If you can't catch 'em, join 'em.

[jtexas]

I saw something Saturday I hadn't seen before: a school of fish accepted my lure as their "leader."<br /><br />We were fishing for white bass, chasing surfacing schools around the lake. When these fish go on a feeding frenzy, they'll take any shiny lure you throw at 'em. I like to use an old top-water bait (Smithwick Carrot Top), working it with a "walk-the-dog" technique; makes it dart from side to side, occasionally making a splash or jumping out of the water. Usually gets you a nice big splashy strike every time.<br /><br />But this one school, I didn't get a strike. When it got closer to the boat, I could see that the small bass in this school were running with my lure, not chasing it. Lure goes left, they go left; lure goes right, they go right. They didn't abandon it until I lifted it out of the water. I could've dipnetted a few, except that it's illegal to use gamefish for bait!

 

[mellowyellow]

Re: If you can't catch 'em, join 'em.

hmmmmm.... let's follow this idiot making all<br />the waves, he's sure to get nailed first?

 

[Link]

Re: If you can't catch 'em, join 'em.

Would have been neat to see