| Have you ever found yourself asking the question, | | | | shad are a great way to catch more bass. Live |
| "How do I catch more bass"? This is a common | | | | crayfish are also a great bait, but they are much |
| question among bass anglers and in this article I'm | | | | harder to come by than shiners or shad in most |
| going to provide you with some tips for catching | | | | areas. Make sure that you handle your shiners or |
| more and bigger bass. Most of these tips can be | | | | shad properly. These bait fish need lots of oxygen |
| implemented almost immediately and will help be a | | | | and any water temperature changes in their |
| much more successful. | | | | surroundings should be minimal. They key, especially |
| Almost anyone can go out and catch some these | | | | for larger bass, is that your bait is as "lively" as |
| fish, but consistently catching numbers and larger | | | | possible. |
| bass is another animal altogether. This article will | | | | 2. Realistic Lures - If you don't like using live bait, |
| provide you with some great tips that will certainly | | | | realistic fishing lures can be effective also. One of the |
| help you answer the question of how do I catch | | | | keys to catching more and bigger bass is that you're |
| more bass. | | | | offering looks as realistic as possible. The KickTail |
| The first thing we want understand if we want to | | | | Minnow is a great lure choice for bass. This bait looks |
| catch more bass are the fish themselves. These fish | | | | as much like a live shad as any lure that I've ever |
| are largely predatory and like to ambush their prey. | | | | seen. Some other realistic lure choices would be a |
| This means that they look for cover to hide behind | | | | jointed Rapala or the Storm 'wildeye' swim bait |
| so they can ambush their prey. This means that as | | | | 3. Plastic Worms - Plastic worms are probably the |
| anglers, we want to look for and fish near cover if | | | | best known way to catch bass, and anyone who |
| we want to optimize our fishing time. | | | | wants to know how to catch bass needs to study |
| Below I will list a few baits that will help any bass | | | | some plastic worm techniques. The Texas rig is |
| fisherman catch more & bigger bass. Using any | | | | probably the easiest plastic worm rigging method, and |
| or all of these lures will help you answer the question, | | | | also quite effective. The swimming rig is another |
| how do I catch more bass. When using any of these | | | | plastic worm rigging method that works quite well |
| bass baits remember to make sure that your hands | | | | around boat docks or weed beds. Plastic worms are |
| are free of any unnatural odors. Any scents that are | | | | an excellent way to catch more bass. |
| on your hands will transfer to your bait. Bass have a | | | | The bottom line when it comes to catching more of |
| very sensitive sense of smell and if they detect any | | | | these fish is to spend as much time on the water as |
| unnatural scents, they are less apt to bite. | | | | possible. No bait or lure will impact your bass catching |
| | | | ability like spending time on the water practicing your |
| 1. Live Bait - Whether you're fishing for large mouth | | | | craft. Although your better half might hate to hear it, |
| bass is a lake or smallmouth bass in the flowing | | | | the more time that you can spend bass fishing, the |
| waters of a river, live bait is one of the best ways | | | | better. |
| to catch more & bigger bass. Large shiners or | | | | |