What's Your Style?

[sprint61]

So what's your style? Do you beat the banks? Not fish till you see something that peaks your interest on your electronics? Offshore? Shallow? Finesse? Power? what is it?

[jeff25]

Well I don't own a boat so im always fishing the shallows. And I throw a lot of search baits

[Djf3864]

I have a small Pond Prowler with no electronics so I mostly beat the bank, structure, docks, or anything else that I can see which might hold fish.

[A-Jay]

Always an interesting question.

 

I like to fish for bass that other anglers either don’t know are there or are in remote areas most are not willing put the work in to get to.

 

What I mean by “don’t know they are there”, is fishing “Trout” lakes and other lakes that get a ton of recreational use.   Both often hold a fantastic population of healthy bass that live out their entire lives relatively unmolested.   And the looks received by the trout chasers when they see a spinnerbait get launched to the bank are pretty interesting too.

 

Many of these waters are very easy to get to and fish but by mid-summer, the fishing can be tough.

 So this requires a special approach; night ops.  It’s a ton of fun; usually a good bite and I Never see another angler at night - Ever.  It’s totally worth whatever it takes to always have the entire lake all to myself knowing that by noon time, the place will be like NASCAR with ski boats and jet skis.   Mid-week nights (Tues, Wed & Thur) are often the better evenings on the really busy places.  But the bass are there and are almost always willing to play.  Just being out there is half the battle.

 

So what’s my style ?  I don’t really know what to call it, but I do know it often includes a head lamp.

 

A-Jay

[Crestliner2008]

I tend to lean toward finesse, although I don't call myself a dedicated finesse angler. I enjoy bank fishing, casting shallow water and fishing deep structure. I love fishing top waters, drop shot, Senkos and swimbaits. Depends on the time of the year and the conditions at hand of course. From post spawn to early fall though, I'll be plying deeper water in search of smallmouth bass and lake trout. Started deep water jigging a couple of seasons ago and it certainly can yield great action when the normal routines fall flat.

[A-Jay]

I tend to lean toward finesse, although I don't call myself a dedicated finesse angler. I enjoy bank fishing, casting shallow water and fishing deep structure. I love fishing top waters, drop shot, Senkos and swimbaits. Depends on the time of the year and the conditions at hand of course. From post spawn to early fall though, I'll be plying deeper water in search of smallmouth bass and lake trout. Started deep water jigging a couple of seasons ago and it certainly can yield great action when the normal routines fall flat.

 

Old Quabbin Reservoir will do that to a man . . .

 

A-Jay

[gardnerjigman]

I'd say I'm more of a power fishing guy. I like to pound the banks and visible structure. I'm not afraid to go out and fish 30 fow though either. 

[SoFlaBassAddict]

Shallow + heavy grass = happy me

[gardnerjigman]

Shallow + heavy grass = happy me

 

Me+that peacock in your avatar = heart attack! 

[Catt]

Finessee fishing power baits on deep structure at night!

[Hyrule Bass]

versatility is my style

[Mccallister25]

Shallow water and banks for me. Jigs, soft plastics and a good topwater bite.

[sprint61]

Shallow water and banks for me. Jigs, soft plastics and a good topwater bite.

I have to say thats me also!

[Dylcook91]

Lures that I can burn though the water, particularly spinnerbaits. After that its weightless plastics fished around heavy cover. I have a jon boat, but spent many years walking the banks and to this day there is still something about it that I prefer. It makes me really dissect the waters Im fishing as you are forced to use the waters that are only within a casts distance.

[Mainebass1984]

I like fishing the thickest nastiest cover I can find. The kind of places that other fisherman wont cast to for fear of getting stuck. I would prefer it to be unobvious, sunken and way off shore.

 

I guess I would call myself a jig fisherman above all else.

 

I do fish onshore but again I want it to be the thickest nastiest kind of cover. I would cast directly into the center of this:

 

[Dwight Hottle]

I like to fish rock structure away from everyone else but unfortunately that is becoming difficult to do.

[scaleface]

Stealth. I try hard to not be detected. On quiet water , I sneak up on fish . On noisy waters I often fish in the busiest areas .

[F14A-B]

Hmm, well I like the hunt better than the catching part. Don't get me wrong, I like to hook up, but I really enjoy & have enjoyed learning electronics and marking fish, structure, etc.. But at the end of the day, it's got to be flipping/pitching heavy cover in Florida.(hydrilla, pads)

[Choporoz]

Stealth. I try hard to not be detected. On quiet water , I sneak up on fish . On noisy waters I often fish in the busiest areas .

[SirSnookalot]

Fishing offshore, inshore and freshwater I do some of everything.  I'm happiest sight casting on foot in the surf. 

[scaleface]

 

Stealth. I try hard to not be detected. On quiet water , I sneak up on fish . On noisy waters I often fish in the busiest areas .

 

Yep , I'm a bass Ninja .LOL

[geo g]

Most of the time I would call myself a slow, methodical, plastics fisherman.  Like everyone else I will spent time breaking away from the norm, and working a top water fast, or burn a crank bait.  But the majority  of the time I'm dragging a stick bait, or worm through the thickest stuff.  You must have confidence in what your doing or you will be  wasting your time. 

[Sam]

Love the shallows.

[long island basser]

I fish jigs, t/rigged plastics, spinnerbaits, cranks, and hollow body frogs.

Mostly hitting shallow water cover....and it helps with most lakes in my area being less than 10 ft.

So there's plenty of it.

[Bankbeater]

I usually start along the bank and go deeper. Sometimes I will stay shallow, sometimes I will stay along the deep structure. It all depends on where the bass are.