Comments on: What Is The Best Fresh Water Bass Lure? Is A Worm Better Than A Lure?

By: Babolat

Babolat — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:33:37 +0000

Well my secret weapon isn’t even made for freshwater fishing, but that’s all the info you get. I’ve been nailing lunkers left and right since I started using it–The smaller bass don’t touch it but the large ones go crazy over it.

By: Seth T

Seth T — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:54:48 +0000

Rubber worms!! My favorite color is the watermelon variation.
Real worms are good also but they usually get eaten by the smaller fish.

By: ?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:23:14 +0000

I’ve always felt that spinner-baits were the staple bass fishing lure. You should always have a few in your tackle box.
The problem with using live worms is that you’ll end up catching all sorts of other fish as well. If you are fishing where there are a lot of sunfish/bluegill, you’ll lose a lot of worms on them. Also, most fish tend to swallow live worms, so the hook ends up deep in their gills. This is a problem if you plan on practicing catch-and-release.

By: johnny c

johnny c — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:51:07 +0000

Try a Senko in green pumkin or black with blue flake, they usually work pretty good, good luck, they’ll out fish most live bait, on occasion they may not, but the majority of the time artificial will out fish it if presented right.

By: ♫♥~nycgi

♫♥~nycgi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:53:47 +0000

my favorite lure is the junebug frog while I flip the hydrilla

By: cfb193

cfb193 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:51:26 +0000

I personally prefer live worms. On good fishing days, it’s less than a minute after I cast out when the fish start biting. They really like worms.

By: hill bill y

hill bill y — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:31:49 +0000

I have fished for many years. Personally I prefer plastic worms (jelly worms). But each person has there own preference.

By: Tasha

Tasha — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:33:47 +0000

crank baits

By: Fisher_K

Fisher_K — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:54:37 +0000

Bass are my fav. I’ve never caught anything without live bait so I’d say use a worm but I get my best results from using leaches and sometimes minnows. I guess it depends on what they’re feeding on.

By: Matt C

Matt C — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:28:40 +0000

Soft Plastic lures, (which include worms, grubs, deadstiks, Etc), would probably work better in most cases.
But, as you know, fish are “picky”. Sometimes, Hard-baits,(Rapalas, Yozuris, Etc), Spinnerbait’s, Topwaters, Etc can/will out-produce soft plastics. It all depends on the mood of the fish.
If I had to pick a general “pattern” to start with, in most situations it would be:
1. Throw 1/8-1/4 OZ spinnerbaits until you find a concentration of Bass.
2. Once you find some #’s of fish, SLOW down and THEN fish the area with your soft plastic lures, (worms Etc.)
Hope this helps ya out? Good luck!