Baits
Sunfish
Small live baits work best for sunfish and artificial's also work. Preferred baits are: worms, cut up nightcrawlers, crickets, and other small baits.
Bass
You can fish small or large baits for bass. Popular baits include: jigs, soft plastics (plastic worms, crawdads, etc.), spinners, poppers, and divers.
Catfish
Catfish will eat just about anything that has a smell, though artificial's will sometimes work. Give them cut up baitfish, stinkbaits, a chunk of a bar of soap, anything that can have a scent.
Cover
Fish congregate near these things:
- In lakes- Docks and bridges work well for fish as shade. Piles of sunk logs protect small baitfish and fallen trees with many branches also do the trick in helping you find fish. Weeds hide many small fish and protect them from predators. Clutter, such as tires, cinder blocks, and other object create cover for fish.
- Streams and rivers- Points in the river block the current, look there. And, like lakes, fallen trees also provide a great source of cover for fish in rivers. Large ricks break up the rivers current, making the water a few feet behind it calm; to find rocks beneath the surface, look for a V's on the surface.
