Fishing Tips 1

     First off, I know most of you probably do most of your fishing in the day time. Well, I advise you give some night bass fishing a shot, I know most night fishing is just catfish, but I have gotten some of my best bass at 12:00 or 1:00 AM, so that's a good place to start trying if you have not been getting much for hits, especially if you are in a very hot season.

     Next thing, I am going to give you some tips about fishing at night so you can be more prepared when you go out. I recommend starting off with a relatively high commotion top water lure, I personally prefer an Arbogast Jitterbug, but anything that can create a lot of commotion should work nicely. I advise starting out bringing it across relatively quickly so you can "look" for them. Odds are, when you find them they will just tag at it and not fully hit it, so once you have found them, slow down the retrieve rate bit by bit until they start hooking up solid, sometimes you have to go EXTREMELY slow - so don't get in a big rush. I suggest using it near downed trees and brush, although be careful, not many of this type of lure are snag/weed proof, so you could get hung up easily!

     If you can't seem to get any hits from them on the top water, I advise going a bit deeper (4-12 feet). I prefer a Red & Blue or Red & Yellow RattleTrap, but often times spinners work well also. I will go into further detail about sub-surface crank baits at a later date.

     My personal choice when the high commotion top water wont get me anywhere, would be a black moss mouse from snag-proof. I would recommend starting this lure out very slow, fishing it across moss covered inlets and coves. If that doesn't seem to be getting you anywhere, then speed it up slowly, and begin moving it further and further out into the open water, remember - just because it's weedless, don't mean you must fish it in weeds.

I hope you like the first entry into this and can make good use of the info here :)

-BJBassMaster