Every single bass fisherman out there needs to have a buzzbait in his tackle box. When anglers don’t catch enough bass on this lure, they will usually forget about it, and push it to the back of the tackle box. The buzzbait may not be my favorite type of lure, but you well know that fisherman have caught some very nice bass on it.

Do you have any idea why that might be? Could it be that the bait has too much flash, is too big, and therefore may turn a largemouth off? But that is just not right at all. With the right cast and retrieve, you can make the buzz bait produce fish for you. Here’s how to do it.

Grab your buzzbait and flick out there as close as you can to good bass cover. Try not to hit the cover directly, but get as close to it as possible. This will ensure that you get close to the fish, but don’t get tangled in the weeds. Watch your bait closely during the cast. Right before the lure hits the top of the water, stop your reel from giving any more line. What will happen is the buzzbait will straighten out, and will hit the water with a little momentum coming back towards the boat. So you can immediately begin to retrieve. Make sure as you are retrieving, that the bait stays very close to the top of the water, and get it as close as you can to weeds or other cover without getting tangled up. If a bass didn’t nail it when it hit the water, look for a fish to snap it up as you approach the cover areas.