I spent an hour tonight trying to catch a large male hovering around a bed. I threw nearly every bait in my box at him and finally clicked on a PB and J jig with a clear/chartreuse Keitech trailer on it. He hate the tail off of one of them then stole 90% of another. The third one he inhaled. I put him back in the water about 3 feet from his bed expecting him to return to it.He swam right over it on his way to deeper water. Will he return to that bed? If he does, how long should it take?

I've released bed fish and they swam off elsewhere, came back in an hour and they were back at the bed.

Sometimes they return straight to the nest, sometimes they don't!

Bass are individuals & don't all act the same!