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Joined: Jan 2019
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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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Freg
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!
half-acre pond, LMB, HBG, BG, GSH and CC ....goal is to
have fun fishing. And I subscribe!
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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.
Last edited by Clay N' Pray; 10/07/19 12:37 PM.
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