Your Questions About Bass Fishing Tips Summer
James asks…
I have a question for you well informed anglers? I’m in need of a good flipping stick for a new lake I’ll be fishing this summer. I’ve been told this lake has some really thick stuff that hold nice bass. My question is what type of action is best for a good flipping stick?, do they generally require faster or slower tip action? I’m not one for really long rods, but is 7? 6? the norm? (I’m partial to 6’6? and 7? rods) What are your suggestions for a good flipping stick? All answers are greatly appreciated!
LMBassFish answers: I’d personally go with a 7-7 1/2? Med. Heavy Falcon Original with a Quantum Accurist or Kevin VanDam Signature Series spooled with 20- 80lb test braid line depending on lake cover i like to use moss green color braid to (it helps make the line blend in for those finicky bass). This is what works for me and i hope it might work for you as well, good luck.
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Richard asks‌
what size penn battle and what is a good rod to go with it for striped bass? i am looking to buy a penn battle reel for fishing this summer, i want it mainly for striped bass but want to occasionally use it for fluke. i will be fishing out of a boat so im not looking for surf casting set ups. any tips for what size reel and rod i should get?
LMBassFish answers: A mid sized rod and reel is all thats necessary as it contains enough line to fight any striper especially if braided line is used, its easier to fish with and a 6 1/2 foot medium heavy casting rod is useful for almost anything under 100 pounds few fish will be over 10 pounds or require more line to fight in the reel world.
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Thomas asks…
when is the best time to go bass fishing? in the spring or summer and when to go in the day?
LMBassFish answers: My husband and I have gone over the summer.We use to go in the morning and stay until the afternoon till 3:00.You can also go before the sun goes down.I’ve caught several bass and we’ve had a lot of meals from them.I like to use Canadian night crawlers when I fish for them.There is a trick to catching them.Most hang out around the edge in the weeds.I use a weight on my line and then I reel it in and jerk the line a couple of times.This technique has really worked for me.I love to fish,hope this tip helps out.
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Mary asks…
whats the best bait to use for summer bass fishing.? Im a beginner and don’t really know too much but really want to do some lake bass fishing. I went today and used worms but no luck. Any tips would help thank!
LMBassFish answers: The absolute best summer bass bait is a topwater frog. Either fished in the heavy moss pads and thick grass lines or just outside of them, bass will blow up on them. Most people swear by buzzbaits, but the best and more spectacular strikes are on frogs. I like Strike King’s Rage Tail Toad.
Joseph asks…
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What is your favorite fishing story? My favorite story is when I stopped using live baits when going bass fishing! It sounds really “amateur-like”, but when I stopped using live bait, I experienced a whole new sensation to fishing! I just started this past summer and I caught over 30 bass within the summer! It was great. I was worried about not knowing how to fish artificial lures, but hey! Practice and experience paid off! What about you guys and girls?
LMBassFish answers: I have a few interesting fishing experiences. My buddy and I went up to the home lake one time and we pull up to one of the fishing docks that’s completely full of people. No one’s had a bite all day and we show up toting one rod apiece each armed with a Texas rigged plastic worm. Alex makes a shitty cast and BAM! Hooks up! I make a long cast and whadda y’know? Double Hook Up! We both fight our fish, making them jump and splash around with all these onlookers just gawking at us. We each get our bass in and people start clapping, hollering and carrying on, and some big tall white guy wearing overall, a dirty wifebeater and flip flops that’s with his family and a group of friends looks at us and says: “Most of us have been here all fu*kin’ day since morning without a Go**amn bite and you two jerks show up with your fancy baitcasting gear and you each catch one on your first fu*kin’ cast? What the fu*k’s up with that? Are you two on TV or something?” It was awesome. And I will never forget those words or the look on that dude’s face. At the beginning of this year, I came upon a BIG swimbait for sale online. 12? long, 12-ounces exactly. I was like, “Go**amn, I gotta have one. Its gorgeous and looks like a huge version of a SPRO BBZ-1.” So, when I came into a little bit of money, I bought one for a hundred bucks. They retail for between $125 and $150 when they’re available. Anyway, I took it up to Casitas one morning when they got a trout plant that they bought from the Mt. Lasson Hatchery in California. From the looks I got from people fishing for trout with their little ultralight rods, I looked a fool holding that monstrous jointed lure 6 inches under my rod tip as I walked to the edge of the crowded launching ramp. As I reared back and lobbed the heavy bait out 15 yards or so, it made a splash like someone had dumped a washing machine off the end of one of the docks. I heard rude remarks from people behind me and to the side, saying
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that I was gonna scare the trout away. As I waited for the tsunami of waves from the splash to die down, I put my Penn 965 into gear and battened down the drag then waited some more. As I slowly started to reel in the slack, and the bait began to slowly swim in, it left a wake you could surf on. I reeled slow, hoping the three-sectioned rattling bait would get the attention of a fish. It didn’t get a strike on the first cast. Nor did it get a strike on the twentieth. As I was getting ready to go after catching my last trout, I thought I should make one last cast with my own trout. I lobbed the bait out again one last time and it landed maybe 20 yards away. I stood there and smoked 4 cigarettes while I deadsticked the bait and waited patiently. After I smoked my last Marlboro, I slowly began reeling it in. After just a few turns of the handle, I noticed a dark shape behind it about a foot or so. I began reeling in a little faster, making the S-movements and rattling more intense. Suddenly, there was a splash on my swimbait and it disappeared out of sight. My line went taught under the surface, and I reared back and brought home the steel. A giant bass had taken it! It ran, peeling 50-pound braid off my little gold saltwater reel. Then it jumped, and all I saw was head and mouth. She didn’t fight very much except for the occasional hard bull dogging and I brought her in within five minutes. I bent down to lip her and I saw BOTH my lure’s 8-ought trebles stuck in her top and bottom jaw. This big girl really wanted it. I lifted her up and guessed her at least ten pounds. I ran her up to my dad’s car with him waiting and people hollering and cheering as I ran by. My dad put her on a scale and weighed her in at 12 pounds even. I looked for the camera and didnt find it. After no more than thirty seconds out of the water, I ran her back down to the spot that I caught her and released her. The next day, I got back on online and ordered another dozen which I sold off to friends.
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