06-04-2012, 09:04 PM
Thank You very much for the help. I'm almost certain now my issue is I wasn't fishing deep enough. I've included a picture of the area I was in showing my path of travel. The red x's are where I tried fishing from and the blue line in the water is where I was casting. I also think I may be reeling in my lures too fast. I was on the cliff at the second point looking into the big drop off but I only casted there about 5 times as there was still a group of guys there striper fishing from the night before. After I moved down the shore a couple guys came over the hill on the back side of the cove from the parking area. They said they fish in the tournaments and usually catch bass there. They spent about an hour working all the way around the cove only to catch one small mouth and then left. I was only there about about 15 mins after they left when the boat traffic rolled in.
I was also under the impression that bass liked shallow cover and thought they would be closer to trees and that the drop off would be too deep for them after about 15 feet. I tried the football jig with a 10" Powerbait worm off the cliff but I was fishing it more like a swim bait than anything. After I worked my way down the shore with it I switched it up to the 2.5 Sexy Ghost Minnow shallow diver. I was considering switching up again after the guys left but I decided to go myself as stated previously.
I'm confident I can catch fish. I have the gear, the location, and thanks to you guys; some know how. I just need to get my techniques down. I can't help but feeling like there's something wrong with my presentation that's causing a big part of my issue, but then again; I watch so many fishing how to's online it's ridiculous. And I run my set up to the letter in most cases.
I will say I ended the no Bass streak last week at 33 hole. It wasn't a keeper by any means but I managed to catch an 8" smallie on a 1.5 Sexy Ghost minnow... took all three points of the rear treble. So I can officially say I've caught a bass, now I just need one worth catching.
Also, I haven't tried using Megastrike yet, but I do spray all my baits down with BANG Combo Shad/Craw before I pitch it to get my smell off of it.
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I was also under the impression that bass liked shallow cover and thought they would be closer to trees and that the drop off would be too deep for them after about 15 feet. I tried the football jig with a 10" Powerbait worm off the cliff but I was fishing it more like a swim bait than anything. After I worked my way down the shore with it I switched it up to the 2.5 Sexy Ghost Minnow shallow diver. I was considering switching up again after the guys left but I decided to go myself as stated previously.
I'm confident I can catch fish. I have the gear, the location, and thanks to you guys; some know how. I just need to get my techniques down. I can't help but feeling like there's something wrong with my presentation that's causing a big part of my issue, but then again; I watch so many fishing how to's online it's ridiculous. And I run my set up to the letter in most cases.
I will say I ended the no Bass streak last week at 33 hole. It wasn't a keeper by any means but I managed to catch an 8" smallie on a 1.5 Sexy Ghost minnow... took all three points of the rear treble. So I can officially say I've caught a bass, now I just need one worth catching.
Also, I haven't tried using Megastrike yet, but I do spray all my baits down with BANG Combo Shad/Craw before I pitch it to get my smell off of it.
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