If you had to catch 1 bass that day 2025
fishizzle reply :
Lets say you're in a club tournament or fishing with friends and at 1pm you haven't had a bite all day after emptying your tacklebox. Its a major cold front and the bass are shut down. Your friends are fishless too. You'll be done fishing around 3pm and you need to catch 1 keeper bass.
Make up your own fishing scenario as far as type of lake and bottom structure or cover.
What would you do??
kms399 reply :
probably a wacky rigged senko fished slow along prime structure. or a drop shot rig.
Wayne P. reply :
A wacky rigged finesse worm along a major breakline.
ptomacbass reply :
3/4 or 1 ounce football jig in 50 feet of water.
Jake. reply :
LC Flat Mini SR
toolpush reply :
Beat the heck out of the banks with a spinnerbait. ;D If that didn't work a drag net on the way in. 
J Francho reply :
Spinnerbait, slow rolled, all over the place. This worked for a lunker bonus last year, after temps dipped close to the freezing point. Best wad of cash ever for a 3-2, LOL.
ballhagen reply :
i fish in a club in tennessee and have had this situation come up a couple times. the way our club works to you have to weigh in one keeper to get points. and there have been days where i did not have a keeper 15 inch largemouth. but the limit for a kentuck bass or (spot) is only 12 inches. there is a rock point in a creek that i like to fish that i can go there anytime of the year and usually catch at least one 12 inch spot regardless of the weather. on a shakey head rig. this is what i do. problem is that i did not find this spot untill half way through the season last year lol
J Francho reply :
You guys fish the same water for every TX.?
Fish Chris reply :
Fly-line a crawler on my micro-light. It might not be a keeper.... heck, it might not even be a bass ! Anything will eat a crawler..... Which is fine, as I'll play with any fish that wants to play with me :-)
Peace,
Fish
Big Mike in Fl reply :
probably flip a creature/craw bait into HEAVY cover.
I read somewhere that dead vegetation hold heat, thus holding fish if a front came through. dunno if thats true or not, but its something to consider if in that situation.
swilly78 reply :
Hand Grenade.....
Hammer 4 reply :
Live crawdad on a rocky point..never fails..
Disclamier..I haven't used live bait since 1986.. 
dman reply :
QuoteSpinnerbait, slow rolled, all over the place.
X2
Crestliner2008 reply :
Quoteprobably a wacky rigged senko fished slow along prime structure. or a drop shot rig.
X2!
CWB reply :
Wacky rigged senko or shakey head worm slowly dropped along any irregularities along a deep break, preferably with weeds present.
Start at inside and outside turns and points.
Fish Chris reply :
Hey Hammer
QuoteI haven't used live bait since 1986..
Why the heck not ? ;-)
Actually, I threw a few live crawlers yesterday.... but both of the two fish I caught, were on artificials. Go figure :-)
Peace,
Fish
SMfisher reply :
jig with trailer.
MALTESE FALCON reply :
Two things have helped me in that senario. Either a spinnerbait or a T-Rigged 4" senko. Last year there were a couple times when I just kept tossing a lipless crankbait to the same place until the fish got aggrivated enough to strike.
Falcon
I Love BassResource reply :
Senko or slow rolling a spinner bait, depending on the conditions.
Pitchinkid reply :
Eakins jig w/ GY Flappin Hog dragged,hopped,pitch swam,popped, anything to get bit.
farmpond1 reply :
You haven't mentioned what time of the year it is, what the water temperature was prior to the cold front, the characteristics of the lake, etc. etc. How I would approach it in March would be different than I would in Late June or July or October. Not trying to be a smart alleck. Just a lot of variables to look at.
.dsaavedra. reply :
leave.
Hammer 4 reply :
QuoteHey HammerQuoteI haven't used live bait since 1986..Why the heck not ? ;-)
More of a challenge with arificials..
Actually, I threw a few live crawlers yesterday.... but both of the two fish I caught, were on artificials. Go figure :-)
While I don't really concider crawlers "live" bait, like minows, and craws ect..nothing in fishing is a sure thing, but it's fun tryin.. ;D
Peace,
Fish
bladeslinger reply :
6" original Culprit worm, crawdad color, lightweight black brass bullet weight, t-rigged on 2/0 gamy hook, smeared in smelly jelly. Never fails.
Gatorbassman reply :
I would be fishing a 1/8oz shaky head with a finesse worm on light line. I would be working very deep structure.
Low_Budget_Hooker reply :
QuoteLive crawdad on a rocky point..never fails..Disclamier..I haven't used live bait since 1986..
This is a tournament scenario,. You and Fish Chris are DQ'D!!!! ;D
Catt reply :
Where: Intersection, spots where two creeks intersect or where a feeder creek intersects with the main river.
Why: the Y created by the intersection are found multiple forms of structure such as channels, points, ridges, ledges, sharp drop-offs, slow tapering drop-offs, and humps all in one location. Plus depths greater than 12' lessens the effects of frontal conditions
With what: my boat will be positioned on the point inside the Y (usually anchored) and casting from shallow to deep with a Texas rigged plastic worm
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