| No matter what kind of baits you use, there are tons | | | | line taut on the reel to avoid any loops or tangles. |
| of bass fishing tips and tricks to help you use them | | | | When you use one of the baits with a weight, you |
| successfully. First, let's take a look at some of the tips | | | | should use two small bullet shaped weights pinched on |
| and tricks for using soft plastic baits. | | | | the line. |
| 1. Grubs. These are tiny lures, but you can catch both | | | | 3. Soft Jerkbaits. It is best to use a fast action rod |
| smallmouth and largemouth bass with them. Some of | | | | when using soft jerkbaits, such as Slug-Go, because |
| the tricks you can use with these are to drop it, dart it | | | | you have more control over the line, the lure and big |
| or swim it. To drop it means to use a semi-slack line in | | | | fish. However, you must make sure you tie on the |
| deep water and hop the line back to the boat. When | | | | hooks with heavy line to give the line more strength |
| you swim it, you cast out the grub so that it sinks to | | | | and resistance to abrasion. Fish slowly when you are |
| the bottom. Then you slowly start retrieving it back | | | | using this type of bait so that the bass will be able to |
| towards the boat. To dart the grub, let it sink a few | | | | see it under the water. Brightly colored soft jerkbaits |
| feet in the water and then jerk the tip of the rod | | | | work best because they attract the attention of the |
| upwards. | | | | bass. If you want to change the action of the lure, |
| When it is windy, make sure the nose of the boat is | | | | simply insert a small finishing nail in the body of the lure. |
| pointed into the wind and that you cast from the back | | | | If you want to make sure you attract the bass's |
| of the boat. If your line is heavy, always use a heavy | | | | attention add rattles to the lure. |
| hook and avid using thin wire hooks that the bass | | | | 4. Plastic Worms. Worms are the best bait you can |
| could straighten out. Grubs are best used in summer | | | | use for bass fishing, especially plastic worms. It does |
| when the bass are not biting at crankbaits. | | | | take a lot of practice to rig one of the baits and to |
| 2. Tube Baits. These are great when the bass are | | | | learn how to fish with the,. The different rigs you can |
| inactive. You should use this type of bait when fishing | | | | use are: Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, floating rigs and |
| in deep water- more than 10 feet and for the best | | | | swimming rigs. The size and the color also make a |
| results uses a spinning reel on a 6 - 6.5-foot medium | | | | difference in how successful your catch will be. If there |
| action rod. When fishing in vegetation use a heavier | | | | is thick cover and low visibility in the water, you should |
| weight than you would in other conditions. Once you | | | | use bulky worms with twist tails or even multiple tails. |
| have the fish away from the cover, stop reeling and | | | | Dark worms are best to sue in dark water and smaller |
| let it tire itself out with the rod and the reel absorbing | | | | worms work better when the fish are inactive. |
| the impact. If you manually close the reel and pull the | | | | |