Finally Figured Out The Summer Bass In My Area!

[MultiSpeciesFisherman]

After having a pretty decent morning throwing crankbaits, the bass shut off. We ended up having to try every trick in the tackle box but we finally got them going. We got some really nice fish on 4-inch Carolina rigged PowerBait minnows right in the middle of the afternoon. We would just throw it out away from the bank (we were in a boat), let it sink to the bottom, and work an extremely slow retrieve. After the cast, we would just very slowly reel the slack out of our line, raise the rod tip no more than 6 inches to a foot, let it fall, reel the slack out, and repeat. We ended up catching a couple in the 2-3 pound category doing this and several quite a bit smaller, but it is after all a small quarry so it's about what you would expect in terms of size. They were just crushing the lures on the strikes too. I don't know if this method would work in a larger body of water...but we got most of our fish in about 4-8 feet of water, probably due to the fact that the quarry isn't any deeper than that. But I got some advice in the Smallmouth section, decided to try it out, and it worked like a charm. I'm probably going to go out again this weekend (most likely Sunday since the heat wave is supposed to be finished by then) and I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[rockchalk06]

Come on down here and work your magic. Only thing I have landed is small white bass.