Creek

[bassfisher1]

So I am a fifteen year old guy who loves to fish. The downside of being fifteen is I cant afford a boat and even if I could, I could not take it anywhere. So the closest body of water that i can get to on my bike is a creek. The water is usually anywhere from 3 to 6 feet deep. Is there any way to consistently catch fish there? Any Tips? Oh and its been real muddy water lately.

[roadwarrior]

Welcome aboard!

When the water clears some, try casting a 5" Senko upstream and letting it settle down to the bottom and drift with the current. The key is locating some structure or cover, a current break for example, that might hold fish.

Good luck!

8-)

[Crestliner2008]

What kind of fish are in this creek? What kind of bait; shiners, crawfish? Are there a lot of weeds? If it does hold some bass, you might also want to try downsizing a bit. A wacky rigged 4" Senko is really hard to beat on some waters.

[Sam]

Hey Bassfisherone,

And welcome to the greatest place on the web for bass fishing.

Please do as Road Warrior suggests for starters.

It is always best to cast upstream and let your bait travel downstream and into the bass' faces.

Now, with said, you can also do some other presentations, but before you do, are you sure there are any fish in the creek?  And if so, are they the fish you want to fish for?  

As Crestliner2008 stated, what is in the creek for food and what is the topography of the creek?

You may want to throw a colorful Zoom worm, like a pink or white trick worm or finesse worm to see if they can see it and pick it up.  Otherwise, a watermealon or watermealon seed may work.

And don't forget to throw some topwaters just to see if the bass are in the creek early in the morning or late in the evening.  A buzzbait or a popping/walking bait may provoke some strikes.

A Mann's Minus One can be an option as it runs right below the surface and makes a lot of vibrations.

If nothing works, switch over to a small white or white and gray Roostertail or a small white grub on a small 1/62 jig head and four (4) pound test line. Everything will strike these baits if they are in the water.

Just give some baits a try and see what is in the creek and let us know what you catch or find out.

[fishfordollars]

I have a bayou about 150 yards from my home that runs through the neighborhood. I lived here 7 years before I tried it out. I cannot tell you how many bass from 8" to 4lbs. I have caught out of it using 1/8oz spinnerbaits, 1/8oz traps and 4" trick worms. No one fishes that I know of but it is loaded with bass. I either fish it early or late and pay attention to any obstructions that will give the fish a way to get out of the current.

One of my hot spots is a grocery basket someone stole from Kroger and shoved it off into the creek.

[Bamadan]

When I was your age I often fished in the creeks like you talked about,a creek that normally runs 3 to 6 feet deep should hold some good fish,like everybody said downsize your baits and if that don't work try old school and drop a live minnow on a fiberglass pole and let it work downstream if there are fish in it,and I bet there are they should hit it.That should give you a good idea of what type of fish are there and how big they are.

                           

[bassfisher1]

Hey guys, I have been down at the creek the past two days and I thought it looked a little higher than normal.  So I checked on the internet to see how high it was, and it is about 8-10'' under the flood stage.  I am assuming this is why I am not getting any bites.  I am going to town this weekend to get some senkos because i have never fished them before.

Thanks for the help

[jiggerpole]

Try a Vampire Rapala. Get one that is 1 1/4 inch and a 2 inch one. Try it on 4 lb. test line with a Minnie spin ultralite. The small one will catch bream and bass while the two inch one will catch more bass. ( All Sizes ) I've caught them up to 5 pounds and my dad caught an 8 pounder. Yes on 4 pound test line!. Throw it and let it sit still. ( Count to 6 ) Twitch it and wind it in slow keeping it under the water on your retreve. Retreve it steady, with your rod tip down and no jerking as it effects the action of the lure. Let the lure do the work. Good luck.

[skillet]

Hope the info you got helps and WELCOME to the forums!!!

                       As Ever,

                        skillet

[bassfisher1]

So I am planning my trip to town for tommorrow and getting senkos is on my list.  I started thinking and i remember that I had no idea how to rig or fish a senko.  So does anybody have any advice?

I have pretty much limited myself to tubes a few crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and a buzzbait.  

I have been on this forum for two days and am already learning a lot.  You guys are awesome thank you.

[CookieMonst3r]

Well you can try Wacky rigging or Texa Rigging. For more information on Senkos check out the FAQ.

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[Sam]

Check out "Senkos" on this forum.

Lots of information.

[Grey Wolf]

WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[boomdigity]

Remember lots of creeks are nurseries for minnows so you have to stay small with all your baits.

[bassfisher1]

Hey everybody, I was riding my bike randomly through the country today scoping out good spots on the creek to fish, and i stumbled across a place called Fairfield lakes.  It has three public ponds that are quite large.  They are stocked with trout, largemouth bass (my target), bluegill, and crappie.  I have never in my life fished a pond, so this may sound stupid, but is the strategy any different.  

And if your wandering how I have never seen this place before its because I have never rode in that direction before, pretty stupid but I'm glad I found it.

[SnowBass23]

IME fishing from in a pond goes in one of two directions.  The least likely direction is that you can throw in any bait, and I mean anything, and you will have bream all over it.  The bass will still act like bass usually.  The other direction (and this is probably your case if it is a public pond) is that the fish get a lot of pressure.  Because of that (and this is really how lake bass are different than stream bass also) you might need to slow down your presentation.

Stream bass are usually more willing to dash out and grab anything that swims by; they are used to life with moving water and realize that any piece of food floating by has to be grabbed quickly or it is gone forever.  Fish in a lake (or pond) however have a chance to inspect your bait.  If they see a lot of baits they might be much more selective.  This means it will take time to inspect what you are offering and be much more paranoid about it.  

Personally, in areas that get fished heavily I like to use small finesse worms, smaller spinner baits, and finesse crankbaits.  It feels to me that when they get pressured, bass are much more likely to take a smaller lure, fished nice and slow, than something big that is ripped through their environment.  This might just be me, but it is how I've learned to fish.

Good luck!

[bassfisher1]

That makes a lot of since.  Tomorrow I will try my 4'' senkos and see what happens.  

Happy fishing or catching in some cases to all.

[bassfisher1]

Once again talking about those ponds after further inspection there seems to be a lot of weeds along the shallow part of the pond.  Would it be better to throw a toad across it or throw one of my senkos in?  

I'll answer my own question here.  "Go out and fish, figure it out on your own.  You are over thinking it.  So shut up, fish, and have fun."

[firefightn15]

So.................what happened?  Any luck?

[bassfisher1]

I went to days ago, and the water was very clear.  I could see 6 decent sized largemouth, but I could not get any of them to bite.   I tried the senkos a frog and a spinner bait.  I got out my swim bait, and caught a   2.4 lbs largemouth.  That was after about 3 to 3 1/2 hrs of fishing.  It was getting dark and the park was getting ready to close so I decided to quit while I was ahead.  Comparing the size of the fish that I caught and some of the ones that I didn't, I'm guessing that one or two of them were around 4-5 lbs.  

[packman]

i would probly try the storm swim baits they work good at my creek.also a white grub. remember u might want to stay pretty small

if u catch any remember to get pics

[JayDub]

Nice job man. That's a good sized bass, and a Great start!  Keep at it, I can tell the way you keep trying different lures to catch those fish that you are not the type to give up.  That's what it takes to catch em!  You'll be yanking them in, in no time.