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Bass season opens friday and I don't know didaly squat about lures. I usually fish mackrel but I am going to do a little lake fishing this year. It will be the first time that I have fished out of a lake since I was 8 years old.

What works good for bass. I have been told that the lake that im going to be fishing has some of the best bass fishing in the state. I have a zebco 33 gold with a 5'6" rod with 10lbs test line. Is this any good it was a x-mass gift?

Thanks ahead of time.

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If the bass are being aggresive, a Zora Spook, Crazy Crawler, Buzzbait, etc, will all work perfectly, just make sure you have the fish on before you set the hook. If the bass are being a bit more finicky, try a Texas-rigged work, worm under a bobber, or slowly twitch a sluggo with a couple split shot. I hope this helped you, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Can't wait till the ice is off Icy Lake!!

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Thanks KonaBoy, I do have a question. Go ahead and laugh but what are those? Like I said I don't konw didley squat about fishing. Thanks agian.

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What are what??? Sluggo's, Zora Spook's, Crazy's Crawlers??? Or do you mean something else??

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All of those.

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Okay, I'll start with a buzzbait. It's a spinner with a twistd proppeller that makes a big disturbance on the surface of the water. To use it, just cast it out and reel just fast enough to get it to the surface. The Zora Spook is a big cigar shaped plug lure. To use it, cast it out and twitch it back to the boat. Some people "walk the dog", but that's kinda complicated. Sluggo's are plastic twitchbaits, I use them the same way as a Spook, except under the surface. To texas-rig a worm, just click this link [link]http://fishing.about.com/cs/beginnersinstruct/ht/httexasrig.htm[/link].
If you're still having problems or questions, feel free to pm me or just answer this thread again.

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Andy, first of all what type of bass will you be fishing for. This plays a big part in lure selection and where to fish. If they are largemouth then you will fish pre and post spawning areas with lures such as spinnerbaits, crankbaits and worms. If they are small mouth they tend to like rocky bottoms where you would use small twister tail grubs, crankbaits, and tube jiggs. As far as a Zara Spook, that is what is referred to as a cigar bait due to it's shape. it's a topwater and is usually twitched so that it moves side to side in what is called a "walk the dog" motion. Let me know what type of bass and I may be able to offer a little all around advice.

sorry Kona, we must have posted at the same time:D

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Berkley and Bass Assasin are both good for the plastic twitchbaits. I believe Heddon and Berkley both make Zora Spook type lures. For spinnerbaits, I've used everything from bargain bin specials to ones that made my wallet alot lighter:), and I've found that unless you're ripping them in extrememly fast, the cheaper ones work as well. You should try to look for sunken timber or structure of any kind. Weed beds usually hold a couple bass too. Hope this helped.

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thanks for the replies I think ill try a few of the cheap lures for fun and go from there.

Everyone has been really helpfull.

Andrew

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Don't forget to check out a Wally World bargain bin for lures. Pretty much any popper, twitch bait, jig will work for bass. Just curious, what kind of bass are you fishing for????

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andy_o i'm from maine to so i know what your going through. i tryed a lot of lures last year and i found that rooster tails work really good. if your smallmouth fishing switchoff between a rooster tail and a finess tube. if you don't know what these are you can google search them and find a lot of hits if you are largemouth fishing i would use a rooster tail, spinnerbait (which is better up here in june-september becasue the water needs to warm up), slug-o/fines-s-fish, you might want to get some fin-s-fish becasue you can fish a fin-s-fish a few different ways. to check out fin-s-fish go to www.lunkercity.com they will tell you about a few other good lures. adn last is a jig.

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Hi Andy,
After reading the last reply, I would have to agree. The Rooster Tail is a great cold water lure; however I don't believe the gear ratio on your 33 Zebco is going to work that lure very good. You would need to purchase an open faced spinning reel and maybe a 6 foot medium rod. Sometimes it's hard to get the blade of the Rooster Tail to spin. A longer rod with a reel ratio of at least 5.0 would help a lot. The ration means every one crank of the reel it just wrapped your spool 5 times. Your Zebco is about a 3.0. You won't be able to turn the reel fast enough. You would be able though to use a weedless spinner bait. They look like a large safety pin with a lead head and a big skirt. I always like to use White in Rooster or Weedless. Check with others from Maine and see how 1/4 ounce Rattle Traps do. Very easy lure to fish. Also small diving crank baits. These lures the fish pretty much hook themselves.and can be easily fished with the 33. Rubber worms and top water take alot more skill. If the drag is set properly 10 lb. line is fine. The bass in my picture was caught on 10lb test and a 1/4 ounce Rooster Tail.
Good luck,
Chuck