3 hours ago, EGbassing said:

I tried that, but it was still hitting the bottom every time. I'm guessing it's about 3' to 4' deep in the middle.

I'd suggest using a lipless, something like a Bagley Rattlin B Minus. I can run those in like 6 inches of water with no issue.

3 minutes ago, EGbassing said:

Thanks. I was literally tying a spinnerbait on while reading this, so I'll try that technique out today.  Also, how do you generally fish willow leaf spinnerbaits when it's about 65 degrees? 

 

Most of my hits come on a straight retrieve. I'll try a few casts at one speed, then try speeding up or slowing down for a few casts. Occasionally I may rip it for a crank or two.

 

But around here our lagoons are all soft, muddy bottoms. Most have thick algae along the basin or thick, "soupy" type weeds. In other words, we don't have rocky bottoms or a lot of rock structure to bounce lures off of. When a lure hits bottom here you either lose it or you're pulling in chunks of algae and weeds.

 

If I were in an area with a hard bottom or rocky surfaces I'd probably also add a stop and go retrieve and let it bounce off of the bottom. But the idea of a spinnerbait is to get those blades going so the fish are attracted to the vibration in the water.

Cast them and reel them I'm about 6inxhes to a foot under the surface. It feels like you're kind of over complicating things and just need to go fish

1 minute ago, Koz said:

 

Most of my hits come on a straight retrieve. I'll try a few casts at one speed, then try speeding up or slowing down for a few casts. Occasionally I may rip it for a crank or two.

 

But around here our lagoons are all soft, muddy bottoms. Most have thick algae along the basin or thick, "soupy" type weeds. In other words, we don't have rocky bottoms or a lot of rock structure to bounce lures off of. When a lure hits bottom here you either lose it or you're pulling in chunks of algae and weeds.

 

If I were in an area with a hard bottom or rocky surfaces I'd probably also add a stop and go retrieve and let it bounce off of the bottom. But the idea of a spinnerbait is to get those blades going so the fish are attracted to the vibration in the water.

Thanks, I'll try that. I think I'm going to start out with a willow blade and fast retrieve, and then switch to a Colorado and a slower retrieve if that's not working.  

38 minutes ago, Koz said:

 

Most of my hits come on a straight retrieve. I'll try a few casts at one speed, then try speeding up or slowing down for a few casts. Occasionally I may rip it for a crank or two.

 

But around here our lagoons are all soft, muddy bottoms. Most have thick algae along the basin or thick, "soupy" type weeds. In other words, we don't have rocky bottoms or a lot of rock structure to bounce lures off of. When a lure hits bottom here you either lose it or you're pulling in chunks of algae and weeds.

 

If I were in an area with a hard bottom or rocky surfaces I'd probably also add a stop and go retrieve and let it bounce off of the bottom. But the idea of a spinnerbait is to get those blades going so the fish are attracted to the vibration in the water.

Well, as soon as I got there, I stepped in a hole and fell onto the concrete. I scraped my entire left arm from the shoulder down pretty badly. I can't even use my left arm to type this...