Any help would be appreciated

[259]

I went Bass fishing yesterday and had a blast! I haven’t been Bass fishing for many years and I forgot how much fun it was. I was by no means a good Bass fisherman...I was usually with a friend that would show me what to do. I hit the river and found a small lure that looked like a bumblebee in blue/white/yellow and threw it around a while. I caught and released three small mouths before losing the lure on its last bite. I was out for about 7hrs. Anyway...I have been reading some of the Bass posts and I'm lost. Can someone let me know what type of lures are popular/productive? I know this would be asking a ton but if someone has pictures or links to lures/pics that would be awesome! :help::bowdown:

[soonerwolf]

A small crankbait like the one you described this time of year is usually a pretty good bait. Also a spinnerbait is good. Rattletraps work also throughout the warmer parts of the year for smallmouth. all of these are what I call power baits and are good until the fish move back to deeper water and the water clears up alot in the summer. These power baits should be fished with varying retrieves until you find out what they want on a particular day, it may be slow, fast, stop and go......

Then later in the year I would go to soft plastics and smaller presentations on light spinning tackle with 6 or so lb test unless I am out at night, in a dingy water area such as a creek arm or real early in the morning. Alot of guys on this site throw soft plastics which is a little more advanced because you need to detect the bite and then set the hook to get hook penetration but once you get the hang of it, using a texas rigged senko type bait or small plastic worm/tube/lizard can be the deadliest of all baits. Then there is the drop shot which I will not go into because I do not know much about it.

Any of these lures/techniques can be found by doing a google search.

[team simper]

Hey 259, any day bass fishing is as good as it gets! This time of year crawfish colored crankbaits and white[ghost] color also are hard to beat for me. They will catch fish just about anywhere around. I like Norman cranks as they work good, but don,t cost a fortune. Also if your going to fish the river, invest in some yamamoto grubs in color 176. They work extremely well. Let me know if I can help you out more. :cheers:

[259]

Thank you both very much...I'm looking forward to trying these out. :cheers: :dance:

[Wreckless]

On the rivers (or anywhere for that matter) it's hard to beat a 3" grub on a 1/8 oz darter head, for small mouth. The grubs and jig heads are available at Bi-mart. Any of the natural colors work good, but as mentioned earlier crawfish colors are good this time of year.

Also, in the rivers, any lure that resembles a small minnow or Salmon smolt works great this time of year.

I hope this helps.

[bassnbass]

Last Wednesday(4/27.8-11am) I met this fellow fisherman while bass fishing at Vernonia Lake. He gave me the direction of this new pond located on Springville rd(pcc rock creek area) I have difficulty of finding the place and hope to get in contact with him again. pls e-mail me @ our_heidi2004@yahoo.com with info.

ps. if anyone know any of the public/private bass water in OR pls give me some of the info. thanks

[259]

Thanks wreckless!

[Striper Club]

This time of year I like to stick with two categories; reaction and finesse. Reactions lures that I employ in the spring are spinnerbaits and rattletraps(lipless crankbaits). Finesse baits that I like this time of year fall directly into the plastics category (Yum-Dingers, Senkos, various other plastic worm-types) and jigs (natural or rubber skirts).

For colors, you just can't beat any variation on watermellon or pumpkinseed for the Willamette or Columbia. Have something in chartreuse or some other bright color if the water is stained.

As the water warms, I like to add crankbaits and various topwater techniques. Plastics will produce fish year-round, however.

Good luck and have fun! :cheers:

[Pondscum]

259,

Did not know you were into Bass fishing, I have had some success on the Willamette, have a spot that produces most of the time. Would show you where and what I know, but I don't know if our days off match. 346.

[259]

Hey 346, I PM'd you but apparently you dont sign on very much. Read your private message. :eek:

[snowball]

The must have baits I would carry if I were starting over and could zip past all the fad lures--

Rebel PoP-R, frog pattern and shad
Zara Spook, rainbow pattern
Blue Fox Foxy Jigs
Rattlin Rap
Mister Twister Split tails
Worms, Salted fished Carolina and or Texas Rigged.

[ExBassGuide]

75% of all the bass I get (l.m. & s.m.) fall for the 3 inch senko (big fish tooo) :smash:.
Roger :yay: