Fishing the bank with Muddy Water

[mixermarkb]

I fish a lot parallel to the bank, and sometimes fish "uphill". I've heard that a lot of the guys out west fish "uphill" as much or more than they do "downhill" 

I think casting shallow, retrieving deep has as much to do with our human habits as it does any habit of the fish. 

[Champ188]

12 hours ago, mixermarkb said:

I fish a lot parallel to the bank, and sometimes fish "uphill". I've heard that a lot of the guys out west fish "uphill" as much or more than they do "downhill" 

I think casting shallow, retrieving deep has as much to do with our human habits as it does any habit of the fish. 

I cut my fishing teeth in West/Central Arkansas, including Lake Ouachita. There was a time every spring down there when we caught a lot of good fish by putting our boats right on the bank around points and would throw out with shaky heads, fishing uphill.

[buckcreekmike]

I fish from the bank sometimes and it seems you get snagged more bringing it uphill. If on a boat you can go free it sometimes, but on the shore you don't have much chance. 

[dtrs5kprs]

14 hours ago, mixermarkb said:

I fish a lot parallel to the bank, and sometimes fish "uphill". I've heard that a lot of the guys out west fish "uphill" as much or more than they do "downhill" 

I think casting shallow, retrieving deep has as much to do with our human habits as it does any habit of the fish. 

If you read the old Bill Murphy big bass book, it will open your eyes to how you approach structure and how to dissect it. One of the California greats.

 

[dtrs5kprs]

37 minutes ago, buckcreekmike said:

I fish from the bank sometimes and it seems you get snagged more bringing it uphill. If on a boat you can go free it sometimes, but on the shore you don't have much chance. 

Absolutely correct. Just have to deal with it. Leave the old Warts and Hughes painted sticks at home. Take some cheap jigs and expendable plastics.

[abkeenan]

55 minutes ago, buckcreekmike said:

I fish from the bank sometimes and it seems you get snagged more bringing it uphill. If on a boat you can go free it sometimes, but on the shore you don't have much chance. 

100% true. We fish quite a bit on the bank in front of our house in Beardsley. After dinner or taking a break from cleaning up the yard will just walk the bank for an hour or so. Dragging stuff uphill just snags more and like Dave said you can put the cranks away. Get a lot more bites on the drop casting from the bank because you are throwing right on top of them in that TR sweet spot of 20-30 ft.

[vernon]

2 hours ago, Champ188 said:

I cut my fishing teeth in West/Central Arkansas, including Lake Ouachita. There was a time every spring down there when we caught a lot of good fish by putting our boats right on the bank around points and would throw out with shaky heads, fishing uphill.

Uh, correct me if I'm wrong Scotty but wouldn't that be down hill?

[abkeenan]

9 minutes ago, vernon said:

Uh, correct me if I'm wrong Scotty but wouldn't that be down hill?

Everything in Kansas is flat, we wouldn't expect you to understand slopes. 

[dtrs5kprs]

1 hour ago, abkeenan said:

Everything in Kansas is flat, we wouldn't expect you to understand slopes. 

 

Hey now. He's about 5 minutes south of me. It's at least as hilly here as around Clinton.

But it would be casting downhill, retrieving up.

Most of us were clear on that...?.

[Champ188]

21 hours ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Absolutely correct. Just have to deal with it. Leave the old Warts and Hughes painted sticks at home. Take some cheap jigs and expendable plastics.

Of course, the expendable plastics are attached to expendable jigheads, of which the quoted member can supply more for a nominal fee. LOL