Basic Bass Lure kit

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Terry Phillips

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I am also a newbe trying to catch Bass,I have spent a small fortune on boats and equipment and I still have not caught a fish.

When I started buying lures I use to go to the fishing shops and look around ,when I found a few lures or worms that have only a few left on the shelf I use to buy those item as they must be good sellers,so I thought?

So now I will stop buying until I have a few bass in the bag and I can find someone to check my tackel box and tell me how to use each type of lures I have. 

Even better I need to find a keen bass fisherman who can take me and my boat out to some water and see if they can get through to my numb nut.

I have already learnt a lot from this forum,thanks guys and sorry if I am hijacking the original thread.
 
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FatRap

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Hey Terry

I will definitely not proclaim to be any sort of expert on bass fishing but I have learned some things in my brief time, so feel free to PM (personal message) me any specific queries you have. I saw that you stay in JHB, I also stay in JHB so if you need any opinions (not that they're right) just let me know.
 
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Terry Phillips

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:fswimThanks for the offer,I have nearly finished doing the mods on my boat and then I will take it to Bronkies for a test.

I stay in Kempton Park,I see you also like the Tiger,I use to go to the Zambezi when we lived in Bulawayo as well as when we lived in Witbank.

Sure do miss thoes days.

Cheers

Terry
 
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FatRap

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OK well let us know how the trip to Bronkies goes. Make sure you've got a few spinnerbaits (preferably lighter colours) and your lipless crankbaits to fish the shallower grassy areas. As well as a few plastics like brush-hogs. Ya, I have been pretty much raised on tiger (Kariba and the Zambezi)... Nothing quite compares to that hit!

Hope the boat comes right and the trip is a success ::tight:
 
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BFC

Senior Member
Here is my top 10 lures I like to use .

I like fishing the shallows  either early mornings or late afternoons and mostly 1-3ha private irigation dams in the Western Cape, Learned bass fishing in Boskop/ Potch dams as well as Tzaneen , Nelspruit areas.

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Topwater:  Popper, Crazy Crawler, Tiny torpedo

Shallow Runners: Tiny N, jointed rapala, Shallow Shad Rap.

Deep Runner: Rebel wobler, Shad Rap

Plastics : 4-5 cm Grubs ( bullet Sinker and weedless hook)

              Storm Hybrid - 8cm floppy - very cheap and leathal .

 

Bass fishing is about searching for the fish , in general bass are lazy and take lures on impulse mostly.  With these 10 examples you should cover 80% of scenarios you may encounter as a beginner.

Mepps / Abu droppen type spinners will also work well but would not recomend them to start learning on , to catch bass you need to give action and life to your lure and spinners are mostly meant to cast and reel back and learn you to be uninovative with your retrieves.

Nothing as satisfying twitching on a popper letting it ly still for a minute and when it moves old bucket mouth can not resist !!!
 

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OvaR8ed

Sealiner
Hey Terry, you said you buy lures cause they're good sellers, but I just want to let you know that lure selection is not that important, it's finding the bass and how you present the lure... You can fish a 2m crank bait slower than a worm 25m deep, and a worm fast on the surface if they are rigged correctly, but unless you believe in the lure, you probably won't catch fish...

When I look at a lure on the shop shelf, I think to myself, what does the structure look like into / next to which I want to cast this lure? What will it feel like rigged in a few different ways? What will it look like under water? How can I modify it to make it better? If thinking about these questions give you a positive feeling, then buy the lure...

Then assess your shop estimations about the lure when you actually use it, make notes of the problems you didn't think about and think about what you can do to get a lure (same or different) to perform well for longer there where you want it to be...

Lucky for us, bass are instinctive beasts that lives by the motto, "If it moves, kill it!". All you have to do is find the fish and put a lure within striking range...
 
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OvaR8ed

Sealiner
Hey BFC, that lure selection looks good, but I would add at least two spinner baits there (one light, one dark).

They are awesome snag proof bombs I cast into the heart of the densest cover to probe for shy fish.

If someone told me to pick one lure to fish exclusively for the rest of my life it would be a spinner bait. They can be fished slow and fast (blade setup), right on the bottom (bumping against structure) or so close to the surface that there's a bubble trail (and everywhere in between), in open water, and in the densest of cover...

A MUST HAVE!
 
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FatRap

New member
I agree with OvaR8ed

The same lure can be presented in so many different ways and asking those questions will certainly help, but you need to first see the action of the lures you have to get a better understanding of how certain lures tend to move and feel. And spinnerbaits are certainly a must in any box... their versatility is phenomenal. Don't be scared to open the gap to nearly 90 degrees for slower retrieves (this allows the blades to spin at slower speeds) and experiment with any of your lures.
 
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BFC

Senior Member
OvaR8ed wrote:
Hey BFC, that lure selection looks good, but I would add at least two spinner baits there (one light, one dark).

They are awesome snag proof bombs I cast into the heart of the densest cover to probe for shy fish.

If someone told me to pick one lure to fish exclusively for the rest of my life it would be a spinner bait. They can be fished slow and fast (blade setup), right on the bottom (bumping against structure) or so close to the surface that there's a bubble trail (and everywhere in between), in open water, and in the densest of cover...

A MUST HAVE!
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I have 13 various Spinner baits  1 blade up to 3 blades , light to dark colour. I have never caught a single fish in 15 years on a Spinnerbait. There are people that swear by them , me on the otherhand have the ziggs with them .

I like walking the bank of a dam and in my pocket I usually carry 3 lures and they are:

1) Popper

2) Shallow Shad rap

3) Grub with bullet sinker and weedless hook ( for dense cover)

 

The next person ,

1) Spinner Bait

2) Carolina rigged - Gulp .

3) Jitterbug

 

My point being , if you are going to start bass fishing make sure you have a good variation to fish  top , mid, deep   in open water as well as cover.
 
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FatRap

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For sure, confidence is one of the most important things to consider. And each to his own, what works for one may not necessarily work for another. I love spinnerbaits fr their versatility, you can work all the layers with one bait at various speeds and target all sorts of cover.
 
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OvaR8ed

Sealiner
I agree that some people fish certain lures better than others, I also have my preferences (Even if they do differ from day to day).

I always hear people say confidence is what catches fish, but I believe patience is more important... (and after blanking for several days in a row, confidence gets hard to scrape together!)

Once you've scouted a spot and fished it for a while with no success, then you get that down feeling and you want to move to the next spot... At this point I force myself to stay at least for 10 more casts, but with feeling!

Put extra love into the action of your lure, hang it for a second longer on the pauses, imagining that a bass is watching it from its cover thinking about running it down...

Many times those 10 casts didn't catch me a bass, but it was so much fun pretending to "feel" like a wounded baitfish (and trying to make my lure look like one) that I stayed there afterwards anyways, eventually catching a bass...

If you don't put in the time, you're not going to catch many fish!
 
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KleinVis

New member
Hi all, I don't want to hog your thread NEVERGIVEUP, I just want ask some advise that could add to our learning!
I bought an packet of plastic worms and now I'm wondering witch size hook I should use. I saw some worms before that had hooks in that are placed not to get caught up in the reed etc. so is there anyway of rigging your worm that way??
Thanks
Kleinvis
 
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J_Bay

Sealiner
Mepps Black Fury - I like number 3's.
Plastic worms - There are hundreds on the market.
Zoom baby brush hogs - Great lures. Green or Pumpkin Seed.
Rattle Trap - I've had good success with these.
Flukes - I find these quite versatile, and they produce.
Crank Baits - Anything with a nice action that swims straight!

These are lures I would never be without, and maybe add in a popper or other top water lure just in case...
 
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ebvahed

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I couldn't agree more with 100% African

Recently I had my first ever bass fishing experience. My family & i were staying at a resort on the south coast and found they had a fish-able pond. Having just returned from umgazana estuary fishing, all I had was my estuary spinners. I managed to catch on nearly ALL my lures. In one day we caught in total around 20 bass, in ONE DAY. It was epic fun, more so because we felt like we were doing something unorthodox, even though it wasn't.

The most success I had was on a Halco Sorcerer,which is meant to be a prawn imitation...Crazy right?
 
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