Crankbaits and spinnerbaits.
Sep 9, 2019 09:58:03 #
Sep 9, 2019 14:23:26 #
Though fish can be caught by mindlessly casting and reeling learning to work baits will do a lot more for you. Get on you tube and study some of the ways to fish various baits. You will do a lot better if you learn to lift and drop while you're bringing in spinnerbaits. Vary your retrieve bumping things like often mentioned above will bring even more hits if you use a ball bearing Colorado single spin with an oversized blade and learn to "kill" a bait and let it drop and spin. Rarely a rattletrap type bait will produce when cranked hard and fast with no pause but that is rare. Crankbaits need to worked also. Lots of rod movement and varied speeds will bring more success than just mindless cast and retrieve.
Sep 9, 2019 15:14:02 #
If you seriously think that's all I've been doing for 50 years, you need to think again ! I've been reading fishing magazines and applying those techniques since my early- to mid-twenties, and watching fishing programs and videos, trying to learn all I could to improve since I started fishing ! Just can't seem to make' em work; if there is a knack to doing it right, I just don't have it, and not from a lack of trying !
Sep 9, 2019 16:14:34 #
Don’t give up on those baits but they will will be better when the water gets a little cooler right now there are better choices in baits
Sep 9, 2019 16:38:27 #
Jimmy Houston has several YouTube videos on Spinnerbaits and a few on cranking, Hope this helps! Good fishing!!
Sep 9, 2019 20:27:47 #
Alphonse Normand wrote:
I've been fishing for 50-plus years; have caught '... (show quote)
Do try the Mepps and the Vibrax spinners. Those two have been my go-to forever for spinners. I use all sizes of both, clear up to #6 for bass, and have even caught large crappie on the dark green Vibrax, along with bass and blue gill. It’s my favorite color of Vibrax. I am fishing in Kansas, but bass are bass so try it, you’ll like it!!!
Sep 9, 2019 21:18:43 #
Thanks again for the input, guys ! The help and support are well appreciated ! One of the biggest problems/ obstacles out here is lack of decent shoreline access; some lakes have some decent access, but the access points have little decent structure to support feed, therefore decent fishing ! Don't know about other areas (in other states), but a small boat or canoe is the only way to access areas with decent structure; all the 'big boys' out here are caught from some type of water craft! Shoreline fishing is hit or miss, at best ! Just about every state record (or anything approaching one) has been caught from a boat, canoe, kayak or fishing tube ! Looking forward to giving those Vibrax a try along with different color/size Dardevls, and possibly a Mepps or two !
Sep 9, 2019 21:42:44 #
WVHawkeye
Loc: West Virginia
In response to Alphonse, I have had a lot of success with the Mepps Aglia throughout the entire fishing season. Mepps makes a lot of variations of the Aglia, but the plain gold or silver spinner with a small dark red collar seems to work best for me. The ones dressed with different colored flashers, hair, etc. don't seem to work as well. I fish with an ultralight and 4 lb. test line, mostly in streams that have moving current. It appears to me that the Aglias vibrate better than other spinners. Works well with both trout and smallmouth.
Sep 9, 2019 22:06:24 #
Sep 9, 2019 22:07:45 #
Sep 10, 2019 12:33:43 #
WVHawkeye
Loc: West Virginia
Al:
I started out as a baitcaster, but over the years have gravitated toward spinnerbaits. Last time out, I was catching some fish, but when I switched to the Aglia, I was busy the rest of the morning catching smallmouth, rock bass, and some large fallfish. It did provide some excitement. The Aglia is still on my rod, and will likely be the first choice the next time I get out. Don't know where you are located, but the Aglia works well here in WV.
I hope for a few dollars you enjoy some tight lines!!
I started out as a baitcaster, but over the years have gravitated toward spinnerbaits. Last time out, I was catching some fish, but when I switched to the Aglia, I was busy the rest of the morning catching smallmouth, rock bass, and some large fallfish. It did provide some excitement. The Aglia is still on my rod, and will likely be the first choice the next time I get out. Don't know where you are located, but the Aglia works well here in WV.
I hope for a few dollars you enjoy some tight lines!!
Sep 10, 2019 14:48:29 #
Am currently in Arizona, but grew up fishing in N.H.; fishing was different there, as everything was closer, and we had several rivers, lakes and ponds within a short drive ! Here, other than Community Lakes/ Ponds, the only stream for trout is the Salt River (30 min.), which gets stocked from November to March ! Other than that, it's a two-hour drive north to any decent trout water, and the really good places are three hours or more ! Plenty of bass and catfish, though, but very little decent shore-line access; a small boat, canoe or kayak would be a major boon for access to where the 'Big Boys' lurk !
Aglias, Mepps and Vibrax are three of the types I plan on adding to my fishing arsenal ! Thanks for the tips !
Aglias, Mepps and Vibrax are three of the types I plan on adding to my fishing arsenal ! Thanks for the tips !
Sep 10, 2019 15:02:16 #
Sep 10, 2019 15:09:20 #
WVHawkeye
Loc: West Virginia
Ahh, the Salt River. Inner tubed that back in July '95. Came to a point where the stream forked with an island in the middle. I took the right fork, while my wife......went straight. Yup, ran right into the island underneath a bush. Fortunately, there were no rattlers there and she got out OK. I still give her grief about that. As Yogi once said, when you come to a fork in the road (or stream), take it.
Sep 10, 2019 15:30:25 #
Yeah ! I agree ! Otherwise you could end up getting forked over ! Or forked up !
Mind where you step in the shallows along the shore-line; those wild horses aren't particular where they drop their 'load', and I just caught myself once nearly taking a mis-step ! NOT a pleasant experience !
Mind where you step in the shallows along the shore-line; those wild horses aren't particular where they drop their 'load', and I just caught myself once nearly taking a mis-step ! NOT a pleasant experience !
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.