smirkplug Posted December 28, 2007 Report Share Posted December 28, 2007 Just for kicks add a nail weight in the very back of a small frog or tube bait then work the bait over and past the fish then drop it back in front of the fish. If its rigged and swimming right it will swim backwards and drop in front of the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weewillie Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Had the same problem a few years ago, 3 of us in the boat all fishing the same depth and bait They were catching and I wasn't. Washed my hands with no scent soap and have never looked back, always keep it in my tackle box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
&DRE Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 uh what about that place called the pet store. go down and buy 10 little gold fish and 10 large gold fish 5 gold and five mixed. this doesn't work look for crawdads or water dogs. live bait always works. if not use what Al Linder uses day in -day out you cant beat a tube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jflures Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 tubes tubes and more tubes. rig them all diffrent ways. thats what works around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimsbane Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Probably too late but here goes. I take it this is a bass you see on the bed from the way you can see it not biting. This has been my goto with bass on a bed. You have to use a weight that they can't fan out of the bed. i usually use about a 1 oz weight pegged so it cant move. Florida rig a salamander if you have no live bait available. If you have live bait rig a craw or better yet a med sized shiner hooked through the lower lip or at the anal fin. When that ol bass cant get it out of his bed, he'll eat it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bterrill Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Bass may be bedding at those temps- leave them alone so they can have babies. You're future fishing efforts will thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bait Co. Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Maybe late if you can see the male on the bed. The direction he his pointing to throw that way he is keeping his eye on the female. She should be ten to twentyfive feet from him. They always watch her so she don't eat the eggs or fry. If their is one most likly their will be a couple more females with her which means big ladies to fight with. I read that some divers were watching them during spawn and 95% of the males were doing that. So in all reality your helping the male fish out by getting rid of her. if you do hit the male put him back on the same side of the boat so he can find the bed easier he should return to it to keep protecting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmvgrom Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 it sounds like you are fishing the beds so you might want to try the river2sea stand n' yabbie. use the cooked craw color(#06) because it is easy to see but looks natural. dont move it too much once your on the bed and you will get every fish that is locked on(a lot of the times the female will come back to the bed if the male isnt taking it off the bed and you will get her). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jatman1988 Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've sat on bedded fish and went through almost all of my platics, and every time the tube produced when other baits didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
