Pressured Water Presentations

[MN Basser]

I live in St. Paul, Minnesota. A lot of the lakes here in the metro are just pounded on by fishermen. When I go out, we seldom catch more than 5bass person. Yesterday, I was out on a catch and release only lake that sees decent action. I flipped, pitched, skipped...nothing. Tried 12 foot stumps..nothing. Should I be playing the finese game?? My question is:

What are your go to lures in pressured waters? Depth? Colors? Thank you!

[Brian_Reeves]

This is my total package when it comes to finesse.  I don't use dropshots, but they are a good rig to use when the bite is tough as well.

1) Split shot Finesse worm or 4inch curl tail worm.  I t-rig the worm on a 2/0 light wire red gamakatsu hook.  I use the elongated split shot weight because it's a bit more weedless and favor weights 1/8 or 3/16.  There should be about 12inches (but can change) of line in between the hook eye and sinker.  I fish this like a carolina rig or swim it slowly.

2)  * on a 3/16 or 1/4oz jighead, hook exposed.  I switch to this when bigger jigs are failing.  I also use them on a regular jighead or a title shot jighead for flipping and pitching heavy cover.  Great swimming rig when the spinnerbait/crankbait bite dies.

3)  5" * trick stick, t-rigged, weightless.  Yeah yeah, it's not really finesse I guess, but I use it when the bite is tough and faster moving baits don't work.

4)  Beetle Spin, 1/4oz, black and chartruse or the greenish color.  Fished just as you would expect.

That's about it for my finesse fishing, and I don't think any of those will be considered by many as true finesse rigs, but they work for me when the bite is tough.

[wisturkeyhunter]

I fish some ponds here in town that are very pressured but have alot of bass in them and besides live bait plastics works very slow in darker colors work good. I like senkos rigged weightless and weedless best but be less concerned with type of soft plastic or color and more concerned with working it real slow and in areas that get the lest amount of pressure. Good accurate cast catch alot of fish for me putting the bait in a little pocket of brush or rocks that the average guy won't get to will catch you fish. One reason I like senko is even weightless and with a baitcaster I can cast very accurate.

[Wayne P.]

Pressured or not pressured, doesn't make any difference-it produces.

[stank-bait]

try fishing where no one else fishes,bottom structure,sunkin trees,drop offs,road beds,,,,,everyone fishes to the bank try placeing your boat where u are throwing,and fishing where your boat was. theres always fish under the boat,when your fishin the bank so catch those fish that has never seen a lure and your luck will change :.

[Tin]

Pressured or not pressured, doesn't make any difference-it produces.

There is just one other thing missing on that little rig... :-X

[Wayne P.]

Actually there are two things missing-fishing line and a bass-LOL

[Avalonjohn44]

I love throwing a weightless Charm Assassin made by Bass Assassin.  Trick worm style bait, but it tapers at one end.  When nothing else is working for me, I toss one of these, and it usually produces.

[Big-O]

Lightweight 3/8 oz Carolina rigged trick worm-watermelon with JJ's chartreuse dipped tail. 12 lb fluro and keep it slow, it'll search'em out!

Sshhhhh

Big O