Skunked.... What Changed?

[jbone177]

Yesterday I went out for the third consecutive day of fishing and I got skunked.  The first two days were outstanding!  They were hitting almost everything that I was throwing out there.  I used topwater frogs, jigs, and swim jigs.  I know that yesterdays weather was very different from the two days prior.  Yesterday was sunny and about 65, and the two previous were raining and cold/windy with temps in the mid 40's to lower 50's.  But I didnt think that would have such a huge impact in my ability to land anything.  Maybe I was wrong(?)  Yesterday I didnt get a single hit on anything other than a swim jig.  They never bit they just seemed to knock the bait every once in a while.  I figured the fish would be behaving differently, and expected to have to change things up.  I slowed down and reduced bait size when I couldnt get anything and still nothing.  I changed colors, I threw all different kinds of baits; jigs, swim jigs, top water frogs, soft plastic swim baits, worms, fat ika's... basically everything I have.  Is it the weather or perhaps spawning behavior that changed? Maybe a combination?  I was fishing the some of the same areas as the previous days so I know that there are plenty of fish there.  Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! I really want to figure this stuff out so I can have a plan the next time this happens.       

[jbone177]

BTW I am in S/E NY if that helps any.  Im sure that regional locations have an effect on where the fish are in the spawning stages. 

[Sun Fish]

I'm in NE, PA and I'm going to say it's the fact that we went through a heat wave followed immediately by a nasty cold front that just rolled through the North East that made the bite much tougher.  I was out Thurs-Saturday and the water temperatures went from 79 on Thursday to as low as 61 on Saturday.  I would assume this signifigant drop in water temperature had a major change in bass behavior.  I was still able to get a couple bites on the windy cold Saturday that just passed.  I stuck to a typical tough condition bait that I find will get bit by something almost all the time which was a wacky rigged stick bait on Saturday. 

The cold front seems to be at it's end now that it started warming up Sunday and it looks like the North East is going to be hit by a heat wave late this week which will also change fish behavior.  That's why we call it fishing and not catching, you must be willing to and learn the best ways to adapt to the conditions mother nature are throwing at us and learn how the bass react to it.