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Catching the one that just busted the surface near you #11886881 10/18/16 02:48 PM
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Whats yalls opinion on the best way to entice a bass thats just busted something on the surface near your boat or where youre standing on the bank? Do you try to mimic what you think he hit, like shad in open water or a creature near the bank even if it takes a couple minutes to rig up? Or do you look for a reaction bite? Do you tend to throw a top water or something else?

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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886886 10/18/16 02:50 PM
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I keep a spinnerbait tied on 24/7 just for such reason.

Throw past him and reel in, you have a good chance of catching him

Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886893 10/18/16 02:51 PM
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I'll throw a Trig right on top and hope.


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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886899 10/18/16 02:56 PM
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Fluke or senko


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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886947 10/18/16 03:15 PM
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i had a good one i considered 4-6lbs roll the surface about 715 or so sat during the berkely tourny and at 730 caught a 7.5 with a big worm right withing about 5-10' of where he busted whether or not that was him i don't know but it was fun catching him anyway..

Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886953 10/18/16 03:18 PM
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Just did this yesterday, swam a jig right through the spot and got hit


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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886967 10/18/16 03:25 PM
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How many times does that happen? We all instinctively do it: near by splash, quick reel in, & whoosh -- we fire away at the swirl. It seemed it never happened to me before, that is, caught the alleged fish that surfaced until one day last year during practice on Ross Barnett. I was fishing a weightless Senko if that tells you anything. 3 times it happened that day. The first time I thought to myself, "cool, that never happens". After I shook the 3rd one off I turned to my partner said, "dude, this will never happen to me again in my lifetime." Hasn't happened again since.


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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: B.Hollingshead] #11886972 10/18/16 03:27 PM
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Fluke or senko



This ^^^^^^^^^^^ cheers peep

Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11886980 10/18/16 03:30 PM
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If your not catching the fish that just busted the water next to you than it probably wasn't a bass to begin with. A bass busting the top of the water is the easiest bass in the lake to catch.

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A whopper plopper has always got me bit when fish are busting the surface. Also agree with a senko or fluke!

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Originally Posted By: golferflash
A whopper plopper has always got me bit when fish are busting the surface. Also agree with a senko or fluke!


That works really well ... hell a hot dog and a treble hook would work also .... unless your throwing at a turtle swirl or a carp or gar etc..

Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: Huckleberry] #11887000 10/18/16 03:45 PM
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It can be hard to catch the fish that is chasing the shad but often there is more than one fish chasing. I like a fluke or a crankbait myself.


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Re: Catching the one that just busted the surface near you [Re: jp24] #11887006 10/18/16 03:48 PM
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Buzzbait works the best for me. I throw past the splash and reel it AS FAST AS I CAN.

The faster the better, you can't reel a buzzbait faster than a bass can swim. This will usually get the bass to react.

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Wacky rig of any kind.


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that single fish is actually feeding. while throwing something similar might work, But I believe you can throw anything that will get his attention will work. Noisy, bright, big, etc. Create a commotion.

for schools feeding I Like a top water or a trap


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