Offshore Humps With Grass... What Do You Throw?

[n8cas4]

I know offshore / humps / grass are all relative terms, but generally speaking....what are you using ? And I know there are many different variables that would affect your decision to throw a certain bait, but in a general sense - what's a good place to start?

[Tiller]

I have success fishing texas rigged worms over and through the top and Carolina rigging a worm around the sparser edges. I'm sure other plastics would work as well and a crankbait over the top or off the deeper edges would work as well.

Joe

[n8cas4]

Thx for the reply, joe. I thought I wasn't going to get one for a while there.

[ripinthem]

Depends on water  clarity, but offshore humps are crank heaven for me. You can cover it quickly, and get the mood of the fish, and sometimes rip it, bounce it off something and fire em up. If that don't work, you slow down with soft plastics, C-rig, jig...

[BuckMaxx]

If they are in the mood for chasing i'd throw a white/ clear spinnerbait. if its thick grass and wanna slow down Senko... baby.

[Hanover_Yakker]

Lipless Cranks and spinnerbaits for seeking out aggressive fish and follow up with the soft plastics approach.

[Siebert Outdoors]

Lipless Cranks and spinnerbaits for seeking out aggressive fish and follow up with the soft plastics approach.

 

Yup  for the follow up jig it or plastics.  If the fish are lethargic, just jig it.

[n8cas4]

Yup  for the follow up jig it or plastics.  If the fish are lethargic, just jig it.

When jigging in grass, what type of presentation are you using? You can't really drag, can you? Is it a 'hop-the-jig approach with a stroke here and there to keep it grass free?

[MemphisFF]

Depends how deep I've thrown KvD 1.5 in this type of structure. Water was around 5-7 ft deep

[Bankbeater]

Depending on the time of year, a jig with either a craw trailer or a pork chunk.

[Blues19]

Lipless crankbait and rip it through the top of the grass I would also say swim jigs and plastic worms

[BassAddict1911]

i'd flip a black/blue football head jig with a watermelon rage craw trailer to the sunny side of the hump, on the edge of the grass. Hope this helps!

[papajoe222]

I'd use a 'two gun' approach. Either a lipless crank or spinnerbait over the top of the grass and on the edges, followed by a slower presentation that gets down into the grass. Soft plastic of some sort.  Don't forget the deep side of the hump, especially pre and post spawn and if you know the area gets a lot of pressure.

[ww2farmer]

What I do........usually, is work the outside edges first. If you have some cloud cover, or winds cranking the outside edge with a crankbait that will hit the bottom to pick up any active fish out there. If that's hauling water I go over the top, but still staying out side the grass, and rip a trap or squarebill through it. If they are showing no interest in a moving bait I'll pick up a jig, or a t-rigged creature bait and work that along the edge and as far into the grass as I can accurately pitch it. I won't move into the "meat" of the grass bed until I am convinced there are no fish along the edge, and even then I do it slow and easy so not to spook any fish in the grass.

[A-Rob]

I'd throw a spinnerbait or chatterbait over the grass

 

Then I'd throw a t-rigged worm and let it sink into that grass a bit slower.

I'd throw a 10" ribbon tail or a paddle tail. I'd downsize the worm if I didn't get any bites.

[Hooked_On_Bass]

I'd use a 'two gun' approach. Either a lipless crank or spinnerbait over the top of the grass and on the edges, followed by a slower presentation that gets down into the grass. Soft plastic of some sort.  Don't forget the deep side of the hump, especially pre and post spawn and if you know the area gets a lot of pressure.

This. I'll slow down with a jig or T-rig.

[zip pow]

I'd hit it with a diving crankbait and follow up with a c- rig lizard you'd be surprised how weedless a c- rig is

[SissySticks]

Anytime someone says "hump" and "grass" I immediately think "drop shot." The reason for this is because the drop shot allows you to hover a bait just above the level of the grass, so for example, if the grass is 2' deep, I'll put my dropper at 30" so the bait will be just above the grass. If the lake has a lot of average fish, I'll use a ~5" cut tail worm, texas rigged on the shot. If there are big fish in the lake, I'll use a bigger (6.5") cut tail worm. If it's summer and I"m really hawg hunting, I'll bubba shot (heavy line, big weight drop shot on baitcasting tackle) a 10" ribbontail worm.

 

Senkos, as have been mentioned, either hook weighted or weightless, are also a good choice. I also sometimes swim a grub over and around the grass.

 

Best of luck!

[n8cas4]

Thx for the replies.