Why am I unable to catch a bass with live bait no matter what I try?

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Thanks for the info. I'm familiar with reaction-based strikes. If this was an occasional issue it probably would have occurred to me, but it seems to be fairly consistent. I guess I wrote them off because I did not realize how much of a percentage of strikes that actually account for.
But it's either got to be the reactionary strikes or the fact of the minnows I am typically using are just too small to entice an average sized bass, they are just more enticing to scavenger or smaller fish like catfish, bluegill or crappie.

Until I can come up with a better way to fish with artificial lures I suppose this is a problem I will have to get used to dealing with .
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