Bite from bottom??

[fisher222]

Need tips on telling bite from bottom

 

[classic drifter]

for me, a bite is more like a pull, and for rocks is like taps, a hit will feel a little pull,, its a very small margin of difference, that's in my opinion,,,

 

[chinooky]

Rocks is taps, moving with the current. If it stops moving or you feel a pull, you better pull back just to check!

 

[staffman]

Someone once asked me your question and I couldn't give them an answer. With more time bottom bouncing you will be able to tell. Remember hook sets are free.

 

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depends on what style of fishing you're doing, if spin fishing a hard sudden stop is usually bottom, a quick tap tap tap and hard shaking pull is a bite, float fishing on a bite, you're float will just disappear on a bite, with bottom it will slowly drag under the water with the top facing the same direction as the current flow

 

[Shmogley]

the way i can tell is by how sudden the bump is..

usually a bottom bounce is more of a steady down up bump with no real erratic movement involved to it.. where as bites are more twitchy and sudden and violent if that makes sense.. more deliberate

usually after 2 or 3 drifts on the same spot you can tell where the bottoms gonna bump by memory and then your'e golden