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Thats where this all started Sam, I zeroed, not even a bite all day saturday on the Potomac in a club tournament for 8 hours straight

I had a long time pro angler that I've made friends with tell me today : "You are putting to much pressure on yourself because you want it so badly. " What do I do?

He really does...... You got that right

Well, I went out today to the same exact spot for two hours, threw a slew of different types of lures, Caught 2 10-11 inch bass that bit the exact same way they were yesterday in the exact same stretch of bank.

This lake is known for small fish, I typically only catch 10-12 inch bass from the spot I was fishing. The biggest bass That I've pulled from this lake was 17"

I'm not upset at all, I just have a tournament this weekemd where I will be using this lure and I want to make sure my hook sets, set-up, and presentation are as perfect as they can be so I don't miss fish in the tournament.

Then how do you explain the large thumps out in deep water?

They werent taps at all, It was a really hard THUMP

I went to large lake by my house today with some slider heads and some 4" Slider worms, I MISSED 22 BASS in an hour, Some of them I could see. One of them grabbed the worm, but not the hook, others would run up to it and chase it as I would swim it along slowly. I tried the sweep set for the bites I couldnt see, but even missed those, I was not able to get any of these fish hooked up, I was using the 7' Medium action rod, I may just go to the 6'6??? I only had one bass eat the worm on the fall. I tried 3" Junebug chartreuse slider worms, 4" black/chartreuse slider worms, and Motor oil orange slider worms, I even tried going as small as a 3" slider grub, thats when they started to just chase it and follow it. I tried a Zoom Centipede in green pumpkin with its tail dipped in Chartreuse JJ's magic garlic dye, and did not have any better results. The fish that I was able to see were swimming in groups, I saw up to 5 bass from 12-14 inches all swimming in one group but could not get them to bite the slider head. Any suggestions?

Anyone ever try it?

When you get your rods and reels ready for tournaments, what steps do you take to get them ready? I just got Fresh line on my reels, I greased them with Ardent reel butter, I wiped down the rod blank, I cleaned and shined the rod guides, and I wiped down the outside of the reels and greased under the spool, And I cleaned the reel seats, anything else that I missed? I also soaked my fishing line on the spools in warm water for about 3 minutes as well, any other suggestions? I went throgh all the rod guides with both a paper towell and q-tips with soapy warm water and then dried them out and will be wiping the rods down with pledge this evening

And are there other style slider heads that work better in grass?

How do the Snagless Slider heads work in grass? Are they pretty weedless?

Any more advice?

I ordered: - Charlie Brewer's Slider Spider Head 1/8 - Charlie Brewer's Spider Slider Classic Head 1/16 - Zoom Finesse worm (Junebug) - Zoom Fish doctor (Junebug)

Whats better on the Slider head, A zoom Centipede or a Zoom Finesse worm?

I had a tournament Saturday, and my boater gave me 4 heads, I lost 2 in the tournament by snagging them on logs under the water, then with the last 2 I took home with me, I lost 1 on a bush in the water, and lost one yesterday when I got it wedged/snagged between a rock on the opposite shoreline.

I'm getting ready to make an order off susquehanna fishing tackle for some Charlie Brewer slider heads, and need help deciding 2 things: 1) What size should I get 1/8 or 1/16 for water as shallow As a foot up to 5 feet? 2) Do I get 1 or 2 20 pack of the heads? 3) How often do you break off the heads?

I was considering taking one of the 4" KVD Elaztech finesse worms and wacky rigging it

Anyone ever wacky rig a Finesse worm? Did It work? How does it compare to a wacky rigged senko in the same size? Do you use the same hook?

And should I try shortening the bait even more?

Should I try changing scents?

Should I try a lighter or heavier jig head?

You know us bass fisherman, we always WANT MORE

The thing is, I was unhooking them from there, but that was when I was catching them EXTRA shallow, like less than a foot deep