by ifish2much » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:26 pm
i live in illinois. i have been fishing for bass since the ice came off. i am tring to figure out what to use and where to find them. the lake i fish is at the deepest 6 feet. it is a little high from the rain so i tried soft plastic crawlers and other soft plastics. no luck. so i tried some live shad i caught in my cast net. i got 2 nice four to five pound bass but the hook didnt hold in the right spot and as soon as i got them to the surface id look at the fish and he would either drop the bait or spit the hook. they never jumped so i know that the were still to lazy to jump this early in the year. i just want to know if anyone has any helpful information. the air temp is currently about 50 degrees. the pond is a little dirty from the previous rain and the bass are definetly sticking around them. but i want to know which lures to use to catch some of these bass. i know for a fact that there are bass in this pond pushing 10 pounds.