Dream Catcher Guides Top 5 Favorite Techniques

There are very few things as cool as fooling an apex predator! That's why I think so many people enjoy bass fishing. You are fooling one of the most dominant freshwater predatory fish to strike your a lure that resembles something in their diet. I think that is so fascinating! There are so many techniques, lures and presentation to use to catch fish and some work better than others in certain times of the year. I wanted to highlight my 5 favorite techniques to use when fishing for bass!

#1 Swimbaits
Swimbaits are among the most fun lures on the planet, from big jointed hard swimbaits to soft body and hollow body swimbaits! Baitfish are the main food source for a bass and when they feed on baitfish they inhale them into their mouth to ensure that they wont escape. When you're mimicking a baitfish with a swimbait a bass absolutely crushes it, sometimes it will feel like they are trying to rip the rod right out of your hand! You can catch numbers on a swimabit and size depending on the conditions and lure! They are pretty easy to throw as well, most swimbaits all you need to do is cast and reel!

#2 Frogging
Whether you are throwing a hallow body frog in shallow water or on top of grass or throwing a soft body frog cruising the bank it is fun! Watching a giant bass explode on the top of the water is the craziest thing and hooking the aggressive monsters can be a fight of a lifetime! Frogging explosions are never the same and can show you how creative a big bass can be when ambushing prey!

#3 Jerkbaits
Jerkbaits for essentially the same reason as swimbaits. When you are ripping a jerkbait and you feel your rod load up it is an exciting feeling! Make sure you hold on to your rod tight!

#4 Flipping Jigs/ Texas Rig 
When you are flipping a heavy weighted craw and/or flipping jig your heart will skip a beat when you feel the hard THUMP from a big bass! It can almost feel like somebody is hitting your lure with a sledgehammer! Then you set the hook with a stout rod and it doubles over and you can't help but to smile!

#4 Flukes
Flukes dip, dive, weave and jump out of the water and it is unbelievably fun to watch a bass chase a fluke. When you get them chasing it at what appears to be 100mph and then you stop it and they crush it, you will go just as crazy as the fish!