texasoldtimer

I saw him catch one fish. But my conclusion is based on the fact that surely a bass moving out of the shallows will make that move gradually having staging areas on the way back to deeper water. Am I wrong here?

Something interesting happened to me Saturday. I made up my mind to go fish deeper water. When I got out to the main lake I intended to find the bend in the river channel that I saw on my below average map. As I was idling and watching my graph I noticed one lone boat about 100 yards away fishing in one spot very slow. I recognized the fisherman as a local big bass slayer. Anyway I ended up fishing a flat area in 16' that dropped into the channel at 24'. After an hour of nothing I headed to some nearby points and worked those for a couple hours keeping one eye on the local legend. About 3 hours passed before he left and I went to graph his area. Figured I would see some brushpiles. But as I eased across the flat in 16' I came up on a ridge that came up to 12'. Couldn't see any special structure down there except the ridge itself. So my observation is that a postspawn bass is more likely to be in 12' rather than 16'. Maybe not move to 16' for another month or so. Catt I hope you read this and comment. Also fishfordollars. Anyone?

When fishing t bend post spawn deeper grass lines with spinnerbaits and wacky rigs I have a couple questions. 1. Are you fishing heavier spinnerbaits for deeper water? 2. Are you adding weight to the wacky rig? 3. Are you casting the wacky rig and working it most of the way back to the boat or pitching it and mostly just looking for strikes on the fall?

At what point do you rely on your electronics to tell you there are no fish there? I hear the guides on Fork talk about graphing several different deep holes before they find one with fish. Specifically, they say they'r not gonna waste time fishing that hole if nothing is on the graph.

Thanks for the tips. I think about the only thing I may have done right is when I came to a drain I did fish out in the middle of it first in about 6' before i worked back into it. However, this drain created a bend in the shoreline which must have created an underwater point or ridge on each side of the drain. I neglected to move out and fish those. There was a buck bass on the nest in the back of that pocket. The female was probably sitting out on that point waiting for me to win the tourney with her.

So if you were with me catching multiple 2 pounders in 3' in a cove at some point you would have moved farther away from bank looking for a dropoff where the bigger fish might be holding? Without even trying that I went to a completely different area.

Catt, I see from your toledo bend post that you focus on deeper water than I ever have. Thats a good reason for you not to change your strategy for a big bass tourney. I need to study the entire T Bend thread to understand better. Fishfordollars were you at the big bass splash last weekend? I fished only Friday and caught two limits of 2 pounders fishing shallow grass/reeds. I went deeper for an hour but didn't stick with it.

So fishfordollars was this a place you knew from experience had big bass? Are you saying you should have stayed on that point all day? And maybe just tried different baits?

Sitting on a point waiting for the big ones to come up and feed? Thats the type of strategy I am asking about. In a 9 hour tournament you could sit on such a hole during primary and secondary times. Then maybe search some humps or river bends at other times. Throwing big worms.

How much do you change when fishing a big bass tourney compared to a stringer tourney? I have three fish over 7lbs in the last year caught on senkos and flukes. But those are the baits I throw 90% of the time which obviously means I fish shallow most of the time . I haven't fished the 10" worms much but am leaning that way for an upcoming big bass tourney. I am fishing a shallow lake with a lot of grass and well defined river channel. In the past I have left this tourney telling myself I wasted my time fishing in 3' water. Although I know some big fish have been caught shallow on topwaters early in the morning I think the fish are post spawn and have moved out to the creek channels. I have a week to prefish. Advice please.

Thanks. That clears it up.

Are the ones linked her listed in eastern or central time? Just wanting to compare to the time that I caught fish today.

Thinking about picking up a 3.8:1 for deep crankin. Anyone have experience with it?

Do you start your morning before sunrise with one type of topwater then change to something else once daylight hits the water? Would a steady buzzbait retreive be too fast in the dark for the bass to locate?

What adjustment do you make when your grass bed honey hole muddies up because of all the rain? The soft plastic bite is dead.

Anyone using the 7" Mag super fluke? Just wondering if the bigger bait would get me bigger fish. And what is this double-fluke rig?

I have been fishing a weightless super fluke in vegetation with some success but am interested in any changes I should make. I use 20 lb fluoro with a swivel attached to 15 lb p line leader and a 4/0 EWG hook. I have been catching a lot of 3 lbers but no really big ones. Any suggestions?

Noticed after my trip today my side cover to the brakes is gone. Anyone had this happen? Where do I get replacement?

Any luck today guys? All small fish in my boat. Thoughts on 2morrow?

Any luck today guys? All small fish in my boat. Thoughts on 2morrow?

We've had at least 3 inches since the tourney ended today. Anyone have any luck today? Can't wait to fish in chocolate milk tomorrow.

Anyone ever throw a chatterbait into schooling fish. Seems like the vibration and flash would get a great reaction from feeding fish.

Do you have a bait you always have tied on in case you see some schooling bass? Just curious what everyone's favorites are?

No advice? Top secret I guess?

How much do you change your fishing style if you are only fishing for big bass? Bigger baits? Deeper water?