what bait is best to catch small mouth bass?

Answer 1

You don't want a small mouth bass, you want a large mouth bass. The type of bait you need to use depends on the weather, the moon, the temperature of the water, and the time of day. (Be more straight forward) But the live bait is crap--artificial lures are the best!

Answer 2

Most smallmouth inhabit rocky lairs, but occasionally they become pelagic
and pursue gizzard shad. And the smallmouth at Coffey County Lake gambol
intermittently about the pondweed that grows on the shallow points and
flats.

Here are the lures that will entice the smallmouth in the rocks, weeds
and amongst the shad:

Day in, day out in eastern Kansas the best lure is a 1/16-ounce Gopher
Tackle mushroom jighead formed around a No. 2 hook and adorned with a
three-inch Berkley Power Grub. And when it's tied to eight-pound test, it
performs magnificently around rocky coverts.

Besides a Power Grub, a pearl, smoke or amber Bailey Magnet enticed scores
of smallmouth this spring, and it's quickly becoming a quintessential
finesse rig. Also a Power Tube affixed to a mushroom jighead is another
classic lure in these parts. Two other year-round staples are a black
1/8-ounce marabou jig and an 1/8-ounce Strike King Bitsy Bug Jig and small
trailer in a crayfish hue.

When the water temperature hovers in the 40s, a delicately twitched lure,
like a Rapala Husky Jerk or Smithwick Rogue, bewitches scads of smallmouth
and big ones to boot.

Once the water temperature climbs into the 50s, a 1/4- or 3/8-ounce
spinnerbait with No. 2 and No. 6 gold Indiana blades and short white skirt
becomes the lure of choice. After the spinnerbait's effectiveness peters
out in late April, it is replaced by a chartreuse Norman Deep Tiny N, which
remains effective into November.

From mid-spring into mid-autumn buzzbaits, Zara Spooks and Rapala
Skitter Pop periodically attract the smallmouth's attention -- especially in
Coffey's weeds. Throughout the summer a twin-tailed spider grub or 4-inch
plastic worm tantalizes lots of smallmouth.

By late summer and through early fall, a shad-colored or chartreuse
Rat-L-Trap seduces scores of smallmouth, as does a chartreuse 1/4-ounce
Worden's Rooster Tail, and the white spinnerbait becomes effective again.

Answer 3

Small mouth Bass bite lots of diiferent things, but you have to think like a fish and use your instincts.
Compromise and paint your own spinner bait with colors from nail polish and experiment as I did and find secrets that lay within.

Answer 4

Without making you read a ten page essay on the topic....The best lure I have EVER used for smallmouth bass is the WalleyDiver. It is a bright green crankbait with a bright orange stomach. The best way to use it is to cast out a little higher than normal, when it lands, let it sit there for about 10 seconds then start to reel. Usually its gone within 10 seconds, right down the gullet of the fish. If you have to reel it in, reel then stop, reel then stop. It will dive 2-3feet then it will surface............Bass go crazy for it! Good luck!.....who am I kidding you wont need luck with this little beauty on your line!

Answer 5

I have fished on Lake Erie using leeches,and have caught smallmouth when bass fishermen in bass boats would come over and ask What are you using?After finding out we were using leeches they would turn up their noses and state" I would never have a leech in my boat!" We would just say" fine", and we would continue to catch fish while they didn't.Smallmouth eat a variety of "critters" including the gobies that was supposed to upset the eco-system",but I'll take leeches anytime !!!

Answer 6

BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH - match the hatch any talented multi - species angler will tell you that soft craws are the best bait for smallmouth bass FOLLOWED BY artificial imitations of soft craws

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Answer 8

live bait works great for me

Answer 9

the lunkers love crawdads, you can buy live ones at most bait shops
otherwise nightcrawlers