Summertime light bites

Sometimes I just know they are there , I don't really need to see it on an electronic device . I simply use what I know about the water body and make calculated choices based on what I am about 100% sure of in most cases.
And then it begins , a simple game of what do you guys like today ? Small jig , slow fall ? Big jig and dance it a bit ? something flashy traveling by maybe ? or do you fisheez want it really still and teasing them fishee lips a bit ? :dono
So it went like this , bigger jig , a few bites , bright color and moving slowly .......a few VERY light bites ....
dropped down to a tiny jig and lost it on the first drop and hookset , weak spot in the line ......:banghead
went to another small jig , but not quite as small and fished it so slow and so deep it was touching the bottom a few times .
I tried a float , but it was just not in the cards , I continued my vertical bottom hugging presentation and managed to ketch a few for dinner .
Mind you this , the bite was really tricky and about half the fish were not really big enough for my dinner plans.
After I had enough for dinner , I retired from the venue .
Best part of this visit was some floating algae , one of those small clumps you see from time to time that float up off the bottom in the summer months . One about the size of a hatchling turtle was floating by and I noticed a large shadow moving towards it .....low and behold a true monster bass was easing up on it and then MUCH to my surprise , the bass gave it a taste ....of course it didn't eat it , but to be very sure it was checking it out to see if it was edible . I have seen a few cool things in my time , but to be sure that was really interesting , I am pretty sure that bass has taken advantage of hatchling turtles before , this is the season they show up and to be very sure , that is the only explanation I can come up with ......of course other than the fact that bass are some of the stupidest fish in the water .....just saying :Rofl
and then .....
until I hammer them somewhere soon again ....
KABOOM is the word :cheers2

Kaboom. Your explanation makes sense to me. Turtle loving bass. If it will fit in their mouth they say it's fair game.

Sounds like you had to work harder to get bit but still found the right combination. That bass thought it wanted a salad but like my grandson's spit it out. They will eat a lot of different things.

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Originally Posted by JUNGLEJIMJIGS

Sounds like you had to work harder to get bit but still found the right combination. That bass thought it wanted a salad but like my grandson's spit it out. They will eat a lot of different things.

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found a tiny baby softshell in the river by the bank years ago ,still quite alive and a bit tattered looking, with definitive fish teeth marks across it's back , pretty sure it was an almost food item for a river bass

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Kaboom. Your explanation makes sense to me. Turtle loving bass. If it will fit in their mouth they say it's fair game.

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some years ago I downed a dove in a big clear water tank , when it was about time to call it , the dove was still way out there in the tank. I grabbed a truck rod and casted over it and snagged it and began to drag it to the shore .....
as it approached the bank slowly a huge shadow emerged behind it and about 2 foot from the shore that big bass, closed the gap and got really close to the dove , it did not try to eat it that go, but to be very sure it was clearly interested in a try at it ....