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You ever go out on a lake you kind of know.....but can't even find a fish on the sonar let alone get a bit, nibble or anything.
I mean i saw some carp......but that was it. I toured the entire lake looking for marks, trying spots that should have atleast given up sunfish....nadddaa. zilch...zero......
My day yesterday
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Yikes! We have all had those days.
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More than I care to remember.
More than I care for.
That’s why they call it Fishing! LOL A day on the water is worth it!
Bob
you mean there's supposed to be fish in those waters?? :Rofl
okay, something is very wrong.......today I was a lake that I never come out empty handed on....well i could see them on the sonar at least....but one bass...one stinkin bass.
all the tried and true techniques are failing, minnows are failing....sadly even the slab sauce is failing.
even broke out the bettle spins, crappie magnets, trout magnets, many different colors and sizes.....
I'm at a loss.........
I did manage to snag the underside of the boat, another fishing rod....and lastly...the trolling motor...that's when i knew it was time to leave.
Well today wife and I went out too. We couldn't get bit by bugs much less crappie. So I went to a little point that always has a white bass or two. I hooked into something big, and I mean big. He spooled me and broke of that 2 lb line. Never saw it. Have no idea what is was. I assume it was a drum. Any way there is a big ol cottonwood leaning out aver the water where we ate lunch. 98 degrees out and we are in the boat under the cotton wood. It didn't get no better. Came home and my Helix 9 was sitting in a box on the porch, back from repair. Tomorrow I hit the lake again. This time with the helix instead of the the lowrance x45. And if I don't get bit, I am gonna have lunch under that cotton wood tree.
As someone else said....even the bad days fishing are better than a lot of other days when you're not on the water )
I do not mind bad days if the weather is decent, but when your out there wind blowing 30 MPH, cloudy, cold, raining, it`s bad fishing and it is your only week long fishing trip now that just plain sucks.
I only started fishing for crappie a couple of years ago, but what I've found is these fish are a lot like quail. Some days you find them everywhere, then others they seem to have vanished. Also, they can stay just ahead of you out of reach. I have the good fortune to have 6 water supply reservoirs of medium size near me. When I can't find them on one lake, I just switch to another for awhile.
Sometimes it just is that way so just try again and again until they get hungry or in the mood! Oh and you may want to try night fishing?Quote:
Originally Posted by FishGuyMN
Skip
and just like that the switch flips and the world is right again. I went out last night and the line wasn't in the water for more than 20 seconds before it's going down and I have my first crappie of the night. Pretty good fishing overall, just stayed with minnows as I was catching crappie, bass, northern, and even walley in the same spot.
Northern always amaze me crappie fishing...it seems if i do a slow real and just guide it to me they don't fight too much until they see the net. I can normally get the under 5 lbs one in the boat without breaking the line. But of course there is the occasional just massive tug then snap of the line when fishing with the only thought being...well...that must have been big.
The bad days make the good days better in the end!