New to fishing

[MuskieBait]

The fish you saw jumping are likely carp. If you wish to target carp, check out some of the information that MikeH had posted. Carp will usually not take a plastic worm.

At the moment, bass season is closed and you cannot target largemouth or smallmouth bass. Using a plastic worm will not be very effective for other fish aside from bass or the odd pike.

Pike season just opened for Lake Ontario. You can try to fish for pike with spoons, spinnerbait, crankbait or swimbait. Cast and retrieve these and cover water along the shorelines. Places where the sun can warm the water and areas with fresh green weeds that oxygenate the water will be the best places to find pike at the moment. Even better if there are bait in the area.

Luck = preparation + opportunity. If you are not prepared, you cannot take opportunity of the fish that are willing to bite in the area...thus, you would become unlucky.

To change your luck, learn about what fish are active (and open season) right now, where you can find them, how they would react to various bait or lure and what lures you would need to get them to bite.