Was out fishing yesterday and today. Could see fish in shallow water on beds. Picked off one male, but the larger females wanted nothing to do with what I was throwing. I used everything: jigs, creature baits, small worms, big worms, spinnerbaits, lizards. Nothing worked. And there were 7 really large females doing laps around this one bed. I had my bait right in the middle of the bed, and they surrounded it, but then froze up and did not move. Should I have approached it differently? Is there something else I should have thrown? As a side note, I was out fishing today and caught one that had the bloodiest tail fin I have ever seen. It was covered in blood. What would that have been from?

im no help for the fishing part of it, but i know the bloody tail fin was from the bass using its tail to make the bed. they fan the bed area to remove debris/pebbles which tear up the tail