Any tips on how to get into bigger bass?
Thought I would try again. I don't think I titled my first attempt accurately. Being about a year into almost exclusively bass fishing, I'm having better and better success at landing more fish, but I don't see any improvement on increasing the size of the fish? I have the most success catching bass using finesse tactics (ned rigs, texas rigs, wacky rigs) but can't seem to break through with hard baits....which is what I see a lot of guys using in videos catching the larger fish. I would love to hear some of your thoughts out there on how to get into larger fish.
First order of business, a great place to start with the information you've supplied is with Thrift's "Go Big or Go Home" class https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/go-big-or-go-home-bryan-thrift Another class that comes to mind is Ish Monroe's "How to Fish for BIG Bass" https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/how-to-fish-for-big-bass-ish-monroe-remastered
Basically, the general rule is that big fish eat big baits. Personally, I like big swimbaits, so I also want to recommend this Zaldain video https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/win-tournaments-with-kicker-swimbait-bass-zaldain
Sometimes you're just around the wrong size fish. Ensure that the lake you're fishing has big fish (do they have tournaments? What are the average top weights? If best 5 fish are only 10lbs, then the lake may be short on big fish)
