Fish Won't "Turn On", If There Not Around

[redlite]

I caught a BAT tonite....My first....spared me from a complete skunking.........

[zimmy]

I saw a bat, but didn't catch anything there is another fish swimming with one of my bottledarters in it's face

[onecastmike2003]

There were a few fish around after dark some nights but most of Aug was terrible with last week things were starting to shape up before the storm. I was told I suck and there's no fish here.. I just laugh at him because he's a fly guy and now he has an 11 footer and is still learning how to load the rod with a 3 0z plug. 3 days ago i got one at 0330 it took me a few cast but it wasn't no Dink. He kinda had a puzzled look on his face to see me unhooking a plastic lure stuck to a 20lbs of bass.
When these water temps cool off.... The bite's back on once the tides clean up after a few days.

[Striper_Haven_03]

Thought I had a very large bass on...no head shake and jerky runs typical of blues....3 bull dog runs then straight into shore. Reminded me of when I was in my teens fishing the beach during the summer months - early 90s...we used to catch 20lb blues all the time just screwing around as kids, but not one striper all year.

Actually glad this storm came in...need some rest. This Point Ive been fishing this week is over a half mile walk over boulder fields...not fun @ 2am.