Manny

seem to just be suspended ... i run a flat about 100 yards long with than turn and hit it again. I am seeing baitfish on the graph.

Got out early this morning ( Grand Glaze area) main lake flats. Managed a limit of decent crappie. 25to 30' feet of water 12 to 15' deep.

Got out this morning before light. Trolling Bandits.... Not much takers, 3 small bass a few nice crappie and a couple whites. In the Grand Glaize area. Traffic wasn't bad at all... All the boats were headed to shoot out.

Goose egg

Gonna try some cranking this morn. Thanks for all the reports!

Well I didn't do good this morning. 1 bass, 1 white, 5 crappie in 4 hours... Might go out this evening yet. I'm fishing the grand Glaize area.

Seems like that's all I've been doing lately.

I guess I'll be chasing the paper mouths this weekend.

I prefer lead head on outside. A tad of superglue the night before. I do this to my go to colors.

Got out last night around 9 pm. Started shooting dock wells caught a few keepers and a handful of dinks. Seem to get more bites on the ends of the docks. Got out Saturday morning doing the two pole stroll with some cranks and caught a few nicer ones that way. But released them as it wasn't enough to clean. I'm fishing the Grand Glaize area.

Would it be possible to find these eyes in the Grand Glaize area? Would love to try cranking for them.

All 12 gates are open

Wow very nice ! I got to try pulling cranks some time. Caught 6 bass this morning in the grand glaze arm. Had to work hard 1 off a bluff and two keepers in 2 to 5 foot off spinner bait back a cove. The rest were very speratic with no pattern.

Lol the weekends are all I get on the lake... Can't remember when the last time I was there mid week. Yes a challenge! Especially when getting your boat close to a bluff or chunk rock to retrieve a snag.

Thanks Very nice read

I seem to have most luck on bluff points and about 30 to 40 yards in , on main lake. I also look for bluffs that have shelves not just straight drop offs. That's when I'm talking about sweet spots on a bluff. They seem to like the little shelves. I fish no more than 15' away from a bluff. I throw a Texas rigged 10" black worm. I hit the bluff and pull line off real so that it falls straight vertical. Once I hit the first shelf I crawl it slow as possible towards me to the next little shelf and so on. They seem to hit in the 12 to 15' range. Although I might be in 60' of water. Don't count out bluffs in shallower water to, like 15 to 30 feet deep. I myself keep the current in mind. On points for sure. They will usually always be on the current side. As for schools... I don't personally think bigger bass 5 plus lbs. school like 12 to 15" fish. They sit and ambush. Where schools follow the bait. The big bass I think wait for the food to be brought to them. So it's just usuall 1 or maybe two off a sweet spot. These are just my thoughts and opponion, I'm sure it does not always apply. And I even brake my own rules sometimes.

Your absolutely correct! I myself have tried a few weekends bottom bouncing in the Glaize area. Figured if I gave it the whole weekend I might get one. Nope goose egg for me. Trying to relate many readings and techniques to the LOZ is very difficult. But found many brush piles that I didn't know we're there.

When I was exclusively on points I carilona rigged with power pro braid then the rig with 3 to 4 foot fluorocarbon. Was using a carilona rigged seinko but I seem to injure more fish, as the always seem to ingulf the bait way to deep. I have been exclusively on bluffs now. There seems to always be a sweet spot on a bluff where I always seem to catch them. Now I just hit these areas of the bluff. And with having numerous bluffs to hit means more running. This method for me keeps me out of dead useless water. But before I head in I'll find a bluff I haven't hit and fish the hole thing until I find the sweet spot.

Yes seems the bigger ones don't move much after they have it. They suck it in and just sit there seems like. I have lost 3 nice ones in the past 4 weeks. Fishing only weekends. Figured out a medium heavy is not good enough for me past 15' any deeper I go to my heavy rod as I feel I can get a better hook set with mono. As I said I'm new to fishing deep and learning more every weekend of what not to do. Either that or the big fish are camera shy.

If you find a reliable pattern shallow let us know. I beat banks up until this year. I could catch small ones on bank but nothing of any size. Started fishing points on the current side and bluffs this year with good results. Getting use to a bite with big fish 5 plus lbs. seems to be a little tricky sometimes. Yesterday morning I thought a had a loose brush pile but when it got to the boat the fish and I were both surprised. The fight was on and he spit me second jump. I never set the hook thinking I was going to make what I thought was a snag, worse. Fishing deeper 15 to 40' is new to me but for me bigger fish. And addicting.

Just found this forum. Great thread! I fish the Glaze arm usually all the time. I'm finding them on bluffs. Texas rig 10" black worm 3/8 weight. Mainly keepers this weeken with a few shorts.