what is the best type of bait for most fish?

Question

i live in minnesota and i fish alot, i have found sucker minnows work good as bait is there any other bait that works good for you. like if you want to catch muskies, waleye, bass, and northern

Answer 1

You can catch all of those species on just a small shiner, creek chub, or any kind of minnow. Worms also work but not as good as minnows would for the pike and muskie

Answer 2

Try lures that look like shad (silver fish about 4-6 inch long) Try live crabs, shrimp or cigar fish. Find the marinas in the area you are visiting, call them. Ask if they know a site on line to look at(many charters have websites) Captains give fish reports regularly.\ Google " Anytown, LA fish reports" something should pop up. Probably, a good time for Redfish in the area. Loads of fun

Answer 3

It's hard to beat live bait. Yet there are many new "soft plastics" baits on the market that work as well. Next time your out fishing try some other baits and see what you prefer.
Remember, every lake is different what woks well on one lake might not on the next. So have plenty of different choices of bait to try.

Answer 4

Big fish eat small fish. That's the nature of predatory fish. Yet not all fish are predatory.Some fish are bottom dwellers and eat what's on the bottom.

Answer 5

i use spinners and corn for bass they think the corn is fish eggs and hog it down spinner baits are good for sunny days

Answer 6

worms or power bait work really well or rubber worms that are bright colors, lures work well for bass as well

Answer 7

ya cant beat the good old red worm...they catch every kind of fish

Answer 8

spoons and crank baits night crawlers

Answer 9

you can catch almost any fish on nightcrawlers

Answer 10

nightcrawler are good for bass