When you cant find a pattern.....

[Mobydick]

what do you do? Do you stick with the lures you caught fish on, or do you keep trying new things?

[fishfordollars]

Cover water

Fish your strengths

Map study

Map Study

Oh, and did I say map study?

[bass wrangler569]

I tie on a confidence bait and I keep the boat moving. Cover as much water as possible. When you get a bass pay attention to where he came from, how deep he was, how he was hooked, etc. then try to replicate those conditions elsewhere on the lake. Oh btw I sent you a PM.

[Gatorbassman]

I sit down and eat a sandwich and gather my thoughts. If I have a map of the lake I pull it out and use it to help me change things up. Because it's usually later in the day I will look deeper than I've been fishing and throw a search bait.

[Bass XL]

I sit down and eat a sandwich and gather my thoughts.

I do the same thing. Sometimes you just have to take a break and think. Usually I will fish my strengths and cover as much water possible.

[WRB]

If you scretched out a few fish, that is your pattern, until you someone tells you what a wide open day they just had. There is always more than one pattern going on, somedays it's just a tough day on the water.

If you are not getting bit, then rethink what you are doing and try something different until you determine what is going on, if anything.

You can either force feed the bass what you want them to eat, or try to locate the bass and feed them what they are looking for.

The first thing is; find the prey, the bass will be close by.

WRB

[NewScreenNameAdvised]

If this happens to me a couple trips in a row....I come back to bassresource and read the seasonl articles ont eh homepage.  Seomtimes I pick up on something there that works for me the next time I go out.

[FD.]

Try an new spot and throw reaction baits.   I find more NEW spots on the tough days.

[Catt]

Location & timing

If you're on prime structure then the timing is wrong, if you're not on prime structure then the timing doesn't matter cause you can't catch what aint there. On any particular day I'll have as many as dozen places in mind that fit seasonal conditions, weather conditions, and so forth. Some days it will take only three or four, while some days it takes the whole dozen plus. On any given day you can try to locate active bass or you can try to force feed non-active bass.

Consistently catching bass is a process of elimination and duplication. Eliminate patterns and structures that are non-productive and duplicate structures and patterns that are productive.

Some days it's diamonds, some days it's stones and some days you're better off never leaving home.

[MARSH MASTER]

Location & timing

If you're on prime structure then the timing is wrong, if you're not on prime structure then the timing doesn't matter cause you can't catch what aint there. On any particular day I'll have as many as dozen places in mind that fit seasonal conditions, weather conditions, and so forth. Some days it will take only three or four, while some days it takes the whole dozen plus. On any given day you can try to locate active bass or you can try to force feed non-active bass.

Consistently catching bass is a process of elimination and duplication. Eliminate patterns and structures that are non-productive and duplicate structures and patterns that are productive.

Some days it's diamonds, some days it's stones and some days you're better off never leaving home.

HEARD DAT!

[Mobydick]

Looks like I need to get some maps and sandwiches, find the prey, then throw some reaction baits. This should help me next time! ;D Thanks guys!