You Guys Ever Have Days Where You Fish For 2-4 Hours Without A Bite?

[AUbassanglr]

Does a fat baby fart?

[etommy28]

some times im lucky if i dont go 2 or 3 trips with out catching one on some of the lakes i fish.

[Highhawk1948]

That's why I learned to Finess Fish. On tough days I can go to smaller and slower and usually catch a few. You are not alone.

[Jig Meister]

Im a shore fisherman, I have not caught a fish in over a week. Been out 3 times, maybe 10 hours total.

Next summer I will have a awesome Jackson Coosa, and things will change, well at least the options will open for more chances to catch fish

[K_Mac]

I had a night fishing trip last week where I fished from from 10.30P till 4.30A without 1 bite. First bite was just over 4#. A few minutes later my partner caught one a bit over 5#. Caught some decent fish for about an hour, then 3 more hours with only a couple of dinks. We fished both day and night, all types of water, the entire water column at various speeds; jigs, plastics-t-rigged (weighted and not), wacky and c-rigged, bladed baits of various kinds, cranks from top to bottom, small swimbaits, assorted top water, you name it. One hour of bites, and nine hours of nada. This is a private lake that is normally very good for both size and numbers.

Sometimes the fish just don't bite! We had a great time anyway. It was a beautiful, clear night that made me glad to be alive. I have fished with guys who have to be catching something all the time or they are soon ready to go. This usually only happens once though. There is far more to enjoying a fishing trip than just catching fish.

[Scorcher214]

Im a shore fisherman, I have not caught a fish in over a week. Been out 3 times, maybe 10 hours total.

Next summer I will have a awesome Jackson Coosa, and things will change, well at least the options will open for more chances to catch fish

I know how ya feel. Im a shore fisherman, and lately I've been doing pretty bad, either days with no fish, or just one or two dinks. Im saving up for a boat next year though.

[BASSHUNTER1961]

Never

[Steven Dauster]

Agree with what someone else said I starting noticing patterns when I started keeping a fish diary. I also found I'm more successful and focused when instead of fishing once or twice a week for 3+ hours I fish almost everyday for .5-2 hours but that's just me

[tnriverluver]

Try more like 12 hours today Fished my local TWRA lake where I always catch fish (nice ones) and nada. Left and came back later because I haven't been skunked since May 2011. Same result A day on the water is still better than a day sitting home doing nothing. I was in my new to me boat however and wanted to christen it with some fresh slime. Hope this isn't a bad sign!!!!!

[IntroC]

Most of it depends on the lake your fishing. We have lakes up here that if I don't catch at least 15 to 20 fish I don't consider it a good day and has the potential for 40 ,50 fish a day. There are other lakes you could fish all year long and 10 fish would be an excellent day. Its all relative to the body of water your fishing. Like others have said a fishing log has helped me immencely.

[Daddyodo]

Just had this happen to me 2 days in a row. Tried everything except the kitchen sink! Gotta be honest, it does get discouraging. :cry3:Now I expect this from time to time seeing as how I am a bank fisherman, but it seems to be happening alot more lately. Wish some of you guys lived in my area, I would buy you some adult refreshments to hang out with me for a couple of hours and give me some advice .

[The Young Gun]

If they dont want my spinnerbait, go to a crankbait, go to jerkbait, then if it goes down drain go to soft plastics and lots of mt. dew and loud music. lol

[mikeeasttn]

When I fish there are many more days that I do not catch fish than the days I catch fish.

[Highhawk1948]

That's why I started finess fishing. When all else fails I go to 4 or 5 inch worms, 1/16 or 1/8 oz. slip sinker and go slow in the same places, then move deeper. I also use a drop shot on a grass line and then move away from it. Also try this on points and underwater weedbeds. Sometimes I will pull out my ultra light with a beetlespin and save the day!

And yes, I have gone all day with catching zero bass. Enjoy the wildlife and hope you have a good partner!

[Highhawk1948]

Hate to hear you went fishless again here in Florida!

What works for me in Florida in the summer is identifying spawning areas, then move out to the closest point (s). Throw a worm, texas rig, drop shot, mojo, etc. on grass line 30-40 yards on either side of point. Work grass line, then start moving down the point itself shallow to deep, then across it in several places. If you locate underwater weeds on that point fish it sloooow. If still nothing start flipping that grass!! I like grass lines with 6' of water at their edge.

Another trick I use is cruise the boat docks and find where the builders have sucked up the sand to reinforce the back yards with fill and fish those ditches and humps that are created; also the grass line next to these ditches. Hang in there, it will happen for you.

[Matt22Ratcliff]

I try to forget those days!

[mikey5string]

agree with everyone who mentioned finesse fishing. When the fishing is tough I can always get at least a few dinks to bite a 4" roboworm on a drop shot.

When they say "fish arent biting" what they mean is "Im not catching"

Takes time and practice to be able to go out confident that you ARE going to catch fish that day. I fished a local lake 50 times this season before I could go out and catch bass every time.

[SissySticks]

Couldn't agree more with the finesse fishermen on here. This time of year, I focus on smaller lakes I know well, and then I rig up a couple drop shot rigs, a baby texas rig (1/16-1/8oz), a 3" creature on a 1/4 oz. shakey head, a grub, a sammy 65, and a finesse jig, and I go fish points, brushpiles in 10-20 feet of water, gravel bars, deep timber, etc. I rarely get skunked. Now, if I go to a big lake I don't know well this time of year, it can be like fishing for a needle in a haystack and that can be super frustrating.

Did get skunked last night on a big lake with a buddy. Neither of us had fished that lake this year, which was dumb. Still, lost a 5+ lber on 6lb. line on a drop shot rig when it wrapped me around a bridge piling, and lost another little one that I didn't get a hook in good, so at least I was in the game, but yeah, anytime I get less than 5 or 6 bites I am frustrated. Still better than working though

[Diggy]

I got skunked for like 2 weeks at my moms lake fishing intermittently. Had 4 yesterday, one fell off at the shore so 3 hit land

[North Ga Hillbilly]

Hours... how a bout days... or weeks

NGaHB

[tennsopher]

I posted a 10lber in the fishing reports forum two weeks ago.For your info here's how that day went.My partner and I hit the water at daylight on a lake I know very well.For the first six hours we caught four fish that were all dinks.He said "If we don't do any better by noon, I'll be ready to pack it in."To make a long story short,I hooked a good one that got off, switched to plastic worm and hooked another good fish that got off.I then told him "I'M going back to the spinner bait,and if I get bit ,I'll set the hook twice."Tme I caught that fish?Ten minutes till twelve.As Mike Iaconelli says"Never give up."

[cajun ben]

yes it happens.

[bman310]

Yes I do fish for 2 to 4 hours without a bite. I fish the hi pressured city lakes of Los Angeles so there are times the fishing is brutal and some times that are great.

-b

[Jim_M]

Yes. It's where the patience comes into play.

[TNBassin']

Me and my girl went last night, and didn't get anything. I'm pretty sure that between us, we threw everything we had in our boxes and still nothing. Our lake sucks though. It's Douglas Lake in TN. It's man made, with 0 cover or vegetation, and rocky like no other on the bottom.