Hey guys, 

 

I've fished on and off since I was young but have recently gotten into it more with quarantine. I started from the shore and then actually got a kayak that was on sale and have been making modifications to it to make it more fit for fishing. I've caught a perch and a pickerel from the shore and caught a pretty decent (maybe a little over 1lb) largemouth my first day out in my kayak. It was a really crappy cold day with some rain but I wanted to get out there. I was trying a few different set ups and ultimately caught the bass with a drop shot rigged worm. It was right around the base of a dead tree stump. This was two weeks ago. I've gone out probably 10 times since then, around half from shore and half from the kayak and have gotten zero bites. I've tried texas rigs, carolina rigs, drop shots, crank baits, chatter baits and nothing seems to work. I live in central mass and have tried the same pond I caught the bass in the same, similar, and different areas as well as different water bodies. I know fishing can be on and off but after two weeks I'm starting to get really frustrated. Any tips? 

Where are you located?

 

12 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Where are you located?

Grafton/Northborough area (Massachusetts)

3 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

 

How are you recommending rigging the senko? 

Edited May 3, 20206 yr by Gr24

With the senko you can rig it wacky style or weedless texas rig style...sparse cover wacky heavier cover weedless . For both id go weightless for sure. I'd also throw a swim jig with a menace grub if the water is clean...or a spinnerbait if the water has stain to it. I've caught a few on a chatterbait or lipless crank this spring but the swim jig and spinnerbait have been my number #1&#2 moving baits by a wide margin. Last spring I did much better on a chatterbait and lipless but our local waters were a lot dirtier from rains and flooding.

Senko

1 hour ago, DitchPanda said:

With the senko you can rig it wacky style or weedless texas rig style...sparse cover wacky heavier cover weedless . For both id go weightless for sure. I'd also throw a swim jig with a menace grub if the water is clean...or a spinnerbait if the water has stain to it. I've caught a few on a chatterbait or lipless crank this spring but the swim jig and spinnerbait have been my number #1&#2 moving baits by a wide margin. Last spring I did much better on a chatterbait and lipless but our local waters were a lot dirtier from rains and flooding.

Where in a lake/pond would you recommend fishing each of these? 

Senko weedless can be fished anywhere..and a swim jig comes through cover very well so I'd fish around some sort of cover...be it holes in weeds or hard cover like lay down trees

If you are fishing the same place over and over and not getting bites I would try somewhere else!

There are many reasons why you can go through periods where you're catching less fish than you think you should

Maybe you're misinterpreting seasonal patterns.  Perhaps you're trying to make the fish bite the way you want them to. Me, sometimes when I tell myself to slow down, I don't slow down enough.   Other days, I've had myself convinced that low & slow was the ticket, only to find out later that guys throwing Rogues, jerking hard & fast loaded the boat with their best 5 22 lbs.

 

Most of the time, the real reason you ain't catching fish is that something is missing between your ears.   All the information you need is in front of you, but you ain't seeing it.  You got several options.  Option A - quit.   A great philosopher ( Homer Simpson ) once said on TV that is something is pretty hard, maybe you don't want to do it.

Option B - re-assess your judgement of current seasonal patterns & how that jives with todays conditions.

Option C - maybe it is a gear/bait thing.   Could be that you don't have the correct gear/bait.  Option D - something is wrong between your ears.   Re-think options A, B, & C.