Where to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime- Hook These Bass Fishing Trip Destinations!

by | Apr 9, 2016 | Bass Fishing Techniques, Bass Fishing Tips, Bass Fishing Trip Destinations, Fishing Arizona, How to Catch Bass, How to Fish for Bass, Lake Pleasant, Where to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime

Where to Catch Your Bass of a Lifetime- Hook These Bass Fishing Trip Destinations!

Bass fishing is an adventure many fishermen are all too willing to experience. The search for the ultimate bass fishing location is a never ending quest for many fishermen counting the many facets that can qualify it as the best or as close as it could ever get to perfection.

Here are some of the best locations where you can take your bass fishing trips with your friends or family.

·    The Soronan Adventure

First stop is Phoenix, Arizona.

Test the waters of Arizona for some of the best trout and bass fishing around. The lakes of Arizona offer some of the best bass fishing found anywhere in the southwest. With four incredible lakes to choose from, there is a fishing trip suited for every condition, season and skill level.

Along with the exciting fishing that awaits you, you’ll also discover a world of lush vegetation and a tremendous wildlife population that thrives in and around the watery environment.

If you arrange tours available online, you will be guided by an expert not just on fishing, but on the flora and fauna of the desert, as well as the native history of the area.

Everglades fishing of Florida

Lets turn around and look at fishing trips to the everglades of Florida.

Everglades fishing is very diverse, from shallow country grass flats to the outside islands and canal systems. This fishing is done with fast moving baits, top water plugs, big worms, spoons and buzz baits. Plastic worms sometimes do as well.

The Florida everglades hold the record of highest number of fish caught per person per hour of any fishery state!

Brazil – Bass Fishers Paradise

Regarded as the worlds best bass fishing area is Brazil. The many flora and fauna in the vast regions of Brazil offer a unique fishing trip experience for any person.

Bask in the many splendors the environment offers. Of course, it is the bass fishing that stands out for any bass fisherman. Spend countless relaxing hours in the calm waters while also spending ample time absorbing the culture and great food (aside from your catches) Brazil has to offer.

Mexico’s hottest bass laden lakes

One of Mexico’s newest fishing lakes, Aguamilpa, is a 70,000 acre haven of bass that is a bass fisherman’s dream fishing trip destination. Surrounded by lush mountains for breathtaking scenery, a bass fishing trip with friends and family is a worthwhile adventure you will not forget.

First class accommodations are surrounding the area with newly built lodges to provide a comfortable lodging for all. Relaxing times and great food are among its many attractions but the bass fishing is still its top allure!

Also in Mexico, tagged as the best big bass lake worldwide is Lake Baccarac.

Stocked with Florida Largemouth bass, Lake Baccarac is bestowed with the largest number of huge 10 pounder and above bass fishes one can catch in a single bass fishing trip.

With an area of 25 miles long and 5 miles wide, there is enough space for a plethora of fishermen. Surrounded by fresh mountains with the scent of that fresh mountain air, this is a haven for many bass fishermen. Lodging and accommodations are all around with the latest comforts and amenities one could wish for. It’s like having a lake in your own backyard.

Then there is Texas.

With its great weather and great people, its lakes are regarded a notch higher above the rest. Bass fishing is hardly just a hobby for many Texans. It has become a passion and many other fishermen from all over the world trek Texas for a fantastic Bass fishing trip.

Some of the more frequented areas for a bass fishing trip are Canyon Lake, Caddo Lake, Falcon Lake, Lake Travis, Lake LBJ, Lake Fork and so many more.

So the next time you embark on a bass fishing trip, try to visit some of the locations mentioned above and you will surely have the time of your life. Its you, your gear and a bass! Life just cant be better than this for an avid bass fisherman.

Fishing Lures for Bass

by | Dec 5, 2015 | AZ Fishing, Barlett Lake, Bass Fishing, Bass Fishing Techniques, Bass Fishing Tips, Fishing Arizona, Fishing Lures, Fishing Lures for Bass, Fishing Techniques, Fishing Tips, Lake Pleasant

Fishing Lures for Bass

When it comes to finding or selecting fishing lures for bass you have thousands of choices, but there really are only two that work. Not two lures for bass, two concepts of lures for bass. You either go “la natural” or you get “crazy”, there is very little room for “naturally crazy” when it comes to fishing lures (or baits) for bass.

Bass are either in a bad mood or they want a quick snack or two; often times they are in both a bad mood and want a snack. This just increases your chance of picking the right lure or bait. People that are very experienced with fishing for bass know this, they probably have not looked at it this way before, but I have an odd gift for seeing things in an odd way.

I have personally witnessed a bass eat a wild duckling about the size of a tennis ball and had either a bass or the most aggressive perch in the western hemisphere bite the fingers on my right hand as I was trailing them in the water off the boat.

Ducks and fingers are not common fishing lures for bass, but they obviously work.

The key to selecting the right fishing lures for bass specifically relies more on your delivery and presentation than the actual lure itself. Your mission is to figure out where the bass are located and then get your bass fishing lure of choice to them because they will rarely travel farther than the range of sight or sound to eat something. Just because they are always ready for a fight does not mean they go looking for one.

You go to them, they don’t come to you.

You often hear the term “Water Column” used when people are talking about fishing for bass or lures for bass. This term is very simple when you understand what it means, and it means exactly what it says. If you take a lake or waterway and look at it by “depth” that is a column. Fish at the surface are at the top of the column and fish at the lake-bed are at the bottom of the column.

Bass, more than other apex predator species will move along this water column during different times of the year. In one part of the year they prefer the upper levels while other parts of the year they may like the depth of 12 or 18 feet. Other times they may like it at 40 feet deep. Depending on the climate, they may like less than 5 feet in the morning and 25 feet at noon. You just need to know your fish.

This is where your choice of fishing lures for bass come into play or to use bass fishing techniques with lure that are not specifically designed for bass. The lures you want to use are the ones that will get to where the fish are, either through their engineering or through the way you rig them.

A plastic worm is one of the classic bass fishing lures because within a few minutes you can modify it from something you are using in 12 inches of water to something that in dancing down bass alley at 30 feet deep.

The correct bass fishing lures or baits are not so much the lures themselves, you just need to understand the “water column”, the character of the fish that time of year in relation to the water column and how to rig the gear that you are using to get to that depth.

Bass Fishing Tips – Top 3 Plus a Little Extra

by | Dec 5, 2015 | AZ Fishing, Barlett Lake, Bass Fishing, Bass Fishing Techniques, Bass Fishing Tips, Fishing Arizona, Fishing Techniques, Fishing Tips, Lake Pleasant

Bass Fishing Tips – Top 3 Plus a Little Extra

There are probably a million bass fishing tips out there, but I want to launch this series with a universal tip which is the “little extra” part. This not exclusively a bass fishing tip, it is a boating tip.

We all have the legally required personal safety equipment on our boats or else we would not be on the water. The people that have the safety equipment are rarely the people that need it, it is the ones that don’t. Even if you carry a few of those stupid Styrofoam swimming pool float noodles in your storage compartment you can make a serious difference when the time comes.

Ok, here we go with our top 3 Bass fishing tips:

Lets start with the Boat.

This is going to sound so simple and stupid (and it is) I am surprised to see how many people do this.

Do not go on your boat with a key ring that would make a Janitor jealous. Most people do have a key ring with every key from the house to the safe deposit box and everything in between (including the boat) but it is unnecessary and not a good move.

Tip: Have another set of keys that is ONLY the boat ignition and your vehicle door key if it is different than the ignition. Lock your big keys in the glove box or throw them under the seat.

Tip: Most boats have a lock box built in to the frame or structure. Put an extra boat ignition key and vehicle door key in the lock box and keep it locked with a combination lock, not a key lock.

I am definitely not speaking from experience so don’t even think like that. You do not want to be way out on the other side of Bartlett Lake and somehow lose your ignition key and need someone to tow you back to the launch. Then try to find a coat hanger in the middle of the desert while waiting for the State Patrol to maybe come by. It can happen.

Location and conditions.

Now lets get to the bass fishing part of bass fishing tips. You really need to know the underwater conditions of the waterway you are fishing, but that is not what we are talking about here. This bass fishing tip is to know the “conditions” of the location you are fishing in.

Here is the clearest example I can give, but this specific condition exists almost everywhere in America.

Phoenix Arizona has 9 absolutely incredible bass fishing lakes within literally a 1 hour drive from almost anywhere in the city. Eight of these trophy producing bass fishing lakes are to the N.E. of the city and one lake stands alone to the extreme N.W.

This lake, Lake Pleasant has a mind of its own. One minute it will be smooth as glass and within 15 minutes, the flap of a humming bird wing will cause 30 MPH winds to rip across the lake. A relaxing day of bass fishing can turn into very serious safety situation and a race to get to back to the launch. Boats have swamped and sank on this lake.

Tip: Know how a quick change in the weather will affect your bass fishing experience and be prepared for it.

Expect to lose anything you take on the water.

This is one of my favorite bass fishing tips because it happens to everyone without even thinking about it. You will think about it when you catch your next fish, but that is because I brought it up here.

Most people call this thing “Buck Fever” but it is really Bass Fever. This is the small window of time between when that big bass hits and you land that monster. I didn’t realize this myself until we were shooting a video one day, but time stands still for that period and nothing else matters to anyone on board.

Everyone is focused on getting their line in or grabbing the net or both.

This is when the tackle box gets kicked over or even over board, you could “lose” the keys to the boat or your fishing partner can’t seem to find his rod and reel after the excitement ends.

All humor aside, this is also the prime time when people get seriously hurt. If you are out bass fishing with your child, make sure they always wear a life vest period and you should set the example. You do not want to lose something really important.

Tip: When out bass fishing be aware of bass fever and think safety.