Do you know when you have a "BITE"? (Fishing Tips for Beginners)

what's happened efficient friends tonight we're going to discuss the different type of bass bites that you'll experience as you start bass fishing if you've already been bass fishing for some time that's okay I'm gonna share some of the things that I've learned and messed up along the way to hopefully help you on your adventure let's see what do I mean by different bass bites well for me I always go back and replay the conversation that I had with my old man in the boat when I was younger one of his favorite ways to catch fish when the bike got tough was with these and that's an old school bag of these one of his absolute confidence baits back in the day was this the old 8 inch Berkley power worm had to be in tequila sunrise a little 8 inch Texas rig with a bullet weight at the top I remember him always bringing this thing out on those blazing hot summer days when I was ready to go and he's like no we're gonna grind through it you throw this thing on and he'll be whacking bass in the brush in the rock whatever it was there was his confidence B I tie one on and try and I just didn't get I didn't understand how to the fish thing and it would piss me off he'd take time to explain him what he was doing that day if he was fishing up slow through the wood if he was dragging in a certain spot whatever it was he'd tell me but I just couldn't tell if it was a stick or a fish half the time I just didn't get it and I remember asking how do I know if it's a fish and I remember him telling me if you think you have a bite slow down and stop you'll be able to tell if you have a fish on line well he was meaning is as you're bringing that through there if you think you have something slow down and stop hold it you'll be able to tell if there's a fish there my old man was more of a give you the framework you need point you in the right direction and let you go he was always there if I ever had question he wanted me to figure it out on my own figure it out by myself and that frustrated the heck out of me when I was learning I just didn't get it but failure is part of learning failing at something or not being good at it is humbling you need it you're not gonna go out and just pick up a new technique and be good at it the first time it's gonna take weeks months years to really practice it and get good with it and become confident with it how many times have you messed something up and go oh gosh I'll never do that again because you learned from write it was so bad and stuck in your brain that you'll be sure if that situation comes up again you're not gonna screw it up like you did before holy long-winded intro debo well the point of all that was to let you know you have to put time and on the water I can tell you all this stuff and talk to you you can watch my videos but if you don't get out on the water and practice this stuff you're not really gonna learn it and that's especially true with feeling the different bites if you're not actually out there feeling it you're just not gonna get it so probably the first bite you'll experience is the heavy load and what I mean is when you start out bass fishing a lot of people tend to you know use lures where they're just checking it out and winding it in with the real spinner baits chatter baits crank bait square bills whatever it is throwing it out and really get it right there's not a lot to it they're just doing a steady pace you reel it in and of course we know there's ways as you get better with it you can put action into it do different things but as you're starting oftentimes you're just finding stuff that's easy throw it out reel it in now sometimes this whole heavy load feeling bite is going to be easier at times than others let's say you're throwing a crank baton you're taking a bunch of rocks then as your reel and it starts to feel different it starts to feel heavy you pull into it and start reeling oh my gosh you got a fish or it's a snag but hey snags happen you're gonna lose lures you're gonna get snagged it's part of learning happens to everybody happens to me it happens the pros you watch them on MLF now it's cool because you can see them if they get a snag up you know they're trying to get it out it happens to everyone now there are other times when this is more noticeable you know you throw it a ChatterBait you're feeling that you know buzzing and vibrating on your rod it stops and it gets heavy it might even jerk a little bit you're pulling into it setting that hook and reeling into it that's the kind of heavy load I'm talking about that's the first type of bite you'll experience those are the bites where you don't really have time to feel it you're not using the rod saying is that a bite is it not a bite right you're reeling it in and you feel it on there pull into it set the hook and reel into that fish if it's a snag oh well try to get it out you might break it off whatever go back and keep grinding now speaking of feeling the bite the second bite is that type of bite the type of bite where you're throwing the lure out you're working it back with the rod you're not reeling it in with the reel you're working it back with the rod and you're really trying to feel that bite or that bottom composition or that wood that you're in you're really feeling for it and for me the jig in Texas rig come to mind you know if I'm dragging a jig on a point you know I'm feeling each one of those rocks what is that what is that you know trying to understand what the composition of the bottom is there or if I'm flipping a Texas rig into a bunch of really heavy timber I'm slowly working up over each little branch trying to figure out where am I out what's next is that is that bite is it a fish you know what's going on here in this cover you can see in this clip I'm working through the wood I think I feel about so I reel up my slack I'm slowing down I stop and it all happens in a quick instance and that fish moves I'm dropping the rod tip quickly reeling down to that fish and setting on slack line to make sure I'm getting penetration and I tell you there is no substitute better than time on the water to understand these feelings to work through wood and actually feel the difference between wood and a bite this is a good tip that I use that my old man told me to do is like well if you can't understand if you can't tell what is wood or a bite go find some wood and understand what wood feels like so it's kind of like counter learning if I know what wood feels like and I get something that doesn't feel like that it's probably a fish so as you go out to your local lake you know find a piece of Bank where there's some wood right close to you flip your bait in there and slowly drag it through it watches so you can understand and see what it feels like as you come over small branches bigger branches as you come over rocks watch your bait and then do that same thing put it out there and close your eyes and work over it you can understand what okay I'm on a rock now I understand what that feels like or I'm on a big log I understand what that feels like something that definitely helped me understand what those different pieces you cover feel like as I'm bringing my bait over now the third bite that you'll encounter really falls in that anything different category this is one of those real quick reaction strikes you throw that bait out and literally as soon as it hits the water you've got a fish you don't have time to react you're not feeling it you're not reeling into it and feeling you know some weird and heavy weight it's just gonna hit and again time on the water is gonna help you understand that you're either gonna feel that something different if you've got a moving bait you're just gonna pull into it hard or if you've got like a jig or something you throw it out there you feel there's something on it takes a quick drop that rod and set the hook hard oh look at that talk about cast placement that is it that's reaction strike cast placement look at that right on the edge of that log as soon as it hit caught that fish and the next bite is important because all the other bites that we've talked about are feeling you feel a heavy load you know you feel something different on your life the next one is all about seeing the bite you've probably heard guys say watch your line but what's that mean well it literally means watch your line some bytes you're not even gonna feel you cast it out there let's say you're working a jig or something next to a tree and all of a sudden you see your lion taking off to the side it's got to be a fish maybe a turtle probably a fish so in that case you're gonna want to reel up your line and set your hook accordingly in this clip I'm working at jerk bait now is making sure to work it on slack line I don't want that jerk bait moving as you can see the line starts to take off and I pull up that slack and reel into the fish this is important for you guys and gals out there who have already fished for a long time it's one of those things that you can kind of forget about especially when you're in a lull it's been a long day it's been a couple hours you haven't got to buy your throwing lures out you're probably fishing them faster than you should you know when you tend to get frustrated you're not fishing them to the full potential probably not paying attention you're looking around looking at birds whatever it is not really focusing on the line and it's little things like that that can really turn your day around if you pitched into a tree and a big ol 500 had it you're not watching your lens going off for whatever reason he spits it you've just completely missed that bite all right boat flipping the wood what do you know found a fish but sometimes even just like me I have to go back to the basics and remind myself what I'm getting frustrated and I'm fishing too fast I have to slow down the little things like just a little moving line can make all the difference now the final bite is the top part bite my favorite how will you know if you have this bite well I've built you the framework it's time for you to figure out this one on your own so until next time oh there we go oh did you see that oh oh Pyke [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 8min 31sec (511 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 16 2019