Tactics for fishing low water

[BigMinnow]

The reservoir I’ve been fishing has been incredibly low lately. So low that most of the vegetation is now out of the water and most if not all of the major creek arms are dried up or very very short. What are your guys suggestions on how to fish this place? I don’t have any electronics and I’m fishing out of a kayak so I can only bring one or two rods 

[TnRiver46]

Just treat the new water line like the old waterline and fish like you did before. If that doesn’t work out after a bit, back out 20 feet and repeat the process. 

 

[Shimano_1]

It can be tricky but low water usually concentrates them better than normal.  Find some type of cover with some water on it. A local lake is down incredibly low and we managed to win a lil tournament last weekend by picking apart some boat docks and timber in 5 to 10 ft of water with jigs and senkos

[geo g]

In south Florida, low water concentrates bass and pushes them out of huge shallow flats and into deep water.  This is when 200 fish a days are a real possibility.  I would look for vegetation like pads and grasses close to drop offs.  The bass will move from deeper open water at night, to the first level weeds, which supply shade, ambush points, and cooler water when the sun gets high.  There are so many bass in the everglades canals during low water, that it's many times every cast.  Bigger bass will often be deeper at these drop-offs and ledges, hugging the rock walls wherever they can find shade.

[Catt]

Creek channels ?

[WRB]

Get a lake map, online or paper and use your smart phone GPS to locate channel breaks and bottom contact lures. When you find the breaks or any isolate rock piles or wood use both medium and deep diving crank baits, spinner baits, jigs and worms. Keep you eye out for surface baitfish.

The old rule dropping water levels bass move down, raising water levels bass move up is true.

Tom