Slough Crew | Sat Jun-02-07 11:26 AM |
Member since Jan 22nd 2006
177 posts
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#9399, "RE: huddleston"
In response to Reply # 0
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It varies, some bites feel like the best spinnerbait bite ever, some are mush, some are just a tick and some will knock slack in your line. I would also say that you don't even feel some of the bites. It all just depends what kind of mood the fish are in. Jake J
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Urban | Mon Jun-04-07 05:24 PM |
Member since Sep 22nd 2004
402 posts
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#9408, "RE: huddleston"
In response to Reply # 6
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Heres my brief theory take on the big fish, subtle tick thing. I agree with Matt, but have this to add.
A big fish has a huge mouth. When a big fish sucks in a swimbait, its not biting it, its sucking the whole thing in (plus, like Matt said its coming forward). What you feel, the subtle tick, is actually the bait hitting either the roof of the fishs mouth or the back of the throat, or the mouth closing down on your line. Its not like the fish is biting the bait and turning (youd feel a sharp jerk if that happened). Smaller fish cant as easily get a big bait in their mouth so many times I think they actually grab, or bite, a section of the bait and thrash it. Thats why I think most of those harder swimbait bites are from smaller fish. Its more complicated than this of course, but thats my short version.
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EricM | Tue Jun-05-07 05:00 PM |
Member since Mar 31st 2007
53 posts
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#9412, "RE: huddleston"
In response to Reply # 9
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Matt, on the one bait of yours I have, it ALWAYS gets slammed. Truly crushed, like a crankbait bite. No taps or nipping...
I was watching some gills at Lake Poway, trying to catch some on the fly, and I saw a bass move out of some cover and approach the school. Just as the bass came out of the shade, the bluegill scattered into 4 inch deep water, out of reach for the bass. I think the bass crush your bluegill, or any bluegill bait, is because they take advantage of bluegill in the open. Plus, bluegill taste GOOD!
Rat baits also get hit hard too, because like gills they don't go into deeper water, so when a bass sees one, they take full advantage of the situation and attack!
Trout, on the other hand, are stupid and constantly roam open water. I remeber reading on the Huddleston website that bass just swim right next to trout and then just turn and start chomping on them. The trout don't try and swim away like the bluegill do. Probably because they are from farms and the gills are used to predators. -----------
Go big or go home!
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