I went fishing at a private pond in Stamford Connecticut for my second time in about a month. I did great (by my standards). Caught a bunch of 13 and 14 inchers for fun and landed a nice 18 incher too.

But heres what I dont get:

Last time i went they hit both of my Rapala minnow lures. A red one and the grey classic one. They also hit a rubber shad minnow. Then I landed an 18 1/2 incher on a Panther Martin spinner.

This time they wouldnt hit any of the above. My last resort was a rubber worm. A berkly power bait. I'm not even sure if it hit the water and WHAM.

It was one after another from there until the sun hit the pond. I have the pictures but they need to be resized and I havent got the software and i havent opend a PB account yet, but i will when my brain can deal with it.

So I ask, what changed. Same time of day. Same pond. Same fish in pond. It was a slight bit cooler with no humidity as opposed to a month ago when you could cut the heat and humidity with a knife, but thats it.

Is that the difference and if so, then does any one understand why I should have known what to use for that difference??

Have you ever heard of finding the right pattern ? A pattern can last for days or hours at a time. There are many variables that go into the equasion of what bass will hit at any given time.

Bass sometimes want faster moving baits (rat-l-traps , spinners) sometimes they will want a slower presentation(plastics).

What you have to figure out is what they want , that's the fun part of it sometimes.

I guess your probably right.

Another thing I wanted to ask someone, maybe you know the answer to this, when using a rubber worm do you cast and let sit or reel it in??

I caught them doing it either way. I remember catching LMB in the everglades that way, by letting it sit, and I caught taht way here the other day. But I also grabbed a few on the reel in.

Whats your thought?