Feeding and Finicky...Bass, or Any Other Species

[BareKnuckleJigs]

If You're fishin' and spot Feeding Bass...we'll say Open Water...and You haven't seen what they're chasing...what is Your 1st Choice of baits to throw at them?

If they're being Finicky while You're watching them feed, "turning their nose up" at the 1st, say, 4-5 baits You throw at them, what would Your Bait Of Choice be, for these Finicky and Feeding Bass?

...Smallmouth and/or Largemouth Bass...how would You pursue them?

[ctom]

I've had bass in my sights in the Mississippi River backwaters where they wouldn't make much effort to chase or look at anything and on those I've pitched out a top water and let is sit motionlessright atop of them. After a short while i'll give the bait an ever so soft pop then let it sit again. That will make them onery once in a while. There are times when you could toss dynamite over them and when the water clears they'd still be there looking. I swear that if a fish can see you there is no way to make it hit. Crappies on beds are notorious for this behavior.

[matt]

i like husky jerk and x-rap minnow you can work them fast or let them sit

[Denny Welch]

Ditto re Tom's comments.  Throw a frog as far from the boat as possible and let it sit.  Eat a sandwich, burp, and then twitch your line.  Eat dessert.  If that doesn't work, throw out a shakey head and do the same thing.

[bassmasters40701]

I always throw a weightless tube bait. A lot of times the bass will "bust" the shad just to injure them and eat them after they have injured several. I have found that the tube bait mimicks the injured shad while it slowly flutters down. The bass may not get it right when it hits that water but you have to be paitent and it will come back for it.

I have also found that the smaller 12 - 15 inch fish will hit the shad and the bigger ones are underneath waiting, letting them do all of the work.

If the tube does not sink on the weight of the hook alone I will bite a hole in it to get it to sink.

[andrewlamberson]

3" baby bass Skinny carrot on the lightest jig head you can throw. Fluorocarbon leader.

I agree on being as far away as you can cast.

The dynamite trick that ctom mentions also works pretty good. Light-Throw-Scoop up as many fish as you can- Get the heck out of there before the Warden shows up. Works good on bedding bass too!!!

[Jason]

x2 on a small carrot or a wacky carrot.

[pjmcla]

If they are feeding on minnows, I will use a very small jig or fly behind a teardrop clear casting bubble.  The 1.75" Small fry in a minnow pattern on a 1/32 or 1/64 jig head 18" to 36" dropped back behind the bubble and fished at varying retrieves until you find what they want.  Sometimes the jighead color makes all the difference in the world even on a 1/64th.  I have  1/32 & 1/64 th.  Do-it Molds "opened up"  to accept a # 4 and  # 6 hook, respectfully.  Gold Matzuo sickle hooks are what seems to work the best for me.    I also tie a small # 4 hook based E-Z body zonker and a #4 clouser that typically work well ( salt water stainless hook ).  Schooling White Bass, Largemouths, and Skipjacks 
are one of my favorites.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Thank yawl for the reples, Fella's!  My "trusty" neck is hurtin' pretty good and looking down at this keyboard isn't workin' out too well.  I'll get back to this later...  Thanks again!

[Sparky]

Sometimes you have to burn a bait as fast as you can reel to get them to react.

[Dave]

My first preference of bait is a crank bait.  This replicates a natural food. The second would be a Gitzit / tube bait, this replicates a dying shad that had possibly been struck on a prior attack, And lastly, I would throw a spinner bait.  This replicates a larger shad chasing smaller shad.  Now if we were fishing in coves or structured areas, my first choice would be a replicate of a craw or worm!     

[quietfly]

I always use cranky bait to locate the fish, it allows me to cover large areas of water fast.

[t-billy]

  Stick worm weightless.  Just throw it in there and let it sink. Don't move it.  It doesn't seem to matter what they're feeding on. When that quivering worm comes slowly fluttering down they just can't seem to help themselves. I made some open pour rtv molds of the bp magnum fin-eke worm. Awsome bait. Wayyy more wiggle&jiggle than a senko on the fall.

[t-billy]

3" baby bass Skinny carrot on the lightest jig head you can throw. Fluorocarbon leader.

I agree on being as far away as you can cast.

The dynamite trick that ctom mentions also works pretty good. Light-Throw-Scoop up as many fish as you can- Get the heck out of there before the Warden shows up. Works good on bedding bass too!!!

Hey Andy. When the warden shows up,just hand him a lit stick and ask him if he's gonna fish or write you a ticket.

[FrankJScott]

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