This week I went fishing at Garner State Park in Hill Country. I just wanted to post a couple of things I learned as well as ask a couple of questions. Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong topic.
Observations and lessons learned:
1. In crystal clear water you can see some bass, but they are still pretty camouflaged.
2. Where there is one bass, there are more! When I hooked up with one decent sized fish, two or three bigger ones swarmed in and joined the commotion every time.
3. Just because the bass aren't biting doesn't mean they aren't there. More often than not, I had several fish eyeing my lure. They would follow it but just not commit.
Questions:
1. When I was fishing, I was using a light spinning reel with 4 lb test. I was successful with a strike king itsybitsy crankbait. I had several follow my rebel mini-craw but only a couple of bluegill took the bait (haha get it?). I tried to dropshot and texas rig, but the rocky bottom caused more frustration than success. I focused mostly casting weightless plastics my most successful was the Grandebass Mini Rattlesnakes. I let them stay at the bottom for a bit while bass eyed them and swam away. I twitched them, dragged them, and even swam them with the same results numerous times. Sometimes the bass would ever seem spooked from these movements. What is it that I am doing or need to do differently to avoid spooking the bass and get them to actually bite instead of following and just turning around? This seemed to always be the case for the bigger guys you could see form a distance.
Just to note, I did catch about a dozen or so bass and did enjoy my time. I am just curious as to how to get the more finicky bigger ones that I could see floating around.
Not the biggest fish I caught, but definitely the best looking. I didn't take my phone out again as I was wading pretty deep in some parts or the river and didn't want to mess my phone up even more.
