Ellesar

Thanks for the great info. Let me ask you all this. Is there a depth that is too deep for something like crawdads? I know they are supposed to be one of a bass's favorite foods, but are they found at 20 feet? Do the bass care? Thanks again to all of you!

I'm finding the fish fairly shallow, on flats around structure in about 3-5 feet of water. Once you get about 20 ft from the bank it drops off fairly quickly to 20-30 feet. I've tried fishing that drop and haven't had much luck. I've tried spinnerbaits, worms, crawdads, crankbaits. Do you think the bigger bass would suspend someplace on the drop off, or would they be more likely to find someplace shallower? I had thought they might be handing out on the drop off and moving up shallow early and late, but the fish I'm catching don't seem to suggest that. Granted, the average size gets a bit larger as it gets late, but I don't know if thats really telling me where the bigger fish are. Thanks for the help!

I've been doing a good bit of fishing on the Tennessee river since its close to home and convient for those after work trips to get my fishing fix. I usually manage to land 10-15 bass, but most of them are under 2 lbs, many around 1lb. So I have these areas where I know I can catch fish of that size, but I'm looking for the larger ones. So is it better to continue to fish those areas because the presence of smaller fish will make it more likely that larger ones are somewhere close by? Or is the presence of that many smaller fish mean that the larger ones are someplace else and I need to go to different areas to find them?