Has this ever happened to you?

I was at piney bay this morning. Just struggling!! Could not catch a fish to save my life. I am fishing along and there is a gentleman about 100 yds from me bringing them up like all get out. Nice fish. I just could not help myself anymore and I eased about 50 yds from him and asked that helpless question. " If you don't mind me asking what color are you using?" He said" You having trouble catching fish?" I said" yes sir". He said" Ease over here and I will tell you what I'm doing, I just limited out." So I ease on over and he tells me what to do and even went as far to give me a couple of the electric chicken baits he was using. Told me the depth, colors, showed me landmarks to go by. Now I'm talking fishing no more than 50-75 yards in a area. I watched him for at least 45 minutes killing them in THAT SPOT!! Wonderful fellow! He leaves and I fished for nearly two hours and didn't get so much as a bite. I changed depths, jigs and all that. Bout to pull my hair out!!!!

You just been punked by an ole timer. He was catching them at a different depth, not holding to structure, on black and chartreuse.

Anyone here wanna fess up:Rofl

Was that you RCC? Lol

was he wearin a pearl snapped 1pc jumpsuit? i hate that ol man! just kiddin

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Originally Posted by joekiller

was he wearin a pearl snapped 1pc jumpsuit? i hate that ol man! just kiddin

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Blue color jumpsuit and a straw hat in the winter. Fish catching, bad to the bone, dudes. I call em "The Blue Jumpsuit Mafia".

You don't mess with those dudes. Everyone of em' be packing. I love the ones with the chihuahua in the boat with the attitude of Cujo.

Weight line , speed, jig size , and boat control can change the depth your fishing greatly.

Happened all the time in the river.:banghead

It happens to all of us. Don't take it personally

you know when he got back to the coffee shop him n ol jim had a good laugh about you! !

Yep, I've been there. There's just some days your game is off.

WARNING: Due to the rising costs of ammunition, warning shots will no longer be given!!!!!

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Originally Posted by joekiller

you know when he got back to the coffee shop him n ol jim had a good laugh about you! !

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You sure that wasn't ol joe:Rofl

That honestly has never happened to me. I usually can manage to get no bites without help from anyone.

It'll be all be good Cat. You've got some good info. Let me make a suggestion...

Take some Lake Fork electric chicken plastics. Lay them on the dash of your truck for about a month and let them fade. This is called fried chicken (not originally my idea). No crappie can pass up fried chicken. If you really wan't to go all out, drop a half dozen crappie nibbles in with them to scent them up. Of course if you're fishing tomorrow, this will not work.

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Originally Posted by Catahoula06

Was that you RCC? Lol

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Uh, I thought the old man in this story was catching fish? RCC is the old man on the bank put fish in the bucket that his wife caught.

I started carrying my binoculars, try not to let them know I'm watching.

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Originally Posted by dblevens

Uh, I thought the old man in this story was catching fish? RCC is the old man on the bank put fish in the bucket that his wife caught.

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:hesaid X2.

Been there,done that!

Yep, been there. Did you pump gas before you went fishing? I started spraying my hands with scent killer and it hasnt happened since.


C.J.

More likely he forgot to tell you he was holding his mouth to the right plus spitting on the lure

I have been there a time of too

Ronnie u no its cause me and little dog weren't there to bait ur hook for u.

Had that happen more than once. The worst was with my uncle when I was about 13. He was slamming them. I was getting frustrated and asked if I could use his pole, he proceeds to boat four in four casts. Now I think it must be the front of the boat that's the hot spot. We swap seats and same story. About that time he said get me a Pepsi out of the cooler. I stopped the retreave to reach for the cooler and bam fish on. He said I thought thats what you needed, now put the Pepsi back in the cooler.

Learned a lot that day. Where we were fishing, in Colorado, is a large brushy flat about 12' deep with the brush coming up to about 7'. I wasnt paying enough attention. The wind was drifting us and when my uncle would cast he would only retreave until the right amount of line was out to get the depth the wind did the rest.

Slackline

[QUOTE=Catahoula06;2236149] Bout to pull my hair out!!!![/QUOTE]:yikes

Hire a :fish guide next time, it will be cheaper and less painfull than a hair transplant!:twocents :Rofl

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One reason I like to fish in the pool when it is crowded. It appears the same people catch the fish every time. But, when it is my day, I will pull them out so fast it dries them off. I might make a grunting noise like it is really paining me to pull up another one. I make all of the commotion I can to make sure everybody knows that it is my day too.
BTW
I have literally $$ thousands $$ in stuff I have bought trying to mimick techniques I have seen. Find your own MOJO and stick to it.
DP

In the lake everybody can catch fish in, Nimrod, I spent most of the time at Fall Camp watching others pull in fish after fish. It wasn't until I followed ABH around, that we boated any number of fish that entire weekend.

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In the lake everybody can catch fish in, Nimrod, I spent most of the time at Fall Camp watching others pull in fish after fish. It wasn't until I followed ABH around, that we boated any number of fish that entire weekend.

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That's a myth there ain't any fish in that lake, I only caught about 10,000 last year.:fish Sure ya gotta cull alot but there are some descent fish.:twocents This season starting slow here , hope it improves with gas prices so high. Costs me too much to travel everyday to fish.

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That's a myth there ain't any fish in that lake, I only caught about 10,000 last year.:fish Sure ya gotta cull alot but there are some descent fish.:twocents This season starting slow here , hope it improves with gas prices so high. Costs me too much to travel everyday to fish.

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You poor dear. I must be rough fishing everyday.
DP

Yes. Never had while crappie fishing yet. But last year I was bass fishing right after the spawn with a buddy of mine, we tried every trick in the book and nothing would take the bait. Seen a guy on the bank under a bridge and he was wearing some solid fish out, I got close to him and asked all the question what presintation and color. He said carolina rig a 7 in purple worm he had that tied on. So I dug through my gear got rigged up and started fishing bridges with that setup, went another three hours without a bite I packed up and went home.

what he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by DRPEPPER

One reason I like to fish in the pool when it is crowded. It appears the same people catch the fish every time. But, when it is my day, I will pull them out so fast it dries them off. I might make a grunting noise like it is really paining me to pull up another one. I make all of the commotion I can to make sure everybody knows that it is my day too.
BTW
I have literally $$ thousands $$ in stuff I have bought trying to mimick techniques I have seen. Find your own MOJO and stick to it.
DP

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I'm not one to obsess over fish, or worry too much about some guy catching them when I'm not.

But that's one reason I do carry multiple weapons in the boat. If needed, I've been known to just shoot a guy that's hot, sink his boat on the spot (for more structure, don't ya know), and take over fishing there. That way, I can chunk the offending weapon and still have one or two for the next guy in case that hole runs dry.

even if someone gives you all the details, depth, color, etc...it is still very difficult to catch another man's fish...