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How long do you stay on a spot?

mabr

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mabr Mentor

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Ok I got my butt whipped this weekend on my starting spot. Long story short I didnt have the patience to stick it out. 2 hours and no bite I left. Guy who got on the structure weighted in over 20lbs on 5.

Had this happen to me one time before except I waited 4 hours that time and then left, only to find another guy was on the same pattern and he waited it out all night (southern tourney) and they didnt bote till 11 pm and he ended up winning the tourney.

So all you off shore guys, Deitz etc. Do you have the will power to stay it out and risk blanking? It seams most of the spots anymore are no longer secrets so you leave someones going to move on them and theres no getting back on it later.

Im still kicking myself in the butt.

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That's what I would ask. Were you throwing the kitchen sink at them, trying different retrieves, even marking fish?

If I had other spots Id definitely bail and hope for better luck else where and maybe have the opportunity to come back. If I have nothing else to go after it would be a toss up whether Id camp out or start gunning just trying to get a limit.

Their are probably a 50/50 split of stories where people waited them out and it paid off and those that left an area that produced winning numbers.

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I think I would have stayed wink

If I have confidence that I am on a winning fish, I will spend as much time as I can there, especially this time of year when there are winning schools of fish swimming around off shore. At any time you are only five casts away from the winning bag, or at least that's what I keep telling myself!

I could care less about weighing in a limit of small fish, just to say I caught a limit. I will always gamble on the winning limit.

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KickNBass Community Regular

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Ive had it happen to me as well, it's worse when it's your brother who does it to you...

Anyway, I've seen some pretty good deep water guyys blank doing that, in fact I've watched my deep water mentor do it a few times.

I personally, have never stayed on a spot all night (I generally fish week night tournies) that wasn't going but I've never been on a spot for several hours and then all of a sudden they get going either. Who knows, maybe I just didn't have the right stuff to get them that night.

It's a tough call, I know I would have left.

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Superduty Experienced

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Two hours without a bite? I would have left with the intention on checking it later. Another boat moves in...Welcome to the world of competitive fishing. Try leaving a spot in a 70 boat event and expecting to get back on it. Tournaments are won and lost on decision making. We all have our days. Good and bad. That's what makes it feel so good when you get it right! smile

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Yikes, thats really hard to say.. If I am marking fish, I have a hard time leaving. What did you use, and do you know what the other angler did to get them to bite?.. Was there a weather change?

Threw everything but the sink, But they werent there then. Until Noon then from what he told me they went nuts. He waited them out and it paid off. He was using drop shot mainly. But I honestly dont think it would have mattered. Ive got a buddy who gave me the cord. and they always throw jigs on it. But you may only get 6 bites all day but when they bite their 4 lbs +. Live and learn I guess.

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If I think it's an "off the wall" type spot that not many people know about, I will leave within 30 min and come back later to check it if nothing is going on there. If it's a captain obvious spot that I know other people know about, I may stick around a little longer because I know if I leave, someone is going to move in there.

Honestly though, I hate playing those head games when it comes to community offshore spots, that's one of my biggest weaknesses and I try to avoid relying on community spots if at all possible. I need to buy a pair of blinders because I really dislike fishing in a crowd. Whenever I rely on a community spot and I can't get on it due to boat draw, it drives me nuts mentally and I've gotten spun out a few times because of it. Therefore I usually try to look for stuff off the beaten path, something a little different.

It's a great question and one that may never have a correct answer. Learn to trust your gut instinct, more often than not, it leads you to where you need to be.

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Great Post - I had a similar scenario Sunday. I started on a good deep spot and knew my fish would come at some point. Started the day with a nice fish on the 3rd cast followed by 3 hrs of nothing but a few northerns. I was wondering if the northerns might have forced the bass off the spot (not sure really). My partner had done well prefishing shallow so he kept on pressuring me to leave and fish shallow. Finally he convinced me to go try the shallow spots and we got a quick limit of smaller fish. I went back out to the deep spot again mid day, and again more northerns, so we left again and hit some shallow stuff and upgraded a couple.

Went back to the deep spot with 40 minutes left and stuck our biggest fish at just over 4.

We ended up placing 4th overall which isnt bad but the prize was just as good as 15th. I feel like had I not moved off the deep spot I might just have gotten those 3 other bites I needed to contend for 1st place. Its a huge mind game, but I do feel like 8 hours gives you enough time that you should just stay out there if you have the confidence.

I think I could have done a better job by sticking to the spot on the spot and making more precision casts and just staying better focused. Had I been fishing alone thats what I would have done. Who knows if it would have paid off that day but Ive seen other guys do it time and time again. Never give up.

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are you guys using your sonar devices to spot fish? if so how do you determine what is spotted is bass? i recently just got a cheap unit for my canoe and most times it "spots" a fish, i cant ever seem to get anything out of there. I know im supposed to be looking for structure and when there is a deep dropoff and theres a few fishes spotted this time of the year i cant ever seem to produce anything out of it and im easily unmotivated to stay any longer than say.. 15mins of throwing multiple kinds of presentations and speed.

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Nick Kuhn Grand Master

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You can't really tell until you catch one. Generally, the quantity of fish and where they are holding is the best indicator. A bunch of suspended fish is usually crappies/walleye. If there's just a couple near the bottom, you are generally onto bass.

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You can't really tell until you catch one. Generally, the quantity of fish and where they are holding is the best indicator. A bunch of suspended fish is usually crappies/walleye. If there's just a couple near the bottom, you are generally onto bass.

Wish DD had a pic of his sonar screen when he found the 100-fish school. That would have been something to see!

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Wish DD had a pic of his sonar screen when he found the 100-fish school. That would have been something to see!

I'd expect something like below: except with bass and not crappies (although I'm sure there was some sort of forage fish present).

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Wish DD had a pic of his sonar screen when he found the 100-fish school. That would have been something to see!

As a matter of fact I have a pict, but its rather boring, as there are no fish under the boat, I was casting to the fish. So imagine seeing a depthfinder that reads 10.6 feet deep,84 degree water temp, and a really hard bottom. LOL

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If I think it's an "off the wall" type spot that not many people know about, I will leave within 30 min and come back later to check it if nothing is going on there. If it's a captain obvious spot that I know other people know about, I may stick around a little longer because I know if I leave, someone is going to move in there.

Honestly though, I hate playing those head games when it comes to community offshore spots, that's one of my biggest weaknesses and I try to avoid relying on community spots if at all possible. I need to buy a pair of blinders because I really dislike fishing in a crowd. Whenever I rely on a community spot and I can't get on it due to boat draw, it drives me nuts mentally and I've gotten spun out a few times because of it. Therefore I usually try to look for stuff off the beaten path, something a little different.

It's a great question and one that may never have a correct answer. Learn to trust your gut instinct, more often than not, it leads you to where you need to be.

Well said.... Prob isn't a correct answer here. Some would say stay, some would say play it safe, at least get a small limit then come back to your spot on the spot... Tough call.

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Honestly though, I hate playing those head games when it comes to community offshore spots, that's one of my biggest weaknesses and I try to avoid relying on community spots if at all possible. I need to buy a pair of blinders because I really dislike fishing in a crowd. Whenever I rely on a community spot and I can't get on it due to boat draw, it drives me nuts mentally and I've gotten spun out a few times because of it. Therefore I usually try to look for stuff off the beaten path, something a little different.

Can we say a certain point on Chisago's Green lake. It should be off limits for tournements. LOL

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