I was pond fisjing today and came across to where I could see about 8 1 lb bass. They were very high in the water collum. I threw everything in the book at them and they could not bite. Ifor you threw a bait at them they would either ignore it or spook. Could this be a tough time of year with males guarding a nest? Any tackle you find works best on fish like this? Thans

We had that happen last year at Hiawassee. Ended up throwing some weightless grubs and they hit them. Had to cast way past them to keep from spooking. Not the usual day on the river...

Wacky rig trick work on the lightest setup available always worked for me.

Rage Tail Menace T-rigged with a 1/8 oz weight fished as a topwater buzzbait.

 

 

 

 

That's a super annoying scenario. I've run into it a couple of times. Try a finesse worm. Drag it up to them and then dance it in their face.

A small inline spinner like a panther Martin #4 silver blade with a yellow/orange fly a shot of scent.

We get stumped at this time but it's time to dig deep in our tackle box of tricks.

Never give up its time to regroup and attack. It's smaller natural colored baits.

Rapala orginal floating minnow f7 blue or black, maybe a baby bass color?

Remember if we can see them they can see us. Wear darker colored clothes or camo.

Some days they just don't bite