Favorite Bass Cover

[Ky_Lake_Dude]

Any kind of wood.

[Valascus]

For me, the type of cover is not as important as what is close to the cover. I'll fish ANY type of cover I can find, but I like the cover to have deeper water close by. I believe that cover that has deeper water for a fish to retreat to nearby is much more likely to hold fish. Most of the cover I fish in this area is wood(stumps and laydowns), weeds(emergent and submerged), and chunk rock. Those are the most common, though, like I said, I'll fish ANY TYPE I can get a lure to.

[Rattlinrogue]

I prefer thick grass in stump filled flats.Second would be laydowns where I like to throw spinnerbaits and pitch jigs/plastics.

[Chris]

I like to fish beaver huts.

[bocabasser]

without a doubt lillies. however, i always look for 3 types of vegetation together. ie-lillies, hydrilla, and coon tails.

[roadwarrior]

Partially submerged grass lines along what is sometimes the bank of feeder creeks. These usually define deeper water adjacent to the grass as well as a path to even deeper water in the lake or river. Fish are not always on this cover/ structure, but they are ALWAYS near it at sometime duing the day. The only 10 lb bass I have caught on "big water," was associated with this type of scenario.

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Heres Mine Im under it right no  OH OH MISUNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION AGAIN

[Bass Smacker]

Under of the cover of my live well

[slow_n_easy]

hello all, I'm new to your board. I'm from south fla.

First thing in the morning I prefer working a white/chart spinnerbait in hydrilla close to shore/ boat docks. close to noon, I'll head for 6' water in hydrilla working the same spinnerbait or junebug senko til 2:00 then I'll start flipping heavy cover near channels/ canal entering the main lake.

Actually it depends on which lake I'm fishing but at norm I'll try and fish the same cover. maybe my presentation may differ  but I focus on my prime spot between 11:00 - 2:00. 80% of my bigger fish are caught between those times

 If ya aint snaggin you aint baggin.

[clipper]

In the lake I fish you have to make your own cover.  Christmas trees, rock piles, brush piles, etc.  I've even seen a couch(I didn't put it there), cover made from corrugated 4" drain pipe, and car parts :-/.

[Bass Smacker]

    We get a lot of junk in the delta......  I cought 4 bass off a lazy boy some one dumped in the water.

Old boats and stolen cars are good too .  

[roadwarrior]

slow_n_easy,

Welcome aboard!

BTW, Most big bass are caught in the middle of the day. My "zone' is about 10:00AM to 3:00 PM, Fish_Chris (big Cali bass fisherman) likes EXACTLY 11:30! Doug Hannon also mentioned mid-day in his article today. I think you will like your new fishing "home."

[6.5pounder]

I live in Virginia and I think the best cover is stumps 5 to 10 feet deep,rocks,and docks.

[Bankbeater]

Timber with hydrilla growing around it.

[senko_77]

Definately grass, but stumps in deep water are awesome to.

[Shakes]

Lilly Pads!

[BassBeat101]

I like stickups, tall solid vegetation, and cattails - there's just something about reeling my spinnerbait past some sticks and seeing my line plow through the water sideways - it's an awesome feeling.

Daryl

[bass109]

The flats

[mack s.]

i like fishing weeds with t-rigged worms but i also love fishing spinnerbaits along submerged logs..what i really want to do learn to perfect this season is bouncing crankbaits off of standing timber.

[OBX-BASS]

i love to fish anything that bass hang around and in!! haha but one of my favs if lilly pads! theres nothing like bringing a horny toad across the tops of some pads and watchin them all out EXPLODE on the toad!!!! cant get enough of doin' that....

[Lucky Craft Man]

SLOP, SLOP, SLOP, and more SLOP.  There is nothing better then fishing thick mats of slop and have those bass blow up on that frog from below.  Then you end up winding in 20 lbs. of junk where you anxiously dig through to see how big your catch is.  I can't wait for the summer slop.

[SPEEDBEAD.]

timber is my favorite, alot of sturcture is a must. just about anything will work.

Now the flats....

Which one is it hoss?

[hi_steel_basser]

I like laydowns and brushpiles. There isn't much vegeation on the lakes I fish.

[MakhuluBass]

I fish a slow moving river with stained to muddy water. The river has an abundance of all types of cover, lilly pads, water hycinth, rip rap, submerged and semi submerged timber, boat docks, slipways and plenty of reeds.

What I can never figure out though, is which type of structure is "on" that hour, day, week, month or year and spend a lot of time each session just trying to figure out where they are.

My favourite structure is trees and enjoy either bouncing a crank, or flipping a T-rigged creature bait.

[Lil Baby Cousin Ray-Ray]

I seem to have a lot of luck where willows or other treeshave leaned over and dipped into the water creating shade. Especially in the summer.