I Wish I KNEW This About Bass Sooner (Near-Field vs Far-Field Prey Detection)

[@BenHolliday1]

Love this! To tag on to what you’re saying and evidenced in your video, if you get one fish’s attention, you can get the attention of other fish further away because they saw the one bass that noticed the bait which further expands the reach of your lure. Some of those fish seemed to react to the body language of the two bass that noticed the lure directly.

[@turtlepoi]

Your comment definitely builds on the case for trying for the follow up fish from a spot.

[@castingacrosstexasfishing]

Great video. I think it shows how important it can be to take a pause after each cast and use those pauses and irratic action throughout your retrieves.

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@barrymanutts8223]

Steve Rodger’s the bass whisperer

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thanks! Just passing on great info from some great researchers.

[@barrymanutts8223]

@@SteveRogersOutdoors i appreciate it brother, I love the deep dive explanations and in water footage it’s truly educational keep up the good work

[@turtlepoi]

LOL definitly!

[@avdmustang]

You're the best channel out here Steve. Always great content. I remember when I first started fishing decades ago in a neighborhood pond. We'd throw plastic worms a lot and the best technique was always to cast it and let it sit for a while. Oftentimes longer than a minute, then raise up the rod tip slowly. They'd hit it right then or they'd hit it while it wasn't even moving.

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

That is awesome that your patience paid off!

[@johnmccracken8023]

Agreed

[@LowBrowFishing]

Great video packed with a bunch of helpful information! It kind of made me realize that when we were younger, even kids, how bass fishing was based more or less on feel and an angler's experience. While those things are still important, having a more scientifically-based approach really paints a much clearer picture and can help those of us who've been around a while put many more fish in the boat!

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

I just love the study of bass. Should have been a biologist. Lol.

[@lantose]

Another great video Steve! Thanks for keeping them short and full of information, as we all learn something every time!

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Glad you like them!

[@joestrailcams4037]

Anglers often ignore or even avoid the fish attracting nature of a good splash. A large splash made by an eagle or osprey may scare them but a small splash made by something that fits in their mouth like a lure often attracts bass and is why letting a top water sit on the surface until the rings disappear or dead sticking a worm can be so effective, and it's not that the fish aren't aggressive that you have to wait several seconds or more it's that the fish are traveling a ways to see what splashed and you don't want to swim the lure away before they get close enough to find it.

[@TimEdwards-sx2pq]

Once again thank you Steve you're the best hands down

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thank you!

[@ShelbyBrasuell-x6d]

I love you Steve my brother in christ! All your videos are next level! God bless you and I've been praying for you.

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thank you! I appreciate it.

[@Rooster0529]

Great footage and very useful information. Not only that but the complexity of creation in these small creatures amazes me. Thanks Steve.

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

I agree - the more I read and study about them the more I too am amazed at how well they fit within their environment.

[@thatfishingnoob]

Fantastic sir

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@richthompson3326]

Great stuff Steve! Thank you!

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Glad you liked it!

[@shannonkirby9295]

Hey, Steve, great to see ya and pray you are well. Thanks for the knowledge. Be safe

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Hi Shannon! I am doing great enjoying some beautiful fall weather. Hope you are getting some cooler days there as well.

[@raygissendanner1476]

Great information and underwater footage thank you

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@calebpartenheimer7636]

I have my own little underwater camera I can toss in the water with a wire connected to a screen. I didn't realize how curious fish in general can get, and how lightning fast they can be. One second their still, the next second, they have swim so fast it's crazy. A good part of the time, if I toss it in the water and I see fish in the area, part of them will swim right up to the camera and just look at it. I have had some try to bite it, so I put a hook on it and almost caught a few like that. I've had crawfish come up to it and try to fight it too. Sometimes there quickness is good. Then sometimes I don't like it as much. If I see them close being still, and then see them take off quick, I'm like, "No, don't speed off!!!"

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

They are incredibly curious creatures. I too am constantly amazed at how they come up to investigate. Thanks for sharing this!

[@stevevanhorn1909]

Great information ! Thanks

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

Glad it was helpful!

[@timmontano8792]

Hey Steve, I have a question about a bass's "Near" or Far-Field" prey detection. The waters I fish in are mainly concrete lined irrigation canals with very little structure that the bass can relate to. I'm wondering if the bass's lateral line will incorrectly pick up or sense the movement of prey in dirty water because the vibrations emitted by their prey or our lures are being reflected by the concrete walls of the canals that I'm fishing in? For example, a bass is holding in a shady spot a couple of feet away from the concrete canal wall with its right-side lateral line closest to the wall. My lure happens to swim by about three feet to its left side lateral line. If the water were dirty enough that the bass's senses were restricted to its lateral line detection only, could the vibrations of my lure reflect off of that concrete canal wall so that the bass's right-side lateral line pick up on it more acutely than the bass's left-side lateral line so that it ends up fooling the bass into thinking that my lure is swimming by on the opposite side that it's actually on? I hope that makes sense. I'm just trying to find out just how sensitive the bass's senses really are.

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

That is an excellent question. From what I have read, I would have to speculate that they still would pick up the lure on the correct side because of the pressure movement created by moving water, but that would be a very interesting situation to test out. Thank you for sharing this!

[@DshaunBirch]

putting money aside for that book for sure!!

[@SteveRogersOutdoors]

It’s a good one!

[@chriskucenski438]

Too bad that book is out of print…cool video, though!