03-02-2015, 03:32 PM
[quote 14gills]Ok boys I really want to get som early bass fishing this year. I need to know all you good secrets for early bass.
What's the best baits, hard or soft? Favorite colors, and places to go(preferably not south of Cabelas). I don't have a fish finder yet so I am reading the lake or pond by what I can see from the shore or my boat.[/quote]
All of us bass anglers would really love some early bass attention. You're asking questions that don't have simple answers -- best bait hard or soft? The only answer is "Yes." Favorite colors? Pick one and see if the bass like it today. Might not like it tomorrow. BTW there's A LOT more to it than hard or soft and which color.
What kind of effort have you put in to learning about bass here in Utah or in general for that matter? You come on here and demand all our hard earned intel with what sounds like little to no effort on your part. I would have loved to go to my professors and demand all the answers so I could pass the tests.
[quote 14gills]I really wish we had better bass action here in utah. Maybe there is and I just don't know about it. So far my experience is bass fishing north of cabelas it is sub par. [/quote]
What's your expectation? 8 lb bass on each trip? Go to Texas. Maybe a few 18" bass mixed in with the 14"-16" variety? Very doable. My kids and I have caught a number of bass over 5 lbs in northern Utah (public and private) waters but we worked for them, often from shore without the benefit of electronics. There are many places in northern Utah with some very respectable bass to be caught, but as for just handing you the location and techniques -- aint gonna happen.
[quote 14gills]Let me know what you think.[/quote]
I think you need to do some homework on how to catch nice bass at the library, on Youtube (flukemaster, bass university, Lindner's angling edge, etc. etc) and other web sources then get out there and make some casts following the principles they teach. If all you're catching is small bass you may be unknowingly fishing for small bass. I'd be willing to bet that if you've fished very many northern Utah bass lakes then you've been fishing lakes with nice supply of pretty nice bass in them.
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What's the best baits, hard or soft? Favorite colors, and places to go(preferably not south of Cabelas). I don't have a fish finder yet so I am reading the lake or pond by what I can see from the shore or my boat.[/quote]
All of us bass anglers would really love some early bass attention. You're asking questions that don't have simple answers -- best bait hard or soft? The only answer is "Yes." Favorite colors? Pick one and see if the bass like it today. Might not like it tomorrow. BTW there's A LOT more to it than hard or soft and which color.
What kind of effort have you put in to learning about bass here in Utah or in general for that matter? You come on here and demand all our hard earned intel with what sounds like little to no effort on your part. I would have loved to go to my professors and demand all the answers so I could pass the tests.
[quote 14gills]I really wish we had better bass action here in utah. Maybe there is and I just don't know about it. So far my experience is bass fishing north of cabelas it is sub par. [/quote]
What's your expectation? 8 lb bass on each trip? Go to Texas. Maybe a few 18" bass mixed in with the 14"-16" variety? Very doable. My kids and I have caught a number of bass over 5 lbs in northern Utah (public and private) waters but we worked for them, often from shore without the benefit of electronics. There are many places in northern Utah with some very respectable bass to be caught, but as for just handing you the location and techniques -- aint gonna happen.
[quote 14gills]Let me know what you think.[/quote]
I think you need to do some homework on how to catch nice bass at the library, on Youtube (flukemaster, bass university, Lindner's angling edge, etc. etc) and other web sources then get out there and make some casts following the principles they teach. If all you're catching is small bass you may be unknowingly fishing for small bass. I'd be willing to bet that if you've fished very many northern Utah bass lakes then you've been fishing lakes with nice supply of pretty nice bass in them.
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