old rock quarrey

[trojangolf88]

ok so my family owns part of this old rock quarrey that had to be abandoned because they hit or spring or something like 50 years ago but anyways it is about 300 feet deep and the water is crystal clear. it looks perfect for fishing there are trees and cliffs around the edges. well i have always seen bunches of little bream but ive always heard there were no big fish in there and something about the ph wasn't right for big fish. well i was messing around and threw a buzz bait in and out of nowhere a huge bass came up and hit it and of course i missed him. i then moved a little ways, its pretty large, and saw 2 nice size bass follow a roostertail i had but they didn't bite. any tips and do you guys think there are many big ones in there. a small river flooded over the banks back in hurricane floyd a few years back, i guess thats how they got in there

[Crestliner2008]

First of all, these environments can hold some really large bass. But with the water clarity, your approach must be paramount. Remember, if you can see them, they can see you!

Wear sneakers and walk softly. Take your time approaching. Stay as low as possible and/or keep your profile broken up by your background (trees, brush, boulders, etc.); do not silhouette yourself against the sky, in other words. Wear attire which matches/blends with your surroundings.

Once you are in position, sit down and relax a bit....allow your environment to "settle down" so-to-speak. Your approach, however careful, will be felt and known. Believe it!

Use fluorocarbon line on your reel. I'd suggest using a natural presentation; with much more emphasis on "triggering" vs. "attraction" qualities, such as a plastic worm. Senkos would be ideal. Wacky rigged, even better. Use a 1/0 Gama In-line Circle Hook with the 5" Senko. Use natural colors which match the bottom content, such as Pumpkin (brownish) or Watermelon (greenish).

JMO, but I do hope this helps.  

[grid]

Yeah! what he said! ;D  I fish a old gravel pit that is super clear.  It is only about 40ft at it's deepest.  On sunny days you can see 15-20 ft. deep.  I catch more bass on plastic texas rigged worms or senko style fishing than anything else.  Natural colors.

[32251]

Three hundred feet deep!

That is a looooonnnnnngggg drop shot.

[trojangolf88]

well i headed down there late yesterday afternoon to try and catch some before dark and i got my truck stuck > i'll be heading down there friday though and let you guys know how i do. i tired putting some pics up but it said they were too big

[Raul]

Ok, so the quarry has become a lake, I assume the water must be purty darn clear ! so now let 's see how you can approach it, first of all clear water means you have to be a lot more stealthy on your approach, fish can be very spooky, line/bait size shy and to add up, they can see you, bad but very challenging conditions.

Japanese proverb say: "man that can feesh gin clear water successfully can accomplish anything "

Before dipping a line first of all you need to investigate what 's the layout of the quarry, in a quarry they don 't normally go around digging the hole to extract the material like if they were digging out a box, they follow the material veins found under the terrain, also there has to be access roads inside the hole for the trucks to move around and remove the material, there must be leftover piles of material around with rocks from the size of a small vehicle to chunk debris, also as they exploit the material they explot it by building ledges and those must still be there, in other words, there 's tons of structural features there, add to that any tree that has fallen into the quarry and you 've got cover.

In esence, you need first to study the quarry before trying to attack it. All baits will catch fish, the tricky part is choosing the right ones that adapt better to that kind of environment better, same thing goes to fishing techniques and rigging methods. It ain 't gonna be easy but it can be done and it can be done very successfully.