How do you shore fisherman handle fishing chunk rock bottoms slowly? Can't run a jig through it because they snag way too much.

What other options do I have to fish it slowly?

Slow roll a spinner bait.

Bang a crank bait into the rocks? That's what I would try, even though it's probably not as slow as you want it, it might trigger some good bites. Otherwise some sort of texas rig that's 'expendable' lol

Football jig not working for ya?

Like Bank'n mentions a crank is great...deep diver so it digs in, you can pause it and let the crank slowly back off.

Have you tried swimming lighter jigs close to the bottom?

I dont fish on the bank but chunk rock is my #1 producer. I throw jigs right in it and just accept that some are not coming back.

Stroking a jig works for me. For some reason, it doesnt hang up quite as much and you get some reaction strikes as well.

Suspending jerkbait

1/4 oz swim Jig, or sqaure bill cranks. If you want to slow down, then Finesse Jig/Craw trailer works for me.

Texas rig worm with the lightest weight you can get away with is my favorite when fishing in rip-rap.

How do you shore fisherman handle fishing chunk rock bottoms slowly? Can't run a jig through it because they snag way too much.

What other options do I have to fish it slowly?

The river I fish has the same issues, I lost way to many in the cooler months, in the summer months not a huge deal because I go after them, however I experimented with many jig heads and my local bait shops sells some that are cheap and don't snag all that often.  Round heads snag allot for me so I stay away from these, football head jigs didn't fair much better either and the head I found looks more like a bullet with a flat bottom.

Have you tried swimming lighter jigs close to the bottom?

I started with 1/8oz jigs and tried hopping it to avoid getting stuck.  Got stuck too much in the stuff I was in.  Lost 3 in less than 20 minutes so I decided to change tactics.

As long as too much current isn't an issue, weightless Senko.

Any weightless texas rigged plastic should work just fine. Especially the big 10" Yum worm or 7" Senko. Also consider trying soft jerkbaits (Zoom Flukes). Push comes to shove, try wacky rigging a Senko under a bobber.

 

I'm not a fan of crankbaits being presented from shore. Even the square bills get hung up. Can become a costly venture!

I had a lake that I was getting stuck a lot like you mentioned. I am land bound. I seemed to have a lot of success with the football shaped in-line sinkers 1/8 ounce about a 1 1/2 foot above a texas rig. I'm no professional, but it may be worth a try.

I started with 1/8oz jigs and tried hopping it to avoid getting stuck.  Got stuck too much in the stuff I was in.  Lost 3 in less than 20 minutes so I decided to change tactics.

 

What is the depth? The bank I am fishing at is 7-8 feet deep, and I use 1/4 oz swim Jig. Lost 1-2 Jig per outing (5-6 hours), so I think you need to change technique or location.

What is the depth? The bank I am fishing at is 7-8 feet deep, and I use 1/4 oz swim Jig. Lost 1-2 Jig per outing (5-6 hours), so I think you need to change technique or location.

It was a little less. No more than 7 feet. The chunks were huge in some cases. It was that way all around this cove. Changing tactics makes sense. The suggestions on this thread rock! (No pun)

I had a lake that I was getting stuck a lot like you mentioned. I am land bound. I seemed to have a lot of success with the football shaped in-line sinkers 1/8 ounce about a 1 1/2 foot above a texas rig. I'm no professional, but it may be worth a try.

 

So a carolina rig?

So a carolina rig?

 

well, yes.

i fish from the bank a lot...and learned pretty quick that dragging or hopping a jig will get hung up in (usually) less than 5 casts.. ugh..

and crank baits aren't much better.  even light weighted texas rigs were getting hung up a lot.

 

so...i switched to...

weightless plastics.  worms, hula grubs, ultra vibe speed craws and flukes or live magic shads work the best for me...

topwater parallel to bank. popper, buzzbait, spook,  jiiterbug (early and late)

spinnerbait...

 

good luck...

It was a little less. No more than 7 feet. The chunks were huge in some cases. It was that way all around this cove. Changing tactics makes sense. The suggestions on this thread rock! (No pun)

 

OMG, I can't believe I forgot Zoom 4' fluke and fish weighless. I started bass fishing with it, and need to go back to it. I rarely get stuck with it, haha.

How do you shore fisherman handle fishing chunk rock bottoms slowly? Can't run a jig through it because they snag way too much.

What other options do I have to fish it slowly?

Use a light wire jig  with 12-15 mono and palomar knot, have needlenose handy to bend hook back, or T-rig plastic, or Lipless, or jerkbait, or crankbait, or slow roll spinnerbait, or...

Don't give up on those jigs just yet. Check your PM box Felix.

I fish from banks a lot as well. If you want to throw a jig, there is a new double guard jig made by *** - https://nutechlures.com/index.php/. Not affiliated with them in any way, but the videos I've seen and reviews I've read, the jig does what it promises.

 

That being said, I echo the comments made by others and throw in my .02

 

- texas rigged soft plastics (craws, senkos or throw swimbaits parallel to the bank)

- square bill crankbaits to knock off the rocks for reaction strikes

- shallow cranks like a Manns Baby 1-Minus to stay above the chunk rock

- suspending jerkbaits 

- spinnerbaits parallel to the bank

 

And when all else fails, move to another part of the lake!

Any weightless texas rigged plastic should work just fine. Especially the big 10" Yum worm or 7" Senko. Also consider trying soft jerkbaits (Zoom Flukes). Push comes to shove, try wacky rigging a Senko under a bobber.

 

I'm not a fan of crankbaits being presented from shore. Even the square bills get hung up. Can become a costly venture!

 

You're not kidding.  I've lost so many crankbaits bankfishing over the past couple of seasons.  It can go from coming in hot to coming in NOT in a flash.  Now I'm addicted to powerfishing and can't stop buying and throwing crankbaits.

 

My only consolation for the hundreds of dollars lost so far is that I didn't pay retail for most of them.  That makes it better right?  Hell, I'm still not sure it does.