bait

[Guest]

what is the best kind of bait for large or small mouth bass top water or bottom.
and what kind of lures work the best

[Hooker]

I've done a lot of BASS fishing and the best thing about it is, you only need one crank bait and that is a 3 inch YELLOW MR TWISTER but it must be yellow and with only 1 tail not 2. I've always used the unsented. I've always just tied my line to the hook with only a small split shot and hang on. You will aslo catch a lot of northerns. The bigger ones just take your hook and twister. So you may need a hand full of twisters and hooks. Good luck

[Ely Lake Expert]

One question, Why would you want to fish bass and not walleyes up here on the range?

Ely lake expert

[Hank48]

Well, I don't know about anyone else but my family will fish for anything. We only get 1 week per year in MN and this will be our 1st year at Lake V. We'll be staying at Spring Bay Resort (west end) the last couple of days in June thru July 5th. (hope I don't hit the mayfly hatch again)

If the 'eyes are biting, we'll go after them. But since the best times are usually morning and evening, that leaves a whole bunch of time for other stuff. Since most of our fishing is C & R, Smallmouth, Largemouth, Crappie, Perch, Bluegill... anything!!! After driving almost 700 miles, we want to catch fish---day andnight, rain or shine, boat or dock!

I really enjoy this site. The great information mixed with humor makes it ideal.

Keep it up everyone.

[Guest]

Well, from what I gather, this is one of the best Smally lakes in Minnesota, with a chance at a 6'er anytime you go out. Is that a good enough reason? Pound for pound I think they are one of the hardest fighting freshwater fish there are; and they're pretty. I keep one in my 55 gal. aqaurium. He's about 1 1/2 pounds. Trashes everything!!

One of my favorite lures for smallies is a pumpkin/green spinnerbait. It might not work as well until the water warms up a bit though.

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[delcecchi]

Best bait? A big ole leech on a light jig or a plain hook with maybe a split shot. Sometimes a bobber is helpful.

No bass lives that will pass up that leech slowly drifting down past its nose.

del

[DTro]

hey that aquarium thing brought back some memories. I used to have a 100 gal tank and had two largemouth, catfish, walleye, and crappie. They were all the same size at one time but after a while only two remained. Can you guess? Yep, two largemouth. At one point we were feeding them live mice from the pet store. They hammered those things.
By the way there is a lake about 30 miles from vermilion that is loaded with HUGE largemouth. I would be very surprised if many people knew about the fish there. I just happened to stumble across it while trying to find lakes that held them. One night we caught more 5lb fish then I can remember and some even larger! They must have been some pretty old fish, boy they were hungry though. I haven't been there in a few years. I wonder if they are still there....HMMM.....

[Ely Lake Expert]

Hank,

Thanks for the explaination even though I was just joking around.

Ely lake expert

[Guest]

I still don't understand why you would fish for anything else but the Walleye.

[Guest]

dtro, I know your secret spot for bass. I found it by mistake while looking for walleye. It took me a few years to figure out what those goofy lookin things were. There are also some big crappeye in that lake as well, if it is the same lake I am thinking of. There are also some big Walleyes but they are hard to find and catch.Happy hookin'

[Ely Lake Expert]

612'er,

When I just read you fish for walleyes, I almost went into shock. Usually when I see a shiny bass boat the first things that comes to mind is "there is a couple 612'ers"
You must be one of a kind. Congratulations You might as well move to the iron range.

Ely lake expert