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By: Scott Patton
Bass are creatures of their environment, they respond to
the current conditions. They do not have any control over
it. Unlike us they live in the natural world 24 hours a
day seven days a week. They hunt/eat when hungry or when
an opportunity arrives. So a wise angler will pay
attention to how to create an opportunity.
So let’s review why a bass strikes. One is hunger,
competing with other fish, out of reflex, curiosity,
feeding, anger, and protective, territorial and killer
instincts.
• Hunger, this is when a bass is simply on the feed
he is searching for food and is the easiest way to catch
a bass.
• Competitions, when bass are in a group, it may be
a group of two or a group of twenty.
• Reflex, this is how I catch a large number of my
fish, it is when a bass will react/strike out of some
type of quick or unexpected movement.
• Curiosity, this pretty much explains itself, bass
will investigate its immediate area and anything moving
that is not the common place.
• Feeding, when fish are on the feed like a school
of fish feedig on a school of shad.
• Anger, a bass will react out of anger when a
angler will make repeated cast to an area, creating this
strike.
• Protective instincts, this is usually during the
spawn, the bass will strike in order to protect its nest
or newly hatched fry.
• Territorial, like any other predator a bass will
protect its territory.
• Killer instincts, again because it is a predator
its killer instincts are strong and will kill out of
this. We all have caught a bass where the lure is as big
if not bigger than the fish itself.
Look over and study the list above, just give it some
thought, and let it help you fishing skills. Awareness is
the doorway to fishing success.
Scott Patton: has fished the pro tour for over 11 yrs,
and is sponsored by: Skeetr Boats, Yamaha outboards,
B&J Marine, St. Croix Rods, Rattle Trap, Costa del
mar sunglasses, ZOOM and Bluegrass
Good fishing, Scott
Sponsers – Stratos Boats, Yamaha
Outboards, St. Croix rods, Team Fish Fishing line, ZOOM,
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