WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I recently made a trip out to Pymatuning Lake in Ohio and the bass were on fire! Caught 7 bass and lost a few in a about an hour and a half of fishing. I put together this video while out there to help some new folks catch more fish. It really was a blast! What are some of your favorite techniques for shallow water? 4 Quote
papajoe222 Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Nice job on the video. I'd attempt making one, but if I didn't end up breaking the camera lense I might scare off the few fans I have. There are three topwater baits that I love to use during the summer. A buzz bait, a frog and of course a spook. Not that I don't use chuggers,poppers and warblers, I do. The first three are my confidence baits. As for soft plastic baits in the shallows, I also have three favorites. A Fluke, a Senko and a tube. I always have the Spook, Senko and a tube tied on one of the rods on my deck whether I'm fishing shallow or not. Quote
coryn h. fishowl Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 I like pitching poppers into lil pads...and frogs, but i absolutely l love rigging a ragetail anaconda weightless and fishing it like a snake across the surface in any lakes were there are watersnakes Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted July 10, 2014 Global Moderator Posted July 10, 2014 Buzzbait and a bladed jig Quote
Super User fishballer06 Posted July 10, 2014 Super User Posted July 10, 2014 Skitter pop's, zara spooks, jitterbugs, and buzzbaits. Quote
STPC Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Shallow water - white or watermelon candy Zoom Trick Worm rigged weed-less and weightless on a 4/0 Gamakatsu G-lock hook Top water - Smithwick Devil's Horse, any pattern as long as it has some white/light color on the bottom Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 Nice job on the video. I'd attempt making one, but if I didn't end up breaking the camera lense I might scare off the few fans I have. There are three topwater baits that I love to use during the summer. A buzz bait, a frog and of course a spook. Not that I don't use chuggers,poppers and warblers, I do. The first three are my confidence baits. As for soft plastic baits in the shallows, I also have three favorites. A Fluke, a Senko and a tube. I always have the Spook, Senko and a tube tied on one of the rods on my deck whether I'm fishing shallow or not. I haven't fished a spook before, but sounds like I need to try it! Do you rig the Fluke Weightless, and do you texas rig the Senko? Thanks for watching! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 10, 2014 Author Posted July 10, 2014 Skitter pop's, zara spooks, jitterbugs, and buzzbaits. I like pitching poppers into lil pads...and frogs, but i absolutely l love rigging a ragetail anaconda weightless and fishing it like a snake across the surface in any lakes were there are watersnakes I used to fish poppers all the time, but got away from it recently. Definitely never tried the rage tail, thanks for the reply! Quote
FrogFreak Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Poppers for sure. I've been using the SK Spittin Kings lately.Sexy Dawgs in Bluegill, Buzz baits and recently the rage shad!. Great change of pace lure. Nice vid by the way, I subscribed to the channel! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 Poppers for sure. I've been using the SK Spittin Kings lately.Sexy Dawgs in Bluegill, Buzz baits and recently the rage shad!. Great change of pace lure. Nice vid by the way, I subscribed to the channel! I will have to check a few of those out! I have a tendency to find something that works and stick with it, so I don't experiment as much as I should! Thanks for the subscribe really appreciate the support! Quote
CDobber Posted July 13, 2014 Posted July 13, 2014 If you are getting short strikes on your buzz, add some soft plastic trailer to the hook instead of a trailer hook. I've been putting a 1/2 oz black buzzbait with a black/purple trailer most of the season and had more bass hit that combo than anything else I've thrown, save maybe live crawlers. It does add weight to it, counteracting your reeling before lure hits the water, but really helped me a lot....was a tip I remembered reading on here after I had a short strike on opening weekend and landed my season best LMB.....20". Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted July 13, 2014 Super User Posted July 13, 2014 I love using soft plastic craws like buzzbaits! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 13, 2014 Author Posted July 13, 2014 If you are getting short strikes on your buzz, add some soft plastic trailer to the hook instead of a trailer hook. I've been putting a 1/2 oz black buzzbait with a black/purple trailer most of the season and had more bass hit that combo than anything else I've thrown, save maybe live crawlers. It does add weight to it, counteracting your reeling before lure hits the water, but really helped me a lot....was a tip I remembered reading on here after I had a short strike on opening weekend and landed my season best LMB.....20". I will definitely have to try that! Thanks for the tip! Quote
Super User Catt Posted July 14, 2014 Super User Posted July 14, 2014 New moon night, Cavitron buzz bait, & nitroglycerin pills in your pocket! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 14, 2014 Author Posted July 14, 2014 New moon night, Cavitron buzz bait, & nitroglycerin pills in your pocket! Haha! However, that is one expensive buzz bait, but I guess it better be if it makes you keep nitroglycerin in your pocket! Quote
noway Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 I'd manually close the bail on that spinning rig. Just sayin'. Nice video. Quote
einscodek Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 ..whichever topwater is working at the time.. thats my favorite Quote
deadadrift89 Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 SuperSpook blue/white on windy points=FUN !! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 I'd manually close the bail on that spinning rig. Just sayin'. Nice video. I got that from a few people! I didn't even realize I was doing it, but I am going to try to break that habit! Thanks for watching! Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 SuperSpook blue/white on windy points=FUN !! How deep of water do you usually prefer when fishing the SuperSpook, and why do you prefer it to be windy? Usually, I like calmer days when top water fishing. Quote
deadadrift89 Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 Waters i fish has clarity mostly between 2-3'. Depth just depends on location but most fish are less than 10' unless i see schoolers blowing up on main lake. Regarding wind my catch rate is way better when there's a little rip on water,it makes it harder for fish to get a good look at bait so they seem to be more willing to take it. If dead calm im usually going to throw a weightless fluke or Pop'R Quote
WeekendWoodsmen Posted July 17, 2014 Author Posted July 17, 2014 Waters i fish has clarity mostly between 2-3'. Depth just depends on location but most fish are less than 10' unless i see schoolers blowing up on main lake. Regarding wind my catch rate is way better when there's a little rip on water,it makes it harder for fish to get a good look at bait so they seem to be more willing to take it. If dead calm im usually going to throw a weightless fluke or Pop'R Makes sense! I am going to give the SuperSpook a try, lots of people mentioned that one! Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 Nice video. My favorites are LC sammy or spook type baits or frogs. Those are about the only two topwaters I throw. Quote
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