Shallow Strike?

[babybasslady]

I was fishing yesterday in a lake in the county where I live. It was later in the afternoon and saw four l/m bass in the shallows. I could actually see the fish and whew they were huge! I tried almost EVERY lure in my tackle bag and could not get them to strike at ANYTHING! Any suggestions on what I should try if I should be so lucky to see four monsters again? Please help! :'(

[Triton21]

Hide behind a tree or lay down on ground where they can't see you and throw a Floating Worm texas or wacky rigged

Kelley

[babybasslady]

Thanks! I will try ANYTHING!

[Shane J]

They definitely saw you, and that's why they didn't hit. Like suggested, sneak up on 'em, and try a lizard on a stand up jig head. They hate that! Just let it dance around in the area, and wait for momma to try to move that bait. Good luck, and you might be on to some hawgs, for sure!

[babybasslady]

Thanks! I didn't think about them being able to see me...ugh! Hopefully they will be in the same place Saturday!

[paul.]

keep an eye on the area where you saw the fish.  they might be scoping out a bedding area.  some good lure choices mentioned already.  if the fish are just cruising, the trick worm is about as good as it gets.  a small t-rigged plastic with a light weight like a baby rage craw should work well too on cruising fish provided you don't cast on top of them and spook 'em.  a small live minnow or crawdad might do well too.  once they get in spawn mode, your choices open up considerably.

[babybasslady]

Thanks. I believe that they were scoping out bedding. There was "great bedding material" where they were circling around and two of them just stayed in one spot in the area, they wouldn't even get over a foot away from the area they were staying. What do you all think? Think they were getting set up to bed?

[paul.]

two of them just stayed in one spot in the area, they wouldn't even get over a foot away from the area they were staying. What do you all think? Think they were getting set up to bed?

set up to bed? if they were staying in the same area circling around like that and not moving at all, particularly if it was 2 fish, it sounds like they were already ON A BED or at least very, VERY close. hate to break this to ya, but if that's the case, saturday might be too late, at least for a shot at the female. by then these 2 will have done their business and the female (usually the larger of the 2 fish) might have moved on. the male will stick around longer as he has guard duty. but the window of opportunity on a female can be very small sometimes. if this is a good bedding area though, the female probably hasn't gone far. you might even find her on another nest with a different male in the same general area.

[babybasslady]

That helps out a lot! Maybe I can hook her somewhere close or like you said in another bed somewhere. I may just have to take a detour one afternoon on my way home from work this week!   8-)