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Author:
shaggs
Date:
Jun 19, 2009
Subject:
When to change up bait?
Message:
How long do you go without a bite before changing up the color/type of bait you are using. The reason I ask is I can go 3 hours and net 2-4 fish in black pond whether it be pickeral or bass. Is this a good average? Most likely for that pond but what about going to a pond/lake you've never been to do you keep the same bait or keep moving. How do you know when to move on? Maybe it's retrieval speed? slow down speed up. So I go an hour with no bites but then I get a hit...then nothing for 20 minutes. Was that 1 hit a fluke and I should change things up? or continue fishing that lure because I've gotten one hit? but then another hour goes by with nothing and then 5 minutes later when I start thinking I should change up I catch another fish. I think it might be my presentation or something....then again we are talking black pond...I don't have much experience anywhere else. lets just say I've caught more fish this year than my entire lifetime. The last time I owned a fishing license was over a decade ago.
Author:
slimecoat
Date:
Jun 19, 2009
Message:
Great questions Shaggs. Thats fishing, I know your fishing from shore, and that complicates things, as you cannot bring a lot of different options with you. We tournament bass guys have like 10 rods each aboard all set up for a different bait, and or technique. We can within seconds pickup a different rod with a different bait, and make multiple casts with multiple baits to the same target or area, to try to entice the fish to bite. Every angler, every fish, and every lake is different. The fish will tell you what they want, what color the like, and how fast or slow they want it. The same lake that was hot yesterday with a watermelon black flake senko, can turn off on that bait, and be hot with a black and blue jig the next day. That may result from the fish getting accustomed to seeing that bait, and learning that it is bad news to eat those colors. The fish on some days are smarter than you think, and sometimes the weather has shut the bite down, or moved the fish deeper than you can cast to. I guess my point is, that you have to change baits and experiment to find out what the fish want on that perticular day to make each outing successfull. There is no exact science to this, that why they call it fishing not catching. Once you get into fishing, especially for bass, you will learn quickly that you need to be willing to be flexible and change baits and tactics often. Your on the right track though, keep asking questions because most of the guys on this site are willing to point you in the right direction for free. Feel free to pm me with anything bass related, if I can help I will.
Author:
pdcrack
Date:
Jun 19, 2009
Message:
Well said Slimey.
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