Rambo Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I live on a 30 mile long lake that is shaped like a river. Its widest point i think is 300 ft and is 30 miles long. It winds through central louisiana. I have tried getting out to go bass fishing for the last month with very little luck at all. Ive only caught one fish with bouncing a jig through a fallen tree. The lake does not have much contour change at all. Its just shallow on the edge and deep in the midlle which is about 8ft deep. So theres not much change for the movement of the fish that happens on larger lakes. It may sound like a horrible place to fish but it is known for produceing good bass fishing. I just need to know how to fish it. The only structure is probably some fallen trees along the bank although there is tons of boat houses. I just need advice on how to fish this at this time of year. Quote
Ozark_Basser Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Find whatever cover you can and fish as tight as possible to it. When its cold, bass will hug up to those trees and boathouses because they hold warmth. Quote
zachb34 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Boat houses and docks will hold bass especially when the sun is out. I like a wacky rigged senko either skipped under or fished around them. If you're on a boat grab a squarebill or lipless crank, and make long casts perpendicular, parallel and at a 45° angle ti the bank. If there's grass do the same with a paddle tail swimbait like a gambler EZ swimmer. The key is to cover water once you get a bite or two in a spot make note of it and come back later to fish it more thorough. I'm assuming Louisiana isn't too cold and the bass aren't extremely lethargic. Quote
sprint61 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 The lake I mainly fish is the same way, a lake you really just have to beat fhe bank. In the summer when the Suns out they will really hold tight to that cover for shade. When it's overcast they tend to hang looser on the cover. Just like jiggin said in the colder months they will hold extermely tight just like in the summer except here they are there for heat not shade. Look for cover that is differbt from the rest. An example is if there is a abundance of weeds in a area that all have a mud bottom then all of a sudden just in one little spot the mud changes to a type of gravely sand bottom there will be fish there. In my expierence bass love these areas with bottom changes. Quote
Rambo Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 I live on the northern end of the lake where there is not much grass if any. My boat doesn't have the range to get 25 miles south. The water temp right now is about 51. It got up to 57 but with recent cold fronts it is gotten down to upper 40s low 50s. I heard from someome that the smithwick suspending rouge has produced. But i havent had much luck with it. Quote
Super User Darren. Posted March 4, 2015 Super User Posted March 4, 2015 Good advice all around, so I'll just say welcome to the forums! 1 Quote
sprint61 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I live on the northern end of the lake where there is not much grass if any. My boat doesn't have the range to get 25 miles south. The water temp right now is about 51. It got up to 57 but with recent cold fronts it is gotten down to upper 40s low 50s. I heard from someome that the smithwick suspending rouge has produced. But i havent had much luck with it.The only real kind of offshore stuff I fish in my lake is brushpiles. Do you have a sonar go find brushpiles are off shore cover? I would fish a jerkbait over top of these or fish a jig verly slowly through them. In the colder months when thee is no thermocline the fish will stage on brushpiles before coming up to spawn. Then when it gets warm the the thermocline forms and in my lake which sounds very similar to yours there is not enough oxygen to support fish on that deeper cover. They will stack on shoreline cover fhat provide shade and a sense of security. If you do not have a sonar to find the offshore cover pick apart shoreline wood with a jig. Don't just make a cast on each side of a downed tree fish every limb like it is its on piece of cover. It can take sometime to really pick apart a piece of cover, this time of year you really can't fish to slow imo. Quote
Rambo Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 I do have a basic sonar device that shows depth, tempature, and sonar map. Quote
BaitMonkey1984 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Casey Ashley proved on Lake Hartwell that sometimes the fish are out in the deadlands so to speak. Based upon what I saw from the live coverage he was fishing undefined bottoms lacking any structure and just absolutely whacking them. So much so that he didn't need those 80 brush piles he planted...did you hear about? hahah Quote
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