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If none of those things are true for you your doing something wrong. Wind doesn't turn on fish but it deff disguises your bait making the fish hit better, for example a spinnerbait. Points are the best fishing spots in my opinion. Fish use them to stage before and after the spawn and they also get on main lake points for summertime so they can swim from deep water to shallow water every quickly. As well as bait hold on points... In pa shad spawn on main lake points. Pre front conditions aren't nessarily good conditions but they are so much better than post front. And I've had a few days out on the water where the fish do get super active right before a front but that normally on last the last ten minutes prior to the front hitting. As far as a mix of grass types I find that to be important down south. On lakes that just have grass from one shoreline to the next the bass like to find something different to hold on. So intersections of grass are perfect. Spinnerbaits are amazing. I can't tell you how many times I've been out fishing and for whatever reason couldn't get the fish to eat anything but a spinnerbait. They won't work all the time but your crazy if you don't think they catch em .... Cold fronted cuz the fish to slow way down... So small baits will help get a lot more bites when this occurs. And frog fishing really? If a fish misses a frog in open water I catch them on a senko. Seriously I cannot think of a time where a fish will miss my frog and I toss in a senko or brush hog and didnt get them to eat it.... Fish do eat super good in the fall. It's my favorite season to fish. Why do they eat? Idk. Fattening up for winter is a good theory. Deep structure is amazing in the summer because the fish are more comfortable around it. With or without pressure the bass in the summer will move deep just because the water is cooler and there's more bait there. And the last one is ridiculous . How do u think tournaments are won? Patterning bass is the entire to bass fishing. If I catch one on a jig off a stump in 6 ft of water, you better believe ill be looking for every stump in 5-7 feet on the entire lake, at least til the fishing conditions change. My partner and I just finished second in a big tournament local when we figured out a pattern. He caught our first fish outa grass on a blue beaver. I got three more keepers on a rocky point on a watermelon jig. After an hour I thought to myself if he caught one outa grass on a blue beaver and I caught three small ones on a watermelon jig off rock what could be the pattern? Well after thinking that I switched to a black and blue jig and started catching them like crazy. We started targeting bank grass around a lot of rock and started catching giants. Finished with 17 lb.

I second the ubolt heads. They are my go to when shakyhead fishing.

Nice fish and shakyhead fishing can be the best when the fishing gets tough

Robo worm or sk dream shot.... If ur fishing Lake Erie have a goby bait on

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Pressure on fish will def change how they will bite. Those bass prob see tons of crank baits spinnerbaits jigs and Texas rigs over and over again and they are conditioned to them. Try things other guys aren't throwing, drop shots, over sized plastics. Give those fish a presentation they've never seen before.

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Typically 14 inches but I'm always changing and experimenting. I've caught them on a 28 inch drop shot and sometimes I use a super short 4 or 5 in drop shot. Like I said I normally start with a 12-14 inch then let the fish tell me what they want

if water is super clear try 6 lb fluro .... if its not super clear go with 8 lb fluro... I always use flouro when dropshotting.

jig fishing may be tough in clear water unless you match the hatch perfectly. if you got some extra time flip over some rocks in the quarry and see if you cant find some crawfish. pick one up and examine it. see if it has any red in it or if its an olive or green pumpkin color than pick a jig that makes its color. This will make the fish just eat your bait. match the jig with your favorite trailer in the same color. I personally love zoom speed craws.. and they make them in so many colors to match any jig I could ever buy ... good luck

I do actually lol. I have two cans of bang. one in shad scent the other in craw. I don't think the brand name has anything to do with it. but after fishing for years I deff notice that soft plastics lose their appeal after 50 casts. a new bait straight out of the bag in my opinion will be more affective than a bait that's been on my hook for the past 3 hours. and I don't have money laying around to put on a new plastic every so often, so I like to recharge the bait by spraying them with scent. and I must say I feel it makes a huge difference and makes me much more productive on the water

1/16.1/8. 3/16. 1/4. 5/16 .3/8 .7/16 .1/2 .9/16. 5/8. 11/16. 3/4. 7/8. 1 ounce.. and for punching seven feet 3/8 should be plenty I like a slow fall in deeper grass in case bass are suspended under the grass. try pegging the weight. if that doesn't work move up to half ounce. that should deff get through.... there are times however I use a heavy one and ahalf ounce weight to make bass react. the super fast fall can make them bite too. just experiment and see what the fish want. and if you have trouble getting though mats switch up baits. some baits will slip through better than others. for example a senko on a half ounce weight pegged will fall faster though a mat than a tube on a 3/4 ounce weight.. cuz the tube likes to glide side to side and hang up in the grass while the senko slides straight tho to the bottom

the best way to fish goby baits is on a drop shot... easy way to catch 4 plus pound smallmouth on erie

chrome blade white skirt and chartuese trailer

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I love Colorado bladed spinnerbaits, I just won a tournament on them, I was using a strike king premier night fishing spinnerbait in tequila sunrise color. It's a purple skirt with a large purple Colorado blade, well it's a night fishing bait but the tournament was on a muddy dam with a super muddy river. I won it up the river throwing the purple spinnerbait around wood, not really slow rolling it, just swimming it though the wood and along big logs

Spinnerbaits 100% of the time

When the water gets over eighty degrees slow down. Try a shaky head and a Carolina rig in deeper water

Use a pegged Texas rig beaver. If the bass are small in the pond(in ny), u won't get a lot of bites on a frog. Flip a beaver around and catch a ton of fish

Lead is my go to

Just throw it. I love throwing my jigs, I use all homemade ones. I can fish them anywhere from a foot of water to thirty feet of water. If the water is dirtier than a foot and a half visibility use black and blue and experiment with an optional rattle. If the water is clear try to match the hatch. I always try to mimic craw dad. So depending on the lake or river I'm fishing I may use a green pumpkin or a brown color. Sometimes even a red one. Now use a weight appoirate for the depth your fishing. If your flipping shallow wood use a 1/4 ounce. Dragging it in ten feet or working it down a rip rock bank try 1/2 ounce. And if you're casting far lengths off shore on ledges or humps try a 3/4 or even a one ounce. Now time for a trailer. First remember this rule the colder the water the less action you want, the warmer the more action. So if your fishing less than 60 degree water temps try a natural craw or pork trailer. My favorite is a yum money craw. Match the color to your jig. If the water is over 60 degrees try sometime with twister tails or vibrating legs. My favorite here is a zoom speed craw. Well I hope I helped a little bit. Good luck out there

My boss got one, broke it off from the wind, he switched to the power pole and loves it.

The good ole queen. I love this lake. It fishes tough in the summertime but this is the lake is where I learned to fish for bass. I still go there once or twice a month after work. I hate to give up all my secrets but I will for you. Ignore the cribs thoughout the lake. The bass just don't get on them in the summertime. There's largemouth and smallmouth in the lake. When I come here I first determine whether I wanna target smallmouth or largemouth. If its overcast or rainy I'm going to go smallmouth fishing. When the weather gets crappy the smallmouth really get aggressive and chase bait. Try to find busting minnows on the surface in 8 to 20 feet of water. My two favorite baits for them is a small lucky craft pointer or a lucky craft Sammy. If the fish are super hungry throw the top water Sammy. If they're not hitting the surface real good try the jerk bait.... Now if the weather is hot and sunny go largemouth fishing and the queen has some giants in it. Now I'm not going to share my secret baits but use your favorite soft plastics on Texas rig. Target weed beds. The fish will change up, the last two times I went to this lake(which was last Sunday and this past Wednesday) I caught bass on weed edges. A very good weed cove to try is when u head out of the launch go left and around the beach. The entire cove is loaded with 15 inch largemouth. If u have anymore questions pm me, good luck out there buddy

Try strike kings new line of night spinnerbaits. Come pre hook with trailer hook and has the perfect skirt so u can fish it right out of the box. They put out a ton of vibration also. Really good bait. Lil expensive tho pushing close to seven dollars but they are worth it

We have an annual night club tournament every year and it seems like every one catches them... And once and awhile ill go with some buddies . Try a black spinnerbaits. If that's not working I use a black worm on flourcent line and I use a night fishing black light, it makes flourcent line glow.