Lunkers and Dinks

[roadwarrior]

Well, I wouldn't say that. I'm in Central Florida. I fish a lot of different lakes and pits. I catch small Bass and large Bass. I'm just saying that you don't have to use a large bait to get the big fish. I've gone the big worm route before and all it seems to do for me is keep me from catching as many Bass. I'd rather catch 50 Bass of all sizes than just one or two nice Bass. Usually when I fish deeper water and deeper drop offs (which in Fl may only be 6-8 ft) I find better fish on those spots anyway. I always look for vegetation as well in the "deeper spots".

I certainly see your point, but this is EXACTLY why I like to fish bigger baits: I don't want to catch little bass, ever. That's not to say I don't, but bigger baits allow me to get past a lot of smaller fish. I would rather be skunked than catch bass under 3 lbs. In order to consistantly catch bigger fish, you have to make them your target.  

[flechero]

First and foremost you need to be fishing where bigger fish are.  Seems like most of the big fish around here get caught on t-rigs, jigs and swimbaits, in that order... the first two are not "big" baits but the key is that they are fished slow and usually deeper.  (hint hint)

If you want to try swimbaits w/o getting into a bunch of money and needing any new equipment, check out the Hud. shad: http://www.huddlestondeluxe.com/generic65.html  Expensive by storm's standards but cheap by swimbait standards... and you'll get a bait that runs true and looks much better.   Mattlures is also coming out with a shad that looks great from the pics but it's not out yet.

[JuniorFisherJJ08]

To assume a bass learns would mean they are capable of deductive reasoning which is total

Please explain in full.  Id like to hear why BASS cant learn...

[Hookemdown.]

To assume a bass learns would mean they are capable of deductive reasoning which is total  

Please explain in full.  Id like to hear why BASS cant learn...

Could you learn with a brain the size of a peanut?

MOST of the actions that bass do are rather by instincts and not reasoning.

[Catt]

"I know if I was caught and drug out on a senko i wouldnt hit a senko again for awhile. Say you eat at a restraunt adn you get sick from a certain food there. I WOULD BET YOU WOULD NOT EAT THAT SAME FOOD FOR AWHILE, until your forgot about it."

I caught a 4 pound bass on a Texas Rig but I couldn't get the hook out so I cut the line near the hook eye; the line was dark blue Berkley Big Game. 3 days later I caught a nice chunky 4 pound bass upon opening its mouth low and behold there was a hook with dark blue line on it. I still couldn't remove the previous hook so once again I released the bass. 4 days later I again caught this nice little chunk, again upon opening this bass's mouth there was the same hook with the same blue line, but this time I had a hook removal tool.

That was the same bass caught 3 times in 7 days on the same bait; that aint to smart, and yes I had the same witness all 3 times who is willing to testify under oath that it was in fact the same bass with the same hook.

So maybe you could explain why this bass could not display the ability of deductive reasoning?

[RoLo]

Selection, conditioning and instincts work so well, that they create the illusion of intelligence.

Furthermore, expecting a "cold-blooded animal" to have the capacity for deductive reasoning is really pushing the envelope.

Roger

[FivePoundBluegill]

Alright guys today I tried swimbaits. Bought a pack of the 2 inch storm sunfish patterned swimbaits where you get 3 in a pack for about $4.50. These were the baits that were recommended to me earlyer in the thread. The big lake by my house that has a good amount of large bass over 5 pounds isnt open on mondays because its one of those saturday, sunday and wendsday lakes. For this reason I tried my local pond which is practically in my backyard with the swimbaits. Ther are a very limited number of places you can throw a swimbait in this pond since there are lots of reeds a bait can get stuck and lost in. However I still had a pretty good three hours of fishing throwing just the storm swimbaits. I caught a 2.5 pounder, a 2 pounder, and a 1.5 pounder. Yes I only caught 3 fish in three hours but none of them were the 6-8 inch dinks I often pull out. So id say the swimbaits worked. Also for the first hour and a half I was throwing them I caught nothing. Only had one fish try to take the bait. The last hour and a half when it was cooling down was when I got the three bass. The 2.5 pounder and the 1 pounder were both caught within the last 20 minutes when the sun was setting. It is clear the swimbaits work much better in the evening. This weekend im going to go to my larger local lake that has many large bass and try out these baits. Thanks for the help guys.

[T-rig]

Well done! But I would go bigger! With those 2" Storm swimbaits you won't catch any big bass (it might happen but is unlikely). I would try a least 4" and up to 7-8" swimbaits to get those big one's. You might not get as many fish but when you do it will be a good fish! I think Storm makes those Swimbaits up to 7" if I'm not mistaken. Since you got your confidence with Swimbaits now just go bigger and you'll see, sooner or later you WILL get your 10lber.

[bassbob08]

I just posted my sons pb he cought an 8.8 on a storm bluegill so I do think that you will catch big bass on small storm swim baits.Bob