90% Of Bass Are BEHIND YOU  

*Me fishing from the bank* : yeah right...

If I’m fishin the bank lookin at the river are the fish behind me?

I’m casting in all directions and still don’t catch anything 👍🏼

Idk what to believe anymore. Last July on a day it was 102 outside, I got a 6.1lb largemouth up in about 2ft of water, just sitting there with no shade or anything. Got another in the same area as well. There’s been a lot of stuff not making sense lately with the “normal pattern” that bass follow.

Bass are everywhere man, I've caught huge ones in 3' of water in the hottest days of summer and they tend not to move much over the year or have 1 or 2 spots and they travel back and forth. I just saw a study that tracked a bunch of bass and their results were a lot different than spring time shallow, summer deep. Some years a big bass won't even try spawning and other bass never really left the shallows. They said the average bass only move a little over 100' in a day and basically have a home base they live in. Tournament caught fish won't try and find their way home if they get released in a spot that they like too, or they just don't know the way back. In pressured areas 1/3 of bass will take off as soon as you drive over them if the water is less than 15' deep too and another 1/3 will take off after the first cast. So the school you mark ends up just being a few fish, I think those ones are most likely the hungrier fish and the ones that havent been caught or its been a while. It was a very interesting study anyways but it hasn't been replicated. It does give some insight into bass behavior though. It was also noted that after being caught a lot of quality bass moved to featureless flats and find a small stump to hang around for months or maybe for the rest of the study period. They say they wouldn't have found these bass stumps if not for the transmitters but I'm sure people do come across them and just don't share them. There are still bass that are more predictable and you can find and catch them in the usual bass spots too but there's a bit more going on than we think.

You posted a great video recently where you mentioned 50% of the bass in a pressured lake never get fished because they are in spots nobody thinks of. I find that sooo true. I bought my boat and had it about 2 months before getting a fish finder and I found So many random spots that hold fish that nobody would think to look.

Reminds me of a time I took my elderly PaPaw fishing in my new Stratos, back in '95. He wanted to fish in the middle, not on the bank. It being May in Alabama, I obliged him. He proceeded to catch a spotted bass over 4 lbs. I relied heavily on my Carolina rig for about 2 years after that, making ALOT of money by fishing humps, drops, rock piles, and channel swings.

This is not entirely accurate. It n Florida lakes and ponds, thick with vegetation like weeds, lilly pads, reeds and cattails, big bass can be found shallow in this vegetation all year long.

Even in the hot summer months I have noticed the bass will still patrol the banks a few times a day .

That was the coolest transition that really helped me picture my fish finder even better! 😀

Sssoooooo the bass got my back

Him: 90% of bass are behind you Me on the bank: How the fu-

That's a good point. I love fishing divers deep in the winter.

Depends on the lake cycle and water temp density forage termalcline time of day region moon cycle etc location presentation

Depends on the lake and forage. If the primary forage is a pelagic species this is 1000% true but it is also true that there is always a population of bass that are shallow and unless it’s the spawn, they are there primarily to feed. So, they are often the most aggressive.

Spotted Bass #6, Going deep.

...and they typically aren't facing into or looking into the sun either. I use that a lot.

Shore fisherman casting to middle of the lake Boat fisherman casting to shore...lol

“If you’ve been bass fishing from a boat for a while” 95% of bass fisherman: ….🙃no

Wow I am new to bass fishing and never new about this thanks for the information! I will try that next time I go out on a bass boat.

But 99.9 percent of the water is behind you. You have the 10 percent of bass pinned up in .1% of water. Decent odds haha

I don't enjoy offshore fishing. I like hitting targets.

Why are you saying that they like being a deep in but if I catch five fish on the bank

I tried fishing the bank and only caught strange looks

Me, a shore angler: *….looks behind me…..Casts in trees.* Haha ok let’s be real I was aiming for the water when I got tangled in a tree.

*Me casting in the tree behind me* "where are the dang fish!"

Yes it is true, 90 percent of largemouth bass are behind me when fishing from the bank. They are sitting on lounge chairs smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. Right behind me.

believe me, I know. they always jump where I was 5 minutes ago.

not trut i catch bass at 2 ft of water at winter

Catching more fish than boaters in my lake.

And they go as deep as 90 to 100 plus feet. I have videos pulling bass out of 110 at bullards bar

Because your loud wake

We always said if you're not catching any. Fish out of the other side of the boat.

I want me some baby back bass… Cmon

That's why unless i'm targeting specific areas in front of me

well I fish from the back so I'm sure there not behind me

I've caught my biggest bass, on the bank in the coldest part of winter

people tryna make bass fishing sound complicated

Love the edits! Do you do it?

I disagree. Bass are a shallow water fish, just look at Florida lakes. They go deep(er) for forage opportunities, to evade pressure, and possibly for better water quality conditions. But they are shallow water fish.

Beginning of the video was sick

Gee whiz! 90 percent of the water is behind you!! DUH.

Then why does the guy on the front of the boat catch all the fish?

Some are. Others aren't. They have predictable behavior you can generalize, but there are always exceptions to the rules. A wet line is the best educator.

pov me fishing on the coast, HUH

John cox has entered the chat 😂

Here we r sucker! 🤣🤣🤣

This intro was so unnecessary

Isn’t this the guy people are talking about when they talk about a guy that just steals everyone else’s content?

yes but 100% of the time the fish are in the water.

I don’t see any behind me🤷‍♂️

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Daamn !!

Want to catch bass on shore in summer. Do it at night

Not true at all. Different lakes and regions will also determine where the fish are. There’s no real pattern that’s why fishing is so fun. Even with livescope on board, I still see myself in the dog days of summer flipping and pitching into docks, weeds lines, lily pads and doing much better than scoping 1-2 bass deep…. Stop spreading misinformation please.

Why start it with a dark ass screen

And 100% of bass are all around you technically....(if you think about it)

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