Man... For the first time in a long time I got shut out today.  

I feel defeated.  Whooped.  Violated.  

The worst part is, I fished from 6 am to 4 pm.  I tried everything too.  Shallow, deep, crank baits, jerk baits, spinner baits, top water, flukes, senkos, t-rigs, c-rigs, under docks, over road beds, in tree tops, around bridges.  I tried natural colors, silvers, golds, forage, chartreuse, firetiger, black, etc, etc, etc....

Nothing.   :'(

Frustrating, no doubt.  I've been on the wrong end of many a shutout.  You had more patience than I do, i woulda packed it up by 10 or 11 and gone to get a sammich.  You'll kill em tomorrow

thats awesome that you were able to be out that long! atleast you got to try tons of techniques and lures as well as areas and hopefullly you found some new ones. sounds like my kinda day in duration i went out from 430 to 5 today. caught a about a half dozen . but i did go out for a few hours the other day and got skunked which broke my streak for a about a month.  > i feel your pain brother

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Unfortunaltly it has happened to me too. But as the old saying goes, a bad day of fishing is better then a good day at work.

aggghhhhh....... i HATE the old goose egg!!!!!!

you do have much more patience than i will ever posses......

i would have called it quits long before you did, likely around noon.

i commend the effort 8-)

Just curious: What were conditions like? Weather trend, sky, and water.

The same thing happened to my brother and I out at Glen Springs in Munford, TN. There was so many boats out there I was not suprised.

I should have thrown some Aspirin or other pain reliever as I bet all the bass had a headache from all the rattling and banging of crankbaits and other baits!  

I know there is great fishing there so plan on going when less pressure is on the fish. Fun being out there though!

Just curious: What were conditions like? Weather trend, sky, and water.

air temp: 6 am- 65 degrees

             2 pm- 92 degrees

water temp: 79 degrees

sky: clear blue

wind: none

current: none

water color:  stained, not muddy

I'm wondering if the full moon may have been a big reason they weren't biting.  I met a guy at the boat ramp who was leaving as I got there (at 6 am).  He had caught 3 nice bass between 4:30 and 5:30 on a buzz bait in very shallow water (1-3 feet deep).

You should've gone to Guntersville!