The next time I get shut out this will be my excuse:

"Largemouth bass are considered the most intelligent fish that swim in freshwater. After one experience with an artificial lure, a large bass will often avoid that particular style of lure for the rest of its life. That’s why the style and quality of a hook is crucial."

All jokes aside, that's pretty cool as long as this is true.

My reading suggests they may avoid a particular lure in the future.  But only for about 15 minutes into the future...  

 

Anyone that refers to any fish as the "most intelligent" should probably not be taken very seriously, IMO!

 

 

Tight lines,

Bob

My reading suggests they may avoid a particular lure in the future. But only for about 15 minutes into the future...

Anyone that refers to any fish as the "most intelligent" should probably not be taken very seriously, IMO!

Tight lines,

Bob

Hey, I found it on the Internet, so it's gotta be true.

The next time I get shut out this will be my excuse:

"Largemouth bass are considered the most intelligent fish that swim in freshwater. After one experience with an artificial lure, a large bass will often avoid that particular style of lure for the rest of its life. That’s why the style and quality of a hook is crucial."

All jokes aside, that's pretty cool as long as this is true.

So funny.

Hey, I found it on the Internet, so it's gotta be true.

 

 

I don't know...   If it was true, there'd be a reality show about it by now, right?  

 

Tight lines,

Bob

There is. It's called " The Bass Masters " !

I remember seeing a tuna that spoke ironically selling tuna in a can so it in in actuality was a cannibalistic speaking tuna so it's probably true. Oh wait that's salt water so it might not be true.

The bass are not eating much and they're not aggressive at all.

I was out yesterday the water was near 60'. I caught one, I had

3 others roll behind toads and I had zero action on jigs.

Today I had zero action. The water dropped about 5 degrees

overnight.. The wind was strong and consistent for the last two days,

It pulled the temp quickly.

I'm missing this in a big way...

Soon the water will be frozen over and the bass will forget what our baits look like.

I'm not really sure if it's true or not. I know for a fact I've see times when it's not true. This last summer, for example, my dad set the hook on a fish that snapped him off. He re-rigged the same exact bait and tossed it back tot the same spot, hooked and landed the same bass which still had the other worm in it's mouth. Maybe it was just a dumb bass, or maybe there's not as much truth to that. 

If that were true would it not stand to reason that at some point we would no longer be able to catch any bass?

I´ve caught the same fish 4 times in the same week, I´ve caught the same fish with the same bait in a location maybe 20 ft away from the location where I caught it originally less than half an hour before.

 

So much for being the "most intelligent". 

If that were true would it not stand to reason that at some point we would no longer be able to catch any bass?

I'm playing the devils advocate here but, it says large bass. So their dumb baby bass may still bite. :-)

I´ve caught the same fish 4 times in the same week, I´ve caught the same fish with the same bait in a location maybe 20 ft away from the location where I caught it originally less than half an hour before.

 

So much for being the "most intelligent". 

Maybe this only applies to the U.S. Or Canadian bass ;-)

I only know that bass that have never seen a bait before are really easy to catch .I've had them swim between my legs , ****** my worm dangling form a canoe , follow me around like hungry cats and devour anything dropped in front of them . Not just dinks either,  I remember one time while paddling a canoe two big smallmouths keeping pace right beside me , I caught both of them by just lowering my bait in the water .

Whatever excuse makes you feel better works, I guess.  I don't blame my lures, I chalk it up to not being there when they were willing to bite.

^16...SF, I've read your post a couple times and it still cracks me up...not sure what you meant to say exactly...nor what came before the ****, but it makes me laugh....hope your worm made it through ok

^16...SF, I've read your post a couple times and it still cracks me up...not sure what you meant to say exactly...nor what came before the ****, but it makes me laugh....hope your worm made it through ok

Yep , a classic gutterhead post  made funnier by a censored word.  

From the unnecessary censorship stock files....

 

 

 

Maybe this only applies to the U.S. Or Canadian bass ;-)

 

Should have said: I´ve caught the same fish with the same bait in a location maybe 20 ft away from the location where I caught it originally less than half an hour before." at Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas.

 

I don´t need excuses, for me it´s very simple: if I´m not catching them then they are not biting, period.

Should have said: I´ve caught the same fish with the same bait in a location maybe 20 ft away from the location where I caught it originally less than half an hour before." at Choke Canyon Reservoir, Texas.

 

I don´t need excuses, for me it´s very simple: if I´m not catching them then they are not biting, period.

 

Stone cold killer....

I only know that bass that have never seen a bait before are really easy to catch .I've had them swim between my legs , ****** my worm dangling form a canoe , follow me around like hungry cats and devour anything dropped in front of them . Not just dinks either,  I remember one time while paddling a canoe two big smallmouths keeping pace right beside me , I caught both of them by just lowering my bait in the water .

 

I volunteer at the VA and show vets how to fly fish and how to tie flies. A lot of landowners are very generous and let us fish their ponds. These ponds are barely fished. Everything I threw, including pretty big poppers were annihilated. Not just by bass, but slab blue gills too.

 

You feel like an absolutely pro at those small lakes/ponds.

I'm playing the devils advocate here but, it says large bass. So their dumb baby bass may still bite. :-)

Define "large" bass?

The more they try to prove bass "learn" the more asinine they sound!

Define "large" bass?

The more they try to prove bass "learn" the more asinine they sound!

hmmm... now didnt you make a post a while back stating the only lure a bass cant remember is a plastic worm .

 

"Studies have proven that the plastic worm is the only lure made that a BASS CAN NOT REMEMBER!