What techniques/bait should I use for freshwater Bass fishing?

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Early spring is prime time for catching giant largemouths and smallmouths alike, but you must have the right tools for the task. Here are a few recommendations for this time of year along with a few tips (full disclosure, I work for PRADCO Outdoor Brands who own Lurenet.com)... 1) Smithwick 5 ½-inch Suspending Rattlin’ Rogue – Clown The suspending jerkbait that put suspending jerkbaits on the map, a Rogue is the bait of choice for giant smallies when they stage just off spawning flats. Pause it as long as you can stand between jerks – and maybe a little longer – and remain ready. 2) 7-inch YUM Dinger - Watermelon Pearl Laminate Big, bold offerings often trigger heavyweight spawning fish into committing, and nothing will do that job quite like a 7-inch YUM Dinger. Big Dingers’ also produce hoards of hawgs when pitched around shallow cover throughout the spring. 3) BOOYAH 3/4-ounce Football Jigheads – Brown During early spring many big fish remain in or very near their winter areas, which dictates hitting deeper structure. A BOOYAH Football Head allows you to keep soft-plastic offerings close to prime structure and comes equipped with a 4/O Gamakatsu hook for putting those big fish in the boat. 4) YUM 5-inch Gonzo Grub - Green Pumpkin/Orange Flake A perfect match for the Football Jighead, a Gonzo Grub has a fluttering skirt and twin tails that provide an incredible amount of action. The 5-inch Gonzo provides the necessary bulk to get a lunker to commit. 5) Bomber Fat Free Shad - Dance’s Citrus Shad If you ever travel to Mexico without a stock of Fat Free Shads you’ll buy some before the trip is over, and if you fish anywhere bass grow big without ‘em, you’re leaving something significant on the table. Fat Frees dig deep to get down among ‘em and have just the right profile and wag. 6) 1-ounce Double Willow BOOYAH Blade - White Chartreuse Another trophy bass gem for when the lunkers are laying low in the water column, a big Double Willow BOOYAH Blade offers a large profile to suggest a serious meal. Let it fall to the bottom and slow roll it across the deepest edges of flats and the ends of points 7) ¾-ounce Single Colorado BOOYAH Blade – Coleslaw When early-spring storms stain big bass waters, it’s time to pull out a thumping single Colorado. The fish will move tight to shallow cover, and they will dart out of bush to ambush something that’s creating big vibes. Work close and make short accurate casts, working the bait tight to the thick stuff. 8) BOMBER Deep Flat A - Apple Red Crawfish The Flat A’s extra-tight wiggle suggests an easy meal, which is something bass cannot resist while their metabolism levels remain low. Use a steady medium-slow retrieve and kick it off rocks and the bottom whenever possible. 9) Cotton Cordell Super Spot - Tomato Red A first-season classic on grass lakes, the Tomato Red Super Spot accounts for a tremendous amount of hawgs this time of year. Let it fall into patches of submerged vegetation, rip it out of the grass and hold on tight!

i like fishin off dropoffs by islands

man, it is kinda hard to give you the great answer that you are asking because i dont know what part of the country that you are in the temp or the type of water that you will be fishing, so lets say that you are here in ga with me and fishing a lake. right now i would fish the edges. i would fish around some type of structure or tree over hangin. right now with the temps not being too high....and for all of yall father up in the northern part of the country....i dont see how yall do it.... but the bass are really slow right now. but i would drop shot a worm or work a football head jig with a crawfish trailer. if the water is somewhat clear i would get a good sized double bladed spinner bait with a split tail trailer and burn it off the bank. or if i wanted to fish with live bait i would get a few good sized shiners about 3 inches long run a hook right behind the dorsal fin and pierce the fish just far enough down to grab some meat and fish it up under a bobber and toss it around some structure. that is about all i would do right now. hopefully in a few weeks the bass and crappie will start biting harder. i cant wait because my love is catfish and warm nights call for good catfishing. man i hope that helps you out a bit good luck good fishin be safe and remember to share the experience