How Mobile are You? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Rockport24 · 07-12-2006, 01:34 PM

Hey guys, how long do you stay at a spot if it is not producing?
1 hour? 2 hours? 10 casts? When things are slow, I always think about moving, but end up staying longer because the conditions maybe good and I think the fish should show up, but then they don't and I wonder if I should have moved and so on and so on.

So how do you handle this quandry? I think my new plan is going to be to fully work a spot with a high-confidence plug, and if there is no sign of fish, just be done with it and move on...
What do yous think?

MrHunters · 07-12-2006, 01:41 PM

i have two schools of thought here.
First is... if a spot isnt producing and I think it should I stay there for a while to prove myself right or wrong. And then say to myself "if i were a fish i'd be here eating tasty treats"

Other times I have an explorer bug and can only stay at a spot for 20 minutes max before I move on.

The Dad Fisherman · 07-12-2006, 01:47 PM

Depends on Time available to fish and access to other places.

Like the Canal I'll move around....But other places the move can entail packing up walking back to the car driving a few to get somewhere else.

If I don't have to be somewhere I pick a place that offers me the luxury of moving around and trying different areas but If I only have an hour or two I may think that I'll try this spot and maybe this one and thats it.

libassboy · 07-12-2006, 01:51 PM

It really depends on where, and when. In the fall i end up moving alot more...cause the bait and fish are moving more and faster. This time of year if i dont hit fish for the first hour or so ill move, sometimes i have a hard time with that tho. If im fishing a spot i have alot of confidence in, ill stay..sometimes for hours cause i know eventually the fish will be there. I also look in my log to get an idea of when and where the fish hit in years past...more often than not..its pretty damn close. Also very helpful in decidding where to fish.

CANAL RAT · 07-12-2006, 02:09 PM

i say at a spot for about 2 hrs and then move on

piemma · 07-12-2006, 02:31 PM

1/2 an hour max. No hits. I move. next spot even shorter. 10 casts no hits move. Then I become a seach and destroy commando. fan cast and keep moving till I fish fish.

MrHunters · 07-12-2006, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by piemma

1/2 an hour max. No hits. I move. next spot even shorter. 10 casts no hits move. Then I become a seach and destroy commando. fan cast and keep moving till I fish fish.

did you mean find fish...? that made me chuckle

Skitterpop · 07-12-2006, 02:34 PM

As I have heard a gazillion times especially related to specific spot posts....fish have fins...wouldn`t it be prudent to stay put and wait sometimes? Not always but often enough.

MrHunters · 07-12-2006, 04:16 PM

East Tide · 07-12-2006, 09:32 PM

Wow, that's a really nice looking garden! What grows up those ropes?

bradf1 · 07-12-2006, 10:23 PM

I know for a fact that the fish are there... It is only a matter of time.
I will stand there for 4 or 5 hours because I know that at some point I will hook up.

zacs · 07-13-2006, 12:21 AM

Raven, I think you forgot to post the picture of the secret corner of the garden...

stiff tip · 07-13-2006, 04:34 AM

first...... y do u think its called fishin ...fish w/ your head n heart.move when ready....also nice tomoto plants??????wish a could grow u,m like that....

ProfessorM · 07-13-2006, 06:45 AM

Nice Raven. Be nice to be a woodchuck in your neighborhood. Fishing, I always seem to stay in a place either too long or leave too early but sometimes I get lucky. P.

piemma · 07-13-2006, 07:49 AM

I think your garden looks great. Shows a tremendeous amount of work went into it.

fish4striper · 07-13-2006, 07:57 AM

holy chit, now thats a garden!

need a hit in.....30 mins on land, 15mins on boat

Rockport24 · 07-13-2006, 08:56 AM

thanks the responses guys and nice garden Raven, send me some tomatos!