scaleface

If the entire tree is submerged, where you cant see them except with sonar, I dont have a lot of experience with those . If they are emergent, probably my top lure has been a Squarebill . I dont like to use deep divers because the line gets hung up on limbs , then the lure has to be pulled up and over the limb.

Standing trees or horizontal trees?

top waters consistently catch big bass as do Jig and pigs [pork] . The most important thing, in my opinion, is to fish where big fish like to hang . Cover and/or structure.

This one hits home . My brother has a camp on a river and this sign hangs on a tree there.

I must have had some factory seconds because they broke in one season after about 100 bass.

I started out yesterday with a Covert, nothing . Threw a unique bait that a member sent me to try out and couldnt cast it . It was too heavy for my rod and couldnt get it "in" there . Switched to one of my basic , nothing fancy, hand poured spring-time baits and caught a dozen .

Went yesterday for the first time . Caught thirteen , two keepers with spinnerbaits in wood.

I like the Fat Raps a lot in the silver foil , gold foil and perch .

I dont remember having any major confrontations while fishing . I had a good one while metal detecting .

7 hoot mh bait caster .

I just try to catch fish . Sometimes by doing something I'm not comfortable with . Thirty years ago I was mostly an off-shore structure fisherman. Today I am mostly a shallow water junk fisherman . As anglers got better those good off-shore spots became not so good.

Sometimes I resort to smaller lures , quieter , less bright , less action. A lot depends on how good is the the competition. Catching fish around skilled anglers is a lot more difficult than the not-so-skilled.

I didnt like the Terminators that a lot of people love but I dont catch pike ,. They kept their shape all right, then break unexpectedly . A stainless wire spinnerbait will start getting bent easily with every bass giving a warning that its time to retire that bait .

I'm better at guessing the weight of other people's fish than at mine.

There you go.

I retired at the end of 2021 and fish about the same . I plan on fishing more it just never works out that way .

I use a computer and if right click on the photo , it gives a resize option. Dont know about a smart phone , I dont have one of them things.

The Covert has Hildebrandt blades which are nice . Still I dont think they catch more fish than any other brand .

Spinnerbait in a pond . Thats all the fishing I've done so far .

I just target shallow water and the cover there . Lots of different lures . Just keep moving and make productive cast . Eventually a few fish will be caught then start patterning them .

I used the Little George some but had lots of problems with them. Often the spinner didnt seem to spin on the lift, at least I couldnt feel it . They snagged often . I had to tie on a barrel swivel to keep the line from twisting . Caught some fish with it but not enough to put up with the aggravation.

Some years back there was a hot spinnerbait bite going in the spring just like every spring . After a few weeks the bass weaned off spinnerbaits . Still, everybody were throwing these bright chartreuse lures . I switched to slightly smaller blades and a duller bait-fish colored skirts and the bass responded positively . Been doing so ever since . Still use the bright lures early in the season.

I watched a lot of Youtube videos and they all claim it is really good stuff , extremely high in nitrogen . The pot growers really like it.

Changed my mind . I have five gallons of guano . Dont know how I'm going to apply it yet .

I dont pay that much attention to what lures they are recommending. All those configurations of spinnerbaits for example . Dont need a bunch willows, Colorados, Indianas , gold , copper , silver painted... I have my favorites. I just need to present them to the most bass as efficiently as possible. That is where most Youtubers fail. I much prefer to watch someone discus how to approach and fish a dock then some yahoo explaining why I need a multitude of spinnerbait combinations.