How to Fish For Bass

Learning how to fish for bass is not hard if you spend some time reading up on it and actually spending hours on the water fishing. Of course, that is what we all want to do since even a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work. Unfortunately, we have to work to be able to afford to fish for bass. One of the best places to get solid advice on how to fish for bass is from avid and experienced bass fisherman. Most are open to sharing at least a few of their secrets. If they are not open to sharing just sort of look at what is hanging on the end of their fishing rods and learn how to throw that bait.

Bass are one of the easier fish to catch. Next to pan fish, bass are probably the most caught fish out there. Many people catch bass by accident while pan fishing and then learn to love fishing for bass. The next step is to try out the many different baits and fishing techniques until you discover which one works best for the body of water you are fishing. We all find the one or two that seem to work best for us. I fish with my son-in-law quite a bit and we both fish with different lures and different styles and both seem to catch fish. Of course, if he is catching them all I am not afraid to switch baits.

Some How to Fish for Bass Techniques

For top water lures I prefer floating twitch baits like the Rapala. I just throw it out and let it sit for a second then give it two to three quick twitches and then sit it then repeat. When that largemouth breaks the surface the adrenalin starts a pumping.

For plastic worms I like to drop them onto the weeds and let them fall into the holes or off the edges of lily pads and fish them slowly.

Crank baits with little rattles in them are a great lure to fish for bass with. You will have to work the bait with different speeds of retrieve until you find the one that works for that day. I give it some twitches when I retrieve as well.

I seldom fish with live bait for bass because I like to cast and retrieve. However, night crawlers and live minnows work well for bass fishing and a lot of fish are caught with them.

Make sure you keep your hooks sharp and line fresh with no frays in it. One thing I hate is to lose a fish I have hooked because the hook did not penetrate or the line broke from careless care.

You also need to learn casting accuracy and use and learn to do some flipping, side arm casting, underhand casting and pitching if you want to get to where the bass are located.

Well I hope I have helped you a little bit on how to fish for bass. You can get more information by reading a review on bass fishing books at http://www.squidoo.com/bass_fishing_review