Tunnel vision ?

[scaleface]

I have  caught about 120 bass this year , all but four on a spinnerbait . I have given jigs and Texas rigs a fair shot , they  have not produced . To early for buzzbaits , cranks will not work where I've been fishing . Jerkbait , zero . 

[PhishLI]

18 hours ago, dodgeguy said:

I knew a guy we called Baron Von Senko.

I know his cousin. If he sends me a fish pic there's no need asking which bait he caught it on.

[Basser2021]

21 hours ago, dodgeguy said:

I get fixated on what works. If it stops then I change.

What he said

[king fisher]

8 hours ago, gimruis said:

Your friend is right.  When you dial something in, you stay with it.  Strike the iron while its hot, me boy.

      That is why he only knows how to fish a couple of baits.  When the fish are not biting he tries something new.  He doesn't get hit in a few casts and is right back to his favorite.  When the bite is hot, he doesn't want to take advantage of a hot bite and learn a new bait, so he never learns anything new.  He only gets even more confident with his favorite.

     One day a caught a nice bass one a popper.  I decided to give a buzz bait a try.  He told me I should stick with what worked.  The reason I switched to a buzz bait, was I already learned they would hit on top with the popper, but was curious to see if they would hit the buzz bait too.  I thought the fish were spread out along the shore, and the popper obviously worked, but took longer to cover the shoreline.  If they would also hit the buzz bait, I would probably catch close to the same number of bass per cast, but I would make twice as many casts with the buzz bait, catching twice as many fish.  It worked and I crushed them on buzz baits, and walking baits.  At that time I wasn't very good at walking the dog, but because I was willing to experiment, not only did I catch some fish on a Zara Spook, I improved my ability to fish the spook.  If I would have fished it when the bite was off, I might have given up after a few casts.  Being the bite was on, if I didn't catch a bass I would know either they didn't want the spook, or I was fishing it wrong.  Now I have great confidence in Spooks, and fish them often.  Tunnel vision will be a guarantee if you don't try something new, when you know they are biting.  You can always switch back after a few casts, or have your fishing partner stick with the tried and true, while you do some experimenting.  Tournament fishing is another game, not much time to experiment.

[Bird]

4 hours ago, scaleface said:

I have  caught about 120 bass this year , all but four on a spinnerbait . I have given jigs and Texas rigs a fair shot , they  have not produced . To early for buzzbaits , cranks will not work where I've been fishing . Jerkbait , zero . 

I'm right at about 50 bass this year and my last 10 were on Spinnerbaits.

Bass love wood and so do Spinnerbaits ?

[Catt]

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

Tunnel vision will be a guarantee if you don't try something new, when you know they are biting. 

 

I'm looking for something new for when they ain't biting!

 

[gim]

1 hour ago, king fisher said:

That is why he only knows how to fish a couple of baits.  When the fish are not biting he tries something new.  He doesn't get hit in a few casts and is right back to his favorite

I take that back then, your friend is not very smart. You don’t keep going back to something that isn’t working. Even a knucklehead knows that.

 

What I meant was that I keep trying something else until I find a pattern that works. Then I stick with it. If it’s working, I’m sticking with it. Sounds like he is a stubborn individual if he only has 2 favorites lol

[Bankbeater]

This year I have caught them on spinnerbaits, swimjigs, crankbaits, lipless crankbaits, topwaters, and t-rigged plastics.  The bite has been tough and the bass want a different bait on each trip.