07-05-2012, 05:04 AM
[quote Cantstopfishing]I went fishing yesterday morning and had a pretty good day. I caught 3 Rainbows, one 18 incher that was 3 lbs one 19 incher that I didn't wiegh and one 21 incher that was 3 3/4 lbs (picture included below). Also caught 3 LM Bass, two of them were 11 inchers, and one was 12 1/2 inches, and 6 or 7 Bluegills.
My question is this, The water was so clear I could see to the bottom of the lake where I was fishing, and I could see the bass swim up and look at my lures/bait and then swim away. I caught one of the bass on a rapala, it bit it almost as soon as my cast hit the water, the other two were on live worms one was rigged with a slidding weight, and the other was weightless. I had them look at a few different plastic worms, and jigs I put out, but I just couldn't get them to hit for some reason, I tried wacky style and weedless rigs. They would swim right up to them and then swim off and sometimes circle around and look again as I was jigging it and then swim off. Other than the one hit on the rapala, they weren't interested in it at all, None of them even followed it or any of the others I tried, they weren't interested in spinners either. Even with the live worms I had more bass than I can count swim up to them look at them and swim off, but only the two bites.
What can I do differently to entice the LM's to bite in these conditions? Are there different lures I can use? Or do you think I'm not working the ones I have properly? Or were the fish not hungry? I'd love to hear any suggestions of what works for you in these conditions.[/quote]
Poor feller has no tail! Nice fish!!
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My question is this, The water was so clear I could see to the bottom of the lake where I was fishing, and I could see the bass swim up and look at my lures/bait and then swim away. I caught one of the bass on a rapala, it bit it almost as soon as my cast hit the water, the other two were on live worms one was rigged with a slidding weight, and the other was weightless. I had them look at a few different plastic worms, and jigs I put out, but I just couldn't get them to hit for some reason, I tried wacky style and weedless rigs. They would swim right up to them and then swim off and sometimes circle around and look again as I was jigging it and then swim off. Other than the one hit on the rapala, they weren't interested in it at all, None of them even followed it or any of the others I tried, they weren't interested in spinners either. Even with the live worms I had more bass than I can count swim up to them look at them and swim off, but only the two bites.
What can I do differently to entice the LM's to bite in these conditions? Are there different lures I can use? Or do you think I'm not working the ones I have properly? Or were the fish not hungry? I'd love to hear any suggestions of what works for you in these conditions.[/quote]
Poor feller has no tail! Nice fish!!
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