Your Favorite Bite...thump, Tick, Pressure Or ?

[Growler]

Is there such a thing as a bad bite? I like them all, but my absolute favorite are the unexpected ones. Fishing slows down, you start casting a little aimlessly, take a gander at the nice scenery, your mind starts wandering a bit...then...WHAM! These are usually the ones that nearly yank the rod out of your hands.

Had a good one a couple of weeks ago while crappie fishing. Cast my jig, immediately, and I mean immediately upon hitting the water it was diving and going to the left. Caught a nice 5+ largemouth. About yanked my rod out of my hand, since I was expecting a lighter, deeper bite. I swear, that fish had to be tracking the jig as it flew through the air and pounced on it as soon as it hit the surface.

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[SLIPPERY SI]

TOPWATER!!!! IT DOESNT GET BETTER THAN THAT FOR ME!!!

[Troy Gregg]

Boys, this is a great topic...

Although there is nothing like a good topwater bite, like rps said, doesn't matter if its the all out explosion, the toilet bowl flush, or the silent dissapear. However, nothing gets me going like the falling collapse bite as Mr. Don house refers to it as, or the pressure bite.

Watching your line go with the falling jig or plastic, you see a slight line jump and thats about it.... you know she's there, reel down and rip her a good one.

Another fantastic bite is the pressure bite, you may feel a slight tick, almost like you just jumped over a rock or log and then you feel the pressure build, or the one were your reeling back to the boat and your lure doesn't feel quite right, 'cause a fish is swimming right towards you at about the speed your reeling.

Gentlemen, these are the things that keep us fishing

Happy Fishing

[captmac]

I like the jig thump followed by the freight train for deep water, these usually result in lost fish for me but it means there is another one close.

[Trav]

Top water explosions are by far the best, but you cant beat the "runaway" bite. Nothing says confidence more when a fish just grabs it and runs!

[Bill Babler]

Trav, might have mentioned the best one. How about when that stickbait just starts swimming off. You gotta Love it.

[Sam]

How 'bout when fishing a Texas-rigged worm toward the bank and your line goes slacK? You try to reel up carefully to feel the fish before it feels you, but that's hard to do because the bass has picked up the worm and sinker and headed for deep water by swimming right under your boat.

I often miss the fish on those deals, but when I don't - it's usually a big one that does that.

[porter57]

for me, the big ole topwater , blow a hole in the water type bite does it the most.

when ya have to remember to let the fish get back in the water before ya stab it,thats the best.

but i think its really cool when you cast at a boil,as i have done in the past,and then ee the line moving away from where it fell. gotta tighten up and slam it real fast,and ussually its a real big fish when you do.

i probably pass on a lot of good fish with the tick tick bite as i ussually associate em with bigger bluegills trying for something they cant possibly get. probably dumb on my part,ill agree.

[Champ188]

Maybe I'm strange, but I love it when you're reeling a spinnerbait by a shallow bush or log and a big 'un knocks about a foot of slack in your line.

[redbud]

Maybe I'm strange, but I love it when you're reeling a spinnerbait by a shallow bush or log and a big 'un knocks about a foot of slack in your line.

Igotta agree with champ 188 when you are slow rolling a spinner thru the trees and a 5lber stops that thing dead in the water,its on baby .with all the flooded timber an accurate cast back into the junk is also key. makes all this $ I spend on my habit seem worth it. give me one lunker on a spinner to 20 dinks on a dropshot any day.