Any idea's?

I experienced some odd fishing today and was curious if anyone has had this experience? The Bass were not on any beds that i could see and they were taking my soft plastics hard and swimming off with it but when i set the hook the bait came back with the barely pushed through the texposed plastic! Very frustrating:) to say the least. I don't think they were taking the bait off the bed and when i hooked a few their tails were very clean (no red or raw fins). I started catching them once i hammered them as they hit the bait instead of waiting. I even saw a few of them take the bait since the water was 1-3 foot. A couple of times i let them actually pull my rod down before i set the hook and i realized after a few of those dry hooksets that wasn't working. Anyone else had this happen? What did you do? Oh, the fish i did catch were 14-16 inch fish so i don't think they were Redeye or small bass.

For the most part I beleive the spawn is over. There may be some straglers left, but I think the false spring we had messed alot of timing up. As for the missed fish I too have had that problem. Had a couple of what felt like good fish hit and carry a Tiki-stick, set the hook, be 3-5 seconds into a good fight and turn it loose. Bring the bait in and the hook had never left the bait. And it was skin hooked at that. I think in some situations a bass bites down on a soft plastic so hard that they'll hang on till you just take it away from them. Very frustrating indeed.

What a difference today. We had all of the bass in the boat but one and it held on so well that i launched it 5 feet toward the boat before it let go and splashed me. That was some cold water at 8am with the wind and cool temps. We stuck 'em today! :)

Yeah man....today was different for sure, but had fun.

Got out early this morning with DJD for a little wind-whipped bassin...man that wind could blow a chill right through you today. Showed up in short sleeves and it wasn't long before the jacket came out of storage...BRRRRRR.

The water was up at least a foot from Saturday and stained. Water temps ranged from 66-69 throughout the morning. The pattern from Saturday wasn't exactly in-tact, but we managed. Zoom Nail Worm, Snoozer Tube, and Buckeye Soft Jerk were the money winners. Nine fish in the boat, one of which was a catfish that hunkered down in the grass on Don and made us think that a pig beast state record largemouth was on the hook. I did luck into a solid little 4-pound largemouth that destroyed a soft jerkbait and took me for a nice ride on a 7' Medium-Light creekin' rod.

Thanks for the trip Don...here are some pictures:

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[quote=MrSplitshot;294668]Yeah man....today was different for sure, but had fun.

Got out early this morning with DJD for a little wind-whipped bassin...man that wind could blow a chill right through you today. Showed up in short sleeves and it wasn't long before the jacket came out of storage...BRRRRRR.

The water was up at least a foot from Saturday and stained. Water temps ranged from 66-69 throughout the morning. The pattern from Saturday wasn't exactly in-tact, but we managed. Zoom Nail Worm, Snoozer Tube, and Buckeye Soft Jerk were the money winners. Nine fish in the boat, one of which was a catfish that hunkered down in the grass on Don and made us think that a pig beast state record largemouth was on the hook. I did luck into a solid little 4-pound largemouth that destroyed a soft jerkbait and took me for a nice ride on a 7' Medium-Light creekin' rod.

Thanks for the trip Don...here are some pictures:

[URL]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/bquisenberry/dd56073A.jpg[/URL]

[URL]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a219/bquisenberry/dd56072A.jpg[/URL]

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WTG guys looks like you guys had a fun day out there--nice fish there Dan Q---O yes cool looking cat yourself Don---lol----:)

Gw,
Yeah it was fun today and i let the cat go, the dang thing even spiked my palm just so i would remember it!. :mad:
Have you been to Cedar recently? Brian and i were talking about that lake today. Seems like the weekend would be packed but how about the work week? Has it been packed as well? Take care! Don

If the weekdays at Cedar aren't packed, I'm feeling a sick day coming on...

:D

[quote=DJD;294676]Gw,
Yeah it was fun today and i let the cat go, the dang thing even spiked my palm just so i would remember it!. :mad:
Have you been to Cedar recently? Brian and i were talking about that lake today. Seems like the weekend would be packed but how about the work week? Has it been packed as well? Take care! Don[/quote]

No i have not been there for a few weeks--but getting ready to start hitting it again--now those weekends are full of people fishing that lake --so the best days days are --------------------------------------------
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays--See you guys on the water-let me know when i will meet you guys there--:)