Noob freshwater fisher help!!

[ermaclob]

Went today to the canal next to my house to try and fish, but i never tried freshwater before. so the only bait i had was die shrimp and silver side. there where 4 peacock bass, 1 large mouth, and a snook in there all in about 100 yards of canal. but even when i pass the bait right past there faces they just don't bother with it.

what types of live or die bait can i get (i dont like lures)?

also theres allot of thick plants on the floor what rig is good for that?

[Jordan]

Live shiners will catch everything in that canal.. but i would pick up a few topwater frogs if there is a lot of vegitation.

[ermaclob]

Live shiners will catch everything in that canal.. but i would pick up a few topwater frogs if there is a lot of vegitation.

anything good dead?

[Jordan]

If peacocks are being super aggresive they'll hit a dead shiner. But for the most part use live shiners. I would buy a few lures though too.

[dcerdeiras]

I agree with JordanConnorSharp, get either live shiners or artificial lures. Dead bait isn't that great in freshwater unless you know how to rig it.

[rshields]

Rattle traps for working edges and carolina rigs for plastic worm running through the grasses. Live shiners like everyone said will give you the most hits, I use the frogs also for bouncing through the weeds and get slammed. Crappie jigs usually get a flurry from the peacocks running them with a pretty fast retrieve and a slower retrieve scraping the bottom for LM bass. Same for the canal snook a live shiner will get their attention. Using salt water bait in freshwater is not a high percentage to get a hit or land a fight.