This is a great way to coax bites along the outer edge of a lily pad field.
Wacky worms – With a hook impaled through the worm’s midsection (or under an O ring), both ends of the bait wiggle like the real thing as the rig slowly falls through the water.Extremely limber hand-poured worms really dance enticingly. Shaky head – A great choice for probing docks, bridges and rocks, this specialized jighead works best with slender worms that stand up and wiggle with minimal rod work.Dropshot – Adjust your leader length to hold the bait at the right depth, relative to cover and/or fish positioning.
No doubt, creeping that 10-inch Texas-rigged worm across wood and rock will produce bites, but so will a tiny worm, lizard or creature bait on these rigs: If you’re in a lake and you can choose to fish one side with no hydrilla or one side with vegetation, you want to make sure you fish that side with the vegetation because those fish will be more active than the ones on the side with no vegetation.”įor starters, “slow” is not necessarily synonymous with a heavy object pegged to the bottom. “Hydrilla filters the water and pumps more oxygen into the water,” Johnston said. The dense, tangled mass of aquatic weeds cleans and invigorates the water, thereby promoting a bass-friendly scenario. This cover offers the shade that bass need on hot days, but the fish will be profoundly inactive without vegetation expelling oxygen.Ĭonversely, Johnston finds hydrilla beds abounding with summertime potential. Toledo Bend guide Stephen Johnston said laydowns - especially those in rivers and streams lacking aquatic vegetation - are prime targets for slow presentations. So, notwithstanding the brief flurries of activity you’ll often find at dawn and dusk, plan on slowing down in most bass habitat you fish during the day. Not that they can’t they just don’t want to, so the bottom line is declined aggression. However, summer months also need a slow-down, as lower dissolved oxygen in the water puts fish in a sluggish mood.ĭuring summer’s sweltering temperatures, bass simply don’t chase their prey as much. Winter is the natural thought here, as lower metabolism keeps the fish in slow mode for several months. No doubt, when extreme heat, extreme cold or a high level of fishing pressure has the fish turning their backs to reaction baits, your most productive strategy is go slow and steady.
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