Bullrider - I hear ya! i know I hear the 'pros' talking about sight fishing, etc, but actually getting it to work is a different matter. I have on a few occasions caught a fish like this, but not many times for sure. I took repeated casts to the nest area, and I can't remember catching one on anything but a tube bait, actually! I would drag it along the edge fo the nest, stop it in the immediate area, twitch it a bit with the rod tip and then reel it in again and start alll over. Sooner or later, the bass (he/she) would move over and pick up the tube in their mouth as if to move it away. THEN you own them! Releasing them immediately in the area assures they will get back to the nest real soom.
It is not something I would want to have to do for a living though!!!
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