Where did they all go?

[JimSparks]

Where did they all go? Little bast**ds. Ugh. Up until 3 weeks ago I was killing them. Then all of a sudden they went on walkabout. Ugh.

[sully420]

If there is grass where you fish the bass will be on the healthiest deepest grass.if no grass they will be on shallow cover

[Bluebasser86]

Where are you located? Lots of lakes are getting tough with high water temps this time of year. Fish become more active at night, and lots of them head for deeper water and only feed during short windows. 

[lo n slo]

i saw a car load of them headed towards Myrtle Beach yesterday

[Airbornebass]

I think your bass picked mine up and the took a road trip north.

[Koz]

We fished this afternoon and although I managed to catch a few two pounders I had to fish really, really, really slow. I hate that. Both were on a Booyah Pad Crasher but each time I tossed it and just let it sit there for 20-40 seconds along or under overhanging trees and this fish hit it. I had zero strikes when I walked it. My son caught one about the same size tossing a trick worm and he just let it sit on the bottom.

 

In the mornings and evenings the bass are more likely to hit a moving bait or make a reaction strike. But for the rest of the day fishing slow is the only think that works down here. The fish are literally and figuratively testing my patience.

[Gundog]

5 minutes ago, Koz said:

 

 

In the mornings and evenings the bass are more likely to hit a moving bait or make a reaction strike. But for the rest of the day fishing slow is the only think that works down here. The fish are literally and figuratively testing my patience.

That is going on all over. Its the summer heat. Luckily I like fishing slow. Whether its a jig and plastic or just the plastic, I'm all for it. 

[JimSparks]

No grass really. Just some muck on the bottom. Unfortunately I can only fish about 1/8 of the lake. My next door neighbor owns that land and said we can fish there whenever we want. I know the summer time bassin is a bit more high maintenance. But I've tried morning, afternoon evening and night. Worms, cranks, spinnerbaits, hula poppers, zara spooks. Nothing. Not even a "Hey I'm still here" EH. Punks. At least I know my fish are not alone and are having a good time on their walkabout :-)

[Koz]

Reading this forum opened my eyes a bit and got me to try a Ned Rig in this hot weather. So far the results have been fantastic. Part of the equation, obviously, is having an idea of where to throw your line in the first place. But a big part of it seems to be downsizing the bait your throwing in the hot weather.

 

For me, unless it's the exact right moment in the early morning or near sundown most of the fish seem to be ignoring my bigger baits (jigs, Whopper Plopper, Chatterbaits, Dingers, and Senkos) but they crush the Ned Rig if I get it anywhere near them.

 

Pick up a pack of Ned Rig jigheads and put half of a Dinger or Senko on their and see what happens.