Tackle verity help

[Isaiah_perez3215]

For more than 5 hours today I was fishing for bass but in the end got nothing and I'm stumped. I am inexperienced in catching bass admittedly but I never even got a small one. 

Bass were everywhere feeding, some giants close to shore every now and then but everything I used never worked. Frogs, jigs, soft plastics, spinners, spoons and tube top waters. A mixture of going for trout as well. 

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I've tried to look at videos and other information but somehow I still lack the necessary tackle. 

[Spankey]

I don't think you need to go out and buy more tackle. Even though I don't know what you are trying to use. Fishing from the bank or in a boat or tube?

[Ratherbfishing]

Are you sure they were bass that you were seeing?  Carp do a lot of jumping/splashing and seemingly live to fool new fishermen.  Without having MORE information, anyone who claims to know what you are doing wrong is blowing smoke up your... crevace.  It would be helpful to have some details.

 

Everyone gets skunked once in a while so don't let that get you down (much).  I will allow that one of the reasons bass are popular is because they can be caught with many methods, and in many locations but they can be maddingly stubborn, too.   So, again, don't beat yourself up.

[Hammer 4]

It would be a big help if you said where your at, what type of lake or pond your fishing, and how your fishing.

[papajoe222]

Welcome to BR. Be sure to visit the introductions forum and tell us a little about yourself.

You don't lack the necessary tackle, the variety you have now is a great start.  What you lack, is knowledge. Knowledge about bass behavior, which takes some studying. More importantly is your lack of knowledge about the lures you're using and how and when to use them.  Funny thing about bass is they often times want a lure presented a certain way and if you only know one way to work that lure, you miss out.

For example: A tube can be both rigged different ways and retrieved different ways.  The bass may be all over hitting a jig rigged with a light weight jig head inside because of that spiral fall it produces.  If you're rigging it Texas style with a bullet weight in front, it's going to fall too fast and straight down with no action on the fall.  Same bait, different rigging and presentation.  It's the same with most lure types when it comes to presentation. A straight, chuck and wind retrieve will sometimes catch fish, but a stop and go one may be what they want. 

Experiment with the lure you have tied on before you switch to something else. You may be surprised and what you learn and catch some fish in the process.

[jimmyjoe]

6 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

It would be a big help if you said where your at, what type of lake or pond your fishing, and how your fishing.

 

   Correct. You need to help us help you.   ?        jj

[txchaser]

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