Follower..... or....Swallower?

[Slingah]

that is awesome......

[ridler72]

To see that happen live is great!

[5/0]

That musta been pretty chaweet to see something like that up close & I truely belive nothing beets "fresh" live linning

5/0

[FishermanTim]

I can imagine trying to explain to a game warden that "I swear, I wasn't using the small bass as bait! I had hooked the schoolie, and the bigger bass just inhaled it as I reeled it in!"

Just seeing a monster following your smaller catch is awe-inspiring as well as frustrating ("Why can't I catch THAT!")
I call them "escorts" and it's a blast if you are fishing with friends. When you see the "escorts", have you or your friend cast another line just behind the first one and have some more fun.
These escort fish are typically following the hooked fish because the hooked fish will either throw up the contents of their stomach to try to dislodge the hook, or they think that the hooked fish will drop whatever is causing the thrashing, thus giving them a chance to pick up some easy scraps either way.

Better luck next time, and try bigger chunks of bait.

[missing link]

WOW sounds like you had great time next time you get in that situation not that I'm an expert I would switch to a heavy weighted chunk to get down below the smaller fish where hopefully the COW is.
I do this in a Blitz on the outer portion have had some sucess, no bragging rights but I out there to have FUN no matter what
Link sr

[spinncognito]

Originally Posted by missing link

WOW sounds like you had great time next time you get in that situation not that I'm an expert I would switch to a heavy weighted chunk to get down below the smaller fish where hopefully the COW is.
I do this in a Blitz on the outer portion have had some sucess, no bragging rights but I out there to have FUN no matter what
Link sr

Tried to use heavier chunks and even a whole herring... the schoolies were dominant. Anyone make a "schoolie plug"?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by spinncognito

. Anyone make a "schoolie plug"?

I just picked up one of the Big Wooden Pikies in baby Bass color...Hmmmm...

[cow tamer]

Had the same thing happen to me, while fishing under a bridge inlet. Using a schoolie rod, I hooked into a schoolie only to have a monster striper come up and approach, either looking for an easy meal or as its guardian.

[Clogston29]

Must have been quite a site.

I’m amazed by what the bigger fish eat. Big lobsters, blackfish, bluefish and even stripers. Makes even the biggest plugs I own look small. I haven’t seen it much myself (unfortunately) but I found a blue that was probably 20” long in a bass’s belly recently. Also got one with a pretty large lobster tail sticking out of its mouth. Night Tides (the book about Billy the Greek) gives some good accounts on what really big bass eat and how they’re different from the smaller fish.