One thing I like to do when fishing for bass is to take along a few jigheads and a couple of rubber crawdads. I also like to bring some mud or rocks in a bucket ( depending on the bottom that I am fishing on ) I like to put some mud or a few rocks down first to stir the bottom up a little. Then drop that rubber jichead down and bownce that crawdad on the bottom and hang on as one is usually ready to strike. That trick has worked pretty good for me. Good luck.