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September 22nd, 2003, 04:01 PM
....I've just returned to fishing after a long hiatus,, looking for
advice.... Yesterday I went out fishing in the morning on a small lake.
Moss covered nearly the whole lake. I tried various lures and ended up
sticking a moss mouse on the line. Within a couple casts I had a strike at
the mouse. I gave it a second or two after the strike and tried setting the
hook. No fish on the hook. I continued reeling the mouse in and boom
another strike,, tried setting hook quicker this time,,,, still no fish on
the hook. I recast the mouse to a different part of the lake where I saw
the bass heading to and I got another strike, waited 3 seconds to set the
hook, no luck here either.
The rest of the morning at the lake didn't even bring me a nibble.
Feeling unsatisfied I grabbed my fishing pole last night just around sunset
and walked over to the pond thats in my neighborhood. I worked my way
around the pond w/ a buzzbait until I got a strike. Guess what? 6 Strikes
at the buzzbait in the period of about 10 minutes, but was unable to hook
any of the fish.
Any suggestions? Maybe I should haved switched to something smaller? A
spinner?
advice.... Yesterday I went out fishing in the morning on a small lake.
Moss covered nearly the whole lake. I tried various lures and ended up
sticking a moss mouse on the line. Within a couple casts I had a strike at
the mouse. I gave it a second or two after the strike and tried setting the
hook. No fish on the hook. I continued reeling the mouse in and boom
another strike,, tried setting hook quicker this time,,,, still no fish on
the hook. I recast the mouse to a different part of the lake where I saw
the bass heading to and I got another strike, waited 3 seconds to set the
hook, no luck here either.
The rest of the morning at the lake didn't even bring me a nibble.
Feeling unsatisfied I grabbed my fishing pole last night just around sunset
and walked over to the pond thats in my neighborhood. I worked my way
around the pond w/ a buzzbait until I got a strike. Guess what? 6 Strikes
at the buzzbait in the period of about 10 minutes, but was unable to hook
any of the fish.
Any suggestions? Maybe I should haved switched to something smaller? A
spinner?