Bass Newbie

[SteelheadBum2]

Hey I hardly ever fish for bass, but chinookynd and I are going to a camp called "Wildhorse Canyon Family Camp" for the weekend and they have a lake with stocked large mouth bass. These bass were put in the lake to eat the algae, and they get very big!! I didn't know that lake had bass until I stopped by and fished with a kid for the day. He was using worms, but i was wondering what lures i could use???

This lake is about 2 hour drive from Redmond in the middle of nowhere in the oregon high desert.

Can any of you bass fisherman help out a salmon/steelhead fisherman :grin:

[Striper Club]

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[Striper Club]

Oh, as far as eating algae goes, that isn't why bass are put in. Bass are predators and can be quite aggressive this time of year. You want to immitate baitfish, crawdads and other struggling critters.

Salt-loaded soft plastic lures are the best for the novice bass-fisherman, as you are given more time for a proper hookset. Bass <3 salt!

Of course, you can use garden wigglers under a bobber--but that is even less fun than plunking.

Feel free to use scents--anise, garlic, crawdad or shad will do fine.

The most important thing is this though--have fun!

[Sandz]

That place is crazy at night, the place right past antilope?... I went up there with a church camp (I do believe we are talking about the old Rash Niesh *sp* cult grounds now owned by young life). Saw some large fish out there.. wished Id had my rods. As to what to use, I doubt they see much in the ways of lures so lipless crank baits or darker colored senkos maybe? Spinners might work well also just for reaction strikes and all that.

[SteelheadBum2]

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[Sandz]

Yeah I was wondering around about 1-2am and just walkin out there. Its a deer hunters DREAM seeing as I literally walked up and pet a couple of em but walkin around that area I was just thinkin... "I could lip that fish right there.." the fish were quite big. I wish I could make that trip out there again, even though once you are in the camp its an hour before you reach the camp.

[SteelheadBum2]

boy its a 4+ hour drive from portland, but it has great fishing, the longest zipline in north america, dunebuggys, skatepark, and everything else you can think of.

I was wondering what type of lure would be more productive??? a crankbait type lure, spinner, or soft plastics??? I caught many small fish on the rapallas, but I caught all my 2-3lb+ bass on plastic worms. I heard from the owner that there are a few bass in that lake that are over 7lbs!! It seems the bigger bass are much harder to get to bite, so i was wondering what is a lure that catchs bigger sized bass. All the big ones hide under a large dock.

Thanx alot for helping a bass newbie

[BuKuBass]

I've fished both rezs; was there a couple days before Christmas in '90 when the FBI drained the one on Muddy Creek looking for the BogWan's Uzis. Nothing funnier than watching a bunch of trainees post-holing across the mudflats in chest-highs. No amount of arm windmilling could keep them from doing face plants in the muck; some even managed a 3/4 twist during the fall.
For maximum thrills, throw a black Jitterbug at night. All you'll hear are coyotes in the distance as the Jitterbug "ploop, ploop, ploops" across the surface. Then the stillness is shattered by the splash of a bass blowing up on the 'bug, followed by the "zzt, zzzzzt" of the drag.
One of the cheapest and most versatile lure options is a single tail grub like Kalin's . You can use it from buzzing the surface to dragging the bottom. Just casting it out and counting it down to different depths then swimming it back can be effective. Try different pauses and twitches; you'll find something that works. As for colors: Clear Hologram, Motor Oil/Red flake, and Junebug well represent the three main color ranges. Get some 1/8 and 1/4 ounce jigheads. I prefer standup football heads for most applications and wobble jigs for swimming.

[Chinookjinxd]

Thanks for the help guys ive got about $500 worth of gear with plenty of top water lures we should do alright I hope

[Chinookjinxd]

thanks for all the input we hooked to many fish i think if thats possible