It's been a while, fishing has been slow

[L a r r y]

Well the bite has fallen wayyyyy off at my favorite spot. For the last 4 outings I have only been able to land 7 fish. Normally I can pull in on average about 4-6 fish per outing, even if they are lil dinks. Here are the pics of the fish I have been able to land. The first one is of a guy that was there that never saw a LMB before and was cheering me on the whole time. As I was talking to him, I threw out a cast, and got so into talking to him that I didn't even recognize the tick tick tick at the end of the line, and this is what was trying to get my attention.

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More pics

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more more pics

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Last one...

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Hey Larry, just a suggestion...

Try tying directly to the hook and eliminating the swivel.  Your catch rate may improve.

If you are set on using the swivel to prevent line twist or aid with the ease of bait changing, you may want to tie a leader on to your hook.

Nice fish.

[Steven Ladner]

Nice fish. The bass in picture Local_6 looks chunkier than the others.

[BassDeaton01]

Nice fish! Looks like you had a good day.

[L a r r y]

Nice fish. The bass in picture Local_6 looks chunkier than the others.

It was.  It weighed in at a whopping 1.76 lbs  

Trying to get the bigger fish to bite has been a tryind ordeal.  I have thrown just about every possible bait I have to see if I can get them to bite, but the dinks are the only ones to nibble.  These pics are all over about 4 different outings, nothing biting consistent each time I've been out.

[L a r r y]

Hey Larry, just a suggestion...

Try tying directly to the hook and eliminating the swivel. Your catch rate may improve.

If you are set on using the swivel to prevent line twist or aid with the ease of bait changing, you may want to tie a leader on to your hook.

Nice fish.

I am using the swivel to aid in the amount of time it takes me to tie on a different lure.  I will try a leader and see if that helps any.  Should I stick to the old adage of 18-24" of leader?

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Hey Larry, just a suggestion...

Try tying directly to the hook and eliminating the swivel. Your catch rate may improve.

If you are set on using the swivel to prevent line twist or aid with the ease of bait changing, you may want to tie a leader on to your hook.

Nice fish.

I am using the swivel to aid in the amount of time it takes me to tie on a different lure. I will try a leader and see if that helps any. Should I stick to the old adage of 18-24" of leader?

That length should be just fine.  Tie a couple leaders/hooks before you go out so you dont have to do it lakeside.

Basically, you just want to get the swivel away from the bait.  Obviously, fish will still eat it with the hook on a swivel 

Using a leader will help, though.

[looking4structure]

Nice fish.That wacky worm knocks em out.

[chubaka]

Nice fishes you got there, haha wacky style, i like.

[cart7t]

Hey Larry, just a suggestion...

Try tying directly to the hook and eliminating the swivel. Your catch rate may improve.

If you are set on using the swivel to prevent line twist or aid with the ease of bait changing, you may want to tie a leader on to your hook.

Nice fish.

x2

Not only will that rather large snap swivel result in making the fish a little more shy to bite but that added weight in front of the lure is going to ruin the action.

[L a r r y]

The swivel is actually not that large.  The camera makes everything look larger than what they really are.  The largest fish is the one that is hooked to the scale and it weighed a whopping.................1.76 lbs

But I will try the leader idea and see how that helps my catch rate