Help Me With Bedding Fish!

[PondHopper96]

i know its some what frowned upon but, i also know many people love it! the other day i was at the local river and the fished moved very shallow and i probably saw over 60 fish and only managed to catch nine. i caught them all on a weightless tube but this weeked me and a few buddies are havig a little "tournament" and before the other day ive never sight fished so please tell me what you know! 

[livetofish28]

SENKO!!! There's your answer lol that a d bomb and a shaky head are my go to spawning baits

Tight lines

Andrew

[Catt]

i know its some what frowned upon but, i also know many people love it! the other day i was at the local river and the fished moved very shallow and i probably saw over 60 fish and only managed to catch nine. i caught them all on a weightless tube but this weeked me and a few buddies are havig a little "tournament" and before the other day ive never sight fished so please tell me what

you know!

Lure choice: wightless tube

Dude ya boated 9!

[bootytrain]

Ive had success this spring with small jerkbaits just hopping them up and down on the beds. The trebles help out a lot when the bass just bite the tail to push the lure off the bed.

[WRB]

Try drop shot the tube nose hooked with a 4" short drop,to the 1/8 oz weight.

Use a tube you can see easily like white/chartreuse. Cast to the bed fish and let the tube sink and rest, then lift a few inches without moving the weight.

Tom

[RoLo]

The key to annoying a bass on the bed is to keep the lure in place over the nest, while imparting movement that suggests

an invader interested in the eggs. Raise and lower the rod-tip delicately to alter between a tight-line and slack-line

without moving the location of the sinker (a 1/4 oz sinker makes it easier to work in place). Work the lure in this manner

at several different points in the bed. There's usually a 'hotspot' in the nest that raises the parent's hackles (i.e. egg pocket).

 

Roger

[wnybassman]

Try drop shot the tube nose hooked with a 4" short drop,to the 1/8 oz weight.

Use a tube you can see easily like white/chartreuse. Cast to the bed fish and let the tube sink and rest, then lift a few inches without moving the weight.

Tom

 

I also like the short 4" drop as opposed to the Jfranco long tag end method.   The weight of the hook will allow the bait to drop straight down in the bed and make the illusion that it is feeding in there, and the weight will also cause a ruckus that will annoy the bass.  I use no less than a 1/4 ounce though and sometimes 1/2 ounce.  I don't want that weight moving as I dance the bait around.

[WRB]

The only reason I didn't reference a 1/4 oz weight is you are short lining hook set in shallow water and a 1/4 oz weight can become painful if you swing and miss! Be careful hook setting the heavier weights.

Wide brim hat, good polarized sunglasses, sun at you back if possible and calm water.

Tom

[PondHopper96]

Thanks guys! ill be sure to try these out

 

Lure choice: wightless tube

Dude ya boated 9!

point taken..... but can you blame me    

[bass2bluegill]

take a zoom super fluke in pearl white or white ice and hook it in the tail portion with a small drop shot/wackyworm hook, put a nail weight in the nose (a finishing nail works great) and drop it strait in the bed. the reason for hooking it in the tail is because alot of bass will grab the bait from the back to carry it out of the bed and if you were texas rigging the fish wouldnt get the hook and the bass would spit it out and the jokes on you. This is very frustrating by the way.

 

also try a 2 inch Berkley Chigger Craw texas rigged (weighted or weightless) green pumpkin is my favorite color for clearer water even slightly stained water.

Be sure to bring quite a few Chigger craws, the bass like to rip the claws off. One claw baits have often produced more strikes because of the wounded look.

inbox me if this worked thanks.

 

hope this helped tight lines!

[WIGuide]

Try throwing a drop shot and a weightless Yum Dinger. 

[MarkH024]

These will land you a few bigguns.....  U2 Gill from Mattlures.  Siebert Outdoors is now selling them.

[F14A-B]

These will land you a few bigguns..... U2 Gill from Mattlures. Siebert Outdoors is now selling them.

Yes... These are very effective baits, absolutely !!

Drop shot Plastic Gill imitators works well too...

Thanks for the tip on where to get these.. They can be hard to find!!

[Ratherbfishing]

Flowers and a box of candy. : )

[bighed]

Trying to understand a bed fish is like trying to understand a woman.  The fish's "mood" changes with so many factors.  How long on the bed, eggs present?, weather, water temp, fishing pressure, how long since it was last caught, how many times has it been caught off the bed already, etc.  A few generalizations I've gleened over many years of doing this around TX lakes are:  stay as far away from the bed as you can while still being able to effectively fish it.  Smaller baits are better than bigger baits.  The more invisible your line is the better.  No need to use a white bait or pink bait.  Your line will show you where the bait is on the bottom.  A fish that will not stay on or return to the bed in a minute or two is not worth the time it takes to catch, go find the next one.  The longer you fish for one the less time it should spend away from the bed.  If it doesn't move on, if it does stay on the bed begin contacting the fish with the bait.  While there are bigger fish caught from beds from time to time, my typical bed fish from lakes with many trophy fish has been 2.5-7 pounds.  I feel the odds of catching a giant that is not on a bed is much better than finding and catching one that is on a bed.  My personal fav bait is a 4.5" robo fat tail worm, pumpkin with chart tail on a 3/16 spot remover.  There, that's it, all I know hundreds and hundreds of bed fish later.  Your results may vary.