Spooky Bass

Need some opinions on this. Fishing the other day and chucking, pitching and
casting to my favorits spots. The minute my lure is let go, know matter what
the presentation, I was seeing fish just splash and run, sometimes 5-10
feet from where my lure entered the water. Now I have spooked some fish in
the past but this day it seemed like there were a bunch of spooked fish It
was like they were seeing the lure coming and said : "Oh no, I'm outta here"

How do you approach this type of situation?, and nope it wasn't a matter of
letting the bait enter the water quietly either, it didn't seem to matter

Try chumming up the water with some Circus Peanuts next time and see if that
relaxes them some.

"Alwaysfishking" wrote in message
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Need some opinions on this. Fishing the other day and chucking, pitching
and casting to my favorits spots. The minute my lure is let go, know
matter what the presentation, I was seeing fish just splash and run,
sometimes 5-10 feet from where my lure entered the water. Now I have
spooked some fish in the past but this day it seemed like there were a
bunch of spooked fish It was like they were seeing the lure coming and
said : "Oh no, I'm outta here"

How do you approach this type of situation?, and nope it wasn't a matter
of letting the bait enter the water quietly either, it didn't seem to
matter

"Alwaysfishking" wrote in message
...
Need some opinions on this. Fishing the other day and chucking, pitching
and casting to my favorits spots. The minute my lure is let go, know
matter what the presentation, I was seeing fish just splash and run,
sometimes 5-10 feet from where my lure entered the water. Now I have
spooked some fish in the past but this day it seemed like there were a
bunch of spooked fish It was like they were seeing the lure coming and
said : "Oh no, I'm outta here"

How do you approach this type of situation?, and nope it wasn't a matter
of letting the bait enter the water quietly either, it didn't seem to
matter

Last night I spooked a lot of fish with a buzzbait. One swirl that looked
particularly big got my attention. I cast back to the same area and spooked
him again. On my sixth retrieve over top of him he finally nailed it. Six
times I burned that buzzbait over him before he decided to nail it. Felt
like a pretty good fish, but he got down in the grass and like a rooky I
tried to horse him out instead of using the trolling motor to go get him.


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Hello everyone. I have been lurking for about six months to pick up
some pointers as I am primarily a crappie fisherman and have only
recently become serious about bass.

I live in Central Ms on a private 835 acre lake that is managed by
Southeastern Pond management, so we are fortunate to have a great
fishery.

I wanted to tell you about the most fantastic bait I have come across
since the invention of the plastic worm. OK, that might be an over
statement, but it has me excited.

It is the Netbait 5" Paca Craw. You can rig it a variety of ways, but
so far I have only fished it on a Carolina Rig and Texas style and
mostly just use it Texas style with a 1/4 once cone lead. The guy that
turned me on to these works at our new Bass Pro and I guess somebody
told him. So far the best color is the Alabama Craw which has a
natural crawfish color.

This thing has such natural motion that it really provokes bigger bass
to strike during these hot summer days when the bait fish are
plentiful. I have been fishing within 100 yards of others on the same
structure and am catching far more large fish and when they hit it
there is no doubt you have a nice one.

I use a 2/0 super line EWG Gamakatsu hook and as light a lead as I can
stand. I just tried swimming it like a Gitzit yesterday and caught a
really nice fish that almost took the rod away. I am 55 years young,
but this thing has got me looking forward to fishing like I did when I
was a teenager.

They say you can fish it like a buzz bait and I believe it.

Since I am fishing in real clear conditons where bass should spook
easily, I think this may work for you.

Cheers

JimC
Alwaysfishking wrote:
Need some opinions on this. Fishing the other day and chucking, pitching and
casting to my favorits spots. The minute my lure is let go, know matter what
the presentation, I was seeing fish just splash and run, sometimes 5-10
feet from where my lure entered the water. Now I have spooked some fish in
the past but this day it seemed like there were a bunch of spooked fish It
was like they were seeing the lure coming and said : "Oh no, I'm outta here"

How do you approach this type of situation?, and nope it wasn't a matter of
letting the bait enter the water quietly either, it didn't seem to matter

Randy,

Going with "something" weightless, be it a 3.5" tube, a 6" Producto
Paddle tail worm, or fluke seems to work for me. If I miss a fish on a
buzzbait (and he doesn't chase it again) I also like to throw in a #11
Black/Silver floating Rapala.
Seems to work good for me.

Chris
Alwaysfishking wrote:
Need some opinions on this. Fishing the other day and chucking, pitching and
casting to my favorits spots. The minute my lure is let go, know matter what
the presentation, I was seeing fish just splash and run, sometimes 5-10
feet from where my lure entered the water. Now I have spooked some fish in
the past but this day it seemed like there were a bunch of spooked fish It
was like they were seeing the lure coming and said : "Oh no, I'm outta here"

How do you approach this type of situation?, and nope it wasn't a matter of
letting the bait enter the water quietly either, it didn't seem to matter