when is your weakest time to fish

[Guest avid]

Yesterday was a good example of conditions that I have no confidence in.Post cold front,bluebird skies,and the wind was so strong coming out of the North I couldn't control the boat.Even in the coves the wind was taking you where it wanted you to go.Worst conditions I've ever fished in.Needless to say I got skunked.

My conditions yesterday were very similar to yours. I scored well with on keepers with LC LV500 in aurora black that I touched up with a little chartruese.  I used a tip I got from this months bassin magazine.  Cast a heavy ratltrap type bait into cuts along the shoreline in fairly shallow water 2-3' and reel back fast for a reaction strike.  It really worked.

[rocknfish9001]

All the way from september to march. I catch 0 fish. At least on my favorite lakes.

[roadwarrior]

I fish both the Tennesse and White Rivers. Water release is controlled and when the authorities reduce the flow and the water starts to drop, the fishing is over on these rivers. The only option is to pull the boat out and move to the lakes above the dams, but that is entirely different fishing.

[j-bass]

The wind is my only enemy.  The weather down here is great for bass fishing, in that it never really gets cold (gets pretty hot sometimes though).  It just makes things difficult when you are trying to cast a light weight lure into a 30mph gust.  You put everything you have into it, just to cast 7 or 8 feet.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

when my girl friends in the mood and i havent made it to the car yet Its hard to catch fish from the house

[JT Bagwell]

My biggest weakness is probably fishing during floods.

Sometimes the Mississippi River (which I fish a lot) can get WAY out of its banks. There is so much stuff in the water that I just have no idea where to

start. I have fished in a guy's back yard and about 1/4 mile back in the woods (both normally dry) while in my 20' boat.

The way I try to combat this problem is to look for areas that have a really high bank. For example: Some marinas have a high dike along one or more sides. Those are the type of areas that I look to first.

JT Bagwell

[JayPea2005]

I have to say that I am intimidated by Lake Toho. I can fish, I can catch fish, I can catch fish on almost any body of water, but I am intimidated by Lake Toho. I practice and catch fish on Toho, but choke when it comes down to a tournament. I have my gameplan and then when the tournament starts I wind up ditching my gameplan for something else I think might work. Only on Toho though.

[SneakySnook]

In the summer afternoon because it is so hot nothing wants to eat. When it's 98 degress and humity of 100 to hot for the fish to eat. Welcome to Florida when all you want to do is be inside in the summer or on the beach. So I go fishing early morning or anytime after 5p.m.

[Bankbeater]

Strong gusty wind.  

[BigCheese]

Hot summer afternoon when there is no wind.  Not only is this very uncomfortable to fish in with the sweat rolling down your back and glasses fogging up, its the toughest time I have getting bit.

[FALCON]

WITHOUT A DOUBT MINE IS COLD FRONTS. I FISH ULTRA CLEAR WATER ALL THE TIME SO THAT IS NO PROBLEM. BUT BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH WITH IT'S CLEAR BLUE SKIES AND STRONG NORTH OR EAST WIND..........................JUST SHOOT ME.

[basswest1]

For me winter is the hardest time......just because i have little experience fishing then because i am still in school and working all the time.

[basspro48]

I SUCK at winter fishing, I can't find the fish let alone catch'em. I can probably count on one hand the bass I've caught in winter in the past couple years.

[utser]

when they mess with the water level of the dam i fish. in a weeks time water level will raise and lower 15 to 20 feet. due to water releases for whitewater rafting. messes the fishing up big time.

[janalon]

When noon rolls around and I have no keeper in the boat, my confidence goes down hill.

Those last three hours of the tournament go really fast.

[Redtail]

Probably January & February when the ice on the ponds are about a foot thick.  I throw out a heavy spinnerbait, but it never actually gets into the water until sometime in April.  Fortunately I have a lot of patience!  My spinnerbait should be getting wet in about 6 more weeks, I can't wait!

Other than that, I have a hard time finding fish during July & August in the heat of the day.

[Guest bigtex]

I would have to say the winter months. Me and the cold weather don't mix that well. Just until recently, I would never fish during the winter. Then I joined this forum and learned some things about winter fishing and now I'm not that bad at it. I can catch fish all year round thanks to BassResource.com

Thanks to everybody

Bigtex

[fishingrulz]

yeah i'd have to say when its whiteout and there is 86234643 feet of snow and three and a hlaf feet of ice lol

[Master_Hunter_1977]

My hardest time to locate and catch fish would have to be from around 10am till 3pm.  For some reason I can't find quality fish on the bodies of water I fish.  I have a good stringer early usually larger than anyone else in the tournaments I'm fishing I just am un able to cull out fish, or atleast quality fish during this time.  And I have tried going deeper fishing slower and faster.  tried closer to cover and several other things.  There is just some thing that I"m doing at this time that the fish aren't interested in.

Good luck fishing.

[crankbait]

Not being able to go fishing brings me down...! :'(

[Javelin_Venom]

Anytime I'm on the water and a boat full of bikini clad women goes by, for some reason my concentration is elsewhere and I feel the need to fire up the outboard and make a run (after the boat that just passed).

[RoLo]

I'm sorry....could you repeat that.

I was distracted by that boat

[bixbybasspro]

I'd say that cold fronts in the spring are the toughest along with calm, no wind at all conditions with 100+ heat in the summer.... I would say those are the toughest conditions for me...

[Topwater_Popper]

I would definitly say the cold winter months.

[ARCHER]

Wind

Cold Water

Cold, Muddy water, on a windy day........................