What to use at Pelican for Bass

[rgreenland]

What would be a few of the best things to use at Pelican for Bass? I am not worried about catching Bluegill, I got that down. But I'd like to try a few things for the Bass.
I hear that Senko's work. How would I fish them? What size & colors work?
I've got a lot of plastics.....worms, curly tail grub, senkos, tube's, etc. Just not sure what to try to use (or learn to use)
Not really a great Bass fisherman yet...but working on it.

Thanks
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]It is probably harder to find something that will NOT catch bass in Pelican than something that will. I have caught them on everything from flies to jig and pig. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That being said, it helps if you know basic bassology and how to present whatever you are throwing. I truly believe that a good fisherman can catch fish on the wrong lure when a poor fisherman can't buy a bite on the "hot" lure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Early in the morning, after a few days of decent weather, you can whack them on poppers, chuggers, spooks, buzzbaits and other topwater stuff. Early morning and late evening are best for surface action. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Through the day you can fish almost any kind of jig or plastic and catch fish all over the lake. Of course, finding them helps. They can be bunched up in one area and scarce elsewhere.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]In a shallow weedy lake like Pelican, go with no weight or the lightest weight you can get by with. A slow natural sink will often get you a "pop on the drop". Once you feel the bottom, either a slow steady retrieve or a lift and drop technique will usually get the job done. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Take a range of colors and sizes. Almost any color will produce at times. Basic black, browns or greens, purple, motor oil, watermelon, junebug...all the standard stuff is doable. As elsewhere, water clarity and light intensity can sometimes affect what colors are most visible and most effective.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Use worms, tubes, lizards, curly tail grubs or whatever. They all work. Just cast them, let them sink slowly and try to get them back without being molested. When the fish are active, that is hard to do.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If you are a fly-rodder, take some small poppers and hair bugs. Fish right around the sticking up reeds. I used to tie some big squirrel tail streamers, with mono weed guards, and fish them right in the middle of the reeds. Had to use 20 pound level leader to get the fish out, and still lost some bigguns. The big bluegills eat big flies pretty good too. Black wooly buggers on size 8 to 10 hooks will catch both gills and bitty bass.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lots of Pelican bass are taken on spinner baits and mid depth cranks and jerk baits too. Lipless cranks live up to their reputation as " goof proof" when the fish are active. Try fire tiger or chartreuse with a black back. The black or blue back with silver work good too. Heck, any old Shad Rap or similar will get bit.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If all else fails, throw some big Mepps spinners with either a hair tail or a plastic minnow on the treble hook. It's all good.[/#0000ff]
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[Mc_Lennon]

I've caught some pretty decent bass outta there on small spinnerbaits, in white or chartruse. The bass seem to love them. They like big old wooly buggers, too. I haven't had to try much else on them. I'm sure that regular bass plastics would work on them, too.
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