Gear change

[jrwerner310]

I was out the past two weekends on a kayak fishing and I noticed something. Last weekend I was mostly fishing around submerged grass and some submerged timber throwing a chatter bait. I had a couple of fallows and only one strike. Is that a sign I should have switched to a jig? Then this last weekend I was mostly using a wacky rig that had a yum dinger and had the same thing happen when I threw the rig into the middle of the grass. Would that have been a sign to switch to a fluke or drop shot?

[ThrowinPlugs]

When in doubt, throw a ned rig. Lol

[HaydenS]

If you aren't getting bit on a certain lure, change it up.  Tie on another lure, or the same one in a different color or weight. You have to cycle through lures to see what the fish want.

[papajoe222]

Changing your lure after a having fish follow what your throwing is, IMO the last thing to try. The first would be to change your retrieve. Bass normally only follow baits that are steadily retrieved, so adding a pause, or quick increase in speed will often be all that's necessary. The second would be to stay with the same bait in a different color. With the wacky rig, increasing the fall rate would likely have been all that was needed, or changing the worm's color.

[MIbassyaker]

Quite often, when i'm fishing a weightless plastic, I'll reel it back quickly in order to re-cast, not intending to make any kind of presentation, but a bass will blow up on it.  This a cue to fish faster!

[jrwerner310]

The Ned rig is my normal go to almost every time at this lake but I was trying my hand at other techniques just to see what would produce more bites. I ended up just slowing down and got hit on the chatter bait.  the wacky rig would get the fish to look at it and then just sink back into the weeds.  water temp was in the mid to high 70s and water is always clear.

[Bluebasser86]

Probably something as simple as slowing down/speeding up, maybe adding some pauses/snaps to your retrieve, or a color change. 

[DitchPanda]

I've had it before where they will track but not commit to a bait so a switch to another bait that is similar but slightly different gets them to eat. I've had them follow or even swat at but not eat a chatter switch to a swim jig or spinnerbait and its game on. And vise versa.

[FishinBuck07]

I am with others here!  Change your retrieve, with the wacky rig, give it a quick sharp jerk and let it die.  Always change speed and action before lure is how I do it.  May be the wrong way, but that is my way!  haha

[GetFishorDieTryin]

When a fish is following the bait in your close, so changing baits isn't the best thing to do IMO.  Usually by adding reel twitches or pauses you can get that to fish to commit before he sees you and spooks.  Sometimes changing the color slightly will make enough difference as well. 

[TnRiver46]

My answer to your question is, As my buddy Justin would say, “hard sayin not knowin”

 

there are a million variables that could go one way or another, you’ll never know if it would have bit something different, something slower, something faster, something stopped………. All you can do is try! And just when you think you know what to do in a situation, the bass will change up and quit hitting it. Unpredictable those darn bass. Maybe even try the same exact thing again and again and eventually they will bite, you never know