Fishing weed beds?
Sep 13, 2019 17:02:25 #
The lake bottom where I fish is completely covered with some sort of weed. I’ve caught bass on plastic worms but Carolina rigging, Texas rigging and even drop shotting has me constantly fighting weeds with my sinker. Is this just something I have to contend with?
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by Clinton350
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by Clinton350
Sep 13, 2019 17:02:29 #
depends on a couple of things. is it close to the surface of the water or deep. and is it close to shore or not
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by CamoKilla223
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by CamoKilla223
Sep 13, 2019 17:02:33 #
I'm fishing from shore and I'm guessing the water is around 10 ft deep. Within 3 ft of shore there is little apparent grass but also it is very shallow.
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by Clinton350
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by Clinton350
Sep 13, 2019 17:02:36 #
Oh sorry. I think I understand what you're asking now. The grass is nowhere near the surface. It's about 8-10 ft down and not very tall I think. It's almost like a kind of moss.
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by Clinton350
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by Clinton350
Sep 14, 2019 14:53:31 #
FS Digest wrote:
The lake bottom where I fish is completely covered with some sort of weed. I’ve caught bass on plastic worms but Carolina rigging, Texas rigging and even drop shotting has me constantly fighting weeds with my sinker. Is this just something I have to contend with?
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by Clinton350
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by Clinton350
you might try fishing a weightless fluke, or senko or yum dinger both weightless
in my opinion the fluke fished weightless is a bass killer
easy to work too
just cast, let it sink
then twitch it a couple times and let it sink again--but work slowly
bass only chase baits if they are schooling
I dunno,I guess they are lazy
BTW
you should have no problem with the weeds
Sep 14, 2019 18:21:32 #
Try running top water baits across it early morning and or dusk frog, hula popper or jitter bug are deadly!!!
Sep 14, 2019 18:24:34 #
Sounds as though you could fish and any lure really... as long as you keep it off the bottom. Jerkbait, swimjig, swimbait, spinnerbaits, frogs,poppers, walking baits, etc etc etc... also, have you considered purchasing a float tube? I prefer fishing from a bass boat, but, I still really enjoy float tubing. Kind of a natural progression. Shore fishing to float tube to a kayak possibly to finally, getting your own boat. Be it a flat bottom Jon boat to whatever you can afford. 🎣
Sep 15, 2019 09:06:21 #
Agree with badbobby - weightless is the way to go. All the extra rigging will hang you up way more, plus I like the weightless action on the fall. Weights and beads, carolina or texas rigged, still work in some circumstances when you want to go out farther or down deep quickly, but I go weightless first and always when working weed beds.
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