How Long Will You Wait In One Spot Fishing To Get Bass ?

[lanzbass]

For me my max has been 1 hour...

 

My min 20 minutes ....

[Catt]

45 min to 1 hr min

[Wayne P.]

As long as I see them on my electronics.

If I check an area and don't see any fish, I spend zero time there.

[Smokinal]

Boy, it depends on a few things. If it's tourney day, and I'm confident on a point, ledge, ridge etc...then I may stay hours soaking a jig waiting for them to turn on. Usually, though, I'm a run-n-gun. Usually I have many spots on a given body of water so if I don't get bit in 10, I'm out. And that doesn't mean I won't come back to that same spot in 2 hrs and check it again. I guess I believe that if they're there and willing to bite, they will bite right off the bat.

[AK-Jax86]

I usually hold down a certain spot, bank guy, for about an hour or so

[olegs]

If I am confident on a spot, I can stay 30 min to 1 hour to get a bass.

If I am searching for bass ( with my fishing partner )  10-30 min.  

[Grizzn N Bassin]

ive been hitting up this one rock pile for a week .. i caught one bass on there which was 3 lbs and i knew it was a matter of time before the bigger ones should up.. yesterday i finally got a desent bass. went 5.3.. still waiting for the big girls to move to them tho.

[J Francho]

Some of the best spots in the lake are occupied by the biggest fish in the lake. Those fish are territorial, and chase other fish away. They also do not bite all the time. Those spots that seem like they MUST hold fish, but don't produce bites often get checked, and rechecked. Big girls gotta eat sometime, and I want to be there when they do.

[BassinLou]

Wow, I am amazed with the comments so far. My hat's off to all of your patience. I bank fish a lot and my boat does not have electronics, I will cover an area and move on. But to stay in one spot to see if a fish reacts to a bait, I can't do it. I would rather move and find fish who are willing to take my offering more willingly.

[1234567]

I was on a spot on lake o back in June. I sat on this spot knowing the fish would move in for two hours. Finally when they did we whacked good with an eight pounder mixed in with dozens of two-4 pounders. The bite shut down after an hour. If I would've moved I may have missed that bit that day. I usually won't sit that long on a spot.

[bigbill]

If it's one of my local hot spots where I'm 100% there are bass there I take my time using my ritual of lures. If nothing happens I go thru them again varying my presentations. I throw topwater, to cranks, to inline spinners, to spinnerbaits, to plastics etc and repeat. I can gun and run to another nearby spot and repeat. But one more trick is to change my scent from the yum shad /original bass scent to a garlic. Garlic scent is my last change up pitch. Remember when all else fails firetiger will bring home the bacon.

On a tough day make sure you read the water conditions closely.

How long will I stay there if there is no action. I'm a lure tossing addict. As long as I can just toss lures and practice my presentations I'm ok with that to keep me sharp. I need to keep the edge. I use every bit of slow time to practice and the bass always will interrupt me when I get it right. Don't go out there with sloppy presentations.

We invested our money into all these many lures why not throw them all why rush? Settle down and have fun.

[einscodek]

Depends on the season..

in the spring, I am planted like a tree at one spot all day

in the summer I begin to move around

in the fall I am chasing them all over the place

in the winter once again I am planted like a tree at one spot all day

[Lil'Gunner]

I'll spend 20-60 minutes, depending on the complexity of the spot, its recent productivity, and the weather (cold front = longer time). I'll usually cycle through at least 3-4 presentation approaches. Before I head out to the lake, I review what I've been doing lately and think about what approaches I may be neglecting and try to pre-identify something new / recycled to focus on for that trip. I don't have electronics (yet), so I have to follow my instincts.

 

I have some spots that produce every time, it's just a matter of what time of day; rarely about the lure. On one, there were a couple weeks recently where 10-11am was prime; now it's the half-hour before dark (but, daybreak = zero). Obviously, I end my day there now unless I'm killin' somewhere else. I believe in "fish highways" -- paths that fish use to move from one place to another that funnels them through (sorry -- can't remember the pros' name that came up with this - there's a BR article on this). I've caught bass of every form here -- 6" to 12 lbs 

[lanzbass]

If I am fishing for Ling or Catfish I have been known to fish 12 to 14 hours in the same place, its always paid off....

[Alpster]

I have stayed on an area that I know has fish all day. It usually pays off.

[WRB]

You can't always trust your electronics to meter all the bass in an area, you can be assured if you spend time with your sonar you can spook off wary bass. When I am searching for baitfish/ bass in deeper water and meter active bass, I will stop and give them a short try. I will return quietly in about 20 minutes or after checking out several other spots and spend enough time to determine what is going on. If I know big bass are using that area or spot, I may sit on it for about 2 hrs, depending on how confident I feel about the area.

I always meter the area when I leave to determine if bass have move in or still suspended off in deeper water.

Tom

[vikingbear8]

Most of the time that I find a new spot I want to check out, that I am fairly certain some big bass live. I will fish that one spot all day for several days in a row.

[Bankbeater]

If I know the bass are there, and the bass have the potential to be hawgs, I might stick it out for an hour or two.  You never know when the bite will turn back on.

[SirSnookalot]

Places I fish in Florida from the bank have no obstructions, I can walk the entire distance and cast.  I like to keep moving, do not like fishing slow.  I'll fan a spot for 3-5 minutes, then walk about 30 feet and do it over again, I over lap quite bit that way.  Primarily I fish freshwater bank the same way I fish the beach in saltwater, looking for structure (yes a beach has somewhat of a structure but it changes constantly with the tide) and I'm looking for activity, being birds working, bait, fish or ripples from the fish.  I'd classify it as being an opportunist fisherman, yeh I'm looking for the opportunity to sight cast, not because it's better but because I get a rush from it.

[DogmanRich]

Depends if I've caught fish in the same spot again and again. I cast from a distance but usually to the same spot/area rockpile/pier pilings/ old fallen tree. They get mad and smash the lure lol

[KyakR]

I love fishing slow. Sometimes if I'm especially silent and s-l-o-w in my yak I get in the zone where I almost "see" every fish in the pads or wood I'm parked around. Usually at this time the water's like glass and the light is poor. I know I've done well if the only fish I spook are the ones I get right on top of. I may stay in one spot over an hour then and try every lure I can, varying presentation, even line. I'm kind of like Bill in the fact that I try to make every cast stealthy and ***. When I'm out in deeper water I use my electronics. Slow, finesse....that's me.

[tbone1993]

As long as I see them on my electronics.

If I check an area and don't see any fish, I spend zero time there.

I have a love hate relationship with electronics. Nothing is better than finding bait and running into a big school of bass or finding cover holding a ton of bass. The worst is marking all of those fish and none of them will bite.

[rangerboy]

normally I will stay at least 30 min in one area, not one spot. but will revisit if it looks good a few times a tournament. conditions on the water dictate a lot and you have to try and be versatile .