How to fish rock quarry’s

[Justin Schreiber]

So I have lived in a subdivision that has 2 rock quarrys. My entire life but I can’t seem to figure the bass out in the quarry’s the only real luck I have with them is if I use night crawlers but I’m looking for a cheaper alternative.  At its clearest you can probably see 5 feet beneath the water.   Bluegill is what the bass eat.   They seem to like brush hogs but it’s kinda an off and on again kinda deal.   Anyways looking for advice. On how to fish them.

[Bluebasser86]

My wife's family owns an old rock quarry lake that I've fished a few times but the fish there are extremely easy to catch. I'd guess at the one you're dealing with, a wacky rigged Senko or weightless trick worm would work very well. 

[Turkey sandwich]

Most quarries I've fished have been extremely clear to likely 20+ feet and being super finesse was generally the ticket.  knowing no other details about the body of water, I'd likely start with a Senko wacky rigged, slow dragging a drop shot, or working a fluke.

[MichaelJ7]

8 hours ago, Turkey sandwich said:

Most quarries I've fished have been extremely clear to likely 20+ feet and being super finesse was generally the ticket.  knowing no other details about the body of water, I'd likely start with a Senko wacky rigged, slow dragging a drop shot, or working a fluke.

What he said ^^^

[papajoe222]

I’m not one that buys into line visibility being a big turn off for fish, but yours is one condition where I do. light line (under 8lb. Test) provides a couple of benefits when fishing super clear water. The first is allowing your presentation to work to its fullest potential. Heavy line adds drag and works against the lure’s built in action.  Snags and hang-ups aren’t a concern for you, so there really is no need for heavy line use. 

You’ll likely get a lot of responses recommending small soft plastics fished slowly and I’ve caught a numbers of fish doing just that. One thing I recommend is small, fast moving baits. Don’t give the fish a chance to scrutinize your offering.  Those two approaches should get you bit on a regular basis.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Keitech swing impact fat paddle tails bluegill flash color with 1\4 ounce swimbait  jighead. Can be fished top middle bottom steady retrieve. Good use as well would be just letting it fall producing its own action many hits happen this way.

[Munkin]

Around here all the rock quarries are deep and clear. Like others have suggested I would try a wacky rigged bait. The only thing I can add is to try a wacky rigged ji  head to get the bait down quicker. 

 

Allen 

[Justin Schreiber]

On 2/24/2018 at 9:32 PM, papajoe222 said:

I’m not one that buys into line visibility being a big turn off for fish, but yours is one condition where I do. light line (under 8lb. Test) provides a couple of benefits when fishing super clear water. The first is allowing your presentation to work to its fullest potential. Heavy line adds drag and works against the lure’s built in action.  Snags and hang-ups aren’t a concern for you, so there really is no need for heavy line use. 

You’ll likely get a lot of responses recommending small soft plastics fished slowly and I’ve caught a numbers of fish doing just that. One thing I recommend is small, fast moving baits. Don’t give the fish a chance to scrutinize your offering.  Those two approaches should get you bit on a regular basis.

You’d be surprised what’s managed to get in this quarry.   We have 1 oven 1 car 1 lawn chair 2 tires and a bumper off a car and about 50 dead trees that have fallen in and pipes from when they tried to drain the water before it filled up the quarry.  But thanks for the advice

[ImThatGuy]

In my local quarry, drop shot flukes, roboworms or ned rigs.  Finesse is only thing that works.

[papajoe222]

I'd still give small, fast moving baits a shot. Go with something like a RocketShad that the diameter of your line doesn't affect as much as it would a crank bait or swim bait.

[whitwolf]

If it were me I would fish this place at night.  I would throw a black spinnerbat. A 8" Zoom big dead ringer, and a Siebert outdoors brush jig.

[Justin Schreiber]

On 2/26/2018 at 5:37 PM, whitwolf said:

If it were me I would fish this place at night.  I would throw a black spinnerbat. A 8" Zoom big dead ringer, and a Siebert outdoors brush jig.

Would a chatter bait work just as good as a spinner?

[WRB]

Having spent hundreds of hours fishing gin clear rock quarry lakes where the bass are keenly aware of airborne and shoreline predators, My advice is keep a low profile. If you can see the bass they have already detected your presence.

Finesse presentations work ; drop shot, split shot, Ned rig, nailweight, rig , shaky head jig, wacky rig, small poppers like Pop R, Chug bug, LC 78 Pointer etc.

Tom

[frogflogger]

ned rig, swimming worm!!!, original rapala, favorite topwater  -- the swimming worm was used by us in quarries and pits for decades and is absolutely deadly.

[Quarry Man]

pm me a picture of the quarry and ill help you out. I caught over 500 bass in quarries last year, heck, my name is Quarry Man. I spend almost all of my time fishing quarries. i have a few tips, just need more info.

[whitwolf]

On 3/15/2018 at 10:10 PM, Justin Schreiber said:

Would a chatter bait work just as good as a spinner?

I don't have a great for that other than try it. 

[RB 77]

On 2/23/2018 at 11:42 PM, Turkey sandwich said:

Most quarries I've fished have been extremely clear to likely 20+ feet and being super finesse was generally the ticket.  knowing no other details about the body of water, I'd likely start with a Senko wacky rigged, slow dragging a drop shot, or working a fluke.

 

These are the exact three techniques/ presentations I would suggest as well.

[evilcatfish]

This goes against what others have said in regards to finesse, but since you mention the bass are eating gills then how about a bluegill profile swimbait? Find something that roughly matches the gill size in the lake and give it a go