Got on the water at daylight this morning.  Overcast & warm, mid 60's with a decent SW breeze.  I've been fishing many of the largest waters in my area in the new boat.  They are all Deep, Clear & for the most part void of any shoreline cover.  I've been struggling to put much together in the way of consistent bass action.  Been doing quite a bit of deeper techniques & presentations focusing on the deep weedline that's between 10 - 15 feet.  Had some success but I've expected more. 

 So today I decided to abandon that whole deal & fish shallower.  Trouble with that is much of the water less that 12 feet is completely void of weeds.  And I need weeds man - Bait holding, Bass holding weeds.  Coontail, Cabbage weed - something.  

Reviewed the map and started fishing big wind blown flats.  Used the side scan to help find the cover.  It worked.  There wasn't a ton of it, but it was there.  Just took a little "searching" electronically & visually.  Sunglasses helped too.   Threw all moving baits; mid-depth crank, squarebill, lipless & the star of the show ~ a spinnerbait.  All caught fish.  Which one depended on the depth.  But I got bit in 10 feet up to as shallow as 5 ft.   And the strikes were Thunderous.  I ended up taking the trailer hook off the spinnerbait - didn't need it.  They were choking it. 

All in all probably the best day so far in the Lund.  And it's funny, once I stopped fishing for bass like they were lake trout, the bite was on.  Who Knew.  A Bass is a Bass after all.

Going back tomorrow - Oh, and I'm not ?

A-Jay

 

 

Nice, I just started fishing big water from my kayak. Haven't boated anything yet.

Crazy seeing a smallie come smashing up the water from bottom to just stop and stare. Crystal clear water to 135'

The quality of the fish you've been catching is awesome!  

Nice looking boat, too!

 

Thanks for the report. Think I'll fish river and shallow lake tomorrow.

Nice quality fish, A-Jay!

WTG A-Jay.