Catching larger fish in a school of dinks .

[RoweBoatRVA]

On 11/27/2016 at 0:14 PM, WRB said:

In the predator kingdom the biggest most aggressive eats when and where it chooses, the weaker smaller predators get the left overs. Big bass eat small bass, they rarely share the same locations at the same time.

Tom

 

WRB,

This is a great point and an interesting way to look at larger fish. Most people speak about larger fish being solitary, sitting off by themselves. But I never thought to look at it as them being left alone by smaller fish out of fear.

[Paul Roberts]

A follow up to WRB's post about large bass domination. 

 

This is generally true. I've often said to new fishers that complain they are only catching small fish that they are most likely doing one or all of these things: fishing too fast, fishing too shallow, or fishing too far from key spots in prime habitat.

 

For the first...ah... slow down (forward speed).

For the second, either get away from the shore, or fish where you're fishing, only closer to the bottom or closer to the cover. 

For the third, get to know your water. Then find key feeding, resting, migrating, or spawning areas. Then figure out how and when they're making use of the area.