>>2608674A number of different factors will cause a bass to strike. But the biggest factors are barometric pressure, depth, water temperature and water clarity. Small bass strike based off of rhythmic vibrations and motion. Whereas older/larger bass look for positive indicators to strike. The bait has to change direction when the bass approaches it. The bait needs the right odor profile, it has to smell and taste right. The action has to be natural, have a swim beat, but also have some erraticism. After all of that, you have to fish the right depth. Bass will stay at the same depth all day, and will make depth changes slowly and gradually over the course of several days. Having the bait in just right the depth, at a temperature and water clarity that the bass is active and feeding, having the right taste and smell, action and positive indicators, as well as resembling a prey item the bass has access to in the body of water your fishing. All of these things need to happen to put that big 10 pound bass in your boat. Do %60 of those, and you'll put 1-2 pound bass on the bank all day. Bass fishing can be mind wrenchingly difficult on some days, and nonstop action on others. Sometimes the biggest factor, is luck. Whenever I get stumped I just slow it down a lot. Slow down that presentation and you might entice them to bite. Bass mortality rates in the first year are %90. Most bass do not live until their second year. If they do they become very smart, and also very lazy. Any food that requires too much energy to eat, or is to difficult to catch. The bass will ignore. Also working a lure slower will have it fall and rise through a larger column of water and as a result, will have a greater chance of being in the right depth for a strike.
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