Does "so or so" factor into a bass eating your bait?

[1024cwalker]

If I had to count the amount of times Ive seen someone attribute a catch to something completely random id have to pass up 10 an kick my boots off to start tallying toes. First off people are far too eager to get a easy answer off google instead of just learning their body of water, in a community where word of mouth spreads like wildfire this is only detrimental. All you need to know is A} No one bass will behave the same B} A bass will only make the same mistake a few times in their life. AND C {most important for me} Cant catch a fish that isnt there. MORAL OF THE STORY: keep it simple, fish hard and attentively, and if the stars align {conditions are close enough to right/you arent on overly pressured water) you wont even have to work for the bites. Doing the extra stuff makes it more interesting for us but extra stuff doesn't catch bass. of course there are gems of information out there but gotta take everything with a grain of salt cause anyyyyyone can post their silly ideas online. Just trust the squishy thing between your ears and as you catch fish start piecing together the pattern their trying to reveal to you. 

[huZZah]

Right on. I’m guilty of attributing being very lucky that my severe over thinking paid off because I caught. Not because it was dumb luck, which obviously it was, because it’s never worked since. Ever. Yet, it’s always so tempting to try it again.

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

Interesting first post.

So is this more silly ideas 

and do I take it with a grain of salt ? 

A-Jay

[Tennessee Boy]

I agree,  keep it simple.  Most of the stuff anglers worry about doesn’t matter.  The problem is some of it does matter and I’m worried I might miss something.   In fact this thread is making me even more nervous.   ?

[1024cwalker]

31 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I agree,  keep it simple.  Most of the stuff anglers worry about doesn’t matter.  The problem is some of it does matter and I’m worried I might miss something.   In fact this thread is making me even more nervous.   ?

End of the day brother cant control the things we cant control, feel like alot of the time were just dealing overly pressured water.

[1024cwalker]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

Interesting first post.

So is this one more silly ideas 

and do I take it with a grain of salt ? 

A-Jay

Everyone should take every piece of information with a grain of salt, im not the exception but I pretty much said dont be lazy and do your own thinking. Think you can apply that to every facet of life

[1024cwalker]

3 hours ago, huZZah said:

Right on. I’m guilty of attributing being very lucky that my severe over thinking paid off because I caught. Not because it was dumb luck, which obviously it was, because it’s never worked since. Ever. Yet, it’s always so tempting to try it again.

I think thats a beautiful point you're bringing up, Truly believe its important to find the middle ground between having confidence in your retrieve and realizing they arent eating on it. put it away too early and might misss that bite but dont change up might miss a window catching them on something else. End of the day I compare bass to women, the day you think you finally got females fully figured out, buy a lottery ticket.

[LrgmouthShad]

Bassresource has provided me with all sorts of concepts on how to catch fish but I try to first and foremost be a student of the bass and to learn my bodies of water. I will, more often than I’d like to admit, go against something that I just preached on here two weeks ago

[1024cwalker]

1 minute ago, LrgmouthShad said:

Bassresource has provided me with all sorts of concepts on how to catch fish but I try to first and foremost be a student of the bass and to learn my bodies of water. I will, more often than I’d like to admit, go against something that I just preached on here two weeks ago

Well seriously. Hats off to you brother, ya shouldnt stop learning till your dead. I too wanna be a student of bass fishing firstly, one of my favorite examples is the females in my pond started spawning for a second time this year. Typically uncommon but I have a theory because the water temp fluctuates faster in ponds after a few heavy storms in KY that quick change got females rockin bloody tails again

[Bankbeater]

The first thing I learned bass fishing was that no two bodies of water fish the same way.  Just because a certain bait has been catching in one lake or pond doesn't mean it will work in every lake or pond.    

[1024cwalker]

On 7/23/2023 at 3:03 PM, Bankbeater said:

The first thing I learned bass fishing was that no two bodies of water fish the same way.  Just because a certain bait has been catching in one lake or pond doesn't mean it will work in every lake or pond.    

No doubt, thats where trusting the squishy thing between your ears comes into play. yes there are factors that change body of water to body of water but bass are bass. Every forage fish behaves a different way body of water to body of water but if you can observe it in person or do research on it changing your retrieve to match isnt difficult either. as I said, simple. People over complicate it or claim "they aint bitin" but 9/10 you arent even in the right location.