| Remember when bass fishing was simple and | | | | you caught the first fish because bass like |
| fun? Now everything has gotten so commercial | | | | to group up, especially in the fall. This |
| you have to compete to see who has the most | | | | tactic will work just about any time of the |
| expensive boat and who has the biggest horse. | | | | year but fall seems to be the best. When I |
| Let me tell you something, I've caught more | | | | say fall what I mean is October through |
| fish already in a flat bottom aluminum boat | | | | November. These fish cannot resist live bait. |
| than most people will catch in a lifetime. | | | | If this fails to work for you, try moving in |
| You don't need a twenty or thirty thousand | | | | or out of shallow water with your trolling |
| dollar boat to go fishing. There's only two | | | | motor or with the wind if you don't have a |
| requirements for a boat - it has to float and | | | | trolling motor. |
| it has to be safe. Other than that, things | | | | |
| like depth finders, gps, etc. ain't really | | | | Now that you know what to do lets talk about |
| necessary but just good to have. The main | | | | rigging your bait. The only thing you need is |
| thing you have to remember about fishing is | | | | a hook or a hook and cork. I have found it |
| to have fun. Having said all this, Let's go! | | | | better to use a brown or cork colored cork, |
| | | | but red and white will work too. The shad has |
| There are many ways to bass fish, without | | | | nose holes. Stick the hook through one nose |
| having to spend a lot of money. I will be | | | | hole and out the other. This will help keep |
| taking you on one of the easiest and funnest | | | | the shad alive. It is very important to do |
| trips you can go on. All you need for this | | | | everything you can do to keep your bait |
| trip will be a cast net, a rod and reel, of | | | | lively. There are many ways to keep your bait |
| course, and an anchor. During the fall, bass | | | | alive, but the easiest way is salt and ice. |
| pile up on shallow points, road beds, and | | | | About a 1/4 cup of salt added to your bait |
| piers. So what we are going to do today is | | | | tank and 1 bag of ice will really help. Even |
| fish points about four to ten feet deep. The | | | | a pump of some sort that keeps the water |
| only catch to this is you have to have shad, | | | | moving will help greatly. Keeping your bait |
| which can be located by watching the water. | | | | alive will become easy the more you do this |
| When you see shad popping the top of the | | | | type of fishing. |
| water, throw your net into this big ole pile | | | | |
| of bait, throw them into a livewell or tank | | | | This is probably the most productive type of |
| and you are ready to go. Once you get the | | | | fishing you will ever do because every fish |
| shad you are ready to find a good point to | | | | in the lake will eat a shad. I have caught |
| fish. Long tapering points are the best, or | | | | bass, stripe, catfish, drum, etc on shad and |
| any point that has a depth change in close | | | | it is one of my favorite ways of fishing. I |
| proximity to where you want to anchor your | | | | do this during the hottest part of summer in |
| boat. I have found it to be better if you | | | | the creeks fishing for saltwater stripe. My |
| stay in about five to six feet of water, | | | | personal best is 31 lbs but that is another |
| casting toward the bank and making a complete | | | | story. |
| circle around the boat. This is an easy and | | | | |
| fast way to find a lot of bass piled up | | | | Give this a try and let me know if it works |
| together. If you catch one, you will probably | | | | for you. Best of luck! |
| catch a bunch. Keep throwing back to where | | | | |