How would you fish these conditions?

[RHuff]

 

 Steep banks, ultra clear water, bass holding in long laydowns an brush in 8-12 ft deep off the banks, slight wind pushing a moderate current, sunny, blue bird skies.....   Got any ideas? 

 

 

[casts_by_fly]

Wood, wind, and this time of year all imply spinnerbait as a starting point.  Ultra clear water would put me with small willows and moving it pretty quick.  If no love there, then I'm bouncing a jig and a texas rig down through it until the fish tell me what they want.  I'm sure someone will say a wacky rigged senko and they are probably right.  Just not my cup of tea.

[ElGuapo928]

Usually start with a spinnerbait - 1/4 or 3/8 oz, if that isn’t working go to a straight tail T-rigged, and have the dropshot warmed up and ready.

[TnRiver46]

In clear water I like a weightless finesse worm with sparkle/flake in it. Let it go down ultra slow thru the tree branches 

[Fishingmickey]

1/8 oz jig head with a 3" smoke colored curly tail grub.

 

[LrgmouthShad]

Couple options I would try are shaky head on a light head and a small Texas rigged bait with a heavy weight. Let it rocket down to the brush. Clear water sometimes I like a heavy weight 

 

If it is bluebird with light winds and clear water, moving baits aren’t usually in the discussion for me unless we are talking topwater

[Huntero_01]

Some sort of finessey green bait. Green pump shakey head, maybe a top water to try and call them up. You would just have to try a number of things. Keep it subtle and natural at all costs.

[Munkin]

Flick shake is what I have the most luck with. Weight depends on depth but 1/16 to 3/16oz is what I normally use. Jackal flick shake 4.8" worms in Cola seem to work best but others work.

 

Allen

[fishingtx]

Cast past the brush/ structure and reel a balsa crankbait through there hitting every piece of cover that you can. My other approach would be throwing a 3/4 oz chatterbait cfl with a rage craw trailer in there and slow rolling it on flourocarbon line. So slow that you can just barely feel the vibration in your rod.

[FishTank]

Clear water and blue bird sky's usually equals light line, light gear, finesse baits and long casts. I go with anything that I can put in front of them and keep still.... jerkbaits, wacky senkos, shaky head, drop shot, or maybe a BFS crank or minnow.

[Jig Man]

I we had the same conditions last time on the upper White River on Table Rock Lake.  I used a Jewel Pee Wee jig in 7/16 oz with a Yamoto 4” twin tail trailer.  I cast to the log portion of the lay down and let the jig fall.  At the end of the fall I lifted the rod feeling for a limb.  When the jig came up to the limb I jiggled it up and over.  I let it fall again and repeated until I was clear of the limbs.  When I got a bite it was normally on the fall after going over a limb.

[Boomstick]

1/2oz spinnerbait and soft plastics, jigs and ned rigs have been my best producers in a similar sounding area. Sometimes I get a few on crankbaits too.