Frogs on a mat scaring fish

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bigfoot55
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Frogs on a mat scaring fish

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Question for you all, I've had some issues this month with spooking fish under the Mat with a frog. It doesn't matter where I put the bait, behind the fish, in front of the fish, or on top of it. as I work it out I can see he mat rumble a the fish swim away. I've never really had this issue, last year it would happen few and far between, this year it almost a guarantee. Any help would be appreciated.
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Sure those are bass and not carp?
Even if they are bass, if they are that spooky your probably not gonna catch them (at least not in mats) - just my opinio .
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Pretty sure there not carp, after a minute I'll throw back to the same spot and they are back as if they were suspending there. I've had it happen before but not as bad as this year.
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Seen alote of carp do that
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I ran into a guy on the water years ago on the Delta that told me he would throw a big flip flop sandal on a mat and see if it spooked the bass. If he saw movement he would come back with a frog a little later and fish it. If nothing moved he wouldn't bother fishing it. Not sure if he was BSing me or not.
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I think they might be carp. We were fishing a big mat the other day that and the same thing was happening. I would be hopping the frog along, and the mat would swirl as if a fish was spooked. But we also caught 15 bass off that mat at the same time, and they were killing the frog. So, putting two and two together, I have a hard time believing there were very spooked bass under that mat...and super aggressive bass, all in a 40 by 40 yard area.
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Carp
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When bass are done feeding and close to a mat area they suspend in groups tight together under the mat canopy. These bass are inactive in close to a "sleeping" state.
You just need to remember where they are located and go back a few hours later and give them another try.
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Definitely carp. They love hanging on the surface late spring and summer. They scare easily, and scare me when I see them kick and move a bathtub amount of water under my frog. :shock:
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when carp spook they're gone, bass come back, betting bass
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milehi wrote:when carp spook they're gone, bass come back, betting bass
they get beamed up? :lol:
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Stay on those fish, they will hit a lot of the time. I do this in the cheese mats on the delta. If i see one move like that, I "wiggle" the frog in place as much as possible without moving it from its spot. Last weekend I caught probably 5 doing this.
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Forgot to mention all of the ones I have caught like this are smaller bass, nothing substantial yet
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