The hardest part about bass fishing is.........

[Keri]

Please share your thoughts. 

[NewAngler]

"one more cast"

[Grey Wolf]

Applying the correct techniques at the correct time to maximize your catch.                     JMHO

[casterus60]

My wife !!!! ;D

Adam

[basser89]

The hardest part right now is keeping the guides from freezing up! 

[Dan:]

finding fish in different conditions.

[K_Mac]

The hardest part for me is time management on the water. Sometimes good can get in the way of best. Knowing when to try a different spot or technique when what I'm doing is working, but maybe not quite producing the quality fish I'm looking for. That, and staying on the boat. : That seems to be more of a challenge than it once was.

[brushhoggin]

dealin with losing a big un'.  :'(

[jaymc]

Trying to focus on work, or your spouse's honey-do list,  when your mind is on a bass blowing up on a topwater. 

[topwater.va]

The wait between fishing trips.  and the bait monkey...

[0119]

Watching it get so commercialized and realizing no one is realizing the dangers of that.

[Catt]

The anticipation of it all

[Wayne P.]

Getting from my residence to the body of water.

[senko_77]

cold hands. completely destroys my concentration

[roadwarrior]

"Catching bass is easy, the challenge is finding them."

http://www.azbw.com/past_issues/november07/f4_patterningbass.php

8-)

[Goose52]

Applying the correct techniques at the correct time to maximize your catch. JMHO

Right on. When I first fished for bass in the late '50s, it was grab your one rod, with a couple of lures, and go to where you had luck before (although you didn't know why you had luck there), or to an area that looked "fishy" ... and you fished. We didn't know what we didn't know! Now, it's all very scientific with lots of baits for different conditions ... and different rods for each technique. The new technology improves the likelihood of catching fish for sure but also makes it complicated. I'm just now starting to learn this new stuff after a 40 year hiatus from bass fishing...

The hardest part right now is keeping the guides from freezing up!

Same here - most of my water is frozen over right now but when I find an open patch of water, the guides ice up right away

[Tokyo Tony]

The hardest part for me is consistently hooking up with bigger fish. Further, it's difficult for me to continue trying to catch bigger fish when I'm not having luck, instead of going to guaranteed dink spots to get my fix.

This is all assuming you're on the water. Overall, the toughest part is getting everything else taken care of so you can spend a good bit of time on the water.

[tholmes]

For me, the hardest thing is finding a balance between exploring a technique to it's full potential and hanging on to it a bit (or a lot) too long.

When a certain bait and presentation has worked in the same conditions before, it's sometimes tough for me to admit to myself that it ain't working today.

Tom

[Mottfia]

confidence. Going out there believing that you can catch fish in adverse conditions. believing that your spot or pattern holds them even though it doesn't produce or believing that you're able to make the correct adjustment if it fails. Confidence is definately the hardest part in my opinion

Mottfia

[jaymc]

Watching it get so commercialized and realizing no one is realizing the dangers of that.

What is the danger? 

[5bass]

The hardest part about bass fishing is.........

...finding the time to go.

[Tin]

Dealing with senko-drowning trolling motor happy guys muddying up the shallows.

[WRB]

The hardest part about bass fishing is.........

...finding the time to go.

+1 and the older you get the faster the time goes bye.

WRB

[Randall]

dealing with the days you don't catch them and figuring out what you could do better or different next time to try to keep it from happening again.

[Hookem]

Heading home at the end of a day.