How often are you "SKUNKED"?

[broncoboxer]

I get skunked plenty.

[luvfishing]

Man havent caught a bass yet this year been out the 3 sundays

[no.4shot]

There are only two types of people: those that have been skunked, and those that don't fish.

And getting skunked means two important things: you are fishing, and you are learning.

couldn't have summed it up any better.

[Handy]

I get skunked allot but I fish for only an hour or two at a time. I go and fish when I have time and that is right after work and that means 2-3 hours at best. I fish weekends but I still sometimes only get a few hours in. But for the most part it doesn't get to me too much, I am outside fishing and enjoying it. Last weekend I got to take my brother out in my boat and although we didn't catch anything we both had a blast and to me it was a success, we "caught" a great time.

Paul

[Alpster]

I love Micro's answer. If you ain't been skunked, you don't fish much.

Ronnie

[vicdotcom]

Whenever I dont catch any bass, I go ultralight and go for bluegills!

[broncoboxer]

Whenever I dont catch any bass, I go ultralight and go for bluegills!

Yup.  Cathcing bluegills on tiny crankbaits is a blast!

[jeremyt]

Honestly I get skunked more than I catch, I fish 3 ponds on base that are heavily fished. I have a lot of tackle and should probably stick to 3 or 4 baits, but after a few minutes of nothing I switch. I am going with my son in the morning and hope not to get skunked, but the reason I go is for the experience.  I do seem to have better luck when I get out on bigger lakes.

[SnowBass23]

After spending the last few years really studying the fine ART of bass fishing I have started to drastically reduce the number of times I get skunked.  In fact, since geting a boat I have only been skunked maybe once or twice.  My problem is more about consistency.  Unless I am fishing the evening (right before dark) I can pretty much guarantee (sp?) I'll catch one bass.  Sometimes I catch two, or maybe have a second or third fish that get off close to the boat.

So I am working on improving my game and adding more tactics to help.

[bubba77]

any is too often for me, but it happens more than I like to admit

[MSalmoides]

The beauty about avoiding the skunk is size doesn't matter.  

[Top]

when I was home on leave after being off the water for a full year... I was skunked ONCE... but that is ok.. my youngest daughter wanted to go fishing with me so she was with me and the focus was on our just reconnecting and enjoying nature.. and making sure she put on sun screen every hour so her momma didn't skin me alive for letting her get burnt

[brittlab]

I usually manage to catch some dinks. but all of my fish are dinks compared to the bass of most members  of this forum

[Jeff H]

I love Micro's answer. If you ain't been skunked, you don't fish much.

Ronnie

LOL....in my case that is true.  I only have 64 hrs on the water this year starting June 12th.  Grad parties and stuff get in the way.  I'll put in another 24 hrs next weekend if I can get Friday off (3days)

[quant PT]

I fish a large reservoir out of a small boat so I get skunked from a few times a year.  

[bass wrangler569]

At one of the lakes if fish i've never been skunked, actually I can't remember the last time I caught fewer than 10! Another lake that I fish (I dubbed it The Lake From @$#%) I used to get skunked 75% of the time until I started fishing it at night (now I only get skunked 50% of the time ;D) Overall though, excluding The Lake from @$#%, I get skunked about once a year.

[bassbanger]

Well i probly have 10 trips under my belt with 2 skunks lol i dream of catching more than 2 in a day! lol

-Randy

[MichiganFisherman]

I hardly ever get "skunked".  I usually can catch something... a little dink or a bluegill if nothing else.  I hate getting skunked.  

[fourbizz]

The majority of the time.

Welcome to the unsung life of a big baiter.

[Smallie4130]

I rarely ever get skunked at my regular spots, maybe once a year.  Like others, Ill throw something small on and nail a few fat bream.  But Im lucky in that no one really fishes at any of my spots.  

Downtown here its a different story.  The part of the James I can fish within walking distance is a HUGE hangout for kayakers, hippies, and all sorts of teenagers swimming, drinking, smoking, etc.  If I dont get there early or late, I usually get skunked.  Just yesterday I switched lures and when I came back the 7 kids swimming around had moved directly into the area they had just seen me fishing.

[David P]

I've been skunked about 15-20 times this year already.

[frogtog]

Most of the time if I get skunked it will be when my boat breaks down or something like that.

[rondef]

I used to get skunked quite a bit before I joined the forum.  I can now say that those days for the most part are behind me.  I almost always catch fish no matter where I go, they may not be the biggest but I do catch fish.

[BassChump]

I've been watching this thread for a while now but I didn't want to respond because I had been skunked since October of last year and since February, I've been on the water at least 3 times a week.

Lately though has been a different story. I've been slaying them the last week or so. 8-)

Go figure.

[Aaron]

Most times I go fishing I get skunked, unless I can manage to get out really early in the morning (before sunup).

I fish from the bank and I have a hard time finding fish in the middle of the day or afternoon on KY lake.