To those who think bass are "easy" to catch I invite you to fish bull shoals lake on the Missouri/Arkansas border at 6am. It is the most spectacular bass event I have ever seen and I hardly caught a fish. That was back in the mid 90's but I doubt it is any different today. Those bass are smart. Even live shiners could not fool them, and that is what they were eating.

13 minutes ago, James Krack said:

To those who think bass are "easy" to catch I invite you to fish bull shoals lake on the Missouri/Arkansas border at 6am. It is the most spectacular bass event I have ever seen and I hardly caught a fish. That was back in the mid 90's but I doubt it is any different today. Those bass are smart. Even live shiners could not fool them, and that is what they were eating.

I've seen the bass on Bull be almost suicidal, eating anything you put in front of them. I've also seen them be next to impossible to catch. It's an excellent lake that I enjoy fishing either way.

Just now, Bluebasser86 said:

I've seen the bass on Bull be almost suicidal, eating anything you put in front of them. I've also seen them be next to impossible to catch. It's an excellent lake that I enjoy fishing either way.

 

The border? The border will make you quit bass fishing. It was like something out of a dream. Five pounders busting on shad as far as your eyes can see. Could not fool them at all. It was so bad we had more bass jump into our boat than we had bite out lines. Jigging spoons of all things worked the best but your talkin 3 dinks instead of one. Not much of an improvement.

On 10/22/2019 at 10:41 AM, Mobasser said:

I agree. If you think on it, a Texas rig, jig, spinnerbait, crankbait, and topwater can keep most anglers busy for an entire day. There's plenty of versatility within those baits alone

 

Agreed. These are my top-five HOF style of lures.