| If all you want when you go bass fishing is to spend | | | | Now that you're starting to think like a fish, you need |
| a nice pleasant day out on the lake, then more | | | | to take your bait into consideration. Lots of bass |
| power to you. Bass fishing just for the unadulterated | | | | fishing is done with large bait because bass are a |
| relaxation that it provides is one of the best and | | | | fierce fighting fish and big bait just seems like the |
| purest reasons to drop a line; however, if you're one | | | | way to go. However the truth be told, bass are very |
| of those fishermen who's angling day isn't complete | | | | hungry and hostile. They will strike on a large variety |
| until you've caught and released a boatload, or you've | | | | of lures. Think smaller lures, like spinners and don't |
| hauled in a few trophies then you are going to need | | | | forget about the lowly plastic worm. Properly cast |
| to apply a more heads on approach to your fishing | | | | brightly colored worms are the number one bait |
| tactics. In this situation you are going to need to | | | | choice among bass fishermen for this simple reason. |
| know your enemy and plan your assault, and by this | | | | They catch bass. Shallow water is a good place to |
| I mean that you need to be the bass. | | | | try out a float worm. Straight worms will get lots of |
| Before you decide which direction to turn your boat | | | | bites in the undergrowth. |
| at the start of the day, consider the day itself. If | | | | Once you have started to think like a bass, it's |
| you were a big, strong aggressive but somewhat | | | | important to write your discoveries down. Keep a |
| lazy bass, where would you be in the early morning | | | | detailed written journal of your most productive |
| hours when the deeper water might be cold since | | | | tactics, and the least productive ways too. Put |
| the day has just begun? Why in the shallows of | | | | together a log that contains all of your bass fishing |
| course, sitting in the cover of the undergrowth | | | | equipment. Note the day and date of each of your |
| watching the lake come to life. This applies to the | | | | excursions, along with the weather, the vegetation, |
| evening as well when the day winds down and the | | | | the distance from the bank, and the bait that you |
| water starts to cool off. During these times, quietly | | | | used. When you do pull in that trophy, mark down |
| reconnoiter the tall grass, the fallen logs, and the | | | | the time; and when you pull in a minnow, mark down |
| underbelly of the lake world. Many bass may be | | | | that time too. No detail is ever too small when |
| starting and ending their days here, completely visible | | | | developing your bass book. |
| to the naked eye. | | | | Bass are strong fish that will put up a good fight; and |
| As the sun traverses the sky, the fish will start to | | | | that's the reason most bass fishermen go after |
| migrate to and from deeper water; and you can | | | | them. Study them and their habits and document |
| often catch them in transit. Cast a sinker that drift | | | | your findings. You will find that your effort will |
| into the edges of the grassy interface. Be patient, | | | | ultimately pay off in the end with larger and more |
| and don't bob the bait. This approach can prove to | | | | consistent catches. After all, in order to land them |
| be fruitful on overcast days when the bass haven't | | | | you need to understand them. |
| quite decided to go out into the deeper water. | | | | |