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What bait do u use?

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Fly fishing.

I've never caught a fish on an artificial lure other than a fly.

Worms and Salmon Eggs are my weapon of choice when I'm not fly fishing.

amish
 
there's no need to use a whole worm...if you're going for pan fish they'll eat even the smallest piece of worm. The best bait in the world for bass is little bluegill....When my friends and I go fishing we spend a good hour collecting "bass burner" size bluegill (ones that are anywhere from 4-8 inches in length) and throw them in a bucket. Then we put on bigger hooks, and hook the bluegills through the top of their heads and out the mouth. Toss that out and either reel it in or just let it sit. Works almost EVERY TIME. You'll at least see strike marks on the bluegills when you pull them in. I've caught a number of bass, including 3 5+ pounders that way.
 
Originally posted by: nater
there's no need to use a whole worm...if you're going for pan fish they'll eat even the smallest piece of worm. The best bait in the world for bass is little bluegill....When my friends and I go fishing we spend a good hour collecting "bass burner" size bluegill (ones that are anywhere from 4-8 inches in length) and throw them in a bucket. Then we put on bigger hooks, and hook the bluegills through the top of their heads and out the mouth. Toss that out and either reel it in or just let it sit. Works almost EVERY TIME. You'll at least see strike marks on the bluegills when you pull them in. I've caught a number of bass, including 3 5+ pounders that way.
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how big do the bass have to be to eat an 8" bluegill?
 
This is what I use for fishing, I dont use all of it every time I go out it all depends on what time of day (ie Overcast, Sunny) and water quality and temp and time of year!

Muskie

Top - Unweighted Jerkbaits

Mid to Deep - Weighted Jerkbaits, Shad, Woodchoppers, Flatfish, Bucktails


Bass(Small,Large, Peacock)

Top water - Zara Spooks, Broken Backs, Poppers

Mid to Deep Water - Spinners, Deep Divers, Jigs, Power Worms, Plastic Grubs & Crawfish


Trout( Browns,Cutthroat,Rainbow)


Mid to Deep Water - Rooster Tails, Hook and Bobber with a night Crawler, Power Bait, Salmon Eggs
 
Power Bait has always worked rather well for me with trout, although I haven't been trout fishing for a couple years now. For salmon in Alaska we use a piece of bait attached to a weighted lure.
 
I use nightcrawlers for fishing, very effective for trout, yellow perch, bluegills, and bass. Powerbait is very deadly for trout.
 
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: nater
there's no need to use a whole worm...if you're going for pan fish they'll eat even the smallest piece of worm. The best bait in the world for bass is little bluegill....When my friends and I go fishing we spend a good hour collecting "bass burner" size bluegill (ones that are anywhere from 4-8 inches in length) and throw them in a bucket. Then we put on bigger hooks, and hook the bluegills through the top of their heads and out the mouth. Toss that out and either reel it in or just let it sit. Works almost EVERY TIME. You'll at least see strike marks on the bluegills when you pull them in. I've caught a number of bass, including 3 5+ pounders that way.
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how big do the bass have to be to eat an 8" bluegill?
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you'd be surprised....I've seen 2-3 pound bass go after bluegill like that. I've caught bass using bluegills like 1/4 of their size.
 
wow blue gills as bait, thats a pretty big bait... So do they die when u hook them that way? I do want to try out the artificial lures, but due to my limited skills...can BARELY cast accurately... i think i'll practice a little more with bait fishing. And whats fly fishing.. not too familiar with how thats done.. So does one need to put any sinkers on the line when bait fishing? I would assume that u want the worm to float freely as if it was a random worm that is floating around??
 
Up here in the Northeast (New England), I pretty much exclusively fish for bass. The one bait I use most of the time is the Zoom rubber lizards I get @ Wal-Mart. The ones I get are called "Pumpkin Fire" because the body of the lizard is pumpkin colored, and the tail is a bright orange. This color combo seems to work best. I believe they are also salt impregnated, whether or not that makes a difference, I have yet to decide. There are two sizes, 4" and 6", and I usually use the 6" ones. I rarely use anything else even though I have tons of stuff because they work so well wherever I go.

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Originally posted by: yamahaXS
you will have better luck going for northern, bass, or panfish.

muskies aren't exactly easy to catch.
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out of curiousity, what makes them so hard to catch?
 
Originally posted by: Kwan1
yeah what do i need to do to catch one and why are they hard to catch?
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The fact is there just arent that many muskie to fish for. I forget why but I think for some reason only a small fraction of their spawn survive.
 
Actually, the bait or lure you use depends somewhat on the fishing pole you're using, as well as how patient you are.
For bass, I use a medium weight ugly stick pro, and my favorite lure is the berkeley power bait, 7 inch black nightcrawler. Gamakatsu 2/0 hook. Put the hook point through the tip and out about 1 cm lower, then twist the hook around and reinsert it , lower on the worm, so the tip is just below the surface of the worm (so you can't feel the hook point) (wish I could draw a pic for you) This makes the lure completely weedless. No sinkers at all with it, and use a lighter line (6lb). Practice outside of water reeling it in so slowwwwwwly that it looks like a real night crawler crawling on the ground to you. That means SLOWWWWWW. When you think you're going slow enough, you're going too fast. Slow down more. Then, you're trying to feel a bass inhale the nightcrawler... you'll barely be able to detect it, it won't be a hard strike (usually). Count to 3 and set the hook, HARD. With a cheapy zebco pole, you probably won't detect the strike at all. With practice, you'll be able to feel every little rock and weed in the water. I've caught many 4 lb plus bass this way, even in the middle of the afternoon on the hottest days when no one else is catching anything.

If you aren't patient, and just want to fish for quantity, nothing beats worms or night crawlers. As far as a bobber goes, I think you'll find that the pencil bobbers easier to detect bites, especially if there are waves making the bobber go up and down.

Musky? Better have a LOT of patience... you could fish all day, every day for a week and come up with no muskies. (And that's on a good Musky lake) I spend hundreds of hours fishing every year and have yet to catch a large musky (plenty of smaller, 30 inch or less sized though)

If you want to eat the fish, learn how to filet them, sunfish are a great fish to learn on (cause you can catch a lot to practice with). Plus, sunfish are an excellent fish to eat, ranked up there with walleye and crappie for the best tasting fish. (I think they're better than crappie, and can barely remember walleye, since I now practice catch and release with them)

edit: there are a lot of fishing links from here. I'm thinking about starting to enter bass tournaments this year.
 
Originally posted by: Mookow
Originally posted by: yamahaXS
you will have better luck going for northern, bass, or panfish.

muskies aren't exactly easy to catch.
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out of curiousity, what makes them so hard to catch?
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come on... exactly what makes them so hard to catch?
 
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