So my local lake is very low right now...all my bites have been from 2ft or less...many in just inches of water. I've thrown chatterBait, spinner bait, shallow crank with no success the past few trips....only consistent bait has been a super fluke. Fish have been busting on shad. What else should I throw? Water temps in mid to upper 50s I'd guess. 

 

I have a couple reservoirs like that near me, in the shallows I have better luck with Trig worms and lizards or shaky head with zoom trick worm. Don't be afraid to throw something like a top water popping frog with long pauses when its cooler out, I have had luck with that also.

Try topwater or a shakey head maybe even a weightless senko may do the trick.

I’d keep chunking the fluke if it’s working. 

In addition to the fluke, I'd toss a 4 or 5" senko whacky rigged in there, a shad color would be best, if you don't have that, toss what you have. Oh and don't use fluro, mono would be better.

27 minutes ago, Hammer 4 said:

In addition to the fluke, I'd toss a 4 or 5" senko whacky rigged in there, a shad color would be best, if you don't have that, toss what you have. Oh and don't use fluro, mono would be better.

Mono because it floats so it slows the fall in shallow water?

Just curious but when you say "they are busting on shad", are you meaning large mouth or white bass? The reason I ask is in the fall, especially, the whites are the ones busting on shad. If it is whites then a rooster tail is the ticket.

Similar scenario for me in my favorite bank fishing spot recently. Ned rig with 1/16 oz jighead and TRD or Hula Stick has worked fairly well for me. It's a shallow flat near a creek. I've been casting beyond or near where I see shad rippling the surface and swim the lure through the area. I caught my best fish in a while, a hair under 5 lbs., in water so shallow I don't know how I couldn't see it's back sticking out of the water.

18 minutes ago, Yakalong said:

Just curious but when you say "they are busting on shad", are you meaning large mouth or white bass? The reason I ask is in the fall, especially, the whites are the ones busting on shad. If it is whites then a rooster tail is the ticket.

My local lake has very few white bass so why some may be whites I suspect its mostly large mouth...maybe a few pike or smallies mixed in.

My local lake is also very low and full of excessive plant life. 

Couldn't throw anything today that hits bottom or skims the top because of floating debris and bottom cover. 

 

Only caught 3 today on a drop shot with 3 ft leader to weight. 

 

Can't use any technique with an exposed hook so will likely try weightless Senko or fluke next week. 

If you've been throwing a crank with a wide wobble try a flat sided crank like a shallow shad rap.  Try a Keitech or any other swimbait you have on a jighead and or underspin.

5 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Mono because it floats so it slows the fall in shallow water?

Yup.

Well , the lake I have been fishing  ,the shallow bite tapered off . I went deep ,20 to 25 foot and found them . 

I fish very stained ponds (1 ft or less visibility) that have lots of finicky bass, and gold black back lipless Rat-l-trap has been picking off a lot of them lately