Thank you Smokey2 for the reply. I will look into your suggestions.

Hi everyone,
I recently was able to retire in Southern California. We live close to a couple of lakes and I fish for Bluegill and Bass. I am fairly new to fishing, know how to feed the fish my bait well.
I did have a question about bait for both Bluegill and Bass. I use larvae now and catch a lot of bluegill. I would like to use artificial since the wife won't bait her hook.

Also the lakes here are at max 15-19 feet deep and in most spots I fish they are less than 10 feet. I do want to try and catch some decent bass and a fisherman that has fished the lake for a long time told me to use Rattle shard? He had caught 4 good size bass that night, one up to 6 lbs. Suggestions?

Md

I have never seen that before. It does look like the fish kicked his butt. I bet the guy is unvaccinated as well.

I would use the Uni knot. It is a knot you need to learn to tie and I have even in darkness.