my wife and I were having  bad problem with catching undersized fish every tournament. Two weeks ago is a perfect example...we caught 17 fish...not a single keeper ( 14 inch limit)...the guys who won had 4 fish between 14 and 19 inches...and had just 5 bites the whole day. Frustrating!!!! to catch a lot of fish, but none worth wieghing in.

an old timer gave us this advice...

fish smaller ( baits)...fish slower...fish deeper...

this past weekend, our next tournament...we did just that...cut down the plastics, used a little dead stick time...and fished deeper waters...

by 9 am we were culling fish and weighed in a limit.

For all those in pursuit of big lunkers in deep water structure, I recommend " In Pursuit Of Gaint Bass" by Bill Murphy. Some incredible insight on how he personally caught many double digit bass. You can get it through Amazon.com. A good read.

Z

What about fishing a large area where there are old trees sticking up out of the water? Is that good for large bass? I caght a 3.5lb'er there. Water is around 10-15' deep. At BigHill lake in South east Kansas.