Super User LrgmouthShad Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 Roll Call Please report Who likes to fish heavy cover? Who likes to throw a frog way up into the bushes? Who likes that screeching, squealing sound when you hook one under a mat? Yes, I am a structure fisherman but the heaviest cover on structure is my whole deal. Who agrees?! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Skunkmaster-k Posted May 24 Solution Share Posted May 24 Not for me. Dropshotting really gets my blood pumping ! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator 12poundbass Posted May 24 Global Moderator Share Posted May 24 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Moderator Mike L Posted May 24 Global Moderator Share Posted May 24 I’ve said it before… Nothing better than grabbing the big stick and going to work!! Be it a 2ft thick mat of hydrilla or a 1/2 acre of floating hyacinth. Down here for 3/4 of the year if you can read the signs and stay with it, any flip or pitch can be the biggest girl of your life. All other presentations you chuck and wind, drop, drag, hop, shake or wack. But if ya wanna take the big girls out sometimes ya gotta go where she lives and go get her on your own. Mike 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Catt Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 Everything down here is heavy cover. From marshes/swamps, Cypress lined bayous/rivers, lakes/reservoirs. Various types of vegetation, brush, & timber. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MN Fisher Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 ^ Which explains why @Catt is such an ornery cuss. 🙃 I swap off between finesse (Ned, Neko, DropShot, Shakey) and power (spinners, chatters, jigs, pitching). Mainly depends on what mood I'm in that day. Course being shore-bound until this bloody ankle heals up, it's mainly finesse - got a couple low scorers (12"-14") today with a Ned when I got bored of catching sunnies and crappies with minnows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User scaleface Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 I put the trolling motor down and go fishing . I'll pitch a texas rig in a brush pile with baitcasting gear on one cast and on the next cast target rocks with a spinning rod and a ned rig. My largest bass this year has been on the ned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazoo Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Count me in. I don't mind cleaning my lure every cast. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papajoe222 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 2 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: Yes, I am a structure fisherman but the heaviest cover on structure is my whole deal. Who agrees?! I'm more of an isolated,edge of cover on structure kind of guy. The main reason is spots like those are hard to find and it's much easier for guys to target weed beds, rip rap and the like close to structure. I only target heavy cover under cold front conditions, then it hand to hand combat time if there's heavy stuff available. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted May 24 Author Super User Share Posted May 24 13 minutes ago, papajoe222 said: I'm more of an isolated,edge of cover on structure kind of guy. The main reason is spots like those are hard to find and it's much easier for guys to target weed beds, rip rap and the like close to structure. I only target heavy cover under cold front conditions, then it hand to hand combat time if there's heavy stuff available. Well admittedly, when I have located isolated cover, I will target this as well. It is sometimes difficult to fish this stuff without getting marked. Just the other day I was fishing an isolated patch of timber in deep water and someone took the time to circle me and mark the timber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keagbassr Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Heavy cover, yes I do. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User casts_by_fly Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 14 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: Roll Call Please report Who likes to fish heavy cover? Who likes to throw a frog way up into the bushes? Who likes that screeching, squealing sound when you hook one under a mat? Yes, I am a structure fisherman but the heaviest cover on structure is my whole deal. Who agrees?! Yeah, that's me. I carry 5 rods most of the time and sometimes 1 is a non-power technique when I leave the house (and sometimes not). Depending on lake and time of year, I'll definitely have some combo of spinnerbait/chatterbait/swim jig/buzzbait/frog rigged. Earlier season I will have two rods rigged with snaps for crankbaits and jerkbaits (they become impractical on most of my lakes from May onward). I've just picked up bigger swimbaits. My default is to keep moving. Even when I throw a texas rig I'm moving it pretty quickly to cover water. Only after I catch one will I slow down and work a location. A couple places that I know bass to be consistently I will plan ahead and have something slower on, but that's not most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverat Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 15 hours ago, Catt said: Everything down here is heavy cover. From marshes/swamps, Cypress lined bayous/rivers, lakes/reservoirs. Various types of vegetation, brush, & timber. I'm from south Louisiana also. All I do is power fish. In fact, I don't own a spinning rod for bass fishing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook2Jaw Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I've been known to leader my Medium powered egg beater with 12# fluorocarbon and sweep my rod and reel simultaneously to set a big dog 2/0 near trees growing on the bank. Can't have them ripping drag and flopping up there to wrap me up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User T-Billy Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 22 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: Roll Call Please report Who likes to fish heavy cover? Who likes to throw a frog way up into the bushes? Who likes that screeching, squealing sound when you hook one under a mat? Yes, I am a structure fisherman but the heaviest cover on structure is my whole deal. Who agrees?! Y'all know how I roll. #STRAIGHTBRAIDBRIGADE!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody B Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I don't own any spinning gear. I will on occasion throw a wacky cut down shaky head with my casting gear. A cut down shaky head might look like a ned, but it ain't. 2 of my 3 biggest Bass of 2024 came right from the middle of lay downs. If there's fishing pressure you've got to get a lure where others haven't. My 2nd biggest of 2024 (6.61) came on a shaky head right behind 2 guys who had both ran buzz baits around the lay down. I put the shaky head IN the lay down. #STRAIGHTBIGGAMEBRIGADE (with some luck every now and then) I get broke off every now and then, but it's usually after I know I should have re tied. A couple weeks ago I caught my best of the year (7.91) on my 3rd cast of the day. I lost a ~3 pounder on my first cast with a spinnerbait. I followed up with a wacky and broke off on the hook set. Then (finally) I re tied all my week old knots and sharpened the hook on my spinnerbait. The next cast (my 3rd of the day) I drug the 7.91 pounder out between 2 dock posts ~18" apart. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User PhishLI Posted May 24 Super User Share Posted May 24 I've got no choice, and I love it. I zone out and time just zips by when working the pads. So many possibilities. Taken last week, and it'll only get thicker from here on out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkingredneck Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I have been known to paddle into pads in my kayak and drop a t rig in between them. Straight braid. As little weight as possible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Brown Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Oh yes indeed. Pads? Big laydowns? Rocks? Less that a foot of water? Let's go! That's my juice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User FishTank Posted May 25 Super User Share Posted May 25 I like catching fish under any condition. Heavy cover is just another challenge to face during the day. I get my cheap thrills catching big ones on 5lb line and a rod that I can use to pick my teeth with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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