Those Old Folk Lore Fishing Rules

[roadwarrior]

Dawn and dusk is better fishing than noon. Very true, bass have extremely good low light vision and are active in low light periods.

Noon is a good time for lunch.

Tom

 

This one surprises me. Nearly all of my biggest bass have been caught between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM,

either side of noon. Fish Chris has posted the same. I will start another thread to see how other members

feel about "Best Time To Fish".

[WRB]

This one surprises me. Nearly all of my biggest bass have been caught between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM,

either side of noon. Fish Chris has posted the same. I will start another thread to see how other members

feel about "Best Time To Fish".

If you are bed fishing then noon is good for light and no shadows.

My top 5 bass where caught before 10A and after 3P, zero at noon. Every giant bass over 17 lbs that I have caught was during low light periods, overcast with light rain, pre spawn bass.

When I was bed fishing, then 11A to 1P was prime time, not because the bass were active feeding, they were easier to sight fish!

The old time guides take their clients to shore for lunch, the shore lunch is a great tradition in the north.

I would welcome a response from Chris, Mike Long or Butch Brown.

Noon time is prime time......for lunch!

Tom

[Brian Needham]

I think Doug Hannah also says most huge bass he has caught has been 10am to 2 pm as well. I swore I read it somewhere but cant remember where.

[Dinky]

"90% of the fish in a body of water are in 10% of that body of water." Anonymous

 

Dinky's corollory: " 90% of the time I fish in the 90% where the fish aren't; the rest of the time I am hung up in thick cover."

 

"The length of time you retain a pair of sunglasses is inversely proportional to the price you paid for them." Dinky

 

"Size matters."

[WRB]

90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the fisherman is what us old folks say.

Tom

[SirSnookalot]

90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the fisherman is what us old folks say.

Tom

That was a well known phrase in real estate too, 90% of the business is done by 10% of the people.

[Raul]

This one surprises me. Nearly all of my biggest bass have been caught between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM,

either side of noon. Fish Chris has posted the same. I will start another thread to see how other members

feel about "Best Time To Fish".

 

Most of my biggest fish including most of the 10+ pounders I´ve caught throughout my life were caught between 1 and 4 PM, most under clear blue skies, blazing sunlight and scorching heat we usually have here.

[airborne_angler]

No matter where you are casting, majority of the fish are just a few feet beyond the distance you are casting.

[Sam]

The best bite is no a full moon.

 

Best bass bed fishing is the first full moon after the Dogwood trees have blossomed.

[RAMBLER]

When I was growing up, in Wisconsin, the old folks would say that during the hottest time of summer (dog days), the northern pike would lose their teeth and would't bite because their mouths were tender. 

 

I never did get an answer to "When do they grow new teeth?"

[A-Jay]

When you're reeling in a fish and there's another one with it - the un-hooked fish is Always Much Bigger.

 

Why can't I hook the big one first and let all the smaller ones follow that one ?

 

"Look - there's a huge fish following it !"

 

A-Jay

[Brian Needham]

I have had a few old timers tell me, "you have to be miserable to catch fish"....meaning hot, cold, windy, rain ect ect.

[detroit1]

Fish topwaters if your lure leaves a bubble trail. If the shallows you're fishing have carp milling around, go find another area to fish.

[Scott F]

"You should have been here yesterday"

[Brian Needham]

 If the shallows you're fishing have carp milling around, go find another area to fish.

 

glad I am not the only one that thinks that. I have NEVER gotten a bite when I see carp in the general area.

[gallowaypt]

Fish topwaters if your lure leaves a bubble trail. If the shallows you're fishing have carp milling around, go find another area to fish.

On the contrary, I actually had one of my best days ever bass fishing when the cove was literally teeming with spawning grass carp.

[plumworm]

If you get a chance to go fishing, go. God does not count the days you fish from your allotted time. I should live to a least 155. My wife believes I should have died 2 weeks after we were married 42 years ago. My sons wife hasn't talked to me in the 17 years they have been married because I taught him to fish when he was young. All 7 of my grandkids had new,good fishing equipment on their 3'rd birthday. If fishing wasn't what I was supposed to do, I sure wasted the first 67 years of my life, but I don't think so. Tight lines my fellow anglers. CPR and enjoy the best sport./

[Scott F]

Fish topwaters if your lure leaves a bubble trail. If the shallows you're fishing have carp milling around, go find another area to fish.

 

In rivers, the carp stir up the bottom and the smallmouth feed on what they kick up. I look for carp milling around!

[Sbennett9]

The carp thing I disagree with. Some of my best days have been with carp nearby. I have never had issues with them and seeing as they aren't predatory of bass I would assume that they don't either.

[hookset on 3]

As some one who works outside and around wildlife all the time, on the days I don't see a lot of deer, rabbits, and other assorted critters, I usually get a report of "fishing was slow" from buddies who have been out fishing while I am working. Same thing goes for grazing cattle.

 

 

This is one I've always believed.

[hookset on 3]

When you're reeling in a fish and there's another one with it - the un-hooked fish is Always Much Bigger.

 

Why can't I hook the big one first and let all the smaller ones follow that one ?

 

"Look - there's a huge fish following it !"

 

A-Jay

 

 

O-M-G ! These is an absolute lock.  I have never seen a smaller fish following a bigger hooked fish.

 

I guess they know better, not to mess with them. Because when the big-un gets released, the little one's got some explaining to do.