Unique Ways of Catch Fishing - Conor McLaughlin

They call the coast of Falmouth the “fish highway” due to the migration of so many species of fish. Assorted fish match different seasons, so there’s regularly something great to catch. ConorMclaughlin owner Falmouth pier 37 boathouse sharing some tips of fish catching.

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Bass Fishing Secrets from Professional Anglers

1. Save Shredded Worms

When your pliable worms get torn up, save ’em. Bass like to ambush wounded prey, so a beat-up worm is perfect to use, especially in shallow water.

2. Red Fools the Fish

In shallow cover—wood, stumps, clumps of grass—I like to use a spinnerbait with a red or pink head, and a crankbait with red hooks. The red presents the fish think the bait’s injured, and they’ll bite at it.

 3. Skip Your Bait

When you cast, stop halfway instead of following through, similar to a check swing in baseball. This makes the lure hit the cover of the water a few feet before your target, so the lure skitters over the water. It’s a good way to get under docks and other structures.

4. Keep Your Hooks Sharp

I use a file to sharpen my hooks every time I catch a fish and before every trip. It takes 30 seconds. Bass has boney jaws, so a sharp hook is more apt to penetrate the fish.

5. Look at Your Livewell Water

When you embed a bass in the Livewell, they’re notorious for spitting up what they were feeding on. From there you can tell what color lure or kind of lure to throw the rest of the day.

6. Face the Wind

Sacrifice some distance in your casts and fish with the wind in your face. Bass always swims with the popular, so they should find your bait before they find your boat. Plus, the noise of water slapping your hull will carry away from the spot you’re angling, which is good.

7. Fish Shallow in the Spring

In the spring bass hang out in spawning beds. Concentrate on shallow areas, especially in pockets and coves protected from the wind because this is where they like to guard their eggs. They’ll bite as much out of irritability with the lure as they will out of hunger.

8. Make Your Bait Seasonal

Bass eat different attractions depending on the time of year. The general rule is early in the year they like crawfish, so use peach-colored patterns. In the season and fall they like shad, so use chrome or silver baits.

9. Fish before the storm

The best time to fish bass is before a front comes through, and the worst time to fish them is later. The strength makes the bass more active, so watch for a wall of clouds moving in. When it’s too pretty out, the bass isn’t feasible to bite.

10. Bug Those Bass

Bass is an ornery fish. You have to keep draining at it to upset it into biting your hook. Bass position in cover, and like the lure exhibited to them at different angles. I’ve tossed lures a hundred times onto the same location until finally getting a bite.