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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
So what do you use for a Top Water Twitch Bait if not Walk The Dog?
BPS is not "close" - well I guess it is - 30 minutes away and $2.00 in tolls RT.
Catching ANY fish is fishing! 
Even 4" Breem! 
So Junkie - please explain this to me . . .
I catch these Breem (really small Blue Gills) - Then I use a good sized hook - stuck under their chin - then up through their nose - then toss them out into the middle of the canal . . .
And I am not getting any hits on them.
This morning I had one out on the line and this big LM Bass comes up to the shoreline where my "little buddies" wait for me to throw them Bagel Bits (and try to catch one - usually they get the bread off the hook without getting caught  ) . . .
I reeled in my little buddy right into the middle of the school - and the Bass "sniffs" at him - then goes chasing another fish instead. Happened 3X BTW.
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I suck at top water fishing. I usually use a popper or a Jitterbug.
Bass are funny. Are they chasing breem after seeing yours? Are you killing the breem or hooking them while they are still alive? I asked this because a bass will attack a fish that looks injured. Another possibility is the bass has either seen the hook or the fishing line and it spooked him away. Bass are very smart, if you can see it, it can see you and most of the time they won't hit.
Those breem that you are using should catch fish, bass or atleast a catfish. Most predator fish will see a wounded fish and take advantage of its misfortune. Fish can be as agrevating to you as it can be relaxing.