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What are the reliable responses to basic changes in conditions?

I'm wondering what makes bass suspend, what triggers feeding, what makes the fishing tough, what pulls fish from cover, what has fish move toward breaklines.

What do fish do when its sunny vs cloudy. Calm vs windy. High pressure vs low, moon phase, current vs no current, rising water vs falling water, right before a front vs right after, etc...

I saw first hand last year how falling water pulls largemouth away from cover and kills the bite. Falling water during a major spawn will pull them off beds and they are very hard to catch.

Rising water pushes largemouth up into cover and they get hungry.

What have you seen as a reliable, predictable, repeated response to any certain condition? And im not asking for an in-fisherman regurgitation. What have you repeatedly observed? Basic or complex.

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If thats the thinking Dez then Ron and Mike must have been saints in a past life to be as lucky as they are.
Wise man say:

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

But I agree. It goes both ways. Some are always unlucky and claim black clouds always follow neglecting future preparation. Some cry bout one that gets away. Tag Watson religious about knots and equipment, has happy pictures, big smile, tears few and far apart.

Thread heading toward darkness. Philosophy and nomenclature trump bass behavior yet again!

Ok jake I actually like your stance on "gut feeling" perhaps it's not the best phase I could of used.  Maybe say my best tournaments are the ones when I fish with an open mind, and maybe that allows me to think more clearly on what the fish are actually doing.  Not the there gonna be on docks today because of the conditions and pound my head against the wall wondering why they aren't biting when really they are under my boat. 

 
 
Jake "The Snake" Anderson said:

Troy,

I gotta say...I hate the concept of "gut feeling".  Always have.   If you look and see a bank or point that looks "right" that isn't your gut.  That is your brain, eyes, and experience saying that "in these conditions they could be on a spot like that."

Sorry for splitting hairs a bit, but the word "gut feeling" to me is akin to making decisions blindly and without any real rationale.  To me it implies some psychic stuff.  The only people who talk about "gut" are those who are so experienced they think faster than they explain.  They are usually better at thinking than they are explaining how they think. 

I go with my gut when it tells to eat a burrito, when it tells me to go to the bathroom, and when it tells me to push my girls head under the covers.

The problem is guys run into fish at the classic so they are asked why the fish were there or why the decided to fish there..... so they can't just say because there was a shit ton of fish....This wouldn't make good reading or good television, so guys just throw out possibilities why the fish might be there, the only problem is that nobody asked the fish why they were there. This being what it is I think guys tr to find reasons and create interviews, based on myths and loosely tied together conditions, the problem is that the conditions could be exactly the same somewhere else on the lake yet no fish. So basically all it comes down to was that the fish were there and biting, other factors did not matter but get embellished ti make better media! IMHO

So After Thoroughly reading every inch of this thread, I though it important that someone summarize it:

1. If you're fishing a tournament, you have to be there that day, just go fishing.

2. If you can fish any day you like, you're retired and those of us that work envy you. Just go fishing when you want.

3. If you're hunting for trophy class fish, choose a lake and Just go fishing.

4. Gut feeling, instinct, conscious thought, experience, are all things developed by Just going fishing. 

5. Adding Beer may or may not help.

#5 is spot on. Especially night fishing :)

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