Deep Structure Fishing

[J Francho]

Down scan can see under downed trees.

[lo n slo]

4 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

Back to the question...

 

Do you fish structure where bait or bass are not seen on your electronics?

most certainly

[WRB]

If talking about fishing deep structure laydowns aren't normally something you find, stumps and some standing timber yes depending on the type wood, IMO.

To me it's very important to know the structure and to meter it to determine what is there. The question was do you meter it while you fishing it? My answer is only if you need to to stay on top of a group of deep bass, shallower bass it isn't necessary.

Consider this; I have caught very few giant bass while metering while fishing, but I knew from visual or metered contact those bass were on or used that structure. How is that possible? I often meter the area after fishing it and meter areas to survey the to get an idea what is there, how deep bait may be and if lucky any big bass on or suspended nearby the structure. It's like hunting trophy animals, helps to know where they are located so you can be at the right place at the right time.

I rarely put the trolling motor down, turn on the sonar and start to fish blindly hoping to run across bass, it's not my style.  It's better for me to know where they are located before I start fishing, less wasted time on the water. Do I leave the sonar running? Yes, unless I know big bass are in the area, then it goes dark.

Tom

[J Francho]

29 minutes ago, WRB said:

If talking about fishing deep structure laydowns aren't normally something you find, stumps and some standing timber yes depending on the type wood, IMO.

We have plenty of glacial lakes where you're 20' from shore, and you might be in 30' water.  There's fallen timber, too.  You'd probably like it, the water is crystal clear as well.

[Choporoz]

6 hours ago, J Francho said:

We have plenty of glacial lakes where you're 20' from shore, and you might be in 30' water.  There's fallen timber, too.  You'd probably like it, the water is crystal clear as well.

Here, too.  But not clear.  I often fish the drops and any adjacent swallower flats, but never the bottom of the channel.   Do you fish for LMB at 30'?

[Catt]

On 10/9/2018 at 10:36 AM, J Francho said:

The ping didn't bother this one, or many others that day.  Was fishing in 38' water.

 

 

Both fish were caught directly under the boat in 15' of water.

 

Do I fish structure that shows no bait or bass on the screen?

 

Absolutely ?

 

 

[J Francho]

11 hours ago, Choporoz said:

Do you fish for LMB at 30'?

In these two specific lakes, yes.  The weeds extend up to 10-15' from the surface.  In one of the lakes, it just keeps dropping to around 90'.  If you can get a bait down there in the weeds around 15-20', you'll eventually get bit.  It's a deep jungle down there. There's shallow fish, too.  They are usually around wood.