>>600500Some fish do not respond well to certain lures. A lot of plastic worms rely on the bait mimicking the natural food source of the fish in the body of water, such as crawdads, small sunfish, shad, etc. These are referred to as "hunger strikes," because they're picking them up for a meal.
Other lures, such as buzzbaits, crankbaits, and spinnerbaits target a "reaction" bite from the fish, triggering their natural instinct to go for the lure.
>>599864the fish in this pond responded almost strictly to "people food" (bread balls, hot dogs, bologna)
The bass in this picture was caught on a 2" segment of smoked sausage on a normal bass hook.
There are some bodies of water where the fish can live off of people disposing of their scraps in the water (camp-grounds and parks mostly) so the fish will respond to the people-food type baits well.
Post pictures of what you're using, and it definitely doesn't hurt to google the name of your bait/type of bait for tips on how to fish it.
