Northwest Fishing Reports

I have only been lake fishing the last couple of years and am good at catching trout, however i would like to learn how to bass fish, so i decided to get a few lures and give it a try. I need any tips and lure ideas that are going to help the most basic fisherman. I bought a few spinning lures and some gummy looking fish with a flasher on them. would like to know depths to fish for and bait and best habitats to fish for and casting and catching techniques.
thanks
Robert....by the way i do most of my fishing at American Lake in pierce county washington

Top water on any military rd lake. Also try the one with no launch.

This entire forum will give you more knowledge than you may expect. Rather than asking, spend a day reading every thread in here. You'll be 10 times more likely to catch a bass after that.

AaronE wrote:This entire forum will give you more knowledge than you may expect. Rather than asking, spend a day reading every thread in here. You'll be 10 times more likely to catch a bass after that.

For sure go through the past postings just go to the bottom when in the bass forum and put the sort on all or at least the last year:-"

Are you by chance a sparky...or former 1,who use to work off canyon rd.?

This web site will give you all the info you can digest and then some, along with this one of course! http://www.bassresource.com

Bass fishing is for anyone who is willing to be a "work in progress". Read the forum and try things, but don't get fixated on any one lure or lake. Try different things and learn to correlate the presentation/lure with the conditions. This will help you pattern fish. Also, don't get fooled into thinking that catching lots of bass makes you a good bass fisherman. I started out with a #9 Floating Rapala, a 1/8 oz Stanley Spinnerbait, and a pack of Kalin grubs. I caught lots of of 8 to 13 inch fish. Don't stop there. Its one thing to catch lots of dinks, but its another thing to be able to consistently put 15 inch + fish in the boat. Stick to it!

Bruce Middleton has many good articles on bass fishing on this site that could help a lot. Bruce goes into a lot of detail on many bass fishing topics.