Generally speaking........

[5bass]

Virginia

I voted wood cause right now there seems to be a "bass on every log".It's just that time of year ..it wont be long though until my choice changes to "deep water".

I would have possibly voted grass/weedlines if my lake had any.

[ga_hawghauler]

GA> the bass are in spawn right now so i like to target the shallow water close to a deep creek channel. a lot of the creek channels here have old stump rows and other structure.

[papa smurf]

Weeds are my favorite, especially in warm weather.

[directlink]

I went with "doesn't matter as long as it works" because I fish so many different kinds of environments.  

[Landinlunkers]

RocknFish, I live fairly close to you.  On most of the inland lakes around here, the first thing I look for is a weedline adjacent to a drop off.  If they're not there, I look for weedy flats with deep water near by.

[Guest avid]

I chose weeds, but if I could have selected two "deep water" would have been included.  Today was 90 degrees so in SE Florida we are in a summer pattern.  There are weeds everywhere, and there are always bass in there somewhere, but right now, finding isolated cover, especially submerged weedbeds in water over 8 feet deep is a ticket to good fish.  I love rippin a crankbait through them and pausing a moment.  The world stops while I wait for the hit.  If done really well, the bass can't seem to resist it.

[Kana]

i guess its just how i learned how to fish, but my dad and uncle would always hit wood first then weeds, so wood would be my first target, but weeds are prized as well, both hold fish.  i like cranking, jigs and t-rigs, and wood works well for these lures, as do weeds, but if were starting at weeds, spinnerbaits, and jerkbaits would be the first id reach for.  Lousisana born, schooled by okies and coon-*****!

[gajpb]

I like the weed flats. But I usually stick with those longer than I shouyld. I get addicted to them this time of year because it is so simple to just chug a plastic frog through there and wait for the explosion--awesome!!

[Minuteman]

I went with Vertical Structure, but only because of where I was fishing today. My son wanted to fish the timber and that is where he caught his only fish. I caught my 2 on vertical rock ledges out of the back of the boat in 62' surface water temp. Steep rock ledges in 20+' of water. They both hit at about 6' deep along the rocks within 10' from the shore. We just had a cold front come through (frost!) and I guess they dropped out of the shallows and clung to the drop offs.

[Lunkers0]

I live in SE Minnesota.  If I were fishing today I would start fishing shallow.  I would try looking for spawners and adjust from there.  Our opener isnt until late May for Bass so I am still stuck on shore.  If I couldnt see the beds I would search with a white spinnerbait, or a red crankbait.  

[lubina]

South Jersey.

I fish shallow murky waters 90 %, < 10 f., narrow chanels with heavy cover, almost always Lilly pad patches, shadows from falling trees and wood outside the pads are always places to find fish ambushing bait, exception may be this time when they are committed to spawn. Tops of the pads and holes in between them will be next in turn.

[Bass Hammer]

Weeds in Georgia