If you are fishing in an area where the natural bait is minnows, the bass will likely bite minnows or anything that looks like it might be a minnow. If you present bait they have never seen in their native habitat, you are likely to scare them away, or at best, get a few nibbles from the more adventurous of the bunch and really not be able to catch you limit.

If you consistently fish with one bait in a certain location with good results only to find under similar conditions in the same areas a few days later, you are not getting the kind of results you want, start keeping a fishing diary. Pay attention to what you are doing, and consult your book, and pretty soon you are going to begin seeing a pattern that will help you know what bait to fish at what times and in which areas.

Is there a best bass fishing lure out there for all of North America?  Perhaps it is a tackle box full of options like these.

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