Bass In The Grass?

[BuzzB8]

Hey all,

Ive never spent much time on taneycomo (fished there 2 times) for bass. I fish on Drury's bass team and we travel south a lot to grass lakes where we punch mats and flip heavy cover with braid. I was wondering if people around here do that on taneycomo or how people have caught bass out of the grass there. Any info would be great. I understand its not real known for bass fishing but I need the practice!

[Troy Gregg]

Hey all,

Ive never spent much time on taneycomo (fished there 2 times) for bass. I fish on Drury's bass team and we travel south a lot to grass lakes where we punch mats and flip heavy cover with braid. I was wondering if people around here do that on taneycomo or how people have caught bass out of the grass there. Any info would be great. I understand its not real known for bass fishing but I need the practice!

Buzz... your right taney isnt real well known for its bass and I am sure some locals could give me the stink eye.. but oh well...

Taney fishes alot different than any lake in the area, as you know its a cold water fishery. The Bass on this lake are not your typical fish... they like mini

versions of bass lures. When punching the grass mats on the lower end; smaller frogs tend to work better as well as dead sticked plastic worms. in the summer when the mats are at there thickest... working the outside edges with a spook jr. can be really productive.

Trav, would be the go to source and maybe he will add his two cents as well. I have been fishing the lake for 15 years... but thats only a fraction compared to

the time he has invested.

[Trav]

Grass? Lower Taney?

hhhMMMMM

Very patchy, not bunches of it here. What little there is doesn't act very well as an attractant.

Now the coontail is a different story. I hate the stuff but unfortunately they have taken a foothold in some areas. It is like the nosey neighbor that you wished would just move away but they are always there when you need them. Even if most the time they just get in the way.

I personally consider coontail in the Lower as the beergoggle-closingtime-hookup. After all the good spots have turned you down, there is always one place to go poke around to say at least you got one. And I spend alot of time in that coontail.

As Troy said though, think small. I would't use any bait over three inches unless it was a slim profile bait like a sinko.

[Troy Gregg]

Grass? Lower Taney?

hhhMMMMM

Very patchy, not bunches of it here. What little there is doesn't act very well as an attractant.

Now the coontail is a different story.

Trav... this Coontail is probably what I am thinking off as the grass.... its thick stuff thats not real easy to penetrate and just when you think you hit all the holes you see one more and thats where it is

quite a bit of it around empire park if its the stuff I am thinking of? Trav set me straight here.... would that be the coontail you speak of?

[Trav]

That would be it Troy. Nasty stuff has the mouth of Bull all clogged up.

[Troy Gregg]

That would be it Troy. Nasty stuff has the mouth of Bull all clogged up.

ok I know exactly what your talking about.... thanks for settin my straight on that... cause I would have kept calling it grass.

But anyway you look at it... its all salad that ends up in the boat