TLDR: some guy "called his shot" Babe Ruth style, and caught a large mouth with a 2.5" gulp minnow, on a 1/16 #6 jig head. Should I start doing this?

I have seen this older guy at my fishing spots since I started this activity towards the end of the summer - i have seen at 4 different spots, and run into him maybe 10% of the times i go fishing. He is always fishing on a light action reel, with these Gulp minnows, and #6 hooks, says he is aiming for crappie and perch.

I go out aiming for largemouth, with 2/0 hooks and soft plastics: 6" worms, or shad swim baits. Generally I catch one "big one" a week, which for me is 2-3lbs. Since fall has hit, I have run out of luck. I think I am maybe one fish in the last month? I was seriously considering hanging up my gear till the spring Striper season.

Yesterday I had an hour to kill so I went out and ran into that guy again. As I was leaving I waved across (he was fishing from tbe bridge and I was from the bank) and asked if he caught anything and he shared that he landed a couple. He pulled out his phone and showed me a bunch of photos of 1.5 to 2lb stripped bass and large mouth. The time stamps on the photo were all from the last week or so.

I asked him where, and he pointed to basically where I was standing, on the bridge. I cast out a few times, no action, so I went to face the other side of the bridge.

Here is where it gets crazy: the guy casts out right at the spot I was JUST standing and, first cast, reels in a 2lb largemouth. I had to go down to the bank with the net because his UL set up wasn't going to do the trick.

Should I start fishing with minnows? I thought that this hook/gear combo was too small to work well. Is it the jighead that is helping here?

Caught a couple hawgs this weekend in some flood water.

Was at a local pond that was just stocked with rainbow trout and the bass were blowing up everywhere. Caught this guy on 2lb line and a micro spoon

i lost 2 biggins at the crackhead pond in mid air this morning, then, i caught this guy and he was pretty decent!! i was getting bites left and right with the same senko color ive been using, i think i found the cheat code at this pond

Everything here is 1/2 to 1/3 of the price it would be in the states! This is only from my first few days in Kyoto and I have another 5 days in Tokyo coming up with more shopping and site seeing!

Thanks for the suggestions on the last post for where to shop. I’m hoping to find more BFS options as I have recently fell in love with it!

Tight lines fellow anglers, looking forward to getting back home to use all this stuff!

Just got back into fishing. Haven’t fished in almost 16 years.

Sorry for the repost, the other one didn’t have a picture.

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Only the small guys bite. Not mad about it either

My husband and son have gotten super into fishing together lately and I was thinking of planning a trip as a Christmas gift so they can go bass fishing somewhere. We live in Southern California but can travel. Ideally something where I can relax and enjoy the hotel/resort while they go and do their thing. Open to suggestions for a roughing it type trip too and maybe I sit it out 😆 appreciate your help!

I’ve never had this problem with mono and I switched to braided and I’ve lost countless fish. I test the knots and they seem fine but sometimes just casting my lure will just fly off. Should I just switch back?