Is there such a thing as "too much of a good thing"?

[Nitrofreak]

16 minutes ago, Catt said:

@Nitrofreak guess we the only ones who have encountered this & got skunked!

Well, at least I'm in good company, I'll take that LOL !!

 

 

[Catt]

6 minutes ago, Nitrofreak said:

Well, at least I'm in good company, I'll take that LOL !!

 

 

Pretty sure I am

[scaleface]

Theres days where a creek arm will be filled with millons of shad everywhere with an  occasional bass busting them , thats a regular occurrence on Mark Twain where I fish a lot . I just ignore them and fish as if they are not there .

[Nitrofreak]

27 minutes ago, scaleface said:

Theres days where a creek arm will be filled with millons of shad everywhere with an  occasional bass busting them , thats a regular occurrence on Mark Twain where I fish a lot . I just ignore them and fish as if they are not there .

I wasn't exactly sure how to approach a scenario like that, I tried just like I would normally approach this same thing only with a lot less bait, I think that with the information so far that the best thing is to just back off a bit until everything thins out and go after them then, according to the posts that seems to be where the greatest chance of success may be, I have to admit, I wasn't as calm as your approach by just fishing as if they aren't even there at first, I was pretty excited to see my graph lit up like that, like a kid in his favorite candy store I guess LOL !!!

["hamma"]

Wow!,  Fishing Facts Magazine,....now there's a blast from the past. I used to look for them at the pharmacy's magazine rack every month. Probably still have a few around somewhere.  

 Many different (and usually large) predatory fish will cruise under "baitballs" waiting for one to flutter down. Letting the smaller predators use up their energy running thru the bait, the pigs just lie and wait the easy pickings to flutter down right to them.  Big saltwater stripers are known to follow schools of bluefish just for this scenario.

[Crestliner2008]

6 hours ago, Catt said:

@Nitrofreak guess we the only ones who have encountered this & got skunked!

I don't think anyone here is saying that. Rather the goal is to put the odds in your favor as best you can and let the chips fall where they may.

[geo g]

A silver and blue rattle trap burned through the pack. 

[Nitrofreak]

12 hours ago, geo g said:

A silver and blue rattle trap burned through the pack. 

Burned through the pack?

I lean more toward what Hamma had to say, that is that with what we learn with bass behavior most will hang either under the school, behind the school and or both and wait to pick off the easy prey.

What would be the reason for burning one through a school? To break up the school? As in maybe doing something far different than the norm as buzzbait suggested?

I ask because your suggestion is intriguing and something I definatly didn't think of.

[geo g]

1 hour ago, Nitrofreak said:

Burned through the pack?

I lean more toward what Hamma had to say, that is that with what we learn with bass behavior most will hang either under the school, behind the school and or both and wait to pick off the easy prey.

What would be the reason for burning one through a school? To break up the school? As in maybe doing something far different than the norm as buzzbait suggested?

I ask because your suggestion is intriguing and something I definatly didn't think of.

Find the right depth and then burn it below, through, or around the bait.  Don't have to burn on the surface!  They are obviously in a feeding mode or they would not be there.  There is more then one way to get the job done.  Opinions are like butts, everyone has one.  Lol

[Nitrofreak]

2 minutes ago, geo g said:

Find the right depth and then burn it below, through, or around the bait.  Don't have to burn on the surface!  They are obviously in a feeding mode or they would not be there.  There is more then one way to get the job done.  Opinions are like butts, everyone has one.  Lol

So very true !! LOL !!

Thanks for the reply geo g, I'll try and put that to good use!!!

[Airman4754]

This is fairly common with the little planted trout in this area. We either run a magnum fluke near the surface or a 3/4oz lipless yo-yo style below them. I know a few guys that throw underspins 

It rarely works, but if it's a slow day I'll give it a whirl. 

[scaleface]

On 6/11/2016 at 6:40 PM, geo g said:

A silver and blue rattle trap burned through the pack. 

The way Nitrofreak described it , I dont think there was a pack, just millions of baitfish and not much chasing them . .