Part 2: Another one bits the dust. Remember the second bass that came up after i lost the first one? He was back again in the same spot. But just like yesterday, he was uninterested in any of the crankbaits that i threw his way. Took a can of unsalted corn and began carp fishing (not chumming the place first) There were some real monster carp swimming early in the morning in that spot but not interested in the corn on the line. After striking out in the morning, i had a few afternoon things to do before i headed back out again for a second attempt at carp fishing (this time i threw half the can to chum the area where the carp were earlier, plus with a south breeze, the current would take the smell outwards to deeper waters), but alas no such luck on carp fishing, didn't see them either so i called it a day for that. But i was bound and determine to catch that largemouth that kept hanging out so close to the shore. Man i tried everything in the tackle box; jigs, spinnerbaits, inline spinners, shad and minnow crankbaits, buzzbaits, swimbaits, and spoons. Nothing. The best i could do was with the crankbait, when i jerked it and paused for a good 10 seconds he would open his mouth like he was ready to strike but then bolt off only to come back yet again and be uninterested in the lure. How aggravating is that? I went as far to take my grandmothers old fishing net and put it in the water and when he got real close i would scoop him up out of the water, haha. Didn't work though, never got close enough with the net in the water.
Finally i decided to just watch him and take some pictures, that is when i noticed that when he darted off, there were smaller fish darting away from him, then it hit me. The crankbaits i was using was too big for him (X-rap size 10 4" minnow), so i decided to step down to the size 8 and 6 and see if that would provoke him. Once again i got the same reaction from every lure in the box. Fast and slow retrieve accomplished no looks, while small and subtle jerks prompted looks and opening his mouth, but no interest to even touch it or swim near it. After realizing he wasn't going after the crankbaits, i switch the jigheads and tried to catch some of the small perchs (what they looked like) to try and use for bait for the big guy. Alas they were so deep and hiding under the rocks i got no hits from them either.
After that i packed up and went to Walnut Creek and fish off the pier with a box of worms i bought. Caught 5 small rock bass and pretty good size smallmouth. Least i can count on those fish to bite. Maybe they bite too much, some of them really had their mouths tore up for attacking other baits in the past. The smallmouth was missing half his lower jaw. Yeeesh!