Intresting story about smallmouth bass

CCbass · 02-20-09, 05:51 AM

This happened one day on cachuma lake, I found a great zara spook jr. bite. I caught fish like crazy, late May, little 1 to 2 inch fry all over the surface. I was fishing a largemouth pattern jr. spook and I came across this one fish. I saw it come from about 10 feet down to strike my lure, it missed, I backed up and fished it again, same result. I backed up and tried a jerk bait, a crank, a worm, all deeper down and more right in front of that fish, nothing. I backed up and threw the spook, the fish shot out and again missed the bait. The reality is my friend was pre fishing for a tournement with no luck, fishing more traditional post spawn baits, he was shocked I had a surface bite. What I am trying to say is experiment and don't just go with the traditional bait for the season.

aikenyounggun · 02-20-09, 03:09 PM

yeah sometimes the fish just aint traditional..... they dont follow what we think they are going to do

tnfisherman · 02-20-09, 03:19 PM

thats good to know b/c i love topwater bit

Bassboss · 02-20-09, 08:15 PM

Yup! The bass don't read the books!

Sometimes it's a guess and test situation!

02-20-09, 05:51 AM	#1
CCbass BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Monterey CA Posts: 253	Intresting story about smallmouth bass This happened one day on cachuma lake, I found a great zara spook jr. bite. I caught fish like crazy, late May, little 1 to 2 inch fry all over the surface. I was fishing a largemouth pattern jr. spook and I came across this one fish. I saw it come from about 10 feet down to strike my lure, it missed, I backed up and fished it again, same result. I backed up and tried a jerk bait, a crank, a worm, all deeper down and more right in front of that fish, nothing. I backed up and threw the spook, the fish shot out and again missed the bait. The reality is my friend was pre fishing for a tournement with no luck, fishing more traditional post spawn baits, he was shocked I had a surface bite. What I am trying to say is experiment and don't just go with the traditional bait for the season.

02-20-09, 03:09 PM	#2
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	yeah sometimes the fish just aint traditional..... they dont follow what we think they are going to do __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

02-20-09, 08:15 PM	#4
Bassboss BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shawano, WI Posts: 7,761	Yup! The bass don't read the books! Sometimes it's a guess and test situation! __________________ If you can't fix it with heavy squats or fish oil, you're probably going to die.

02-20-09, 03:19 PM	#3
tnfisherman BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: east tn Posts: 370	thats good to know b/c i love topwater bit

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