davie and pembroke pines area. I’ve tried fishing rapalas, crankbaits, buzzbaits, senkos, frogs, swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and jigs. I tried fishing them slow, fast, dragging them, hopping them, etc and I can rarely get a bite. At this point I don’t know what to do. 

all lures work . I know nothing about the waters  listed .   We need info on water clarity , predominate cover , structure , depth , ... 

[frogflogger]

senkos and speed worms - ned rigs - topwaters, frogs - all these will catch lots of fish where you are, try sticking with a plastic worm or senko and slowing down or throw a topwater and cover water. Best deal is hire a guide for a 1/2 day out at Holiday Park and get some ideas. 

You live in the middle of some of the best bass fishing in the states.