Ive only been fishing for Bass since 2004 and got my start on a local pond with Soft Stickbaits t-rigged.

There used to be lots of matted vegetation on the surface. I used to cast right at the edge or just a little bit away from it and watch the"V" Shape of a fish just dart out . I could count on getting a strike just about everytime.

I now fish a lake which also has an abundant amount of matted vegetation as well. For some reason I have shyed away from targeting the edges of those matted weeds. I just remembered this technique was so good at the pond,and have potentially passing up on fish that may have been waiting in ambush the whole time. DOH!!!

brain fart?????????

I dunno,I used to be able to count on catching fish at the pond,youd see em dart out after your Senko right when it hit the water,just like a missile.

I think I may have tried this technique at the lake and didnt have as much success with it so I forgot all about it.Actually on second thought I may have forgotten all about it because I am trying to be more versatile and not throw Senkos as much as I used to. I havent tried a Senko casted at the edge of the weed mats in a few years. Time to get back to what I would call my "basics"

This happened to me too. I've fished for bass for 3 years now and i still have a lot to learn. But when i started out, all i used was Texas rigged worms and a few other soft plastics. Now I've grown my lure collection to accommodate liplless/lipped cranks, spinners, jigs, swim baits, and various other types of lures. Latley ive been using nothing but hardbaits and my BC. I forgot all about my spinning gear. Latley though im gettin back into soft plastics. And i feel bad for hurting their feelings and not letting them out the box  .

Fishing for bass in a pond and fishing on a sizeable lake is 2 different animals.When pond fishing the fish are concentrated in a smaller area and when fishing a lake they could be on any weedline. Cover a lot of water on a lake and you will have better success.

T

I totally agree about the statement comparing a Pond to  Lake. Thats part of the reason I gave up the approach of throwing stickbaits at the weedlines in the lake,because I wasnt having nearly as much luck as I did in the pond. Figured at the time,that the lake just sucked. Its not the lake that has the issue,its just gonna be harder for me to find em.

I saw Alton Jones do a Classic Patterns (I believe) on this exact technique you are talking about.  Something that I haven't tried but definitely will.