Ever use lil weights fer bass fishing?

[388chevy]

Can you or does it mess with the fish?And whats the best kinda setup fer bass fishing?

[Bad78Cutlass]

We've always used spinner baits when bass fishing. But never added weights to any lures though. But we always though it would mess with the fish....

[GrimmReaper]

use the weight's for plastic worm's or jig's

[Bad78Cutlass]

use the weight's for plastic worm's or jig's

x2, but never had luck with the plastic worms. And the good brand ones also....

[OneFastFox]

I've had luck with plastic worms in smaller ponds, where you have to work it through weeds.

[Bubstr]

Guess there is a lure for every fish or time of year or where fish are. I like worms and jigs when fishing deep, early spring late fall and dog days of summer. Most times you fish them slow, takes a lot of patients. Most times you get the bite as they settle back down after a jig. Easy to miss the bite especially on inactive fish. One of the reasons people don't like these is, they have no idea what is down there and you need to fish the structure. Flooded timber, drop offs ect. One strip mine I fish has a flooded road and they seem to stick to the hillside ditch around 12 foot. You fish any where else your packing sand. This is too deep for most other kinds of lures and they aren't active enough for faster moving ones. Sure you can catch fish in shallow weeds with them but you ave other choices then that fish more water faster. Has anyone tried these wacky worms you hook in the middle? Do they work? Looks like they are fished with no weight.

[Shifter]

If you are going to use a plastic worm there are only a few "really good" brands. (IMHO)

I like the Berkley, Yamamoto, and "wacky worm" brand...also the Zoom Super Fluke.

Other than that I use a lot of "Lucky Craft" hard baits/crank baits, and buzz/spinnerbaits.

[388chevy]

What kinda line ya'll use?

[Bad78Cutlass]

We use 25 lb line for lure fishing or whatever lol....O and the plastic warms we use are the Berkley ones. But we probably wasn't in the right area to use them. On a side note, cat fish around here love shrimp....just let it sit outside for a few hours. That way it will stink like shi*....

[TC86GN]

Finally a topic I know a little more than the average joe.

I would be glad to help anyone who bass fishes in the south. I usually fish the toledo bend resevoir on the texas /La border. I love it. It is addicting.

[moneypit]

We plastic worm fish alot around here and always have a 1/4 oz bullet weight on it. Sometimes we use the red ,sometimes black or bronze weights. We tried the red w/ red hooks and they work pretty good.IMO, i dont think it effects them. I hardly ever throw a crankbait. Fish out of a John boat around the banks,throw it just on shore (if you can) and drop it in the water ! Ofcourse, you have to switch it up when it gets hot.

[TC86GN]

I'll tell you guys what I do on a typical day for this time of the year.

Early morning I will fish topwater. Depending where I am I will either throw a spook rigged with Berkley 14 to 17 lb monofilament because mono floats and this makes it easy to walk the dog. Or I will find some heavy cover like lily pads and throw a stanley ribbit riged on 30 lb spiderwire with a wide gap #5 hook. I will also throw a spinner as a search bait from time to time. Rigged on mono also I like to throw a booyah HD spinnerbait white and chartruse with different willow leaf blades. You can really feel this particular spinnerbait vibrate as you retrieve it. I like to bring it back a little slower than most just fast enough to feel it vibrating.

If no luck or conditions change I try to find a wind blown point somewhere or a flat about 15 to 20 feet with submerged grass 5 to 10 feet under the surface. You can do a number of things here but I stick with a texas or carolina rigged soft plastic. I prefer yamamoto soft plastics and Berkley. For those new to this, a texas rigged soft plastic is easier.

Check out this link. http://www.bassdozer.com/articles/senko-gary.shtml

This will also lead you to the bassdozer website probably the best site I have found on bass fishin. Lots of info here but don't do an overload.

I also like to use lipless crankbaits and swimbaits over the grass just ticking it. I usually rig these baits on 17 lb. flourocarbon.

When the sun gets high the fish are lookin for shade. they don't like the sun either. Look for shade with structure. Ths is when I start concentrating on boat docks. You would be surprised at how many fish are on these docks. I will usually do some pitchin with a texas rigged creature or a fluke. Shallow running crankbaits work excellent here too. I will tune them to the left or right and get them to run under this structure. A little unorthodox but, it works!

Don't foget the schoolers. As the temps get hotter the bass will congregate and push baitfish to the top. When you see this happen keep something handy lika a lipless crankbait to throw out there and bring it through the feeding frenzy. You will usually get one here. For the bigger ones, throw something that runs a little deeper as sometimes the larger fish are waiting underneath the school and are just waiting for something to fall to them.

Summer time is when the fish congregate and go deep. The jig is probably the one lure that has caught the most bass here. Again look for some deep structure or grass and fish the edge. It also helps if where you ar fishin is next to a creek channel which acts as a roadway for bass. I also like to throw some deeper diving crankbaits here.

Where I fish the water is usually pretty clear so I try to stick with natural looking colors. remember. If you can find the food source you have found the fish. Usually.