Had a weird weekend... Usually when the "cold" weather rolls around I give up on the thick stuff and start looking else where, well I went out and caught some decent fish in areas with really thick grass, pads, and trees... On top water frogs too!

In the back of banks lake this is pretty much all you see for a good ways before it pretty much turns into swamp, great area for bass fishing! Can't wait to fish this spot again in the summer...

Heavy cover is the first thing I tackle in the cold. Top water frogs? What was the water temperature? In the fiftees I'm guessing?

Yeah somewhere In the upper fifties I'm guessing, the only reason I decided to try a frog for the heck of it was because I kept seeing fish striking everywhere....

That place looks great, and I bet it looks better in the summer.

Lol must b nice still got ice in md

Got lots of heavy cover here in PA...its clear and 12inches thick

Is this place on Earth ? I've never seen any place like it .

Even dead cover is good for bass. Most fish converge near dead plants because they store heat.

glad you figured 'em out.  that's good thinkin' right there.  so many people overlook the shallow stuff in cold water.  and if you already got water temps in the 50's, lots of big mamas gonna be spawnin' back there in about a month or so i bet.  phenomenal lookin' spot.  looks like it was taken right out of a bass fishing calendar.

Nice photo. That's some good looking bass habitat right there. Does that stay flooded all year?

Did you catch any?

Nice photo. That's some good looking bass habitat right there. Does that stay flooded all year?

Yup! There is a huge field of pads in the back of the lake year round, but during the summer its alot thicker.

Did you catch any?

Yeah, I only caught a couple on the frog but I got some more pitching a jig

Nice!

Heavy cover? You aren't talking about the 3+ feet of snow on the ponds & lakes, are you?