I wish...

I just got back from fishing and was trying to catch this nice sized bass that was sitting atop a submerged branch. He wouldnt touch my spinnerbait or worm even when i flipped it right on his back. I'd swim my bait right past him/her and it wouldnt bite. I proceeded to do this for a while, maybe 30 minutes or so...could i have caught this bass?

11# as in an 11 pound bass? If I saw an 11 lb bass anywhere I would park my rear and stay as long as she was there.....and then blind cast for a few hours after she left  ;D

I would think you could make her mad enough to bite but who knows. Different baits, different angles, different retrieves. Experimentation = success

I would think you could make her mad enough to bite but who knows. Different baits, different angles, different retrieves. Experimentation = success

Official.

11# as in an 11 pound bass?

No haha I was just trying to think of a catchy title  ;D

I think you answered your own question; no,  you couldn't.  But, if you'll just give us the exact location, I'm sure one of us can!   

Catchy title indeed. 

I had my fingers quivering over my Google maps waiting for that location! HaHa!

Sometimes being more stubborn that an ornery old bass pays off.

J.

If she didn't move when you hit her in the back--here's your sign--dive in and get her ;D ;D

I would have had a swimbait tied on, whatever the forage is in your lake. cast it out, reel it in put the thing right in front of its mouth. Let it sit and twitch it every couple of minutes. maybe even had another setup with other lures while the swimbait just sat.

11# as in an 11 pound bass? If I saw an 11 lb bass anywhere I would park my rear and stay as long as she was there.....and then blind cast for a few hours after she left ;D

I would think you could make her mad enough to bite but who knows. Different baits, different angles, different retrieves. Experimentation = success

X2. I'd still be there!!!

We have 1 lake out here with a bunch of big bass in it. They will go sit in the trees and sun them selfs while they digest their lunch. They are extremely difficult to get to bite. Then once you do actualy hook one they are even harder to get out of the trees. I know they are there so I will sit way back before I go look at them and cast something along side the trees. Usualy a swimbait. Crawlers and Shinners have also worked.

Overall I give myself about a 3% chance of catching one.