Beginner Fishing Tips

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You ever thought about getting a kayak or something?

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Honestly, no. I suck at fishing as it is, and i've never been in a kayak. I don't want to wind up swimming with the bastards that I am trying to catch. They do allow troll boats out on the lake, but I don't have that kind of money just waiting around to be spent.

Some solid info (as far as baits go)

Now, I just need to know what the hell I am supposed to do with them when I buy some of them. I've only ever caught bream in the handful of times i've fished before this weekend. I caught those just using a random pole with a worm and a hook.

For big bream, I've always used nightcrawlers. They look like worms but are much tougher and stay on the hook better. At my parent's lakehouse, a cup of nightcrawlers cut into 1-2 inch pieces will last an entire weekend

Also, texas rig with Culprit Fire & Ice
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I usually nail the bass with those in drizzling rain and right after a rain. We caught 8 bass in little pond a few weeks back in couple of hours after it rained using those worms

I would start by reading the articles in this link:

How to Fish by BassResource.com

Then find someone on base who grew up fishing and start going with them.

Bream (and some catfish)

Crickets under a cork (Use a slip cork if you can find them). Adjust the depth you fish until you find them. Fish around some structure. Bream are rarely in wide open water. Small red worms may turn them on as well.

Catfish

Use a catfish hook. Tight line with no cork using cheese, shiners, ivory soap, gingerbread cakes, night crawlers, catfish stink bait, or even bread. Let it sink to the bottom and sit. Catfish are bottom feeds and will vacuum it up. May or may not be around structure. Usually in deeper water than bream.

Crappie

Fish with shiners under a cork. You may have some luck with beetle spins as well. They school up so it may take a while to find them but when you do find them it's a good time. The best crappie fishing is most likely over now however.

Bass

At day light the first thing you should throw is a top water. Ribbet (especially use this in heavily vegetated areas, lunker lure (white is my go to color), Pop-R, or any other jerk bait. You'll know when you need to use a top water as the bass will be smacking the top of the water.

After the top water action is over, a combination of crank baits, spinner baits (again I like white, Chartreuse is another popular option) jigs and worms should be used. Use a Texas rig worm. Toss it near structure and let it go to the bottom. Flip the tip of your rod up several times to make it look like the worm is crawling. Nose down your rod to reel in the slack without actually reeling the worm in. You bump a worm, you don't reel it. Use Zoom Finess worms, Flukes and brush hogs. Grab an assortment and find what they like through trial and error. Crank baits come in shallow, medium and deep versions. The bigger the bib, the deeper it goes so keep pond depth in mind when purchasing. My fav crank bait colors are red shad and baby bass.

Good luck and most of all just enjoy being outside and relaxing. The fish catching will come.

Thanks for all of the info DNaquin. I reckon I just need to go to a bait shop and pick 3 colors of spinners, poppers/jerks, and crank baits. Get some various hook sizes, and trial and error.

I tried two lures tonight at the usual lake with no luck..

First one was a Strike King Lil' Mr Money spinnerbait

The second one was a white beetlespin..

My mom only caught a catfish using some live worms, but that was it for us in about 3 hours of fishing. How long/how many casts do you guys wait until you are switching out lures?

well that sucks lol.. I didn't buy any crank baits because they all looked too big to fish in a small pond with little depth.