what do you throw?

[I.rar]

today i went out for a few hours. i pulled 2 small peacocks and 2 dinks within the first hour of me being there. but today i had nothing to do so i decided to try different things out after the bite turned off.. i got nothing.

so after searching around and wading a bit i found where they were hiding. they were maybe 5 feet in front of me in 3-5 ft of clear water. i threw everything i had (mainly plastics) in front of them. they wouldnt even budge. flukes , craws , senkos , lizards , swimming senkos , nothing. :-/

what do you plastic throwing people do in situations like that?

i should also add that i only carry two rigs with me , a 5' UL and a 6'6" M BC rig.

[bilgerat]

I throw the usual stuff in an unusual way - for instance, I'll rig a small (2 1/2 to 3") tube on a straight shank #1 or 2 worm hook with a splitshot crimped behind the hook eye for weight. I'll swim it straight in, sometimes I'll pump it and pause it. The key is very little weight, which gives the tube more "hang time" in the strike zone.

I also will run Rapala floating minnows just under the surface with a steady slow retrieve.

Just change something a little bit, no matter how ridiculous you may think it is.

[Hammer 4]

My first choice would be to toss a weightless Senco rigged whacky style. If that didn't work, I'd try to get em to hit a jig, with a trailer.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

today i went out for a few hours. i pulled 2 small peacocks and 2 dinks within the first hour of me being there. but today i had nothing to do so i decided to try different things out after the bite turned off.. i got nothing.

so after searching around and wading a bit i found where they were hiding. they were maybe 5 feet in front of me in 3-5 ft of clear water. i threw everything i had (mainly plastics) in front of them. they wouldnt even budge. flukes , craws , senkos , lizards , swimming senkos , nothing. :-/

what do you plastic throwing people do in situations like that?

i should also add that i only carry two rigs with me , a 5' UL and a 6'6" M BC rig.

Well, a good answer from me would really start with a question.  What fish did you see?  Peacocks and Largemouth act very different. At least for me they do.  Obviously different bass in different lakes all act different.

[.dsaavedra.]

if they were in 3-5 feet of clear water, and you were wading, and they were only 5 feet away from you, they were most likely spawning, or else they would have beat it out of there.

when they're spawning, and they have seen you coming, they're spooked and they are difficult to catch. its easist to catch spawners if you sneak up on them and they don't see you. then they will readily (used loosley) remove your bait from their nest.

[iceintheveins]

As long as your not catching bass, you may as well not catch them a number of different ways.

[I.rar]

good point on the spawning. i did find it unusual that they didnt take off when i approached them. i was wading when i first spotted them , then i found an old dock to stand on so i wasnt right next to them. and yes , they are peacocks with a largemouth or two scattered in there.

i completely forgot about wacky rigging or i would of gave it a shot. should i start with the smaller senkos and work up to the larger , or is that preferance? like i said , i only carry two rods with me so between tackle changes they did move a bit.

funny thing about the rapala... i threw a F7 gold and black origonal floater and it got nailed by what seemed like a solid 4lb peacock....then the line broke on my UL rig. thats when i called it a day.