One thing that I have learned in my years of fishing is that I can catch more bass by paying attention to details.
This concept comes up a lot, but I was reminded when I scared this bass off when I was moving down this bank but made a mental note and casted past her and from far away so that I didn’t spook her.
If you notice here, I stayed far back so that I didn’t spook this bass again, casted past her, and let the bait drop where I thought she might be.
I would have never caught this bass if I hadn’t paid attention to details, remembered where she was, stayed back, and casted past her.
Anything else would have spooked her away.
Paying Attention to Detail to Catch More Bass
This same concept applies to most of bass fishing. It is how we put together patterns.
Paying attention to the details it what separates really successful anglers from those that just go out and let the dice fall where it falls.
I’ll give you a couple more examples here:
1.) When you fish a jerkbait pay attention to how many twitches you make and how long the pauses are when you get hit, then do that again.
2.) Pay attention to where you get bit when fishing down a bank. Are the bass on wood, rock, or transitions? What is the depth that they are biting at?
3.) Are the fish feeding on the bottom, or up off of the bottom?
4.) Is the barometric pressure rising or falling?
5.) Are the fish chasing reaction baits, or are they wanting it slow and finesse?
There are too many more here to list, but you get the idea…
You can put together a strategy by paying more attention to details next time you are on the water and see if you can’t find a pattern to catch more fish.
This also makes the bass fishing so much more rewarding in my mind. There is something magical and rewarding about putting together a pattern and having an epic day on the water.
So go out and pay attention to detail to catch more bass!
To your fishing success,
Jonathan Burke
LiveBassFishing.com