Using the lightest weight possible
Okay, so you’ve spotted the big one. You try everything but of course the big ones seem to never follow when you need them to.
I recently had the same problem and decided to do something I did a long time ago. Go SLOW.
It’s impossible for me to emphasize the importance of patience. You might be standing there for more than a hundred casts, but you need to.
Coming to the lightest weight possible scenario. When casting into a patch with sludge and grass, it always works better with a light weight. If you have a light weight and a big plastic creature bait this will give the bait some more time to sink. Possibly it wont ever hit the ground.
Use a 1/4 ounce bullet with a number 5 hook. Use the biggest creature bait that this fish might be able to swallow. Cast behind the big one and slowly retrieve your line, stop and give it slow jerks.. if that’s possible. Always retrieve your line at the same speed and jerks until it hits land/boat. It often happens that they strike at the last possible moment.
Tips: You can also let the bait rest for a few seconds, but not to long as the bass might lose interest.
Don’t hit as soon as you feel the bite, keep on retrieving a few more inches and if you feel it again HIT.
That should do the trick.
Have fun.
