How often do you get skunked?

[Zebco202]

My days of getting skunked are getting farther and farther apart.  I hit a dry spell the other week where I went two straight fishing trips without getting a fish.  The guy that I was with only caught one fish in

two outings so I didn't feel too bad.  I'm back on track after catching a nice crappie on Saturday.

My current goal is to be able to weigh a fish in a tournament.  i've only fished three this year and I've caught fish, just no keepers.  Hopefully this saturday will be the day!!

[George Welcome]

I fish on one of the best bass lakes in the world, and yes every once in a while a skunk befalls us. I don't see how anyone, no matter where, can say it hasn't happened to them. I doesn't happen often, (3-4 times over the last 10 years, but it can and does happen.

[Matt Fly]

No comments, I'm not putting a "hex" or "jinx" my self.      

The next 8 weeks, I've got some good tourneys coming and I've been waiting every since the boat got damaged in the spring to start back on the tournament trail with the opens starting up.

Hookem

Matt.

[RockvilleMDAngler]

For me there are certain lakes where I get skunked nearly 50% of the time and others where it never happens.  I would say overall I get skunked (no fish at all, I never switch to bluegill) on 25% of my trips but I will be the first to admit that I have a lot to learn.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

well I used to count skunked by no fish at all. As some mentioned Im stubborn and will fish till my arm falls off so I havent had a fishless day too often.

 I count skunked as not putttin any legal keepers to the boat THIS HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES THIS YEAR out of 37 trips Four of those on A Big Bass Lake where the Min size is 15 inches The rest by State Min which is 12 inches I release them all anyway I just like to measure skunked by keepers.

[senile1]

Muddy, that's probably a good way to measure it.  The minimum on the lakes I fish is 15 inches and I do feel just as skunked when I don't catch any keepers.  As for RW, feeling skunked every time you don't catch a 5 lb plus fish is a very high bar.  

[Keithscatch]

Got skunked Saturday for the first time in a while. We only fished from 7am-11am but still my partner managed to catch 4 keepers. I guess I get skunked maybe 10% of the time. maybe less 5%. Not sure. But I do get skunked occasionally. Never at night though and more in the heat of the summer for sure.

Winter time being my most productive time to fish for me. This is true in Texas and in Florida. Not much of a winter here mostly low's in the 40's water temp usually stays in the low 50's maybe dips down to high 40's. Perfect Rattletrap temps....Gotta love it. Bring on the winter.....

[dodgeguy]

last year i didn't get skunked.this year 1 time so far.

[fishingJ]

I havent bin skunked this year yet when ive bin only bass fishing.

[volman33]

very rarely maybe once in every 10 times i go out

[CoRy]

i got skunked once this year   BUT i only fished for about 20-30 minutes off of the dock.  My baitcaster got all tangled up so i left.  early this spring i did really well in a little 1.5-2 acre pond that is connected to the main lake.  they didn't stalk it, but bass swam through a culvert to the pond.  There isn't many fish in this pond, but they are mostly nice sized, a lot between 2-6lbs.  did really well during the spawn.  Threw em all back though.  Most people were'nt fishin yet cause of the cold.  Didn't keep me from fishin though  ;D

[Lip Ripper 87]

I have went out the last two days. Caught 2 the first day, also losing the big one. Screw 6lb test on my finesse setup!

The second day i fished a tournament and got skunked. Second time this year. The water temp was almost 90 F !!

i think my record this year is around 20/22.

[Cousin Eddie]

I just took up fishing from my kayak last Dec. Not one fish until March. What a day that was! I still get skunked, but I catch enough to keep me at it.

[Lightninrod]

It happens..............too often; maybe every fourth trip?

Happened to me today at a PFA lake :-[.

Dan

[cart7t]

;D

See the RE: Skunked thread in outings!

Prior to yesterday, I went to Perry county lake this early spring for a rogue bite.  The lake had been dumped on with cold rain, lake level up 2 feet, pure mud,  strong current as the water was pouring over the spillway.  I resorted to flippin jigs on cover on steep banks that was breaking the current.  Zero fish.

[Needemp]

Morning Cart7. Well I posted this thread just because I was curious as to how many people went without getting skunked. I did not even state the fact that I have not been skunked all year anywhere in this thread. I didnt ask the question to try and breg on myself. I figured I would be blanked at some point this year. Low and behold i had no idea that this post would bring me my curse.

Cart7 and I went to Gillespie Lake in Illinois because of the reputation it has for big bass. Niether of us have ever been there. What we didnt know before we got there was that the lake had dropped two feet and spooked the bass. WE GOT SKUNKED >. It was 9 to 10 hours of frustration. We fished everywhere, threw everything and caught zilch. There was a tourny last weekend there and out of 20 boats, only four returned with bass.

When I posted this question, I mentioned that no other species counted. If you go bass fishing and dont catch a bass, but you do catch bluegill, you got skunked, IMPO. I did catch an 18" drum on a Crawbug, but no bass . Lesson learned: from now on- call for an updated fishing report.

[Rattlinrogue]

I rarely get skunked,but when I do it's usually this time of year when the water is way too hot and the bass are lethargic.