cabullwinkle

Yeah, Casitas is my local lake. It can beat you up sometimes, but it can reward the crap out of you. For me, I just have to approach it by concentrating on why I go fishing.

Southern California here...Spoiled as all heck being able to fish all the big bass lakes.

I have a theory in progress regarding the applicability of this information to the lake I fish at. Tomorrow starts the test period. I will be sure to include all of the results with you guys here.

Your situation is very similar to the lake I fish out. Little vegetation with rocks and deep water providing most of the cover there. My best advice here is to work on your weaknesses. If your original pattern is not bringing any fish, then changing your game up is the next logical thing to do. This way, you are still out there and honing your skills. I like to start out with my weaknesses, then fall back into my strengths if I'm not catching fish and then finally finish up with a few cast from my weaker techniques. This way I am forcing myself to work on those weaknesses. With this being your weak season, this should be a time that you are out there. If I don't catch any fish, hey, I know that I at least became a better angler. Try this out. Also another point to consider in this phase is to analyze what is controlling the bass. Food source is one of them. Learn the lifecycles of what they are eating and you will have a bettern understanding of the bass you are targeting. Tight Lines!

Worms are great baits, and should be a tool for every bass fisherman. I rig them Texas, Carolina, shaky head, and drop shot. There are some great articles on this website on worm fishing. I would suggest you check those out. I have always fished them off the bottom and they have caught me a bunch of fish. My biggest fish I ever caught was off of a worm. Good Luck.

I'm have the same situation you have. Our lake does not have a whole lot of cover, so a lot of the bass will gravitate towards points, gravel, small weeds. As for things to use, being that you are a shore fisherman, you do not have the mobility someone on a boat has, so you have to work as efficiently as possible. This gives you a couple of options. You can thoroughly work one area for the whole time you fish or you can pick two or three spots and moderately work those areas over. I usually mix them up by fishing this pattern on different days so as to build your skills. On days when i want to moderately cover water, i will use a searchbait first and see if I can't pick out actively feeding fish. I will then slow down to a softplastic. On the days that I am completely covering an area, i will slow down and use softplastics or jigs. Hope this provides some help for you. Tight Lines!

I have not had much luck yet throwing top water. The majority of the fish I have caught this year have been on jigs.

Great Job on those fish J Francho.

This begs to ask another question. How deep are we generally talking about here, 12-15 ft? 30+?

That is great information. I had always subscribed to the thought that bass hunted during lowlight hours because of the advantage over other fish.

Roadwarrior, What is the reasoning for this?

Thanks Hammer4, Is there anything that you can think of that would make it tougher for me? Fish filling up at night and not hungry? I am a fellow shore fisherman. Thanks for the post. Bullwinkle

I know people are looking at this thread. Say Something even if you are not a Casitas fisherman! Anything will help. Give me a little huh?

Hi my fellow west coasters, I have come upon a weird situation and I wanted to know if anybody else was in the same boat. I have only caught fish in the morning on crankbaits and nothing else. My dawn fishing is not nearly as good as my dusk fishing. Any reason for this? I am a local Casitas fisherman. This have anything to do with it also? This is not just a fluke, this pattern has been a reoccurring one for about 2 years now. Let me know what you think. Thanks