bass are on the move

[merc1997 Bo]

here we are when you sure enough have to be versatile in your approach to catch bass.  we started a water cooling trend, and some areas of the lake began the turn over process, and now we are having another spell of summer weather.  when choosing areas to fish, do some looking with your electronics to look for those diagonal streaks coming from the bottom to the top.  this will mean that area has some turnover activity going.  not a very good area to be fishing in.

linda and i fished around the indian point area last night and found the brownies out on very bare banks, and we got them to bite moving baits.  we used a 1 oz. SpinJig, and a 1 oz. EliteBlade but with an oversized musky blade.  the movement speed and sound really made the difference in getting strikes.  i believe they were feeding on perch and goggle eye.  pretty typical for the dark of the moon.  bites were coming from 10 to 20 ft.  we managed 4 keeps that were from 16 1/2" to 19", and they we fat as toads.  

we started out fishing jigs, but could not muster a bite, and i picked up the big bladed jig and went to getting some attention.  many of these bass are just hitting the blade, but you just have to just keep slinging and one will get the hook.  it is kind of like when the bass are just hitting your sinker on a c-rig.  anyway going to more of a horizontal movement with both speed and sound would at least trigger strikes when nothing else would.  i also believe that it was getting the lure up off the bottom far enough to get it up in focus range to take an interest in it.  fishing fairly parallel with the strike zone was a must also.

always change up if something is not working.  pay attention to details such as where you are seeing more bait fish.  does there seem to be a lot of perch in the area.  the next month or so will make for some very detailed fishing to consistently catching anything.  there are some that just choose to go golfing or something else, but even though this time of the year is one of the most difficult times to catch bass, it can still be productive.

bo

[bobby b.]

Bo, thanks for the info.  I had been doing well on the drop shot until about a week ago but have been completely lost in the last few  days.  Hopefully I can do better with this info.  

I was out in the back of North Indian for an hour or so this morning at first light and noted lots of bait fish  on the locator but only picked a couple of short KYs.  The bait fish were mostly deep on the bottom in about 30 fow but no visible sign of bass or the like with them.

Bobby

[merc1997 Bo]

1 hour ago, bobby b. said:

Bo, thanks for the info.  I had been doing well on the drop shot until about a week ago but have been completely lost in the last few  days.  Hopefully I can do better with this info.  

I was out in the back of North Indian for an hour or so this morning at first light and noted lots of bait fish  on the locator but only picked a couple of short KYs.  The bait fish were mostly deep on the bottom in about 30 fow but no visible sign of bass or the like with them.

Bobby

many times, if there are bass there, they can be laying flat to the bottom with the shad.  just have to experiment with many lures and retrieves to see if anything will start to trigger strikes.  in other words, make the hit, not beg them to hit.

bo

[176champion]

Thanks Bo!!

[Champ188]

At last, the post I've been waiting for! I've only been playing golf while waiting for you to enlighten me on how to catch one or two. Now that you have, I think we shall go Monday. 😎

[merc1997 Bo]

11 hours ago, Champ188 said:

At last, the post I've been waiting for! I've only been playing golf while waiting for you to enlighten me on how to catch one or two. Now that you have, I think we shall go Monday. 😎

well, it could be more to your liking because the bass are not very deep any place.

bo

[Champ188]

Look forward to seeing what I can find. Imagine they are pretty scattered, as are the baitfish. Good thing about our lake is there are always some deep, always some shallow and always some in between. 

[Patlock]

Bo, You confirmed what I was doing. I got hit when I started bouncing the blade, trying to make noise.