Thanks Bob....some real good tips!!!!!

John K

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Well... I am guessing that you need to do some ninja bass fishing with
your float tube, a sounder, and a gps to locate submerged cover and
structure. Then you can spend more time casting directly to the high
percentage spots when pounding the bank later.
Some places you may be able to intuit by studying the the water and the
surrounding bank. Walk all the way around the lake a couple times
without a fishing rod in your hand. It just might pay off for you. Look
for places that would indicate naturally deeper structure or cover near
deeper water. Grass beds that go out away on a point and then suddenly
disappears. A fallen tree that seems like it is sticking up a bit on the
shallow side may indicate a drop off. Any noticeable water runoff,
rivlet, dry wash, etc will indicate a shallow flat with a ridge just
beyon and then slightly deeper water beyond the ridge.
If I recall you already use spinning tackle so you should be able to
cast small baits as far as is practical to reach your targets. You may
need to downsize line to maximize this.
Another thing you can try is to look for water temps. My dad used to
have a thermometer he would lower down on a line, leave at a certain
depth for a few minutes and then reel in very fast to check the water
temp at that depth. It was specifically made for this. You could
possibley locate a channel or ditch or deep hole that way, by finding
cooler water. It would be slow time consuming work to do it that way,
but it could be done. If you decide to try this make it a seperate
outing from your visual walk study I mentioned above. I think its better
to initially focus on one type of study at a time, and then put the
pieces together and combining and learning from both on later
explorations.
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com