if your not having a good day

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if your not perfoming on the water like you expect to do you blame it on fishing the wrong areas,

your lure selection or your presentation?  Or what else?

[DDbasser]

If i'm not catching any fish, I know it's me.

There's some subtle piece of the puzzle that I'm not picking up on, when I realize this I stop and recall all I've done that day and usually I'll realize what it was that I was missing and go catch some fish.

The fish are always there, and if I can put my lure in the right spot at the right time then I know eventually i'm going to catch some fish.

I've learned that it's all about fishing those high percentage area's for the season or pattern that the bass are in.

I would also add, that just because you're not catching any fish does'nt make it a bad day. Make it positive, you learned something from that day that you will be able to use the next time you are on the water.

A "bad" day of fishing is better than a "good" day of well, anything else!!!!!

[Triton21]

If i'm not catching any fish[, I know it's me.

I agree.  I know someone, somewhere on the lake has figured the fish out.

[CJ]

It's usually either location or presentation.

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

I blame my partner,...always  That's what he's there for,lol

[Cajun1977]

I blame my partner,...always That's what he's there for,lol

yeah what he said

[Will]

I always have a good day on the water. If I am not catching fish like I should, I tend to blame it on shore fishing thinking all the fish must be on deeper structure I can't find.

[Nick_Barr]

I go along with the puzzle, when your not catching fish, you are not adapting to that one variable that you missed.

[Other.]

finding the correct lure is simple, presintation for the lakes statues is easy. I belive its all in the bass's mood.

[directlink]

I always blame the location, or like LBH said, i'll blame my friend.

[Rattlinrogue]

If I'm not having a good day on the water,I blame no one or nothing.I generally tie on a search bait that I have a lot of confidence in ,like a spinnerbait,and "go fishing".

[Cajun1977]

blame it on the waterskiers    they are a pain in the bass

[roadwarrior]

Hmm...

It would have to blame it on the fish!

Seriously, sometimes they're just not biting or as Other wrote, "I believe it's all in the bass' mood.

[Sam]

There is no such thing as a bad day on the water.

Just look around at the beauty of nature.

Then realize that the fish are smarter than you!

[Captain Cali]

I blame everything if I'm not catching. But once I've tried a little of everything I just blame the fish.

[fishingrulz]

i always do everything right if i don't catch its someone or something else's fault if that makes sense lol

[VekolBass]

The only thing I blame for not catching fish is the wind. Since the wind always seems to be howling when I fish (like today) I generally always have a good scapegoat.

[fishingrulz]

yea actually that happens to me a lot. then i scream at the wind and people that live next to the pond run inside lol

[Guest avid]

Theres no doubt about it.  Some days  the bass just ain't in a bitin mood.  That being said there is always a way to catch at least one or two.  My strategy when nothing else seems to work is to fish the weedy shallows with a senko, the dropoffs with a jig, the weedline with ratltrap and then toss a big spinnerbait around for good measure.  Usually it's the senko in shallows that gets me a fish.

[Bankbeater]

I went out Saturday. Never got a bite for 5 hours. It had to be the cold weather, I was so cold I probably couldn't have felt a bite if I had gotton one.