Hogs won't bite

[FishingMcD]

I was out at the lake today hoping to reel in a few hogs and they wouldn't bite! There was a 7 pounder just chillin next to a log maybe 5 feet from the shore and she wouldn't go after my senko, spinner or crankbait. There was 2 of those today that I saw. I also saw another maybe 2.5 pounder who was very active and was eating from a school of minnows or something very very small and I tried on him but he'd just look at my bait and swim away, he wasnt interested in the red worm my little sister had on either. I did catch a few very small bass but these big ones won't bite! Any suggestions? Thank you. 

[Wildbillb]

Did you try backing away and casting from distance?  They could have saw you and that may have kept them  from biting. 

[Catt]

There will be times when the bass are feeding on live bait that they will not touch a lure.

Your lure was giving off too many negative clues!

[the reel ess]

The big ones usually don't bite. It's how they got big.

I've read that bass only have a 20 minute memory. When you spook one, jut keep going and come back a little later in stealth mode with a light lure like a weightless Trick Worm.

[trick worms]

Cast from far away 

[BareHook]

Try creature baits, lizard or craw, sounds like she is nesting

[YoTone]

weightless swim bait paused in his line of sight with slight twitches?

 

[CDMeyer]

Whenever the fishing gets hard for me I go to finesse.  Try to go out with a smaller and more subtle presentation. 

 

[FishingMcD]

I don't think she was spawning. It was right off a steep ledge off a fishing jetty. She was just chillin behind a log. Could be wrong. 

[FishHard247]

If you can see them, they can see you. Probably went on alert.