Lock Jaw Solutions??

[curazyboy89]

What do you seem to use when bass aren't biting (besides dynamite and a fuse)???  

[iceintheveins]

Senkos, flukes, finesse worms, centipedes, tubes and the like. If the water is heavily stained though, those presentations don't work that well.

[Crestliner2008]

No fish can resist a Senko. Especially if fished wacky. But, I find that usually when I'm not catching, it's because there aren't any fish at that particular spot. The next spot I try, it's a whole new ballgame!

[.ghoti.]

The trolling motor.

[jacker]

whenever i go out and find the fish are on lockjaw, i start fishing "extreme" techniques.

i fish finess lures wayyyy slower and tighter to cover, or fish fast lures wayyy faster.

usually i go for a reaction bite

[Raul]

What I use when they don 't seem to bite ? the same stuff I use when they are biting in a different way.

[senko_77]

Keep throwing the same baits you have been catching them on, just change up your technique.  If your dragging a worm, try slowing it down, or speeding it up with aggressive hops.  Another thing to consider when fish are biting is location of the bass in the water column.  Fish that were actively feeding in 8ft of water might be shut off, but fish in 15ft might be on fire.  Also, if your fishing on the bottom, bring your soft plastic in with a "swimming" retrieve.  I can't tell you how many times I have been worm fishing and a fish hits it when I'm reeling in for another cast.  This shows me they are suspended and I can throw a jerkbait, crankbait, or senko at them.

Good luck dude!

[weaver]

Not being from the US i know virtually little about bass, are they very territorial and aggresive??? I'd imagine so.

DO you guys over there repetitive cast into the same spot to get that territorial response from a fish that are lock jawed?

Works on the fish layed up over here where they strike out of sheer frustation of having thier space invaded over and over.

[Catt]

Get in, sit down, shut up, & hold oncause we be changing locations  

[curazyboy89]

Get in, sit down, shut up, & hold oncause we be changing locations

Lol....sounds good!

[carrothead]

Drop shot or Shaky Head.

[mrlitetackle]

go somewhere else

[Crestliner2008]

BTW.....the problem with dynamite is what again?  

[The_Natural]

You have to go either very slow or very fast in my experience.

A Slider or patience with a drop shot/shakey worm on the slow end, and then the opposite, which is burning water with a crankbait or trap. I prefer the latter usually....speeding down creeks burning a bait will find a few aggressive fish....even if the majority aren't active. To make the latter 'pattern' work...you really have to fish as fast as possible; you may only find one bite per creek/cut.

[DINK WHISPERER]

The trolling motor.

LOL, i love it! That's a good idea!

[guitarkid]

Not being from the US i know virtually little about bass, are they very territorial and aggresive??? I'd imagine so.

DO you guys over there repetitive cast into the same spot to get that territorial response from a fish that are lock jawed?

Works on the fish layed up over here where they strike out of sheer frustation of having thier space invaded over and over.

yes, kind of. I have run a crankbait by a fish 5 or 6 different times, but I kept trying and got him, it's  where they just get curious nad hit just to see if it edible.

                 -gk

[curazyboy89]

BTW.....the problem with dynamite is what again?

lol....well someone could put an eye out  

[Dalton Tam]

I have to go with the other guys on saying use the same bait with a different technique. Me and my buddy were fishing in january this year and the fish were doing the same thing. Until he showed that texas rigging a brushhog is not always the best way to fish them. We tried split shotting on a lake that is not known for this technique and ended up with 12 quality bass.

[aarogb]

Get in, sit down, shut up, & hold oncause we be changing locations

    Yes Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!