do just arriving at the body of the water you get to,do you wait before getting a line out? or get right at it? and does that mean catching more fish? how so? 

and i heard of this, if you can see a bass it can see you also ,but does that mean it won't necessarily strike your bait ,does it? why?

your opinion?

I've caught my fair share of fish sight fishing from the bank. I'll throw a senko 5 to 10 feet away. If the fish slowly moves in that direction.....Game on!! As far as first arrival, if it's a body of water I've already been to, I will have some lures already tied and ready to cast. New water I check the conditions and area first.

I once was casting from the bank at our little pond and look down and I'm literally standing over a bass that's maybe a foot from the bank.

I put my rod tip over him and dropped my weightless speedcraw on his head and he bit it plain as day but I didn't get a good hookup.

There is no way he didn't know I was standing there he would have felt me moving around or saw me.

that "if you can see the bass it can see you" thing is thrown around far too often. i've caught plenty of bass that could see me. just because they can see you doesnt mean they wont bite. now, i wont discount the fact that SOME bass may get weary and not bite if they see you, but thats not the case for all bass

that "if you can see the bass it can see you" thing is thrown around far too often. i've caught plenty of bass that could see me. just because they can see you doesnt mean they wont bite. now, i wont discount the fact that SOME bass may get weary and not bite if they see you, but thats not the case for all bass

When someone says that they aren't neccesarily saying the bass won't bite, but it is almost always true that a bass sees you before you see the bass. It helps to take that into consideration when sight fishing bass.

I think the if you can see them they can see you should be taken much more seriously when they're on beds! Atleast from my experience

I have a rod in the water as soon as humanly possible when I get to a fishing spot, but that may just be me.

that "if you can see the bass it can see you" thing is thrown around far too often. i've caught plenty of bass that could see me. just because they can see you doesnt mean they wont bite. now, i wont discount the fact that SOME bass may get weary and not bite if they see you, but thats not the case for all bass

I will say that if a BIG bass swims up to look at you, they probably aren't interested in eating...this happens a lot when I'm bank fishing in really clear water

Maybe my lucks different from ya'lls but ive cought numerous bass from 30ft an closer, if youve got the right lure on they will charge it as it hits the water. Size of fish does not matter imo. I once had a pair of 6-7lbers comin casually swimmin by the dock i was standing on, walked 20-25ft to shore to find the only available rod in the beach sand (kids zebco, friends lake house), had a pink/white spinner jig thing for crappies. I knew it wouldnt hold up but i pitched it in, made a few hops off the bottom an immediatly got ones attention, nosed down an ever so slightly it sucked it off bottom. Fish on fish on, find a net!! No net, so i take off in the water chasing it, trying to keep her from breaking. Splash splash SNAP!!! Thats only one experience, lol. They will bite if your close.

I keep 7rods rigged, usually i only do a color change. There are times when ill switch up techniques if im not getting bit.