Deep Bass

[tritz18]

What is the best setup and lure for fishing bass in deep water?

[Jig Man]

That all depends on what you mean by deep and what structure you are fishing.  I fish a lot of stuff with the boat setting in 50 fow.  I use a 3/4 oz jig with a craw trailer for this deep.   If I am fishing open water or humps I tend to go with a 1/2 oz jigging spoon.  If you mean 15' for deep any jig or tube will do.

[grimlin]

I fish the jig till my fingers fall off  ;D ...but today the place i normally fish seems like they caught on to my lure...i switched to a BPS tube bait and started slaying them again.I'm gonna start fishing tubes more now.

[sal669]

Hmmmm... Drop shot...??? :

[basspro48]

I'm just like grimlin, I live and die by the jig. My favorite for deepwater fishing is a 1/2oz Jewel Heavy cover finesse jig, I put a baby brush hog on it as a trailer and drag ti and hop it around any deep structure I can find.

I also do a lot of dropshotting, especially in the colder months. I use 8lb fluoro and a small roboworm or BPS handpour DS worm.

[Raul]

Depth is a relative term depending upon where you are fishing, in La Sauceda 12 -15 ft is deep, in La Laborcita, Otates or Zimapán you can hardly say that same 12-15 ft is "deep".

[roadwarrior]

Soft plastics:

Micro Munch Tackle El Gordo tube

GYCB Kut-Tail

GYCB Laminated Lizard

Jig & pig

Hard baits:

DD22

Ledgebuster 3/4 oz Single Willow Blade spinnerbait

[StandOut]

What is the best setup and lure for fishing bass in deep water?

The Wiggle rig, nothing in every test we have done, has even got close to the catch rate, in deep water,, but it also works in 6 inches of water

I use a lot of different lures on it,, some of the best are soft plastic minnow lures, the softer the better

Check out these lures actions on this YouTube video,, you will be able to see why nothing even comes close

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[Bankbeater]

The deepest lakes around me are not more than 25 feet deep.  I've been throwing 1/4 ounce jigs and tubes right along side the standing timber and just let it fall on its own.  I've been using 1/4 ounce weights for the tubes also.  If the bait has been falling too fast or too slow the bass will not hit it.

[bassmaster8100]

CRANKBAIT, RAT-L-TRAP, CAROLINA RIG.

[Catt]

Texas Rig, Jig, Carolina Rig, or Drop Shot  

[John J.]

Most of the time for deeper water, the bass are suspended (in the thermocline or munching on baitfish). I would suggest a jigging spoon, drop shot rig, c-rig, t-rig, deep diving crankbaits or jerkbaits, or any other method to get you in the 'strike zone'!

Good luck!  8-)

[FishTank]

DD22's and a heavy jigs have been the best for me.