10-25-2010, 10:44 PM
I am going through the same learning curve myself. I am in Texas working right now and when I have some time off I go bass fishing. My first time out the bass were schooling up the shad and it was a top water bite all day long-awesome! After that it got tough to find them. I am fishing out of my kickboat so my access is limited but I'm willing to travel with my oars. I found them on points but waaay out in 35-40' of water. The water temp was 92* on the surface.
One of my favorite ways to fish is deep worming so I'm in heaven. Nothing fancy, just a watermelon red senko t-rigged with a 3/8 oz. bullet weight. I still find some vegetation that deep to my surprise. I have caught quite a few on the open bottom but it seems as soon as I start coming in to the weedline is when I really get in to them. I can pop it out of the weeds and get hit almost like clock work. Where my 'home' is we do not have shad so I'm learning how to work that angle. I tie my own jigs so I've been able to experiment with different colors. Of course, black and blue-black and purple are the best colors.
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One of my favorite ways to fish is deep worming so I'm in heaven. Nothing fancy, just a watermelon red senko t-rigged with a 3/8 oz. bullet weight. I still find some vegetation that deep to my surprise. I have caught quite a few on the open bottom but it seems as soon as I start coming in to the weedline is when I really get in to them. I can pop it out of the weeds and get hit almost like clock work. Where my 'home' is we do not have shad so I'm learning how to work that angle. I tie my own jigs so I've been able to experiment with different colors. Of course, black and blue-black and purple are the best colors.
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