Fishing for Bass: Tips About Topwater Lures

Fishing for bass is a lot of fun. You can catch smallmouth bass or largemouth bass. The difference between a smallmouth and a largemouth are the size of their mouthes and the color of their eyes. Smallmouths have a small mouth and red eyes. You can catch these fish in any pond, lake or river. They are freshwater fish and they are very fun to catch. Smallmouths and largemouths both put up a good fight. They are one of the most popular fish to catch in any body of water and a lot of the pros fish for bass.

Plastic, Spinner baits and crankbaits are examples of topwater lures. There is also a type of lure called a suspending lure which will get deeper the faster you reel the lure in. Some of the pencil baits remain on the surface of the water. You can actually see the fish as it catches your bait. The best time to fish for bass is early in the morning or late at night before dusk. The warmer that the water is the more bites you will get. I would suggest picking a nice warm morning just after sunrise when the water is nice and warm. I would use a topwater lure around some trees and weeded areas. You can also try fishing from docks and around trees which have fallen into the water.

On cloudy days you will need to use a bright colored lure. If it's windy outside you are most likely to catch fish because they fish can't hear what's going on above the water. On calm days, the fish are scared and can hear when the lure lands in the water. If you are fishing on a really calm day you will need to cast a long distance from the area you are fishing. I would suggest using a topwater lure which makes a little bit of noise on windy days.

If you use a lure which makes noise on a calm day it will scare the fish away more than it will attract them.

Bass also love nightcrawlers. The bigger the worm the better. I would buy some canadian nightcrawlers from the bait shop or from Walmart. I would loop the worm around the hook a few times otherwise the fish will just bite the end off. Make sure that the fish is on and eating the bait before you set the hook. If the fish is just playing with your bait, when you set the hook the fish will be scared away. Sometimes the fish will actually set the hook himself. You will need to give the pole a slight tug to make sure that the fish is on the hook.