Another fishing problem

[willrut]

My friend has a lake in his backyard, and it is stocked with largemouth bass and catfish and also has carp and stuff in it. The problem is that he has had fished the lake for a long time and only caught one large mouth bass the whole time. He fishes the lake a lot and he catches cats all the time, but in about 3 years of living there he has only caught 1 bass. So we need some help so we can start catching some big bass, any tips?

[Grind4Mine]

My friend has a lake in his backyard, and it is stocked with largemouth bass and catfish and also has carp and stuff in it. The problem is that he has had fished the lake for a long time and only caught one large mouth bass the whole time. He fishes the lake a lot and he catches cats all the time, but in about 3 years of living there he has only caught 1 bass. So we need some help so we can start catching some big bass, any tips?
U wont catch bass with chicken livr or stink bait, not sure if thats what hes doin but that would be problem numbe one.....Tell him to work a plastic worm in there or a spinner bait.

[Chipman]

My friend has a lake in his backyard, and it is stocked with largemouth bass and catfish and also has carp and stuff in it. The problem is that he has had fished the lake for a long time and only caught one large mouth bass the whole time. He fishes the lake a lot and he catches cats all the time, but in about 3 years of living there he has only caught 1 bass. So we need some help so we can start catching some big bass, any tips?

Please list your weight, write down your diet.......No wait that is the other forum..

What kind of method are you using to catch the bass??Are you using rubber worms, top water, what are you doing?

[willrut]

to be honest i havent been over to his house lately i dunno what he uses, but what bait would u recommend?

[IronGame08]

We need more information about the climate of the area - if you are in the south the prespawn/spawn is occuring, and up north the prespawn won't begin until late April. You fish the pre/spawn/postspawn with different techniques, so this information is imporant.

[super shocker]

My friend has a lake in his backyard, and it is stocked with largemouth bass and catfish and also has carp and stuff in it. The problem is that he has had fished the lake for a long time and only caught one large mouth bass the whole time. He fishes the lake a lot and he catches cats all the time, but in about 3 years of living there he has only caught 1 bass. So we need some help so we can start catching some big bass, any tips?


It's not how how deep you fish, but how you wiggle your worm.

[skinnyfred]

get yourself a pack of yamamoto 5'' senko worms in watermelon with red flake...texas rig that baby and fish it weightless and I gaurantee you'll catch some bass.

[fitnessman]

get yourself a pack of yamamoto 5'' senko worms in watermelon with red flake...texas rig that baby and fish it weightless and I gaurantee you'll catch some bass.

Most likely anything that swims in that pond with that rig :)

Use light line.

[willrut]

i live in the US, Georgia to be exact and i dunno what all this senko 5' worms and stuff is im new to fishing

[fitnessman]

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.SearchResults?cmid=TOP_SEARCH_GO

[willrut]

thanks but once i get these how do i texas rig em as the guy above mentioned. Also over the summer i am going to Lake smith in Virginia heard anything about this lake?

[Chipman]

thanks but once i get these how do i texas rig em as the guy above mentioned. Also over the summer i am going to Lake smith in Virginia heard anything about this lake?

http://www.bassfishingusa.com/Rigging/rigging1.html

[fitnessman]

I like to Drop Shot the Senko..Lemme see if I can find a pic.

[willrut]

thanks, still heard anything about lake Smith in Virginia near Roanoke?

[fitnessman]

http://www.bassfishingusa.com/Rigging/drop_shot_rig.html

Well that was easy...Thanks Chipman :)

No friend..I have not heard of that Lake..But if there is water and fish you will have a blast.

[resurrected]

Thats the way we always fished in New York rivers when I was a kid.

[skinnyfred]

Most likely anything that swims in that pond with that rig :)

Use light line.
you know what I'm talking about man! SENKOS all the way!

Thread starter: make sure you rig it weightless..just hook and worm.

Heres the drop shot rig fitnessman is talking about: http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?&mode=article&objectID=28776&catID=48&cmid=OLBASIC_28776_THUMB_HOME

And here is a video that shows you how to texas rig a senko worm specifically: http://videos.baits.com/Content/prostaff/senko.rm

You can get senkos worms from here: http://yamamoto.baits.com/cgi-bin/order/

or bassproshops.com

[Chipman]

I'm lookin for volunteers to go drain and seine this pond just to see what's in it.:)

[Jamesgang]

... Sunrise. You will be suprised at what will happen. Floating rapalas would work. During the day shallow running crank baits tossed over a weed bed is my choice...

JG

[willrut]

wow, i googled smith lake virginia, and apparently it is good fishing. The bassmaster 2004 was held here. The lake contains striped bass which are usually over 20 pounds. The record caught at the lake was 53 pounds and also has some big catfish with the record at 92 lbs. Any tips for catching some big striped bass? I found a link with some awesome tips http://www.dgif.state.va.us/fishing/lakes/smith_mountain_lake/index.html

[willrut]

has any1 hear fished for striped bass specifically, they look really fun, Im going to have a blast. I live in Georgia and I am going to this lake for 1 week, we are gonna rent a boat and a jetski, we are gonna waterski fish, maybe hunt man I cant wait :)

[Nainoa]

My friend has a lake in his backyard, and it is stocked with largemouth bass and catfish and also has carp and stuff in it. The problem is that he has had fished the lake for a long time and only caught one large mouth bass the whole time. He fishes the lake a lot and he catches cats all the time, but in about 3 years of living there he has only caught 1 bass. So we need some help so we can start catching some big bass, any tips?

Well you have to keep in mind that just because a fish species is stocked into a lake doesn't mean that the species takes hold...

Considering that you can accidentally catch bass, easier than falling off a log, it means that the population in that lake is extreme low... Or simply didn't take hold...

You've got 1 (or possibly more) of 3 situations going on.

1. The Stocking didn't take.
Since large cats become Apex predators it's possible that they took out the Bass population. This is more likely depending on what kind of buffer forage species there is in the lake... If the lake for example has a small population of Shad (A common Southern forage fish) then the Cats are more likely to eat the Bass Fry.)
But really there are a million reasons for a stocking program to fail.

2. It might just be too early in the stocking program to get solid results... A program where they stock Fry instead of breeding stock adults, will take MUCH longer to get going... For instance in MN where they stock Walleye into Lakes with a depleted or lacking population, it often takes 10-15, sometimes 20 years to get a strong population going.

3. Your friend really sucks at Fishing.
I would go down there and cast cranks and carolina rigs around weedlines and points, and see what you get.

[tonytartufo]

... Sunrise. You will be suprised at what will happen. Floating rapalas would work. During the day shallow running crank baits tossed over a weed bed is my choice...

JG

I agree with you 100%. Rapalas rule! And every now and then a spinner bait or even a lead head with a rubber worm should work fine. If the bass are hungry, they'll hit almost anything!