Fishing Q&A

I'm going bass fishing this weekend and i need to know what lure to use.?

I'm going bass fishing at a local lake in northern california it's going to be october 27-28 and i was wondering what should i use. Spinnerbait, crankbait, plastic worms, top water or live bait. I'm not sure how deep it is. Oh, and unfortunatley i don't have a boat so i'm going to be fishing off the bank.. the water there is not to clear but its not so muddy you cant see your hand right in front of your face. lets see the water temp is around 60-70 degrees theres large mouth and small mouth there. So anyone have any suggestions? And i'm going next weekend to so you can still answer after the 27th Thanks! OOPS!!!! I just look at the lakes home page and the lake temp is acually 45-60 degrees Sorry

Public Comments

1. a wobbler
2. Since your fishing off the bank you want to use a top water bait. I have a lot of luck with little floating repelas. Cast and reel. You cant go wrong with a worm. Put a worm on a hook with a bobber and throw it out as far as you can, loosen your drag and just leave it. Meanwhile you can keep casting your repela.
3. try a soft plastic approach first, with the water temp high the fish will be in the deeper water,but also pack a deep diving crank bait. id try chartruse. fish inlets and points in the pond.
4. First off are you familiar with the lake? Second what type of under growth is there? Logs? Lilly pads? The depth of the lake. Windy conditions or calm? Approach the lake with the rising sun at your face. There will not be a shadow visible. Second stand back as far as you can from the lake. fish can feel vibration from one mile away. early morning tips. Weedless hook with a purple worm. Second the frog lure floating type. Skip it lightly across the surface. Bottom fishing. Nigh crawlers injected with air by a syringe that keeps them off of the bottom and visible to the bass. Shallow divers. short retrieves with a bump about every third crank. Good luck to ya............
5. My husband and I have done a lot of fishing over the years, and we love to catch bass the best, 'cause they're fun to reel in. They also are very tasty too! Anyway, the thing we've found with just about any fish is that they'll bite when they feel like it. Sometimes it doesn't really matter what you're using. We've caught bass with earthworms, spinnerbaits, spoons, rapala's and pork rinds. When the food goes past them, if they're hungry, they'll bite it. It's all a matter of finding them that's the trick. And the time of day matters too, so check your feeding times chart before leaving (sometimes you can find them on your local tv station's web page). If you don't get any action after about an hour, move to another spot. Try to get close to where the weeds and tree stumps are, or where trees overhang the water. And make sure you wear clothes and shoes that can get wet, 'cause you might have to go and fetch your bait, if it gets hung up on a stump or rock. The whole thing is, enjoy the day, even if you don't catch anything except mosquito bites. Take a chair, some pop, and hopefully a friend or family member. Have a good time. <*)))><
6. Bring them all. The weather and water conditions will dictate what you should use to a certain degree, but you could still run into a situation where the rules are broken and something you would totally not expect will work.
7. I would take along a couple of Rapalas size 9 Originial floating in the Silver & Black, Black & Gold, Perch colors. You may also want to take a weedless spoon (Johnson Silver minnow with a weedles hook) though I tend to catch more Northern Pike on this that bass.
8. Well what exactly the lake you're fishing at? I have alots of bass tourney experience fishing all northern california lakes. For that water temperature...I would advise you to fish slow. Shaky heads and dropshot would be a good start and also jigs too. Maybe a slow roll spinnerbait might work.
9. i dont fish that often for bass but mainly on the fly for trout but on the times i have fished i find that the floating jointed orginal blue/orange rapala is always perfect http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=jointed&freshorsalt=Fresh
10. they like rapalas and if its kinda cold and ur fishing for smallmouth (go for them they fight way better), use tubes weedless rigged. they like the christmas tree colored and the bruiser color
11. You have to do all lures win they bit one there like thin you will known?
12. you can use a variety of baits like texas rigged worms and rapalas. the rubber lizards and worms work the best for me. im going fishing this weeken for bass too. espaecially sinse your going to fish off the bank its not going to be that dee so use shallow diving crankbaits and lastic worms.
13. You can never go wrong with the soft plastic game. A 6''-8'' worm in a red/purple combo or a black/blue combo would be good. I would also take a 1/4 oz and a 3/8oz spinnerbait in firetiger color or white. Lastly I would grab a firetiger rat-l-trap or any color with and orange or red.