went out fishing last night to catch some catfish and was using chunks of mackeral on a size 4 treble . well i caught about 4 cats but caught about 7 bass on this bait !!! i was throwing the mackeral weightless on the treble and was letting it sit on the bottom and then i started to catch nothing but bass and to make matters worse , the bass were swallowing the treble hook    anyhow , has any of you had this situation before , seems funny that bass are scavaging the bottom and eating cut bait (mackeral) !!!!

I had that happen a few years ago out in elcentro fishing a canal. I caught 2 bass with mackeral. They were both decent size too. I think around 5 lbers. But they were skinny so I just assumed they were extra hungry.

I had that happen a few years ago out in elcentro fishing a canal. I caught 2 bass with mackeral. They were both decent size too. I think around 5 lbers. But they were skinny so I just assumed they were extra hungry.

these were caught at lake San Marcos , there is alot of forage for bass there as there are bluegills , crawdads , crappie , and either minnows or shad ( can't tell but see them busting the surface constantly , that's how i can tell where to cast for crappie !!) so anyhow , i think of bass being bottom feeders as strange ..........

Hmm...

Kinda like live bait, huh? Worms, dads and minnows work

REAL well, too. I have no problem with "live" bait,

dead or alive.

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i guess what i mean by this post is that im getting frustrated cause i want to catch cats ( i caught a 7 lb. cat the other night and i know there are ALOT BIGGER cats in here , my friend caught a 16 lb. cat last week ) and for the most part im hooking into bass , now that's not a bad thing regularly but these guys are swallowing hooks and all . i have been using circle hooks , treble hooks , double circle hook rigs and the bass keep swallowing it . so what should i do . btw , im throwing this bait out far into the deepest part of this shallow lake ( it's deepest depth is only around 12-15 ft. deep )  :-/

We have had a similar thing happen in a pond in southeast Virginia. We take a small john boat around the pond and put a chicken liver on a rod with a bait clicker out behind the boat while we are bass fishing. We have "accidentally" caught  several lm bass.