fishin some weeds

[rowyourboat]

what are some good lures/tactics to try around weeds that grow near the bank. say anywhere from 1-6 feet of water. water is fairly clear, maybe a little off color.  i caught 5 last time on the fat ikas. any other ideas ???

[Nice_Bass]

sluggo top water.  Anything else may have to know what kind of weeds?

[rowyourboat]

umm, im not really up on my weed identification lol... but its just little strips/patches of weeds that grow right next to the bank and go out in the water 4-5 feet. they arent extremely thick.

[Hook Set]

I like to fish crankbaits in weeds and rip em out when they catch the weeds.

[SmokeRise1]

Rage Toads and Rage Shads.  Cast em into the weeds and just drag em across the top like a buzz bait.  Fish often hit when the bait clears the weeds and hits open water.  Hold on...

[J Francho]

Jigs, Texas rigs, frogs, toads, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, spooks, chatterbaits, Carolina rigs, shky heads, flick shakes, wacky rigs, all excel in weeds. Find the grass, find the bass.

[Ol� Dirty Basstard]

If it's Acapulco Gold, I throw a Stanley Ribbit. If it's Maui Wowie I like a white swim jig. If it's Texas Tea, then it's a fat ribbon-tail, Tex-posed naturally. If it's Panama Redforget it; you'll just be sittin' back in the grass watching everyone else catch bass anyhow.

[bigbill]

Weedless Lures!!!!! I'm fishing from shore too!!!

Mepps Timber doodle;

I let it fall into the small open pockets in the weeds.

Mister Twister Top Prop;

I run it over the weeds and pause sometimes too, it will drop the plastic trailer down and the fish will strike it.

Scum Frogs

Spooks

Carolina rig with a 1/8oz weight 3' leader

floating worms fished topwater.

BPS topnocker

Buzzbaits

Spinnerbaits;

Fished with the rod tip up so the spoon will beat / slap the water.

Don't let the weeds stop you from fishing. There's more baits out there than i listed. I have most of them. In my first year of bass fishing i thought i hit a brick wall when the weeds came. I did a search for weedless stuff and fought back and won!!!!!!

Trust me its a whole new ball game but its fun when we figure it out. Try different presentations too. Very slow has been the best.

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Fluke.Can't go wrong with a stickbait like a Senko or Ocho. Bringing a spinnerbait through them might trigger a strike to,depending on how thick it is