At a Loss ?

[uglyasheck]

  Our weather has been warm recently for this time of year South Central Mississippi. My buddy and I fish alot and we can't figure these fish out. We have been cathing fish on the bank using wacky worms but when we go deeper than say 4 or 5 feet we can't hardly get a bite. You can see fish on the graph some suspended some on bottom but its like they have the lock jaw but yet on the bank they killing it. We are mostly finesse guys so we fish a lot of plastics wacky, slider, drop shot, Texas rig. The water temps have varied from 55 to 68 degrees by this weekend it should reach 70. We did noticed that the bank fish are getting bigger the warmer the water gets. I'm thinking with the temps like they are the fish are more spread out but don't understand the lack of bites.

[Darth-Baiter]

maybe try reaction baits?  I think sometimes the goal is just to get them to hit a bait out of annoyance.  not food.

[Bluebasser86]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

 

I was marking a ton of fish in deeper water last Sunday. Water temps were 41-42. Couldn't hardly buy a bite in deeper water but it was almost non-stop action if I moved up in 3-5 feet of water near those fish. I stopped trying to force it and just enjoyed catching the fish that wanted to be caught. 

[AlabamaSpothunter]

That's just what these fish do from fall to winter transition.   Some fish stay shallow, some fish move offshore and suspend, others hold on deeper drop offs near shallow water.   Fish are everywhere and unpredictable during this time.   

 

Best advice I've read recently was to keep moving water and find the aggressive fish during times like those.  If the shallow fish were aggressive, do as Bluebasser86 suggests, don't fix what isn't broke.

 

I get it though because many if not most of the fish I see deep are solid to big sized fish.    It's frustrating knowing big fish are right under you.  

[Mr. Aquarium]

Keep with the pattern or switch up for the deeper fish.