Basics

[ikeslayer]

Not that i don't like the finer points of bass fishing i do. however i find that they are just reproductions of something very basic. If you had to boil bass fishing down to basics what would they be? I find myself haveing six lures tied on at a time. 3 horizontal 3 vertical presentations and covering the entire water colmn. i start shallow and work my way deeper. This usually works. Wonder what your guys basics are???? Doesn't even have to be presentaions just if you had to boil down bass fishing what would it be? The reason i bring this up is because i went into walmart a few days ago and every bass fishing lure they had was on sale and i thought to myself WHAT DO I REALLY NEED. So that is the backgrounds for the question.

ike

[Wayne Ek]

I know this is probably not what you are looking for. The basics to me have nothing to do with lures. It comes down to 1. understanding the seasonal movements of bass 2. Understanding how differant types of lakes and rivers play play into those seasonal movements 3. Prey/Predator relationship. 4. Map reading. I think are far more important than lures, boats, lines, reels, rods. Now if your asking for one single lure that I could fish with confidence from Pre-spawn to freeze-up, then it would be a jig/trailer.

[ikeslayer]

Agape that is the kind of stuff i wanted to hear. yeah sure if it deals with lures great but if it doesn't even better. thanks. More of that kinda stuff. ike

[Central Bassman]

Great Points Agape... I think You or Deitz need to write something about season movement and how that is different on different bodies of water OR have you?? I think that is what i need to learn the most... I can catch them with the best but its more having confidences in know where to start on a give body of water

To me Confidences is everything… No matter what you are doing. If it’s the boat your ride in, the type or size of line you are using or the technique. If you don’t have confidences in it you wont catch fish… My .02

[Deitz Dittrich]

Agape stated it perfect. Its really not about the lure you are using.. its being where the fish are and how you present the lure you are using. I think basics come down to casting accuracy as well, getting the lure in the right spot.