Why Did This Work

[fishblitzer]

Took the boat out this Saturday because it was the first time in weeks that it has not been raining down here in central Alabama. I mainly fish rivers here in Bama. I fish the river a lot, and most of the time have good success.

I launched at sunrise and spent the entire day on the water.

Here were my conditions:

 

Water Temp 63-64 degrees

Water was stained

Water was a little high

A little wind

A lot of sun

 

 

I fished slews, I fished rocks, I fished grass, I fished channels, I fished bridges, I fished creek mouths, I fished cypress tree roots, I fished docks, and I fished main river laydowns.

 

Through out the day I threw everything imaginable at them. From a jig, to a deep diving crankbait, to a Carolina rig. Finally, around 3pm I got onto a pattern! Only took 8 hours!

 

They were hitting finesse spinnerbaits fished slow over wood. I only threw the spinnerbait because it was the last thing left in my boat that I had not thrown. Why on earth did it work? With there not being much wind and having blue bird skies this goes against everything I was taught and have read on when to fish a spinnerbait.

 

Can someone please enlighten me because I am beyond confused on why this worked  

 

 

Thanks,

Fishblitzer

[Logan S]

Low-light and/or wind are definitely well known for being good spinnerbait conditions, but it doesn't mean those are the only times they work.  Stained water and high water are both things that will open the spinnerbait window a little more and it looks like you had both of those.  

 

Hard to say for sure, but you know it worked at least once so remember it .  

[Catt]

The bass just taught you the #1 rule of bass fishing which clearly states there aint no rules in bass fishing!

[sprint61]

IMO nothing strange about that pattern. A water temp where bass is generally more active and feeding, high water can be good if stable or rising but not so much if falling in my experience, bass will be usually be shallower in stained water. I do feel like slight wind can fire up a shallow water cover bite which sounds like you had. I don't buy into the sun stuff a whole lot unless it's very clear water and very bright imo it don't affect water with more color to it but can if very bright. Have you had a cold front pass through lately? Maybe that bright sky thawed them out and made them want to chew!!

[papajoe222]

If I were to venture a guess and that is what it would be, I'd say it had more to do with the size of the offering vs. the other offerings. I'd also venture a guess that conditions changed over the course of the afternoon and the fish became more aggressive.  I'm just guessing though.

[BaitMonkey1984]

Spinnerbait, curly table grub, and senko are all part of my "emergency" box. Catch bass all year on those baits and all but impossible to fish them wrong. 

[Bluebasser86]

The bass just taught you the #1 rule of bass fishing which clearly states there aint no rules in bass fishing!

Turns out, bass can't read!

 

 

The fish were probably up there feeding on baitfish. Did you fish a squarebill or other shallower running baitfish imitation on those same areas?

[Josh Smith]

I would guess that with the recent rains, the bass were feeding on critters dropping in from above. In the conditions you describe I generally toss a jig onto a log sticking up from the water and let it drop in. Bass holding close to that cover usually hit it.

Josh

[senile1]

Humankind tends to struggle with uncertainty and we will often believe false or contradictory information just to avoid the feeling of not knowing.  There are some things we aren't capable of knowing and the mystery of why a bass does what it does can sometimes be one of those things.  Embrace the uncertainty.  

[Josh Smith]

Humankind tends to struggle with uncertainty and we will often believe false or contradictory information just to avoid the feeling of not knowing.  There are some things we aren't capable of knowing and the mystery of why a bass does what it does can sometimes be one of those things.  Embrace the uncertainty.  

 

Zen and the Art of Bass Fishing?

[gardnerjigman]

Same conditions we faced this week and they were eating spinnerbaits, top water and A-rigs.

[Bruce424]

Stained water works just as well if not better for spinnerbaits. Especially around cover.

[tander]

I caught them on spinnerbaits the last couple of times I went, same water temp.,  wind and no wind.