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2010-09-06 17.51.44
I caught this 8" LMB (?) in the creek along with 18 3-5" BG and Green sunfish. What I'm wondering is why he wasn't eating the BG instead of my bait? There were 100's of them in there.
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Comment by 10.5" RES Sharon on September 7, 2010 at 6:14am
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None of MY fish lips will even touch artificial bait of any kind. I have started using 3" raw shrimp from the grocery store. Keep it in the freezer till needed. Break off small pieces. It seems to stay on the hook a little better. They do like crickets too.
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Comment by bluegillboogieman on September 7, 2010 at 4:37am
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Sharon, I was fishing in Holmes Creek last week, using crickets of course. My picture of 7 different sunfish from one spot included a small bass that hit a cricket. I caught 15 bass in a pond one day on crickets. So I surmise you have started using crickets.
Just kidding about YOUR bait! Futher up the creek, I was playing a small gill I had just hooked when suddenly he got heavier. A small bass hit the hooked gill and had him crossways in his mouth. It only lasted a couple of seconds before they both got off. The point is they do hit what is available, crickets, bluegill, yucky artificials.
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Well, when he gets 12", he'll be sorry he didn't swim faster and catch the BG.
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Comment by Zach Pierce on September 6, 2010 at 7:23pm
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A 3" would be about as large as he would want to go for, and it is a ton of work for him. Now your bait just presented itself as an easy target and he went for it.
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