mnbassman23 Posted February 19, 2013 Posted February 19, 2013 This happens to me a lot as well and it comes down to slowing down. Good example of this was a day my soon to be Father-in-Law and I had out on the boat last spring. We were ripping it up on watermelon colored senkos. We had a 5lber spotted on the edge of a small rock pile and could not catch that fish. Threw the kitchen sink at her and nada. I finally retied my senko on, casted to the exact spot I knew were she was laying and set my rod down. Unzipped the pants and "unloaded" the tank. When I picked up my rod thats all i felt was weight. Next thing I know I have a 5lber in the boat. 1 Quote
Sodus Bay Scooter Posted February 20, 2013 Author Posted February 20, 2013 This happens to me a lot as well and it comes down to slowing down. Good example of this was a day my soon to be Father-in-Law and I had out on the boat last spring. We were ripping it up on watermelon colored senkos. We had a 5lber spotted on the edge of a small rock pile and could not catch that fish. Threw the kitchen sink at her and nada. I finally retied my senko on, casted to the exact spot I knew were she was laying and set my rod down. Unzipped the pants and "unloaded" the tank. When I picked up my rod thats all i felt was weight. Next thing I know I have a 5lber in the boat. "unloaded the tank" LOL love it! I'm gonna steal that one from you. 1 Quote
Jay Ell Gee Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Always speak up to announce "This is my last cast." Then wait a minute or two and cast again...The fish think you're gone! Sounds reasonable! Quote
Super User lmbfisherman Posted February 20, 2013 Super User Posted February 20, 2013 Why is it that so often when I'm concentrating real hard, paying complete attention to everything I'm doing while fishing that the bites come so infrequently, BUT, when I start to casually drift off in my thoughts and start day dreaming WHAMMO! There's the strike! Anyone else experience this? It happens more often than not to me. And then on the contrary, when I try to reproduce the day dreaming fishing action nothing happens of course. Oh well, I still catch fish even when I concentrate but I just noticed this happens a lot. What are your thoughts? One way to look at it, is maybe when you are day dreaming and not paying attention your doing something/presenting the fish on what they want? Or maybe when you are focused you are over thinking. Quote
loodkop Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 The best way to slow down is to cast a huge overwind with a weightless worm. Seems about half the time there is a bass on by the time I'm sorted. Sometimes they will even try to steal the rod while I'm still trying to untangle the line. Quote
iceman11 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Always speak up to announce "This is my last cast." Then wait a minute or two and cast again...The fish think you're gone! One of my fishing stories I have from when I was little was my brother and I were pulling fish out of this lake left and right with our scout troop. My scout master and still good friend couldn't catch a cold anyway long story short we were all bank fishing and packing up to go back to camp. Just before all of this my line had tangled so I called it a night early figuring to fix it at camp. I don't know how but as i was walking it became untangled I cast it just for S&G's right where my scout master was and it had barely hit the water and BAM! 1 Quote
Lasher Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 Same thing happens to me deer hunting. When I am focused and concentrated on the deer, they won't move. When I start closing my eyes, nodding off, checking my phone, or daydream, that's when the deer get active. Sometimes wildlife just likes to see if your paying attention. I think it's their little game they like to play with us. In college when I was trying to pick up girls the same thing happened. When I tried real hard and paid them a lot of attention, the less they cared. When I started ignoring them and just had fun with my friends, the more they seemed to be interested. 1 Quote
run23 Posted February 20, 2013 Posted February 20, 2013 The best way to slow down is to cast a huge overwind with a weightless worm. Seems about half the time there is a bass on by the time I'm sorted. Sometimes they will even try to steal the rod while I'm still trying to untangle the line. haha. this. i figure the fish must just be staring at the plastic and as soon as i'm sorted and reel up all the slack...bang. you'd figure i'd learn something from that, but i still fish too fast. it takes a lot of patience to let something sit there for a minute or two. heck, 30 seconds seems like an eternity. Quote
Sodus Bay Scooter Posted February 21, 2013 Author Posted February 21, 2013 Do you remember the quote from CaddyShack... "I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball." - Ty Webb BE THE FISH!!!!!!! If you were a fish, what would you bite?????? It doesn't mean put a piece of steak on the bait either... However, if you put a piece of steak on the bait, I'd SO bite! You know that's true! Did someone say STEAK?? Like seven succulent steaks? You know what's funny? I'd actually like to try threading a steel leader through a hot dog and put a treble hook on the end and walk the hot dog. If I caught a fish like that I'd laugh my a&% off!! Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted February 21, 2013 Super User Posted February 21, 2013 Do you remember the quote from CaddyShack... "I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball." - Ty Webb BE THE FISH!!!!!!! If you were a fish, what would you bite?????? It doesn't mean put a piece of steak on the bait either... However, if you put a piece of steak on the bait, I'd SO bite! You know that's true! Too funny. Probably my all time favorite movie. More one liners and quotes came out of that movie than I can remember.I find my mind drifting off on bottom baits - jigs, t-rigs, c-rigs etc- than on reaction type baits and believe it or not dog walking baits have me looking around and not paying attention more than anything. Swish, swish, swish is all I hear while looking at different things on the water. But as Carl the groundskeeper would say: "I'd keep playing." Quote
Smallmouth Hunter Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 The other week I missed a 5+ lb bass on a frog cause I was drifting off while fishing.. (Not good to do while frog fishing cause you need to set the hook hard).. I heard the plop and felt the weight on my line but I didn't think fast enough and missed him. Quote
HuskyKMA Posted June 23, 2013 Posted June 23, 2013 This happened to me last weekend as well. Was fishing a lipless crank and not getting anything. Mind started to wander as I made a cast to a dock and I got hit. Forgot to set the hook though and he came off right at the boat. Next time I need to allow the mind to wander again but set the hook when the bite comes! Quote
Smallmouth Hunter Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 Wow this happened to me twice today.. Missed 2 solid 3+ lber cause I was talking. Gotta learn to focus the whole trip hahaha. Quote
HuskyKMA Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 It always happens to us when salmon fishing. If you're watching the rod, it's going to be a long day. I hardly ever notice the moment when a strike first happens. They all happen when I'm playing with my phone, talking with dad, tying my shoe, eating a sandwich, or anything other than looking at the rod when I randomly look over and my rod tip is dipping into the water. Makes me wonder sometimes how many strikes I never see. Quote
lucasrd Posted June 24, 2013 Posted June 24, 2013 I tend to catch more bass in the pads when my 6 year-old is with me fishing for sunnies. I'll toss a weightless worm and then help him bait his hook, re-bait his hook, fix snagged line and take sunnies off his hook...letting that worm sink weightless and working it back that slow (and also using Gulp Alive) attracts fish From cast to cast it may take me 3-5 minutes to work it back, but I catch fish! Quote
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