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#512419 10/06/19 08:12 AM
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My LMB have always been difficult to catch, but in the last month or so none of my fish want to hit anything including live bait! I hand feed pellets 3 times a day and the BG, HBG, and YP aggressively feed so I know they're happy and healthy. Could this just mean that my fish have plenty to eat so they aren't going after lures or bait?

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How are you rigging up for live bait and what are you using for bait?

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Mostly redworms on a #6 hook. They used to hit the hell out of 1-2 inch crayfish during the summer but I haven't tried any real recently.

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Try live shiners with light wire Aberdeen hooked thru the lips no weight lite line cast out and drag it till something eats it

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I have LMB in my pond with CC,GSH and BG, and have only caught one in the past 4 years. Everyone says they are so full of bait fish they are not interested in anything with a hook in it, then laugh, but maybe they are right, just do not know!


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Glad I'm not the only one Funky! I've caught probably 10 largemouth since the spring. My pond is very small with clear water so I assume that's why they're so skittish.

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Have you tried matching the forage base with a small BG as bait?

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Catch what they eat and present it to them as wounded...bammo.
Predators cant resist a wounded baitfish.

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