Bucky205

Bassmaster Open started here today, boats everywhere.

A black buzz bait at night is an awesome lure.

When your bait is in contact with the bottom anything that feels different is structure. It may be a tree, ditch, an old tire, a down tree, rocks. Anything that is different from the typical bottom in the reservoir. Same goes for your bait when you're feeling something or bumping into something different its normally structure. It won't take long until you are able to identify what type of structure you are hitting with your bait.

How do you find the water that has high O2, I think that would be huge. They change the water level on Logan Martin winter and summer so the grass doesn't get well established. Not a lot of structure other than docks. Deep docks and working the deep ledges is my primary summertime strategy. It's just really slow right now. The article said to fish shallow, fish deep. Throw larger baits, throw smaller baits. So it pretty much ran the gambit of possibilities. I appreciate all the advice.

Alabama, Logan Martin water temps low 90's. The bite is almost non-existent. Can see them on the electronics deep but can't get them to bite. Tons of shad on the surface with nothing chasing them. Any ideas?

I didn't realize there was a season. We renew our licenses on Aug 1 is the closest definition to a season I guess. We fish year round, there are days that you don't catch anything and others you catch 25+. I would estimate normally I catch 1 or 2 a year that are 5+, 10 that are 3-5, and a whole lot that are 3 and under.

Logan Martin is slow for me right now. Might try your side of the dam.

Which cheap set will cut braid with one hand? I haven't found them. Nail clippers won't cut braid either. Fiskars kids or crafts will cut it. Boomerang at $11 for me cuts braid one handed better than anything. When Boomerangs quit cutting throw them away and get another one.

They are fish grippers. I think I got mine on sale at BP for 5.99, any hook scale hooks easily to the cord. https://www.basspro.com/shop/SearchDisplay?categoryId=&storeId=715838534&catalogId=3074457345616676768&langId=-1&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&pageView=&beginIndex=0&pageSize=24&searchTerm=Fish+Gripper#facet:&productBeginIndex:0&facetLimit:&orderBy:&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:&

It is amazing the difference wetting down makes. I wear the long sleeve performance fishing shirts. When wet and in contact with your skin the evaporation of the water really helps cool you off.

Right now the weather is my deciding factor.

***Shrug*** https://www.bassresource.com/fishing/structure-locating.html

Structure in it's simplest form is some change in the bottom. I would be curious to know if anyone has ever had any success in catching open water bass?

90% of the bass are going to be in 10% of the water. I always try to find what depth they are hanging at and try to fish structure at that depth. You may find structure without bass, but you won't find bass without some type of structure. Structures are any areas where there is a variance in the depth or the contours of the bottom, and these changes can range from subtle to dramatic.

If you don't feel it bouncing along the bottom put on a deeper bait. You would think they would hang up more than they do but they tend to run nose down with the hooks out behind them. You can tune them to make them run better also.