Your fishing flaws

[tholmes]

I guess my biggest flaw is sticking with a bait or technique long after any sane person could see that it just ain't working.

Tom

[backpain...]

By far my biggest flaw is not getting out enough. When I do I am so amped up I have a hard time enjoying the whole experience. It takes me an hour to really calm down and even realize I am fishing. That is an hour lost. I am sure I have a ton of other flaws like boat control, casting angles etc.... I am just too unfocused to realize it half the time lol.

[fishfordollars]

Moving too fast at times. I know I leave a lot of catachable fish to look elsewhere.

Also, my health if you want to consider it a fault. I hit the water at times when the better choice would be to stay put and try to get better. At times it is very hard to concentrate when you feel like you have a spear sticking between your shoulders. Just figure it will hurt either way so go bear the pain in the boat and many times that is not the smart move.

[farmpond1]

Whew!  Thank goodness we're just talking about fishing flaws:

-Boat control

-finding fish in a large impoundment

-flipping/pitching

-staying with a bait long enough to see if it might actually catch something.

[christopherjake]

Since I bought a boat and fish 12 rods I have lost my patience for senko fishing. I used to bank fish and have infinite patience for this bait. Now with everything I bring I will cast 10-15 times then try something else. That seems to be my most obvious flaw. Loosing patience with slow plastics in general. what are you guys weak points or flaws in your fishing?

I'm with you.  I have no patience w/ slow baits.  I'm what they call a chuck and winder.  All I do is chuck and wind all day long. 

[EastTexasBassin]

I try to catch fish topwater when it isn't really the best way.  I just love to see a topwater strike. 

I've caught fish on topwater lures in the middle of the day without a cloud in the sky, but there are other things I could be doing that would catch more fish.

[WanderLust]

I try to catch fish topwater when it isn't really the best way. I just love to see a topwater strike.

I've caught fish on topwater lures in the middle of the day without a cloud in the sky, but there are other things I could be doing that would catch more fish.

I also suffer from this one... Always seems like Northern Pike will hit topwater during the middle of the day though.

[new2BC4bass]

Flaws? What flaws? :o :P :D ;D ;D

[intheweeds]

So I go fishing a lot, but I really only get about 3.5 hrs to do it. Therefore I am stuck at the same lake by my house. When I get there I switch baits out to fast for the first hour ( 'cause of the time crunch), then I get burned out on swithching and then just leave on whatever bait was the last on I tied on for the rest of the time. SERIOUS FLAW :'(  Also since I am new to bass fishing I do not have a confidence bait yet. :-[

[Osprey39]

I tend to work unproductive areas too long because they 'look' good.  On a related note, I tend to work all of an area instead of hitting the high percentage spots.  In other words, if there are trees everywhere on shoreline between two points, I fish it all instead of just working the two points.

[iceintheveins]

Sometimes I don't switch lures enough because I have so much confidence in what has worked before. I also need to really improve my pretty much non existant flippin' and pitchin' game. I probably fish finesse presentations and slow plastics a little too much when there might be times I could catch more on cranks or spinnerbaits.

[Fish Chris]

Hands down, my biggest flaw, is I'm a terrible caster. And if 40 years of practice hasn't sharpened my casting skills, I don't believe anything ever will.

I am ridiculously patient though. I can fish 10 hours without a bite, then pull up to a new spot, whip out a Hud, and actually believe "This is it ! I know I'm going to get blasted on this cast" ! I'm just ridiculously optimistic.

And I can find fish almost anywhere, any time. I don't know why it is, but when I get up shallow snooping around with my polarized glasses, big fish often find me ! I can't tell you how many times (on more trips than not) big fish have cruised right up to the side of my boat, and just stared at me ! Okay, granted, I almost never catch them right then..... But I mark that spot on the map in my head, then sneak back up on it later, again, and again, and again, if necessary, and eventually, I often end up putting that hawg in my boat !

Now, if you were to ask me what I think most other bass fishermen's biggest flaw is, I'd say that WAAAY too many of them get up on the front of there boat, and just blindly cast down a bank, covering a lot of (dead... or little fish) water, just looking for a biter.... Instead of putting together a big fish rout, and concentrating their efforts on just a handful of big fish spots.

Peace,

Fish

[BassThumb]

I probably stay in one place too long. I'm trying to break the habit of spot sitting, even if I'm not getting bit. I think Rick Clunn refers to it as "Ego vs. Intuition."

Same here. Sometimes I'm too patient with areas that aren't producing at the moment because of what happened there yesterday, last week, last month, or last year on that weekend, etc. "Just a few more casts" I tell myself, "I'm almost on them", and before I know it, I've soaked an area for an hour plus with little success.

I've vowed to work on it this year. I even bought a kitchen timer for the boat to help me out. When it dings, I'll pull up the trolling motor and move if I'm not on the fish.

[timothy_spain]

I've lost plenty of fish that striked close to shore because I wasn't ready.  Afterall, I'm getting ready to wind up and re-cast. 

[WanderLust]

I've lost plenty of fish that striked close to shore because I wasn't ready. Afterall, I'm getting ready to wind up and re-cast.

LOL - the close bite rules.

One of my foundest memories is my son reeling in and letting his lure sit right next to shore. He's looking around and goes to pick up when a Northern Pike rips into it and takes off... He just about crapped his pants and was lucky to hold on to his rod. It was like a scene from JAWS. ahh memories.

[lineman711]

My biggest flaw when it comes to all fishing is that I am probably the world's worst trout fisherman.  I just can't get any luck at all. 

When it comes to bass fishing, I really struggle on lakes, don't know why, I guess from a serious lack of experience, but I never have a 'good' day on a lake.

Jigs and tubes...I catch my fair number of bass on them, especially tubes, but I still don't have the technique down to where it's second nature. 

Last, and most costly, I go through lures like crazy.  My favorite spots run right through thick wooded areas and there's always a ton of limbs in the river.  I always, and I mean always, manage to snag a few that won't let go.

[salmicropterus]

I try to catch fish topwater when it isn't really the best way. I just love to see a topwater strike.

I've caught fish on topwater lures in the middle of the day without a cloud in the sky, but there are other things I could be doing that would catch more fish.

I also suffer from this one... Always seems like Northern Pike will hit topwater during the middle of the day though.

X3   I am totally and completely addicted to chuck and wind topwater or wakebait fishing with baits such as Skinny Dippers, Trixie Sharks, Gambler's new Big E-Z or Ribbits. I can't make myself flip and pitch even if it is warranted

[Bankbeater]

I end up bringing the wrong types of baits because I don't check the lake conditions before I leave.

[Paul Roberts]

When I get tired, I stop working and begin just going through the motions -I start to chuck-n-wind. What helps, for me, is to eat -so I always pack a really good lunch. Seems to bring me back around. If not, I might as well go home. If I find I'm unwilling to re-rig, that's a sign to stop and EAT, man! Getting enough sleep the night before helps, but good food is essential.

[BassThumb]

When I get tired, I stop working and begin just going through the motions -I start to chuck-n-wind. What helps, for me, is to eat -so I always pack a really good lunch. Seems to bring me back around. If not, I might as well go home. If I find I'm unwilling to re-rig, that's a sign to stop and EAT, man! Getting enough sleep the night before helps, but good food is essential.

Same thing happens to me when I get tired and sore after a few hours of hard fishing, but food doesn't really help me. You should maybe give 5 Hour Energy shots a try. I pretty much hate all energy drinks because they make me shaky and then I crash afterwards, but this one really works. It's like a 2 hour nap in a bottle. I also use them when I deer hunt in stands so I don't fall asleep and drop my gun. These don't make me shaky or fidgety either, so I can still shoot accurately after drinking one of these.