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My local lakes I fish once a week sometimes change alot. As you can see I took pictures of today how the water looks and weeds. Cloudiness of some of the water. Muddy spots in the channel. Most of the fish are in the channel and on weedlines waiting but I have tried everything I can withouth getting snagged on weeds to get a bite. I got one good bite on a spinnerbait. How do I attack this place when Its like this? Depth, Id say shallow goes from 2-5ft. The channel is 5-8ish or more. The lake is a 100 years old so everything is all natural. Ive used senkos texas rigged, 10" worms texas rigged ( heavy weights sometimes to get through the weeds ), spinnerbaits just above the weeds and/or through them, chatterbaits, rage tail craws, zoom speed craws....the lake isnt cloudy in all spots but im bank/dam fishing because of no boat so im limited. I have over the past 2 summers caught atleast 5-8 bass in a few hours every time I went and none were under a pound, most averaged 3-5lbs. The weeds get like this every summer and usually I catch a few but I'm thinking they are seeing the same things or Im not sure where they are. Theres so many bream in the lake the bass hang around them and dont touch them so usually they arent chasing much.

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I would try something weedless on top. I would start with a frog, changing speeds until i got bit. :smiley: An unweighted plastic, maybe a ribbontail worm or creature of some sort might work...try working quickly and then killing it over pockets in the junk. Good luck!

Dont give up on the spinnerbait but, a lipless or a squarebill crankbait just above the weeds might work. Also try a swim jig .

With the water being that shallow I wouldnt worry about puching through the stuff too much.

Theyre arent chasing the bream but they are waiting for one to swim by their ambush point.

Look for hardbaits that imitate these bream. ( strike king red eye shad and spinnerbaits)

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Rage Tail Shad, Toad, Space Monkey, Smokin' Rooster and Menace will all work.

It's hard to tell from the picture....but the weeds look very brown. I always look for the greener stuff. The decaying weeds remove oxygen from the water. That along with warm shallow water does not make for good habitat for the fish. Not all weedbeds hold fish...this may be one of those spots!

It might not be your lure selection, it may be that the fish aren't there.

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well ive seen the bass trolling by the brown weeds just under the bream alot and ive got 2 packs of rage shads i havent used yet....nows my time and im trying to get my local academy or dsp to get some space monkeys. the lake isnt too shallow just some spots. most of its deep and most action takes place in that muddy channel

Rage Tail Shad, Toad, Space Monkey, Smokin' Rooster and Menace will all work.

I see you left out the Rage Craw that he already mentioned did not work. The guy is asking for advice not plugs for baits.

I'd start with a Spook early, then onto a fluke. If that wasn't working, I'd try to speed it up with a squarebill or spinnerbait. If you've already had luck with the spinnerbait, try a swim jig or chatterbait to give them a different look.

Good luck.

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