Getting Discouraged

[loudcherokee]

We're you holding your mouth right? Lol

 

I've been having the same luck, with alot of dinks and only a few fish close to or over 2 pounds. I did have a pretty large one all the way to the bank that broke off when I was bending down to grab it, due to a bad line/knot.

I've had alot of numbers with a wacky rigged senko in watermelon red either drop shot or weightless. One fish I caught after I cast out and spent a couple of minutes fixing a wind knot at the spool and after reeling in the slack it was fish on. That kinda hinted to me that I needed to slow down, WAY down.

Be patient and I'm sure it will pick up soon. Look for "fishy" looking areas and cast out a senko and slowly work in back to the boat. You'll eventually land one.

LC

[Frise]

If your not having a lot of success live bait works 9/10 times!

[Airman4754]

Throw a shaky head or drop shot with a 4" worm and a Ned rig.

If you put your time in with those and catch nothing then you've got some bad water. 

[loudcherokee]

4 minutes ago, James Frise said:

If your not having a lot of success live bait works 9/10 times!

+1 Where I was fishing yesterday throwing all my rigs and lures and plastics there was a guy and his son that caught almost 20 fish to my 4. They were using large live minnows.

LC

[DogBone_384]

Live minnows isn't fishing ... It's waiting.

[bassguytom]

As said you  can't catch them all the time. I keep downsizing my lures and changing spots and sometimes they just have lock jaw. However it's those days where everything seems to go right where you find a pattern and start slaying them that keeps you coming back. If I had days like that all the time I think it would start to become boring and I would lose interest. Bass fishing for me is a lot more then catching fish. Keep at it you will have one of those days also. Also I think golf guys that don't cut their own lawn or can't unclog a drain. 

[Kevinator1]

2 hours ago, neocrunch said:

I went down to Summit on Sunday and fished from my kayak (I'd seen your post on the Hoosier thread so I kept an eye out for you, Brian, but I didn't see any other kayak anglers). I fished for nearly six hours and only caught one fish on a Ned rig. I'm planning on fishing my first kayak tournament on Geist this Saturday. I haven't been there before and I hadn't really given boat traffic much thought. 

 

Don't get discouraged about the boat traffic on Geist.....there are still some coves you can get away from the traffic....and also you can go to the other side of the bridge right next to the boat ramp....that is all idle zone and shallow....there are some good fish in there sometimes too.....there were some kayaks out there last weekend when i was fishing a big bass bonanza tournament.

2 hours ago, BrianMRetter said:

Thanks for all the replies, guys! I needed the encouragement.  I'll definitely try all the suggestions

No problem Brian....and don't tell anyone but on Summit sometimes a 4 inch green pumpkin senko either wacky rigged or texas rigged might catch a bass or two.....or a smoke / purple / tube has caught a few there too.  

[SwampLife]

I here you Man, except   I have been slaying the fish 12" and under lol...  I fish a tournament and they bring in 15 - 20lb bags ... I can't catch a fish with any size on it! 

[ErikmonBillsfon]

I've been out 2 dozen times in CT and cuaght 2 baby bass. Quarter pounder with cheese size. All winter long I studied and read the forums, I buy a aprox  4 bags of lures a week off ebay. Just make sure your not like me sometimes and get too antcy. I look at this super cool new lure I have and think it's going to slay the bass. Three casts in I'm so impatient  I want to change the lure. Don't expect to catch fish but be confident. It's a hard balance. I often catch fish when looking away or when I least expect it. Also the days when u catch a lot aren't as amazing with out the reference of the skunk days. 

[hoosierbass07]

On 4/19/2016 at 11:43 AM, BrianMRetter said:

Last spring I started fishing for LMB. I knew nothing about the sport, what lures to use when, seasons, forage, structure, etc. I would simply try throwing a few lures, use a straight retrieve with the reel and occassionally catch a few bass. Over the winter I started reading & researching what lures to use when, bass behavior and things like that in preparation for the pre-spawn...So spring comes, the water surface warms to around the 60-70* range, I head out to a lake (known to have bass) with my kayak, an SI/DI fishfinder, and after 4 days in a row I totaled 2 bites, and 0 fish in the boat...What am I doing wrong?

 

  So you read about what lures to throw at the right time?  Just like me!  Then you found out hardly any of them worked?  Just like me!  

  Here is what I found to be true - soft plastics catch more bass than any other  lure.  Soft plastics are a high percentage lure so cast them more than 60% of the time.  Power baits like crankbaits/jigs/spinner baits are low percentage lures.  Don't believe in all the Pro fishing videos on youtube and TV because they fish in well stocked/great fishing lakes and all they want to do is sale you those expensive hard baits.  Stick with Texas rigged worms/senkos/lizards or split-shot worms/senkos/lizards or weightless worms/senkos/lizards.  Or use something smaller like the Ned rig/tubes etc...   

[Evan K]

Wacky rigged senko. If they won't bite a big one get a small one. If nothing bites the small one there are no fish in that pond.

[Last_Cast]

Better than work!