When Not Catching Fish

[macmichael]

When you're not catching fish and you change lures do still fish in the same area or do you move on? If I'm fishing a pond I sometimes don't know whether to fish the area with different lures or just move on. 

[papajoe222]

If I have confidence in the spot, I will exhaust all avenues prior to moving on. If I don't know the area, but it looks promising to me, I'll give more than one technique a try before moving on.

[bigbill]

I go though my normal ritual of lures. I go through them again using different presentations. I may go with an array of different sizes, weights and colors. When in doubt throw firetiger. Then I give up on cranks and throw senkos. On a Carolina rig. Then I go to brushogs and worms. By 8:30/9am I go to deeper baits.

I'm disabled so moving is not going to happen. I'm stuck there to figure it out. I enjoy doing that.

[bigbill]

I never give up when I caught bass there before.

Don't forget the split shot rigged worm.

[macmichael]

I never give up when I caught bass there before.

Don't forget the split shot rigged worm.

Yes sir. I just started using this type of set up. Works great. Thanks

[Mr. BattleArmor]

As some others have said, if I know fish are there and I've caught fish there, I stay and keep trying until I've gone through everything. Then I just figure the fish just ain't in the mood. If it is a new spot, that looks very promising, I'll try a few things and leave sooner, and make a mental note to come back a different day at a different time. If it is a new spot that looks just ok, and I don't get anything on multiple lures, I usually won't go back.