What's Your Nemesis?

[flatcreek]

No wind and 95. I'm going to the house.

[BassNJake]

I'm my own nemesis with my stubbornness.

The first tournament I ever fished 2 guys cut between us and the shore and they were throwing white spinnerbaits.

I told my dad I would never cruise the shoreline throwing a spinnerbait like those no skilled A-holes.

 

Fast forward 15 years and I pretty much just cruise the shoreline throwing a frog/topwater.

So when we had a lot of rain this year our lake went up 10 feet past full pool putting all kinds of new bushes into play.

I broke down and tried throwing a spinnerbait for the first time, I did not have any success and frankly no confidence in it either.

 

I saw somewhere guys would remove the skirt and use a swimbait as a trailer...

BINGO, I've caught a bunch of bass this year with a skirtless spinnerbait and have found it to be very versatile

Slow roll, burn it, pull and reel.... it deflects off cover well, can be fished through weeds

 

I hate thinking about all the fish I missed because I was just too stubborn to try something that is a proven fish catcher

 

[PAbasser927]

Tying knots with light fluorocarbon line.  I consider knot tying one of my stronger points, but with light line it just takes me twice as long and I always want to overtighten.  This of course results in the line breaking and having to start over from scratch 

[Djman72]

Experimenting.

 

I consider myself very proficient in a handful of techniques and i'm always rotating between them depending on the conditions/lake/etc.

 

I very rarely try new baits or techniques when I'm out. If I force myself to try something new, I often give up quickly and tie on a "GO TO" lure to catch the fish. I'm a patient person, and I'm patient out on the water fishing techniques I'm familiar with. When it's something knew, I can't last more than 30 minutes. 

 

Cheer's to character flaws! 

[scaleface]

The backhand cast .

[Jaderose]

My own head and pitching.  Can't pitch for the life of me with a baitcaster.  Luckily, I don't really care all the much.  My own head when frustration kicks in.  I start fishing too fast and start thinking again.  It's only when I'm relaxed, not thinking, and "in the zone" do I do prety well

[gim]

On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 3:33 PM, sully420 said:

Northern Pike, and recreational watercraft 

 

I'll second the pike and the recreational riff raff

[RMax]

On 8/30/2017 at 7:44 PM, thinkingredneck said:

As listed already, boaters/ jet skiers blowing by my kayak, and treble hooks, plus curious gators, angry water moccasins, and mosquitos.  Oh yeah, and brain eating amoeba in the rez.

I was actually looking more into those today.  Did you know that of the 143 known cases of people with a Naegleria fowleri in them, only 4 have survived? I would take extreme caution to make sure no water enters your nose or mouth when fishing on that body of water.

 

My personal weaknesses are quite broad, fishing with lipped baits and spinnerbaits are probably my greatest.

[Bulletman20XD]

On 8/30/2017 at 10:10 AM, Gundog said:

'Nuff said!

 

I use the 130 size almost always and have found I don't get a lot of bites but I get more BIG bites. Change color and stick with it. I have won 3 Big Bass pots using one over the last year. They work if you stay with it long enough!!

[Can't Catch Bass]

Any fish over 5lbs... Sadly, my best catch to date has been a shopping cart on a beetle spin.

[Bulletman20XD]

Big DEEP clear lakes intimidate the ***T outta me. I'm not talking "Great Lakes" big---I wouldn't even launch my boat in those! Amistad (TX), DeGrey (AR). I can't seem to get into a groove and find a pattern. Amistad may change soon, it's only 2 hours away and I've been trying to narrow it down. I don't know if it's good that it's 51 feet low or not! LOL

[bigturtle]

Funds

[primetime]

backlashes when you put new line on a reel which start to get worse as you try to quickly fix them so you can get back in the water. 

 

A bad Skip is a problem that often plagues me. Deep diving crankbaits are my latest lure I am trying to learn, much more difficult than I expected. Deep water bass are not easy to catch. At least for me most of the time.

 

Missing big Blowups on a Frog, especially when you get the frog back to the boat and both hooks are jammed in the frog. This happens to me too often especially with the LT field mouse, then you bend the hooks upright, and then you start getting snagged in lily pads....Frog fishing is a love hate relationship for me. I read about guys hooking 80% of strikes, and I just can't seem to do better than 50/50 most days unless they are choking it. 

 

For some reason, the follow up senko does not usually work for me, I usually have to go back and let time pass, Hollow bodies can drive you nuts some days.

[AC870]

Swim jig and chatterbait. I know these are great baits but I've caught next to nothing on them. Caught a big drum on a swim jig. I've got to figure out how to make these work. 

[Bankbeater]

Wind. 

[Rick Howard]

winter

[tcbass]

The dang DNR and fishing laws......o, wait.

 

 

lol

[Munkin]

On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2017 at 11:08 PM, islandbass said:

Me too. I see local posts with bass caught on black and blue, green pumpkin and every other skirt color combo conceivable and I ask myself, "Why me?"

 

it it makes me wonder if the bass talk amongst themselves saying, "Oh boy. It's islandbass again. Remember, do not take his lure if it's a jig and skirt. We have a reputation to uphold, lol"

 

Have you tried using a jig that is the same color as your favorite soft plastics?

 

Allen

[islandbass]

Just now, Munkin said:

 

Have you tried using a jig that is the same color as your favorite soft plastics?

 

Allen

That is a good point! I've only used jigs with skirts as is color wise. It didn't dawn on me to consider that possibility. Thanks. You've renewed my vigor in wanting to give it another go.

[tholmes]

On 8/30/2017 at 10:37 AM, RichF said:

Definitely the senko.  It obviously is one of the best fish catchers out there, I just can't bring myself to throw it.

This^! I've tried to love the stick worms, but I've never caught a bass over 2 lbs. on one. I've fished 'em wacky, T-rigged, weightless, etc. Nothing but dinks. Oh well, I can cut 'em up for Ned rigs and catch more dinks per worm.

 

Tom