Structure Fishing Question

Ronnie Garrison wrote:
Joshuall wrote:



Knowing that large mouth bass don't like current, how does what
I'm learning about fishing off shore mix? I mean if I pull off the
banks here and try to fish a ledge 30-40 yards off shore the water's
really flowing. Will they hang on a ledge in deep water where there's
current? And if not isn't all this off shore stuff mute for where I
fish? I"m haveing the same visualization problems with all of the
structure I've been reading about e.g. humps, sunken islands, ditches
etc. Anyone that can help reconcile this for I'd sure appreciate it.

In the lakes I fish, largemouth love current. If they are generating at
the dam and current is moving across ledges, humps and points, the
largemouth bite can be fantastic. As soon as the current stops, so does
the bite. This is true on lake like Eufaula, West Point, Bartlett's
Ferry, Siclair, Oconee and others that have current from power
generation or pumpback. That is one reason fishing is much better on
weekdays than the weekends - they seldom move water on weekends.

Bass will move up on top of points, humps and ledges, usually on the
upstream side, when current is moving across them. Current moves shad
to them. I have fished in current on the above lakes where I had to
stay on the trolling motor pretty hard to hold in one place. A big
crankbait that will hit the bottom is usually my best bait, followed by
a Carolina rig.

Ronnie

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Ronnie,

I think Jay Yelas would agree with you 100% about the generated currents
and how they bite as the current is being generated. He counted on it
for 3 days and it paid off big time :-).

Chris

I think it's more of a question of the bass positioning themselves in
predictable locations then it is a feeding scenario, much like it is in
tidal rivers. The no-current scenario in your lakes is on par with the
slack tide situations I face. The fish don't really stop eating during the
slack tide, but they do scatter & reposition themselves when the water stops
moving.

Warren

"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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Ronnie Garrison wrote:
Joshuall wrote:



Knowing that large mouth bass don't like current, how does what
I'm learning about fishing off shore mix? I mean if I pull off the
banks here and try to fish a ledge 30-40 yards off shore the water's
really flowing. Will they hang on a ledge in deep water where there's
current? And if not isn't all this off shore stuff mute for where I
fish? I"m haveing the same visualization problems with all of the
structure I've been reading about e.g. humps, sunken islands, ditches
etc. Anyone that can help reconcile this for I'd sure appreciate it.

In the lakes I fish, largemouth love current. If they are generating at
the dam and current is moving across ledges, humps and points, the
largemouth bite can be fantastic. As soon as the current stops, so does
the bite. This is true on lake like Eufaula, West Point, Bartlett's
Ferry, Siclair, Oconee and others that have current from power
generation or pumpback. That is one reason fishing is much better on
weekdays than the weekends - they seldom move water on weekends.

Bass will move up on top of points, humps and ledges, usually on the
upstream side, when current is moving across them. Current moves shad
to them. I have fished in current on the above lakes where I had to
stay on the trolling motor pretty hard to hold in one place. A big
crankbait that will hit the bottom is usually my best bait, followed by
a Carolina rig.

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com
Ronnie,

I think Jay Yelas would agree with you 100% about the generated currents
and how they bite as the current is being generated. He counted on it
for 3 days and it paid off big time :-).

Chris

go-bassn wrote:

I think it's more of a question of the bass positioning themselves in
predictable locations then it is a feeding scenario, much like it is in
tidal rivers. The no-current scenario in your lakes is on par with the
slack tide situations I face. The fish don't really stop eating during the
slack tide, but they do scatter & reposition themselves when the water stops
moving.

Warren
They are still there - you can see them on a deptfinder. They do move
off the structure and suspend, and I have a very tough time getting them
to hit. As soon as the current starts they move into contact with the
structure and feed. This movement is often just a few feet - straight
out over deeper water.

Ronnie Garrison wrote:
go-bassn wrote:

I think it's more of a question of the bass positioning themselves in
predictable locations then it is a feeding scenario, much like it is in
tidal rivers. The no-current scenario in your lakes is on par with the
slack tide situations I face. The fish don't really stop eating
during the
slack tide, but they do scatter & reposition themselves when the water
stops
moving.

Warren

They are still there - you can see them on a deptfinder. They do move
off the structure and suspend, and I have a very tough time getting them
to hit. As soon as the current starts they move into contact with the
structure and feed. This movement is often just a few feet - straight
out over deeper water.
That is a question I kept asking myself the year that Yelas won the
tournament. I figured those fish cannot be far. But I suppose when they
know if they wait till a certain time they will have a feast, they are
not going to go out of their way to expend energy.

Chris

I suppose they can actually be conditioned to migrate to certain spots as
soon as they hear those floodgates open. Unfortunately there are no "real"
river-run reservoirs in my area so my experience with them is based solely
on my readings & watchings. Maybe my tidewater analogy doesn't apply like I
thought.

Warren

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Ronnie Garrison wrote:
go-bassn wrote:

I think it's more of a question of the bass positioning themselves in
predictable locations then it is a feeding scenario, much like it is in
tidal rivers. The no-current scenario in your lakes is on par with the
slack tide situations I face. The fish don't really stop eating during
the
slack tide, but they do scatter & reposition themselves when the water
stops
moving.

Warren

They are still there - you can see them on a deptfinder. They do move off
the structure and suspend, and I have a very tough time getting them to
hit. As soon as the current starts they move into contact with the
structure and feed. This movement is often just a few feet - straight
out over deeper water.
That is a question I kept asking myself the year that Yelas won the
tournament. I figured those fish cannot be far. But I suppose when they
know if they wait till a certain time they will have a feast, they are not
going to go out of their way to expend energy.

Chris

I'm still confused. acccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccck (my kingdom for a
brain) !

--
God Bless America

Josh The Bad Bear

Joshuall wrote:
I'm still confused. acccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccck (my kingdom for a
brain) !

I apologize Josh,

what part are you the most confused about???

Chris