How Long Are Bass Off The Feed Post C&r

[Catch 22]

 I have seen a few times that some would bites fairly soon,like a few  hours.I broke a jig off in a 3 lb smallie and 2hrs later there it was with my jig still hanging. I ask the question because if someone is prefishing a tourney, how much lead time would be needed to catch those fish again.[probably not with the same type lure]. No doubt it might controlled by the weather and season.

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[Sam]

Good question.

 

I have not seen this topic in the literature so we will have to go with experience.

 

I have caught bass that have missed their first shot at a topwater by throwing a Senko at the spot where they missed the topwater and they grabbed the Senko.

 

I have caught redfish in Louisiana marsh with a hook and bobber that broke off a few minutes earlier.

 

Some guys believe if you stick a bass it can take some time before it bites again.  I have no idea of how long which is your query.

 

I know a guy and of some guys who will prefish other individual's honey holes prior to a tournament to catch the fish in hopes of stopping them from biting on tournament day.

 

Since bass do not feel pain I would think that they would bite again after they calm down and get back into their rhythm.

 

Looking forward to reading what others think or who have found some information about the subject and are willing to share it with us.

[Theangler1]

I have had 2 cases when I have missed a bass on a senko and the senko gets ripped off. I cast back in the same general area 30 minutes later and catch the fish with the senko jammed in it's throat! One of the times it was a 9 inch fish with a 5 inch senko stuck in there! I guess it would depend on the aggressiveness and the way they are feeding on that particular day on that particular lake.

[Penguino]

I have had an occurrence in which when I was fishing a t-rig worm. I had a bite, and then I missed the hook set. I was really mad, as I felt a good fish on the end of the line. So then I casted to that exact same spot again, and surprisingly I managed to catch that bass that I previously missed. It was a good 3lbs. Although this might have happened once, I believe that bass will eventually develop a "third" sense towards lures that they have been caught on already.

[RSM789]

Was visiting my sister in Texas & fishing a little river by their house.  The bank is elevated about 12 feet up from the river & the water is clear, so you can see any fish swimming up the middle.  A small (1 lb.) bass appears, so I cast a texas-rigged creature bait in front of it & watch as he picks it up.  I set the hook (poorly) and have him hooked for about 5 seconds before he throws the hook.  He swims quickly to the opposing bank, sits there for about 20 seconds and then begins swimming up the middle of the river again.  Once more, I cast in front of him & he again hits the same bait that stuck him less than a minute earlier.  When I released him, he gave up swimming up the river & went back from where he came.

[c21chris]

I was fishing a farm pond with a buddy when I had a fish break off using a horny toad. I had my buddy throw his spinnerbait to the same log just seconds later and the fish he caught had my hook and toad in it's mouth. It was only about 13 inches but still cool.

[Scott F]

I had a spot in a lake I used to fish while on vacation. There were 2 large boulders and every year, there were always 6 nice smallmouth that hung out on those boulders. I'd go there the first day of my trip and catch 3 to 6 of those fish. I'd go back the next day, the bass were still there but wouldn't touch anything. Over the years i figured out I could get some of them to hit again after leaving them alone for 3 days.

[Mswen]

I'm sure it would vary from fish to fish and situation to situation.  It would mainly depend on how hungry, active, and aggressive the fish is.  There have been times, fishing in small lakes and ponds, when I could swear I caught the same fish one or two casts after releasing it, on the same lure! 

 

Anytime I take a fish home, I cut the stomach open to see what it's been eating.  Not surpringly, many are empty or contain a single, partially digested baitfish or crayfish.  But a surprising number have stomachs that are packed, like they had been caught in the middle of a feeding frenzy.  For instance, fish caught on topwaters in the evening are often packed with dragonflies and other insects.  You would think the empty ones would bite again soon, while the ones with full stomachs would take a break, but it may be the other way around.  The hungry fish might lay low, while the feeding fish goes straight back to crashing shad or sucking down dragonflies, either to take advantage of conditions (the help of the school, the cover of darkness), or because instinct tells him/her that this is the time to feed.

[scaleface]

I dont know the answer but I catch a lot of bass with holes in there lips .

[dwong]

Last October, me and my buddy caught the same fish within an hour of each other. We knew it was the same one because it had a deformed lateral kink down its body.

[Choporoz]

Reading Bill Murphy's book, I learned that those sub three pound bass are like teenagers and might just repeatedly do the same stupid thing for an easy piece/meal/thrill, but those older and wiser and bigger bass are a lot harder to fool more than once in a short span of time. 

 

I fish alone a lot and have lots of time to wonder about the same things.....

 

How long before that bass that bit, but didn't get hooked, will hit another lure?....same lure?.....different one?

 

Does a bass that gets hooked and dragged any distance (especially all the way into the boat):

somehow alert the other fish...communicate distress somehow....release some sort of adrenaline-like oil or something?   If so, does it get on the lure?.....maybe for the next 5 minutes until it gets rinsed off, the next fish or two that you set it by can smell that it was used for nefarious purposes?

Do the lunkers tap on the shoulders of the dinks and say "check out that cool looking worm over there" .....just for kicks?

If I get lazy and I rig a lizard half-azzed and a bit crooked and spins circles on the retrieve, do the bass roll on the bottom laughing at me?

[BassnChris]

Reading Bill Murphy's book, I learned that those sub three pound bass are like teenagers and might just repeatedly do the same stupid thing for an easy piece/meal/thrill, but those older and wiser and bigger bass are a lot harder to fool more than once in a short span of time. 

 

I fish alone a lot and have lots of time to wonder about the same things.....

 

How long before that bass that bit, but didn't get hooked, will hit another lure?....same lure?.....different one?

 

Does a bass that gets hooked and dragged any distance (especially all the way into the boat):

somehow alert the other fish...communicate distress somehow....release some sort of adrenaline-like oil or something?   If so, does it get on the lure?.....maybe for the next 5 minutes until it gets rinsed off, the next fish or two that you set it by can smell that it was used for nefarious purposes?

Do the lunkers tap on the shoulders of the dinks and say "check out that cool looking worm over there" .....just for kicks?

If I get lazy and I rig a lizard half-azzed and a bit crooked and spins circles on the retrieve, do the bass roll on the bottom laughing at me?

 

I thought I was the only one wondering such things.

[RSM789]

Yesterday, I made a cast with a 4" ringworm between 2 docks.  There was a tap & when I set the hook, the bullet sinker & hook came flying out of the water sans the worm.  I guessed it was a bluegill holding on to the tail of the worm.

 

I grabbed a different rod with a wacky rigged, weightless senko and skipped it under one of the docks.  Before it hit the bottom, I had a strike and this time stuck the hook set.  As I get the 2 lb. bass next to the boat, he opens his mouth & spits out my ringworm.  Greedy bass, willing to hit just about anything.

[Ben Eipert]

I always have a tube set up when fishing a jig. I get a missed hit on the jig I put the tube there to to get the same fish. Works 8/10 times and even on big fish, not just the smaller ones.

[tbone1993]

 I have seen a few times that some would bites fairly soon,like a few  hours.I broke a jig off in a 3 lb smallie and 2hrs later there it was with my jig still hanging. I ask the question because if someone is prefishing a tourney, how much lead time would be needed to catch those fish again.[probably not with the same type lure]. No doubt it might controlled by the weather and season.

C22

if you actually fish before the day before the  tournament you're just going to hurt your chances of catching those fish. I've had times where we still catch fish in our backup spots but we still dont get those quality bites.