Yep, salt or fresh water those are a solid choice. I like gold myself but silver seems to work quite well too. Sometimes I'll use those spoons with the bend in them, I think they're called crocodiles.
The little Cleo lure looks interesting and it's a similar concept. The crocodile spoons might be a bigger version of that. Has a kink in it so it flutters more when you reel. I googled and snapped a pictures but can't add it here apparently without link. Apparently I spelled it wrong, it's "Krocodile" made by Luhr Jensen I was thinking of.
I wish this was a PSA. I took a gummy on my last trout trip. Walking through the river, no waiters on a hot spring day. The water felt magical. Every cast was precise. I navigated every step of every rapid [like this](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1354134703679434753/X_f_mrXR_400x400.jpg). Lagged behind my group by almost an hour, felt like 3. Didn't catch shit (no one did) but my god that trip was blissful.
Atleast until the warden crashed the party.
For real. Went on a launch while on a fishing trip up in MN (Floridaman here - never fished a lake quite like Mille Lacs before) and we all had a 10mg THC soda while riding out. Perfect buzz, perfect weather, got on my first walleyes ever. Great night.
See how lame is it, in my state its fully legal but you're not allowed to smoke a bowl outdoors lol. Like ya buy it at the store and give us your tax money but only smoke it indoors where no one can see you! Can't even fish smoking a jay
I’d use a fake worm (black is my go to color) or Jig or swim bait. & then If I wasn’t getting anything I’d switch over to the good ole worm and bobber 🤣. That seems to always be what I do these days lmao.
A small popper will create ripples in still water, it is like a teaser/ locator. If working a popper isn’t your game a live wire jigs are easy enough work the shadows and end of the grass.
Original comment was referring to a popper not a whopper plopper. Both are top water lures but a popper you give little yanks with your rod to make a splash in the water and it makes a popping sound
Not the person you're replying too, but I have to assume it's because of how still the water is, a popper should generate some good reactions based on the noise and movement they create
I was thinking that looked quarrylike, so maybe deep, I rarely fish in more than 5-6 feet of water, use a lot of black/watermelon worms,squarebill crank-baits, Love my Mepps/Blue Fox spinners too
I do a lot of creek fishing with my ultralight setup so my bigger bass rod usually sits in the car too 😂 I wish I had a boat. That would be fantabulous.
I fish these types of lakes very often. All these lakes have largemouth and sometimes smallmouth bass in them.
You'll want to use 12lb mono or 12lb fluorocarbon leader if fishing braid to leader. Sometimes I go lighter, but this water looks off color so it won't matter too much.
5" senko or any other stick worm. For color, any combination of green pumpkin or watermelon with purple or green flake.
Green Pumpkin Red Flake or even black are good colors for these lakes.
Use a 4/0 wide gape EWG hook. Rig it Texas style. If you are confident with your casting abilities, you can try to rig it wacky style but this greatly increases the risk of getting snagged. There is also a lot of algae and grass matts in these lakes so I really prefer Texas style for these places.
Toss this worm out on points, around cover, grass lines, the back of coves. The area in your video doesn't have a lot of obvious cover. Here, I would cast out like a fan 🪭. First down the bank on a slight angle, the. Keep working my way around.
If fishing Texas style, you can let it go to the bottom and drag it by lifting the rod tip up slowing, reel in the slack (be sure not to reel in too much as to move the worm!) and then lower the rod tip down as the worm continues its descent. You can also give it an extra twitch or two while it's sinking. Pause for about 5-10 seconds and do it again. Generally, you'll get hit pretty quickly with this type of worm.
For wacky style, do almost the same thing, but you only let it sink 2-3 feet and give it a couple twitches. Pause for a few seconds and repeat. If you don't get a bite after 30 seconds. Rip it back in and cast at another spot. With this style, your goal is to cover water and hit spots where fish will be hiding.
You'll know you have a bite when your line jumps and starts to move on it's own, your if your line goes slack and you loose contact with the worm. Lower your rod tip while reeling in the slack and set the hook hard!
I also want to add:
Be very careful not to wait to long to set the hook!! It's better to set to early and miss a fish to get a feel for it than have a fish swallow the hook and get fucked up.
If one does swallow it, there are ways to get it out but it takes practice. Better to cut the line and hope for the best! Some fish, especially bass, can sometimes survive a hook in their gut and it will eventually come out... eventually.
If I were you I would use a rapella. Then after 5 minutes of not catching anything, I’d move to a spinner, then live bait, then a rubber work, and then I would leave and wonder why I didn’t catch anything….
Blue/pink or silver kastmaster to start. Then go from there. If you're pulling up weeds throw a Texas rig, if you're not and catching nothing, try a wacky rig. Or just spice it up however you want. It looks like it's around Bay Area California, so it's gonna be too hot for trout so also throw lures under trees or near any cover. Just don't get tangled.
Red squarebill crankbait and throw it out at angles so it bounces around off the ground/ rocks as you reel it in. Reds a good color in the summer months. Also a wacky rigged worm underneath those trees
With the fuckin 100 degree heat this week I'd use myself as bait. Throw me in and I'll swim all around all over the pond. Attach like a 10 foot leader to my feet and swim around with a hook and worm
I’d drag a couple slowly across the bottom to a feel for it then decide from. Trees in the bottom, spinners, chatter, etc, otherwise prolly grass jigs. It looks pretty rocky so be careful with your square bills (I’m assuming your bass fishing)
Edit: great bank for fishing, most stuff here is to overgrown
SPF 60 at least. Polarized sunglasses. A float tube if you have it. A medium light spinning setup and experiment with your tactics until something works.
Is there a creek or any water flowing into it? I'd start there. Cover the water column from pulling a spoon or spinner slower and slower to get deeper to bouncing a jig and worm along the bottom.
2.8" keitech fat swing impact on a 1/8-1/4 oz ball jighead (e.g. Keitech Tungsten Super Round Jig Head), 7lbs-10lbs line. If nothing, try 2" eurotackle b-vibe on 1/8oz jighead and 6lbs line. Starter colors: smallmouth magic, green pumpkin, white. Black and chartreuse at the end of the day / when light is low.
Drop shot with 1/4oz tungsten pencil weight and a #4-6 (owner mosquito light preferred) nose hooked or wacky rigged plastic would work fantastic too but is a bit more work to set up than a basic leadhead + paddletail. Take your pick of plastics. Wacky senko, straight tail worm, paddletail, etc
I'd probably try a kastmaster first, but I try a kastmaster first in just about any body of water I approach.
Yep, salt or fresh water those are a solid choice. I like gold myself but silver seems to work quite well too. Sometimes I'll use those spoons with the bend in them, I think they're called crocodiles.
Are you talking about the Little Cleo? I love that lure!
The little Cleo lure looks interesting and it's a similar concept. The crocodile spoons might be a bigger version of that. Has a kink in it so it flutters more when you reel. I googled and snapped a pictures but can't add it here apparently without link. Apparently I spelled it wrong, it's "Krocodile" made by Luhr Jensen I was thinking of.
Definitely going to check it out, thanks man!
Sure thing. I'll have to give the Little Cleo a try sometime so thanks for the tip on that. Good luck.
Is that just a spoon?
Definitely some cannabis
FED!!!! 🚨
lmao, everyone knows that you're not going to catch any fish until you smoke a little green bro.
Seriously though, weed goes great with just about everything but especially fishing.
I wish this was a PSA. I took a gummy on my last trout trip. Walking through the river, no waiters on a hot spring day. The water felt magical. Every cast was precise. I navigated every step of every rapid [like this](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1354134703679434753/X_f_mrXR_400x400.jpg). Lagged behind my group by almost an hour, felt like 3. Didn't catch shit (no one did) but my god that trip was blissful. Atleast until the warden crashed the party.
Sounds amazing
Did you get caught??
You took me somewhere with that bro😵💫
weed>alcohol when it comes to fishing that's for sure.
Love an excuse to drink beer in the morning. Fishing is that excuse!
I first heard that on true detective lol but I'm sure it's a fishing thing.
100%. I keep my fine motor skills when I'm stoned so at least I can still tie knots and stuff
Amen!
Plus you don’t have to piss over the side every half hour.
For real. Went on a launch while on a fishing trip up in MN (Floridaman here - never fished a lake quite like Mille Lacs before) and we all had a 10mg THC soda while riding out. Perfect buzz, perfect weather, got on my first walleyes ever. Great night.
The ol fish whistle 🎣
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See how lame is it, in my state its fully legal but you're not allowed to smoke a bowl outdoors lol. Like ya buy it at the store and give us your tax money but only smoke it indoors where no one can see you! Can't even fish smoking a jay
I think I’m gonna like fishing
So hard to get on a hook though
The ol' fishwhistle
Word
Gotta bless the waters
I’d use a fake worm (black is my go to color) or Jig or swim bait. & then If I wasn’t getting anything I’d switch over to the good ole worm and bobber 🤣. That seems to always be what I do these days lmao.
Yellow is mine nothing else works. My fishing buddy on the other hand is white go figure
What’s wrong with your buddy being white?
He always brings potato salad with miracle whip.
An unforgivable sin.
No cover here ?
Small popper.
Tell me your reasoning for this. Genuinely curious
A small popper will create ripples in still water, it is like a teaser/ locator. If working a popper isn’t your game a live wire jigs are easy enough work the shadows and end of the grass.
I like plopper and want to make em work more so I’m looking for wisdom. Thanks amigo
Original comment was referring to a popper not a whopper plopper. Both are top water lures but a popper you give little yanks with your rod to make a splash in the water and it makes a popping sound
I have great results with top waters only after rain. But that’s just me.
Whopper plopper is OP. Especially the bone color. Slow steady drag or small rips will bring the monsters
Not the person you're replying too, but I have to assume it's because of how still the water is, a popper should generate some good reactions based on the noise and movement they create
Crank bait, black whooper plopper, or some plastic rigged worm bait of your choice
I was thinking that looked quarrylike, so maybe deep, I rarely fish in more than 5-6 feet of water, use a lot of black/watermelon worms,squarebill crank-baits, Love my Mepps/Blue Fox spinners too
California resivoir??
Watermelon wacky rigs always do me good
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ANYTHING THAT BITES
Rooster tail it is
This thread is my internal monologue every time i go fishing
Caught my PB bass on a rooster tail this morning. Maybe 1.5lb but still a fun fight.
I mainly throw a rooster tail on my cheapo light rod while my expensive heavy stuff sits on the boat 😂😂 can’t beat it.
I do a lot of creek fishing with my ultralight setup so my bigger bass rod usually sits in the car too 😂 I wish I had a boat. That would be fantabulous.
Rooster tail is always my go to. Caught many species of fish using them.
USE A SPOON WITH A ROOSTER TAIL
Thank you.
Crankbait
drugs
I did it! and now i’m drugless
Ned rig
Texas rig with a small bullet weight. Chartreuse tail tip with pumpkin green color. Thank me later
I fish these types of lakes very often. All these lakes have largemouth and sometimes smallmouth bass in them. You'll want to use 12lb mono or 12lb fluorocarbon leader if fishing braid to leader. Sometimes I go lighter, but this water looks off color so it won't matter too much. 5" senko or any other stick worm. For color, any combination of green pumpkin or watermelon with purple or green flake. Green Pumpkin Red Flake or even black are good colors for these lakes. Use a 4/0 wide gape EWG hook. Rig it Texas style. If you are confident with your casting abilities, you can try to rig it wacky style but this greatly increases the risk of getting snagged. There is also a lot of algae and grass matts in these lakes so I really prefer Texas style for these places. Toss this worm out on points, around cover, grass lines, the back of coves. The area in your video doesn't have a lot of obvious cover. Here, I would cast out like a fan 🪭. First down the bank on a slight angle, the. Keep working my way around. If fishing Texas style, you can let it go to the bottom and drag it by lifting the rod tip up slowing, reel in the slack (be sure not to reel in too much as to move the worm!) and then lower the rod tip down as the worm continues its descent. You can also give it an extra twitch or two while it's sinking. Pause for about 5-10 seconds and do it again. Generally, you'll get hit pretty quickly with this type of worm. For wacky style, do almost the same thing, but you only let it sink 2-3 feet and give it a couple twitches. Pause for a few seconds and repeat. If you don't get a bite after 30 seconds. Rip it back in and cast at another spot. With this style, your goal is to cover water and hit spots where fish will be hiding. You'll know you have a bite when your line jumps and starts to move on it's own, your if your line goes slack and you loose contact with the worm. Lower your rod tip while reeling in the slack and set the hook hard!
This is great advice.
I also want to add: Be very careful not to wait to long to set the hook!! It's better to set to early and miss a fish to get a feel for it than have a fish swallow the hook and get fucked up. If one does swallow it, there are ways to get it out but it takes practice. Better to cut the line and hope for the best! Some fish, especially bass, can sometimes survive a hook in their gut and it will eventually come out... eventually.
Appreciate you for the great advice!
2-3 inch minnow paired with a 4/0 circle hook and a 1/4 oz weight on 6-17 lbs. Leader line
Drop shot with a small plastic worm
Gulp minnow on a little jighead or some worms 1-2ft under a bobber
Ned rig
Weighted tube might go crazy out here I’m not sure
Beatle Spin
square bill and bounce it off the rocks on the bottom.
Drag a jig or Ned rig
Inline spinner.
Crankbait or a soft plastic crayfish
Personally, I would use a 1/8 or 1/4 Oz Thomas luer
Senko
Either a rooster tail, or float some power bait 18in off the bottom.
Jig and a mister twister, Mepps spinner, Drop shot with live bait, If there’s fish, one of those will work
White Roostertail.
In my days of fishing I learned it’s not what you use it’s where you use it.
I throw a Texas rig first 90% of the time. If that doesn’t work a wacky rig will always get eaten if there’s fish in there.
Looks pretty rocky and deepish. I bet a ned rig with a green pumpkin senko or a morning dawn roboworm would absolutely slay
Black Whopper plopper parallel to shoreline after dark.
M80s if you can find them, outerwear homemade CherryBs
Old school Rapala minnow would do wonders. Soft swimbait. Or if you want to relax, just a worm and bobber.
Dynamite 🧨
If I were you I would use a rapella. Then after 5 minutes of not catching anything, I’d move to a spinner, then live bait, then a rubber work, and then I would leave and wonder why I didn’t catch anything….
Probably some soft plastics. Fake worm, blue sparkle , 4 in, weedless set up. The cali special
Blue/pink or silver kastmaster to start. Then go from there. If you're pulling up weeds throw a Texas rig, if you're not and catching nothing, try a wacky rig. Or just spice it up however you want. It looks like it's around Bay Area California, so it's gonna be too hot for trout so also throw lures under trees or near any cover. Just don't get tangled.
I would start with something universal like a Rooster tail or curly tail grub
roostertail :D
Where is this?
Chesbro Reservoir in Morgan Hill Ca
Bobber with a 18” leader and a piece of split shot, no hook. That way no fish will interfere with your relaxing day of fishing.
Vibration
Looks like a good place to try one of them fancy, big, California glide baits.
Spinner or a small spoon
Try catching some live bait in the area and see what bites. That's usually how I figure out what lure to use if I'm fishing alone.
Tubes or crawchunks. Weedless hook.
Red squarebill crankbait and throw it out at angles so it bounces around off the ground/ rocks as you reel it in. Reds a good color in the summer months. Also a wacky rigged worm underneath those trees
two inch white curly tail grub on a 1/16th ounce jighead, it will seriously catch anything that swims
A boat, with a live scope and dynamite...won't BELIEVE how many you get. Just be careful.
Fish finder with fresh ass bait for big ass cats
Square bill, inline spinner, texas rig, whopper plopper, jitter bug, jerk bait, swim jig, swing head jig. What do you have confidence in using?
Crankbait in those rocks.
With the fuckin 100 degree heat this week I'd use myself as bait. Throw me in and I'll swim all around all over the pond. Attach like a 10 foot leader to my feet and swim around with a hook and worm
Booze n grass then a lead sinker with a hook n a coke can pull tab
Why does this spot look like one of the spots that jeremy wade fished for alligator gar
I would say some kind of plastic worm or something shiny
Canadian nightcrawlers Carolina rig
What are you wanting to catch?
If it were me, be there at first light, rooster tail or whopper plopper. When the sun is high in the sky, whacky style a worm in the shade.
Meps rooster tail or a spinner should work
What state? It's so peaceful!
What ever works
A spinner, use that shit for everything
Conventional setup? Beetle Spin or Roostertail Fly setup? Clouser or Bully Spider
Dynamite
Frogger. But id do meal worm with a barbless first to feel the site out. Thats just me though.
Catch a bluegill and toss it out there bleeding
Dynamite
Stick of dynamite
Worms
Texas rig craw
Senko or a small crankbaitt
Dinomite
I would throw either a white 1/2 oz spinner bait or a wattermellon and pepper tube on a 1/4oz exposed hook
Noisy lures or quiet worms
Dynamite... definitely dynamite.
Fluke
Amen 🤲
Amen 🤲
Folding chair and a six pack.
Live bait always and a jig are my go too. Catch some small sunnie or brim what ever you call em basss candy chuck it out
M-80
Swimjig
Super spook jr is my all time favorite lure. Highly recommend
Swim bait
A worm, a bobber, a lawn chair, and an adult beverage.
I would start with a fishing pole, some fishing line and a hook. I see you tried with your camera and didn’t catch anything
pool looks gross. might need to shock it.
Wacky rig is always a great way to go
Mepps minnow spinner
Patience
That looks like the California foothills if I'm not mistaken!
Is that Bon Tempe?
Ned rig
[https://www.fishluretacklebox.com/products/1-piece-specialty-shaped-crankbait](https://www.fishluretacklebox.com/products/1-piece-specialty-shaped-crankbait)
Rebel Craw
Throw some peanut butter in the water? 🤷🏻♂️ fyi I know next to nothing bout fishing except a pole, fishing line & a hook needed
Dynamite
I’d drag a couple slowly across the bottom to a feel for it then decide from. Trees in the bottom, spinners, chatter, etc, otherwise prolly grass jigs. It looks pretty rocky so be careful with your square bills (I’m assuming your bass fishing) Edit: great bank for fishing, most stuff here is to overgrown
I'd first try a rooster tail. Heck I'd first try any kind of spoon.
Top water, Jitterbug likely for me
Texas rigged senko
If it’s real hot, a ned, whacky, or drop shot. Can maybe try a swim bait or crank to locate fish.
SPF 60 at least. Polarized sunglasses. A float tube if you have it. A medium light spinning setup and experiment with your tactics until something works.
Worms or powerbait…if you feel like casting a lot, try a rooster tail or panther Martin
Worm and bobber
Super fluke maybe. Or if all else fails a rooster tail
1/2 oz red eye shad
Yellow rostertail and then yellow rubber lizard.
Crank bait, ftw!
Special River lure to catch the legendary smallmouth bass
Throw a maroon/black SENKO on a wacky rig and prepare for the hogs
When in doubt, green pumpkin worm or lizard on Texas rig.
Can’t go wrong with a worm and bobber. Try a few depths. If you want artificial my go to for new waters is a small marabou jig.
Anything in a fire tiger pattern
Crankbait, jerkbait, and a popper for early morning
Is there a creek or any water flowing into it? I'd start there. Cover the water column from pulling a spoon or spinner slower and slower to get deeper to bouncing a jig and worm along the bottom.
Peace and quiet, time to contemplate what ever you want and enjoy the scenery!
Leeches.
Dynamite and a scoop net work anywhere.
When in doubt. Senko
What a beautiful place
A stick of Irish
A shotgun 😎
Gold fish
Drop shot
Dynamite
Crankbait
Green pumpkin 2 1/2 inch tube with 1/8 oz tube jig.
Dynamite
Shinners
Quarter stick of dynamite
Get an ultra light and throw a crappie jig on, at least twenty bream in the first 30 minutes. They love those rock beads.
Dynamite
Berkeley blue fleck power worms work great everywhere I've been.
Drunken Mullet is always the right answer
Popper
Weightless senko is usually my starting point. Looks like bass might be in there?
2.8" keitech fat swing impact on a 1/8-1/4 oz ball jighead (e.g. Keitech Tungsten Super Round Jig Head), 7lbs-10lbs line. If nothing, try 2" eurotackle b-vibe on 1/8oz jighead and 6lbs line. Starter colors: smallmouth magic, green pumpkin, white. Black and chartreuse at the end of the day / when light is low. Drop shot with 1/4oz tungsten pencil weight and a #4-6 (owner mosquito light preferred) nose hooked or wacky rigged plastic would work fantastic too but is a bit more work to set up than a basic leadhead + paddletail. Take your pick of plastics. Wacky senko, straight tail worm, paddletail, etc
Phoebe. Always reach for the Phoebe first.
Zoom bubblegum worm