Jimmy
You just need to lighten your tackle and move to the rivers. We did well in the Colorado below Austin saturday, mostly on spotted rather than largemouth bass, and mostly in shallow, shaded areas in moving water.
Jack
Austin
"Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
STEVE,
You have to remember that I'm in Central Texas. The surface water
temperature in our lakes is now nearing 90 degrees. The bass are deep,
in the cooler water. They do venture out into the shallows early in the
morning and late in the evening to feed. We're talking about a time span
of some 30 minutes each morning and afternoon for the top water bite.
If you're late, forget it! As I said in my earlier post, moonlit
nights, fishing weedbeds is a blast! I use a buzz bait for this.
Anyone wanting to know more about this method just holler. And, before
you ask, I still do a lot of chunking and winding for bass from my bass
boat.
You can catch them in deep water, but it's a real chore. As for going
deep with a weighted fly, you'd be much better off using the "dreaded"
crankbait or other deep running bass chunking and winding lure,
something that has some action when pulled through the water. A deep
running weighted muddler, Cypert Minnow or zonker might work, but you'd
have to fish it like a "jerk bait". It has to have some action to wake
the deep water bass.
I suspect the water temp in Rick's ponds is still cool enough that the
bass are active.
JIMMY D
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Richard Zieger wrote:
>If you fish small ponds that bass are not that deep. I caught some in about
>5 feet of water last Saturday am.
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>Rick
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>From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:20 PM
>Subject: [VFB] just asking
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>John
>I was just thinking about what Jimmy D. just said.
>About the Bass being so deep right now,
>Am I dreaming or is possible Jimmy to even try to bother those big old Bass?
>I would have all my full sinking fly line out to get down that deep.
>I could fish off the dam? 30 feet or 300 feet?
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>Steve Clark
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