How do i catch fish after the spawn from shore?

[Scorcher214]

So i don't have a boat, so I'm limited to shore fishing until i do. Since bass relate to offshore structure in the summer, might there be any lingering bass in the shallows i can catch? and if so, how?

[Crestliner2008]

It's not necessarily true that all bass go off-shore in the summer. That could be said, fairly absolutely, about big smallmouth, but with the largemouths, there are always a good number of bigger individuals prowling the shallows. Especially if the cover and structure is available to them.

I've actually caught some of my biggest LM bass, fishing from shore; fishing early mornings and evenings, as these periods of the day afford me the best opportunity to be successful, while still allowing for a lot of mistakes (which you are bound to do when shore fishing)! These mistakes include heavy walking, too fast an approach, inappropriate clothing (like a white tee-shirt!) and miss-casts.

Mid-day topwater fishing is the absolute best during the summer. You just have know where the good ambush points are and/or cover to avail the best position for the big bass to take. Then run a steady moving topwater like a buzzbait or Rage Toad, or the ever infamous, Hannon Snake! Just make sure your drag is down fairly snug (so you can control a feisty bass) and you are spooled with some heavier line.

[IdahoLunkerHunter]

When I scout places to shore fish from I look for four main things.

1. Rip wrap transitions to gravel.

2. Wood or other cover.

3. Access to deeper water.

4. Some kind of water movement, weather it be a creek, culvert, etc.

[NasTMcfingas]

I am mainly a shore angler myself and when I'm out looking for a place to start casting, I'm looking for that spot where I have some type of cover to throw at, whether it be logs, stumps, overhanging branches,  groups of fallen branches, cattails and my favorite underwater grass of some type.  I work each spot with a combo of lures such as, a soft plastic of some type and then a top water bait since its a little warmer.

[roadwarrior]

Here ya go:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1158577137

8-)

[Scorcher214]

When you say "acess tpo deep water" do you mean eventually if you go out far enough you get in deep water?

[Scorcher214]

Here ya go:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1158577137

8-)

Ha ha this seems to be your answer to everything eh?

[roadwarrior]

If the goal is to catch a few bass, this is the answer...

guaranteed!

Later, there are many more variables to consider and ways

to narrow the search and improve efficiency.  However, until

you have caught some fish all the technical mumbo-jumbo

just doesn't register.

So I say, relax, catch some fish and have some fun!

K.I.S.S.

8-)

[JacobK]

Andrew,

Take that trigger rod you found & throw a baitcast reel on it and start learning how to pitch & flip. It seems you primarily fish metro's marsh side and there are a few simple patterns to that side, the docks are a little bit different.

for the marsh:

1) (you already figured it out) fish slowly with a texas rigged worm.

2) flipping weightless wacky senkos into holes

3) topwater frog/

4) cast a spinnerbait & burn it almost to shore and KILL it right at the end of the weeds.

for the docks:

1) slow roll a spinnerbait so it bumps the bottom

2) texas rigged crayfish

3) shakey head or a wacky jig  

those are a few of the easier patterns for metro beach, if i bump into you again i'll show you some more nifty tricks, although you probably have figured them out already.

[Scorcher214]

Andrew,

Take that trigger rod you found & throw a baitcast reel on it and start learning how to pitch & flip. It seems you primarily fish metro's marsh side and there are a few simple patterns to that side, the docks are a little bit different.

for the marsh:

1) (you already figured it out) fish slowly with a texas rigged worm.

2) flipping weightless wacky senkos into holes

3) topwater frog/

4) cast a spinnerbait & burn it almost to shore and KILL it right at the end of the weeds.

for the docks:

1) slow roll a spinnerbait so it bumps the bottom

2) texas rigged crayfish

3) shakey head or a wacky jig

those are a few of the easier patterns for metro beach, if i bump into you again i'll show you some more nifty tricks, although you probably have figured them out already.

Thanks bro, i put my procaster on the rod and i plan to work with it on saturday when i go there with my dad. Chuck said if he might go to stoney creek this week, i might tag along with him.

[BassAssasin2]

I also dont have a boat but i still catch alot of bass, and it is post spawn where i fish and i have been able to catch them on soft plastics, ( senkos, power worms) and spinners

[BassNub]

i would say, metro... Frogs... FTW

[Paul Roberts]

I fish small waters. Some offer more/better shoreline fishing than others. Get to know a number of small waters -some will offer more than others.

I also have a "long distance" rig -a 7ft spinning rod, and wide spooled reel filled with braid. Sometimes just getting beyond the shelf is all you need.

[pondmaster32]

use topwater baits, big plastics and jigs. if there is any large cover like a big tree or lily pads thats were they'll be. cast the lures to edges of docs, trees and other heavy cover.