Justin Tollefson

I am in western washington, Tacoma area. Im thinking its just a bit to early in the season for it, really hope that it gets better later on. Thanks a lot for all of the replies i really appreciate all of the help.

Hello, I am new here and just had a quick question. I recently moved to the Northwest, I was originally in NY. In NY I fished Bass mainly fished floating frogs 90% of the time, after moving to the northwest I noticed fishing for bass is a lot different. I started out with the floating frogs and had no luck at all, I would never even see a bass strike the surface at all even for bugs. I went fishing probably 10+ times with no luck I then changed to a plastic craw (or looks similar to one) with a bullet weight and tried doing that for the first time. I then was able to catch several bass in about 30 minutes. But here's my question, this is my first time jigging a lure on the bottom. I would cast out about 30 feet, and bounce/drag on the bottom. When I would get it about 5-10 foot from my kayak I would just real it in to recast. When I was at that 5-10 foot and reeled in quick, that's when I noticed the fish was on, and it nearly yanked the rod out of my hand everytime. I could never even feel the fish take the bait the entire time. This is how all 6 fish were that I caught that day. I never once set the hook, and have no idea how this can even happen with a weedless lure...I have a medium action rod and can feel every little thing on the bottom of the lake but never felt anything strange when I had a fish on. How is this even possible, it really makes no sense to me. And just a side note, I fished only trout the last couple seasons, and their bites are very obvious. any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!