06-18-2010, 05:01 PM
All of the answers to your questions are general answers. The only way to really know where the fish are in your waters is to learn the water. I have places I fish where you'd think the bass would be held up on a log or in some pads and they are smack in the middle of the lake on no structure at all.
1. Yes, they behave differently based on time of day. Generally they are more active during dawn and dusk. Again, this does not mean that fishing at noon is a lost cause. I've had plenty of days where I arrived at the lake at 5AM only to get my first bite at 11AM and catch steady until 1PM.
2. Yes, but it's not only the weather change. Any slight change in ANYTHING will move fish. And when I say anything...I mean anything. The best thing for you to do is start out at one body of water and record everything you do. Write it all down. The bait, the wind, the weather, the time, how you were working the bait, how the fish hit the bait, where he was hooked...Everything!
3. Yes, again, any slight change will move fish. No one can say that fishing is "better" in the rain or in the sun or in the wind. There are hundreds of different factors that play into it.
I had a day last week where I was in local pond that is covered in pads and moss. It's impossible to fish anything but weedless. I arrived at 4:30AM and started with a frog. By 5:30AM I was fishing 4 inch dingers.
I fished until 12PM without a touch. I went through every color dinger I had in my bag. When I ran out, I through on a 5 inch black Senko...nothing. 25 casts and I went to a 5" green Senko.
From 12:15PM until 2PM I caught 17 fish...all on the green 5 inch Senko. The only reason I stopped was because I only had one bag of 10 and I lost them all.
It's all about documenting everything you do. By doing that, you'll learn the water. By learning the water, you'll start to KILL (figuratively) the fish!
1. Yes, they behave differently based on time of day. Generally they are more active during dawn and dusk. Again, this does not mean that fishing at noon is a lost cause. I've had plenty of days where I arrived at the lake at 5AM only to get my first bite at 11AM and catch steady until 1PM.
2. Yes, but it's not only the weather change. Any slight change in ANYTHING will move fish. And when I say anything...I mean anything. The best thing for you to do is start out at one body of water and record everything you do. Write it all down. The bait, the wind, the weather, the time, how you were working the bait, how the fish hit the bait, where he was hooked...Everything!
3. Yes, again, any slight change will move fish. No one can say that fishing is "better" in the rain or in the sun or in the wind. There are hundreds of different factors that play into it.
I had a day last week where I was in local pond that is covered in pads and moss. It's impossible to fish anything but weedless. I arrived at 4:30AM and started with a frog. By 5:30AM I was fishing 4 inch dingers.
I fished until 12PM without a touch. I went through every color dinger I had in my bag. When I ran out, I through on a 5 inch black Senko...nothing. 25 casts and I went to a 5" green Senko.
From 12:15PM until 2PM I caught 17 fish...all on the green 5 inch Senko. The only reason I stopped was because I only had one bag of 10 and I lost them all.
It's all about documenting everything you do. By doing that, you'll learn the water. By learning the water, you'll start to KILL (figuratively) the fish!