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Fishing a featureless Lake

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OK, here it is.  Local lake is literally walking distance from my house.  It is pretty small but has a ramp for electric only.  I may put my Dads glass boat in but seems overkill for the lake so i will be doing bank fishing.

Problems...

1.  Bank fishing is only possible from a small percentage of bank that is therefore very high pressure

2.  The bottom is absolutely featureless from what i can tell

3.  Hydrilla covers pretty much the entire bottom

4.  Water is lighlty stained maybe...at least 4 feet visibility

5.  No shad, only baitfish is bluegill really...primary foreage is crawfish.

I have tried crawfish pattern cranks, Jigs, and shaky heads...

Any recommendations out there???

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Maybe try something the fish aren't so used to being caught on, like swimming a Rage Tail Smokin Rooster in Green Pumpkin!

Lip-less crank in bluegill pattern right above the grass. let it fall and rip it out. If there are crawfish there has to be some rock. Find where it is and you'll hit pay dirt

Capt.O

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1.  Find yourself a small kayak to fish these waters.

2.  No lake is featureless.  Find one small feature on a "featureless lake" and you'll find fish.

3.  Choose your baits and tackle accordingly.

4.  See 3.

5.  I would not assume that crawfish is the only forage.  Consider the bigger bass are eating the blue gills.

  • Super User

Launch the boat and fish where others can't go.

Senkos and Fat Ika work everywhere. If there are

any bass in the pond, you will catch a few.

8-)

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Hydrilla covers pretty much the entire bottom

Then the term "featureless" might be pushing the envelope.

There are places in the hydrilla beds that are taller, shorter, denser, sparser, greener,

deeper, shallower, and places where hydrilla merges with another plant.

Once feeding bass are located, finding a lure that works is much easier. ;)

Roger

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Night & a big ole buzz bait  ;)

What's the water temp in the lake?  Has there been stable weather there the past week?  What are the fish doing?  Spawning?  Pre spawning?  It all makes a difference as to what you should be throwing and where.

Hydrilla covers pretty much the entire bottom

Then the term "featureless" might be pushing the envelope.

There are places in the hydrilla beds that are taller, shorter, denser, sparser, greener,

deeper, shallower, and places where hydrilla merges with another plant.

Once feeding bass are located, finding a lure that works is much easier. ;)

Roger

I agree

Bass use weeds the same as rock or brush or stump. It is something different than the bottom that they can relate to and suspend around and if conditions turn sour they can hide in. To a bass the hydrilla is a feature and use it the same way as a drop off bluff or brush pile. More times than not the stuff will thin out and quit growing at a certain depth and form a wall of weeds. (just like a bluff)Sometimes the stuff will top out and fish will be under the canopy. If you take notice of the hydrilla you might realize that it is more than meets the eye the same as a bass does. It is the things that are different that is going to draw fish to one patch or area more so than another. This is what they key on and what you need to also key on. :)

  • 4 weeks later...
Launch the boat and fish where others can't go.

Senkos and Fat Ika work everywhere. If there are

any bass in the pond, you will catch a few.

I agree with this information also, I really love Senko's, and now that I'm getting back into fishing for bass I couldn't imagine making a trip without them.

  • Super User

Featureless? 

Hydrilla is a feature.

Perhaps you meant there is no or not much "structure". 

Cover is also a "feature", and hydrilla provides plenty of cover.

I agree with the kayak, jon, canoe or Pelican type of boat to cover the entire pond.

A portable fish finder would be invaluable in finding what I like to call "transition bottom".  That takes into account both structure and cover.

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