schools of fish

bassfisherman32 · 11-30-05, 08:45 AM

i was at my friends house and we were fishin for about 2 hours and hadnt caught anything. then this man about 10 yards away from us had a rattle trap. he caught about a 2 pounder. me and my friend went and got a rattles shad too.i casted about ten yards from where that guy had casted. i reeled it in but didnt catch anything. the next cast i casted in the same spot and reeled real fast to give it more sound, and i realed it in and caught about a 2 pounder. my friend casted about 10 yards from where i casted and caught another about 2 pounder.do u think that that was a school of fish?

JB · 11-30-05, 10:11 AM

Maybe a spot to remember thats for sure, next time when you throw that
trap out, let it sink a few seconds, reel it in and then stop reeling, then start again, many times the bass will strike that lure on the fall, especially
if you can run it over a weedbed area.

Rodman_Rob · 11-30-05, 12:22 PM

sounds like you were either on a school, or there was a piece of structure there that many fish were relating too, but to catch 3 fish that quickly on a bait like that, more than likely it was a school.

bass kicker · 11-30-05, 07:55 PM

I think it is most likely to be a little bit of cover but it could be a school

rrw4258 · 12-01-05, 04:54 PM

i have hit schooling fish before at some larger lakes, and even some smaller ponds. A Rat - L - Trap is a good lure, i like chrome/black, and chrome/blue!

scrap · 12-01-05, 05:12 PM

r they small rat'l traps...what retrieval method u use, i cannot catch a cold on them things.

rrw4258 · 12-01-05, 08:14 PM

scrap,
i fish the tiny and mini trap ( 1/8) and (1/4) in a chrome blue or black, with a steady retreive. I let them sink anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds, and then starting in with a constant retreive. Best areas is ripping them over weedbeds or around rocks/timber. I use the 1/8 oz lure at small ponders because the minners and shad is smaller. I use the 1/4 oz. one at large reservoirs and lakes becasue the forage is bigger. I especially love the chrome/blue for fishing lake erie. I can almost always go off the sandusky bay and get a nice stringer in like an hour. Good Fishing!

Ryan

11-30-05, 08:45 AM	#1
bassfisherman32 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 68	schools of fish i was at my friends house and we were fishin for about 2 hours and hadnt caught anything. then this man about 10 yards away from us had a rattle trap. he caught about a 2 pounder. me and my friend went and got a rattles shad too.i casted about ten yards from where that guy had casted. i reeled it in but didnt catch anything. the next cast i casted in the same spot and reeled real fast to give it more sound, and i realed it in and caught about a 2 pounder. my friend casted about 10 yards from where i casted and caught another about 2 pounder.do u think that that was a school of fish?

11-30-05, 12:22 PM	#3
Rodman_Rob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, FL. 1/2 hour southwest of Rodman Posts: 1,702	sounds like you were either on a school, or there was a piece of structure there that many fish were relating too, but to catch 3 fish that quickly on a bait like that, more than likely it was a school. __________________ Lizardsrule may not be able to drive a boat, but he can sure put you on the fish!

11-30-05, 07:55 PM	#4
bass kicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Beamsville,ONTARIO,CANADA Posts: 2,023	I think it is most likely to be a little bit of cover but it could be a school __________________ Rob Downs St. Catharines BASSMASTERS

12-01-05, 04:54 PM	#5
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	i have hit schooling fish before at some larger lakes, and even some smaller ponds. A Rat - L - Trap is a good lure, i like chrome/black, and chrome/blue! __________________ Never Give Up!

12-01-05, 08:14 PM	#7
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	scrap, i fish the tiny and mini trap ( 1/8) and (1/4) in a chrome blue or black, with a steady retreive. I let them sink anywhere from 2 to 5 seconds, and then starting in with a constant retreive. Best areas is ripping them over weedbeds or around rocks/timber. I use the 1/8 oz lure at small ponders because the minners and shad is smaller. I use the 1/4 oz. one at large reservoirs and lakes becasue the forage is bigger. I especially love the chrome/blue for fishing lake erie. I can almost always go off the sandusky bay and get a nice stringer in like an hour. Good Fishing! Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

11-30-05, 10:11 AM	#2
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	Maybe a spot to remember thats for sure, next time when you throw that trap out, let it sink a few seconds, reel it in and then stop reeling, then start again, many times the bass will strike that lure on the fall, especially if you can run it over a weedbed area.

12-01-05, 05:12 PM	#6
scrap BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 217	r they small rat'l traps...what retrieval method u use, i cannot catch a cold on them things.

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