How to fish light cover?

[prodigy1290]

The water level has dropped atleast 15ft and now there are weeds from shore to 40ft. out. I am a shore fisherman and looking for tips on how to fish light cover. There are just alot of weeds,i threw a frog, and a spinner bait but i had a hard tome ripping the spinner bait through there. What else do you guys suggest,im going to head out there ina few hours. thanks.

[flippinstick]

Texas Rigged worms are always good.

[detroit1]

Perfect place for soft plastics. I like to rig them on a Slider spider head more than a t-rig. The light wire hook is fine unless you plan on 5#'s. A jig would also work.

[Big-O]

tube and waders

Big O

[Seabolt]

Texas Rigged worms are always good.

+1 to that.  Lots of action on the lure too.  Ragetails always work well for me.

[Crestliner2008]

Texas rigged Senkos.

[JShrock07]

Try using a fluke or a swimbait with a hidden hook. Many time the young of the year blue gill and shad will use the vegatation for cover giving the bass an easy meal.

[WRB]

Your are wasting your time trying to fish large weed flats from shore, unless you know where a deeper channel or weedline edges are. Look for clear areas or pockets where the weeds don't cover the area completely. If you manage to hook a good bass, you may not be able to land it in the grass.

My suggestion; go down near the dam or marina and fish the deeper water with soft plastics like Texas or slip shot rigged worms. Fish the open weed bed pockets with a trick worm or frog.

WRB

[roadwarrior]

Man, I'm getting a lot of mileage out of this thread today. It must have something to do with water conditions around the country this time of year!

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1180909581

8-)

[bass slayer21]

t rigged worm here also

[Shad_Master]

If the cover will allow it, you might also want to give a chatter bait a try or swimming a jig w/o the chatter.  A white jig might draw some attention.

[Joel W]

As others have already mentioned, fishing weeds from shore is a two edged sword. 1st you're limited to types of lures, namely tx rigged, unweighted plastics. frogs, Horny Toads, and Flukes (not nose hooked). And even if you do indeed hook a Bass, landing it in heavy weeds is a iffy situation a best. I would spool my reel with 30 or even better, 50 lb braid and use a 3 ft flouro leader. The Braid will help you cut through the weeds.  

If possible I would look for the edges of the weeds from the shoreline and work those areas as your 1st option.

Good luck & tight lines.