Anyone else in a slump?

[DogBone_384]

7 minutes ago, Sphynx said:

the question is am I willing to work at the puzzle long enough

Thanks for your encouragement, but after seeing stuff like this (see below) for the last three weeks and coming up with almost nothing, I’m out of my league and willing to go back to what I’m good at.

 

I bought the boat thinking it would be fun.  For me, it hasn’t been the case.

 

[Sphynx]

There are times I am glad I haven't got a fish finder, because I never know how buggered my chances of catching fish are, I just go, and start throwing and adjust based on what fish and conditions and opportunities tell me, I get skunked a few times a month, but overwhelmingly I end up with a few fish anyway

[Bluebasser86]

September always sucks for me, this year not excluded. October is better, and so far that has held true.

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

Thanks for your encouragement, but after seeing stuff like this (see below) for the last three weeks and coming up with almost nothing, I’m out of my league and willing to go back to what I’m good at.

 

I bought the boat thinking it would be fun.  For me, it hasn’t been the case.

 

It’s nice to have both! I know I can’t fish 12 miles upstream of a boat ramp in my

kayak 

[pdxfisher]

We are fortunate out here in the Pacific NorthWest. Bass fishing is usually good and stable through late October to November depending upon when the winter rains start. The weather and water conditions out here are much more stable than they were when I lived back on the East coast in PA and NC. 

 

I don't miss the chaotic conditions of the East coast playing havoc on my success. On the other hand we don't get those crazy bites just as a massive front rolls through either. Just remember the good times to help get you through the bad.

 

I hope those who need rain get it and those with too much dry out!

 

 

[gim]

14 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

I bought a beautiful Ranger RT178 in June.

Excellent, is it a 2020 model?  I've got a 2015 Ranger RT178.

[DogBone_384]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

is it a 2020 model?

2017

[gim]

20 minutes ago, DogBone_384 said:

2017

Cool well don't forget to post photos in the "show your ride" thread!

[Log Catcher]

22 hours ago, gimruis said:

One strategy you might consider is to try fishing at night.

Fishing at night is out for me. I don't have anyone to fish with at night. After having knee replacement surgery on both knees last year and I will be 69 in less than month I don't think being out alone at night is a good option for me.

[scaleface]

On 10/5/2020 at 11:14 PM, DogBone_384 said:

Thanks for your encouragement, but after seeing stuff like this (see below) for the last three weeks and coming up with almost nothing, I’m out of my league and willing to go back to what I’m good at.

 

I bought the boat thinking it would be fun.  For me, it hasn’t been the case.

 

Fish will be everywhere on a depth finder . Theres a lot of fish in a lake . I was fishing from a 14 foot john yesterday with a portable depth finder . Fishing was slow so I ventured out on a point . The point drops down to a flat about 25 foot deep and the sonar was full of signals relating to the bottom next to the point on the flat . I caught almost 50 bass out of that school , hopping a lipless bait through them .

[Gerald Walter Bergevin]

4 hours today. Not a bite. At least not that I felt. A couple times my bobber twitched during the first half hour. Then I went all around the lake, half dozen spots, and nothing. Tried bobber and Gulp minnows for blue gill. Also a square bill for bass—too many weeds. Tried senko wacky-rigged. Tried small crank bait. Nothing.Massachusets Fish and Game website says they stocked this lake with trout. Saw guy nearby catch something— maybe trout. He was fishing further out than me.
Did I start too late? (8:15 am.) Wrong baits?

[roadwarrior]

Can't beat a nightcrawler under a bobber for bluegill.  Might catch a trout, too!

Actually, just about everything that swims will eat a worm.

 

 

 

[TnRiver46]

On 10/6/2020 at 7:46 PM, Log Catcher said:

Fishing at night is out for me. I don't have anyone to fish with at night. After having knee replacement surgery on both knees last year and I will be 69 in less than month I don't think being out alone at night is a good option for me.

I don’t fish at night and I’m 36. Night is for sleeping 

[scaleface]

Night fishing is for when its too hot for day fishing .

[DogBone_384]

19 hours ago, scaleface said:

I caught almost 50 bass out of that school ,

That’s my point. I’ve not caught 50 bass this year.  I got skunked six of the last 13 trips on the boat, all showing similar to the above photo.  I have a LV500 tied on at all times.
 

Some folks have ‘a touch’. I don’t. I’m sticking to my abilities.

 

Thanks, and best of luck out there.

9 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Can't beat a nightcrawler under a bobber

This is true, but it’s waiting and not fishing in my book. ?

[scaleface]

5 hours ago, DogBone_384 said:

That’s my point. I’ve not caught 50 bass this year.  I got skunked six of the last 13 trips on the boat, all showing similar to the above photo.  I have a LV500 tied on at all times.
 

It gets tough and every body of water is different . I might get skunked too if I were fishing the same water as you .My point was Fish were everywhere on my depth finder , the only ones I tried to catch were the ones relating to good structure , in this case a point . I just lucked out but I knew this was a good spot  for bass .I caught them there in June too .  

 

The photo you show  would not excite me . There is a ball of baitfish but it looks like a bunch of suspended fish of what species who knows . I would take note that they are mostly shallow  between five and ten foot try to get something going at those depths . 

[Hook2Jaw]

I put 8 in my hands today from the bank during my lunch break, so I've finally left Slump city.

 

FREEEEDOM! ! !