I bought a pretty good pair of polarized glasses a couple days ago and decided to try them out as well as a small park lake a 1/2 mile from my house for the first time.

This has to be one of the most frustrating forms of fishing ever.  The glasses worked great and I could see small male bass protecting a general area.  I couldn't tell exactly where the bed was but there definetly was a five square feet area they were chasing other fish off of.  I read about this swimbait fad so I decided to try.  I couldnt get one bass to even take the 3" lure in its mouth.  Just looked at it.  I finally figured out that they would at least mouth a 6" worm.  I wasn't patient enough and missed a couple the few strikes that I had.  

I had a few questions.  Why would the bass attemp to move the worm but not the swimbait?  I just jiggled the swimbait in front of him and nothing.  Am I doing this strategy wrong?  Secondly, Is it possible that the males were just protecting a general area or do I just not know what beds look like.  Lastly, About how long does it take for the females to move shallow once the males start bedding?  

I concentrated on one bass that was about 12" if I had to guess.  (St. Louis Missouri Bass)  The same bass barely grabbed my worm 4 times.  I couldnt get a hookset in him.  Any help that I can get would be much appreciated.  

Bass 1   Jason 0

u gotta be patient. maybe cast it further out and basicly fish like u normally would, reel it in slowly while barley snap it to make it look like its a real worm.