justin apfel

I've been hearing a ton about shaky heads lately, but still haven't tried one. I think I'll pick some up and try them. What size works best for what?

I'm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In some lakes around here I've spotted bass on their beds, but I think most are off by now. Not much grass or vegetation on the bottom, it hasn't been rainy lately but its supposed to tomorrow.

Anyone live in VA Beach?

I fish in the pond in my neighborhood and I used to so really well last spring and the spring before that using a weighted zoom trick worm or a gulp 5 inch sinking minnow (weightless) and they used to explode on topwater all the time. I'd also get a few here and there on a crankbait, but now I can't even get them to hit. I would go out every evening with a popper or a spook and get 3 or 4 nice bass. The lake is probably 8 foot deep and there isn't a major drop off. Sandy bottom without much structure. Any suggestions? These are two pictures that kind of show the lake, not my biggest of course, just trying to show as much of the lake as I can

I don't know, but that sounds awesome. There is a canal that runs through the golf course and we have a little 10 foot jon boat with a 9.9 on it that we run through the canal so we don't have to walk on the course and get in people's way. Works out pretty well

Never said I was killing or keeping any? I know courtesy ha

Thats the thing, this isn't too nice of a golf course and I think thats why they let me fish. I haven't been asked to leave once and I have fished there 3 or 4 times. If I were you I would find a not so nice course to try and fish.

Try a spook perhaps?

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I went to the same golf course today and just plain slayed. The whole day I caught between 25 and 30 bass, each averaged around 3 pounds. Couldn't have asked for a better day. Here are some pictures...

I just started a new style of fishing, golf courses. I live in Virginia Beach and I went up to a golf course near my house and walked right onto one of the lakes and threw a pearl white 5" sinking minnow (gulp) weightless out and started fishing it right off the bottom. After a few casts I saw my line runnin, always a good feeling haha. I set the hook into a nice little 2 pounder and casted right back out. I ended the day with a 3.5, 3, 2, 1.5 and a little 1 pounder. The conditions were pretty bad too, a cold front moved through a day before I went yet I still did pretty well. I was expecting to get kicked out but the management people there were friendly and didn't even care. I dressed in some nice pants and a dress shirt because I read an article in a magazine once that said if you want to fish a golf course dress nicely and the people there will respect you more and you are less likely to get kicked out. So grab a wormin rod and your dress shirt and get to the nearest golf course ha let me know if any nice bass come out of this...

I've been going everyday lately and haven't caught any size. Somehow I have pulled a few out with a spook, but nothing over two pounds. Any tips for big pre spawn bass?