Hawg Huntin Help

[MARSH MASTER]

Im not new to bass fishing at all. I've been fishing bass since I was a boy with my father. My pb is about 6 lbs. I never weighed it, I didn't feel the need to it wasn't what im lookin for.

Let me start by tellin you about my area. Its a series of lakes, bayous, lagoons and ponds. It has tidle flow and a whole lot of grass. The down side to where I fish is that the depth is 4-5 feet at best. It does have some small holes that reach depths of about 12' with no structure down there. The grass grows in so thick that I cant even work the boat in there much less fish it.

I know that there are some good hawgs there cuz of the amount of 7 n8 lbers caught each year. The sacks for our tournements usualy around 18-22 lbs.

I guess my question would be where would I start to locate hawgs? A what to use?

[Big-O]

Edges-Edges-Edges. Wherever deep meets shallow which includes ditches, creek or river challels, humps, points etc. Deeper edge of moss line, Edge of timber where water depth changes to deeper.

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[B.Mullins]

All of what Big O said and as for bait choices.....not to step on Big O's Rage tail toad but i would use a zoom horney toad and only because I havent tried the ragetails yet. I would go dark colors early and late and lighter colors in the full sun.

[rondef]

When working tidal waters the tides have to be the first thing you take into consideration, that will dictate the baitfish movement. The Potomac River up here in Northern Virginia where I fish has a three foot depth change between the tides so that really makes the fish move around a bit. If you are going to fish the slop (grass and pads) use a canoe. I just bought one for that exact reason. I couldn't get my bass boat into some of the areas off of the Potomac I wanted to fish, but now I can fish them. Work the points of the creek channels on the outgoing tides, work the creeks on the incoming tides. Just my two cents.