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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hiker on April 01, 2005, 12:00:06 AM

Title: Bass bait
Post by: Hiker on April 01, 2005, 12:00:06 AM

This summer I will try to fish for bass for the first time.

Just wandering what are your experiences regarding bait and what fishing methods you find productive.

I was looking for some Rapala baits, but all of them come with treble hooks. Should I buy them and replace treble hooks with regular hooks or are there some other lures with normal single hooks for bass?

Thanks

Title: Re: Bass bait
Post by: Will_CARP on April 01, 2005, 12:36:13 AM

For bass, look for structure where they may hold.  Rocks, branches, drop-offs and docks could be a start.  A worm with a float is good too.

Title: Re: Bass bait
Post by: Rodney on April 01, 2005, 01:24:45 AM

Hey Hiker, sorry didn't reply to your email about this, was going to when this weekend's event is over. Anyways, don't worry so much about bait etc for Salt Spring, I'll have a stack of jigs, flies, bait, etc for everyone to use.

Weedless jigs work ok, but we found most of them were just too big for the smallmouth. Flies (leeches etc) were working really well, that's what I'll be using mostly at this year's trip. :)

http://www.fishingwithrod.com/fly/salmon/003.html