[SaltyShaw]

Originally Posted by LPfishnTIM

I like to throw artificial, live bait cost too much unless you catch it yourself, plus if you learn what to throw in certain conditions you can have better success, I'll swap from using plastics to throwing hardbaits like a sinking twitchbait, or a surface walker when the conditions change, it works with bass fishing too, if the wind picks up and it blowing I usually throw a spinnerbait around structure, if the wind is light and I'm having to finesse fish I throw a soft plastic, If its summer and I'm trying to catch fish in deeper water I use a crank baits or I drop a carolina rig. I try to remember conditions and what lure or technique caught fish so I can use that as a future reference.

Start keeping a log of your fishing trips just started doin that and it will def make next summer a little easier for me