RSM789 Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 I played hooky yesterday to take advantage of the full moon & perfect spring conditions here in Southern California. Within the first 15 minutes, I had 3 short strikes on a 6" Roboworm, either nipping of the tail or pulling it off the hook. I switched to a smaller 4" worm, which solved the problem. As I went along, I had found that many female fish were positioning themselves on the outside edges of the docks & were hitting the 4" Roboworm on the drop. I came to one dock at the entrance to a cove and got a strike right at the corner of the dock. I swung, missed and found when I retrieved that the 4" worm had been taken off the hook. I re-rigged, cast to the same spot, another strike, another miss, another empty hook upon retrieval. I'm sure now that either a couple of male bass or large bluegill had set up shop there, but I wanted to be sure. I make a third cast with a 4" worm to that spot, get a third strike but this time connect on the hook set. To my surprise, it wasn't a male bass, rather a chubby 2 lb. female (I think). As she neared the boat, she jumped & shook her head. I thought I saw her throw the Roboworm off my hook & sure enough, I noticed it sinking slowly next to the boat. Then I noticed a second Roboworm also sinking next to the boat. I looked back to the surfacing fish & my 3rd Roboworm was still attached to the hook. The bass had thrown up the two worms I had lost on the previous 2 casts! I quickly scooped up the two sinking worms and landed the fish. I know the worms were mine, they had the crawdad scent I put on them still there, you could smell it. I don't know if she was the one short striking or if she was just hanging out nearby & swiping worms stolen of the hook by smaller bass & bluegill. Either way, she sure found those Roboworms delicious and was nice enough to return all 3 to me after she was done tasting them. 2 Quote
Super User everythingthatswims Posted March 6, 2015 Super User Posted March 6, 2015 The bass like returning roboworms to you Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted March 6, 2015 Super User Posted March 6, 2015 That's awesome!! Thanks for sharing. Quote
matuka Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 Do you have any Idea how to get a bass to return my S Waver from last week? Quote
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