How to fish with lots of submerged trees

I bought a trolling motor for my inflation boat and a Humminbird
Smartcast fish finder and went out fishing for the first time over the
July 4 weekend.

We got to a place where the fish finder find so many fishes
under/around an area with many sub-merged trees. And we saw 2 big
basses jumped out of the water. But everytime we tried, we always
ended hook the trees. And the boat kept moving by the water current
and I need to power the trolling motor to slowing move back.

I'd appreciate any help or pointers.

Eric.

I haven't ever tried fishing with a submerged tree...sorry...;-)

"Eric" wrote in message
om...
I bought a trolling motor for my inflation boat and a Humminbird
Smartcast fish finder and went out fishing for the first time over the
July 4 weekend.

We got to a place where the fish finder find so many fishes
under/around an area with many sub-merged trees. And we saw 2 big
basses jumped out of the water. But everytime we tried, we always
ended hook the trees. And the boat kept moving by the water current
and I need to power the trolling motor to slowing move back.

I'd appreciate any help or pointers.

Eric.

An inflatable would not be my first choice for a boat, but... if the water
is not very deep you may be able to use a long rod or pole stuck into the
bottom to tie to. Other wise you will have to anchor if you want o stay in
one spot. I personally prefer to use my trolling motor in ym bass boat to
keep me moving around likely locations to fish.

As to what to throw. I bounce crank baits, off of submerged trees all the
time. Sometimes I will hang up on one, but I have only lost one this year
that I couldn't get out. Some of the guys prefer to run a spinnerbait
thorugh the trees and bump them over branches. I have had some luck doing
this. With crank baits and spinner baits both I have had a number of bites
just after I come over a branch.

Both baits work fairly well in submerged grass as well with a spinner bait
being a little easier to tear through the grass. Personally I can adjust
the depth of a crank bait by as much as a couple feet by how fast I retireve
it and the attitude of the rod when I am cranking it in.

Another bait that is good in grass, but not usualy used in trees is a rattle
trap. It tends to hang up a lot more than lipped crank bait, but there are
a couple of rattle trap type baits that have a small lip or ridge on either
side of the head. Don't recall which ones as I don't tend to use a lipless
crank bait in trees myself. I do like them for grass.

Another couple of baits that can produce fish in trees are light weighted
( I like 1/16 oz) texas rigged worms cast out and dropped down through the
branches. I like a thinner worm matched to the water color for this slow
presentation. With translucent colors selected over solid colors in clear
or stained water. A wacky senko works for this as well, but I defiitely use
a weedless rigged hook for it. I hate the wire weedguard hooks. Warren
turned me onto the w.w.hook by reaction innovations for wacky rigging. I
like a Tru-Turn style hook by Daiichi for the t-rigged worm. When dropping
it through those branches I like the point burried deep in the worm to
reduce snags. The cam action of that hook helps me get a few more hook
sets.

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"Eric" wrote in message
om...
I bought a trolling motor for my inflation boat and a Humminbird
Smartcast fish finder and went out fishing for the first time over the
July 4 weekend.

We got to a place where the fish finder find so many fishes
under/around an area with many sub-merged trees. And we saw 2 big
basses jumped out of the water. But everytime we tried, we always
ended hook the trees. And the boat kept moving by the water current
and I need to power the trolling motor to slowing move back.

I'd appreciate any help or pointers.

Eric.

anchor up texas rig a worm and be done with it


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
An inflatable would not be my first choice for a boat, but... if the
water
is not very deep you may be able to use a long rod or pole stuck into the
bottom to tie to. Other wise you will have to anchor if you want o stay
in
one spot. I personally prefer to use my trolling motor in ym bass boat to
keep me moving around likely locations to fish.

As to what to throw. I bounce crank baits, off of submerged trees all the
time. Sometimes I will hang up on one, but I have only lost one this year
that I couldn't get out. Some of the guys prefer to run a spinnerbait
thorugh the trees and bump them over branches. I have had some luck doing
this. With crank baits and spinner baits both I have had a number of
bites
just after I come over a branch.

Both baits work fairly well in submerged grass as well with a spinner bait
being a little easier to tear through the grass. Personally I can adjust
the depth of a crank bait by as much as a couple feet by how fast I
retireve
it and the attitude of the rod when I am cranking it in.

Another bait that is good in grass, but not usualy used in trees is a
rattle
trap. It tends to hang up a lot more than lipped crank bait, but there
are
a couple of rattle trap type baits that have a small lip or ridge on
either
side of the head. Don't recall which ones as I don't tend to use a
lipless
crank bait in trees myself. I do like them for grass.

Another couple of baits that can produce fish in trees are light weighted
( I like 1/16 oz) texas rigged worms cast out and dropped down through the
branches. I like a thinner worm matched to the water color for this slow
presentation. With translucent colors selected over solid colors in clear
or stained water. A wacky senko works for this as well, but I defiitely
use
a weedless rigged hook for it. I hate the wire weedguard hooks. Warren
turned me onto the w.w.hook by reaction innovations for wacky rigging. I
like a Tru-Turn style hook by Daiichi for the t-rigged worm. When
dropping
it through those branches I like the point burried deep in the worm to
reduce snags. The cam action of that hook helps me get a few more hook
sets.

--
Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Fishing & Boating Link Index
www.YumaBassMan.com


"Eric" wrote in message
om...
I bought a trolling motor for my inflation boat and a Humminbird
Smartcast fish finder and went out fishing for the first time over the
July 4 weekend.

We got to a place where the fish finder find so many fishes
under/around an area with many sub-merged trees. And we saw 2 big
basses jumped out of the water. But everytime we tried, we always
ended hook the trees. And the boat kept moving by the water current
and I need to power the trolling motor to slowing move back.

I'd appreciate any help or pointers.

Eric.

I'm planning on trying some of the new "Timber Tiger" crankbaits
around wood and laydowns. They are designed to be somewhat snag free
to be fished in heavy cover. You can check them out at
http://www.yakimabait.com/products.phtml?id=7

I will post how they work as soon as I get a chance to try them.

Heavy

"alwaysfishking" wrote in message ...
anchor up texas rig a worm and be done with it


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
An inflatable would not be my first choice for a boat, but... if the
water
is not very deep you may be able to use a long rod or pole stuck into the
bottom to tie to. Other wise you will have to anchor if you want o stay
in
one spot. I personally prefer to use my trolling motor in ym bass boat to
keep me moving around likely locations to fish.

As to what to throw. I bounce crank baits, off of submerged trees all the
time. Sometimes I will hang up on one, but I have only lost one this year
that I couldn't get out. Some of the guys prefer to run a spinnerbait
thorugh the trees and bump them over branches. I have had some luck doing
this. With crank baits and spinner baits both I have had a number of
bites
just after I come over a branch.

Both baits work fairly well in submerged grass as well with a spinner bait
being a little easier to tear through the grass. Personally I can adjust
the depth of a crank bait by as much as a couple feet by how fast I
retireve
it and the attitude of the rod when I am cranking it in.

Another bait that is good in grass, but not usualy used in trees is a
rattle
trap. It tends to hang up a lot more than lipped crank bait, but there
are
a couple of rattle trap type baits that have a small lip or ridge on
either
side of the head. Don't recall which ones as I don't tend to use a
lipless
crank bait in trees myself. I do like them for grass.

Another couple of baits that can produce fish in trees are light weighted
( I like 1/16 oz) texas rigged worms cast out and dropped down through the
branches. I like a thinner worm matched to the water color for this slow
presentation. With translucent colors selected over solid colors in clear
or stained water. A wacky senko works for this as well, but I defiitely
use
a weedless rigged hook for it. I hate the wire weedguard hooks. Warren
turned me onto the w.w.hook by reaction innovations for wacky rigging. I
like a Tru-Turn style hook by Daiichi for the t-rigged worm. When
dropping
it through those branches I like the point burried deep in the worm to
reduce snags. The cam action of that hook helps me get a few more hook
sets.

--
Public Fishing & Boating Forums
Fishing & Boating Link Index
www.YumaBassMan.com


"Eric" wrote in message
om...
I bought a trolling motor for my inflation boat and a Humminbird
Smartcast fish finder and went out fishing for the first time over the
July 4 weekend.

We got to a place where the fish finder find so many fishes
under/around an area with many sub-merged trees. And we saw 2 big
basses jumped out of the water. But everytime we tried, we always
ended hook the trees. And the boat kept moving by the water current
and I need to power the trolling motor to slowing move back.

I'd appreciate any help or pointers.

Eric.

"Kevin Hare" wrote in message
om...
I'm planning on trying some of the new "Timber Tiger" crankbaits
around wood and laydowns. They are designed to be somewhat snag free
to be fished in heavy cover. You can check them out at
http://www.yakimabait.com/products.phtml?id=7

I will post how they work as soon as I get a chance to try them.

I've used the Timber Tiger crankbaits and they work pretty good for coming
through branches. How well they catch fish has yet to be determined,
because I've only caught one pike on one, but they look pretty good in the
water and they do come through wood all right.

My favorite baits for working treetops, brushpiles and laydowns is the soft
plastic jerkbaits like Zoom Flukes and FinS minnows and Senkos.

They're dynamite under boat docks too!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Tom Seward, the guy who designed the Timber Tiger is a friend of mine.
There's probably not a better crank bait theorist in the country. The big,
deep diving tiger, fished on heavy mono (like 25 lb big game) is incredibly
good in nasty laydowns.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Hmmm.... incredibly good in nasty laydowns. Dang I just know I can catch
fish on crankbaits...can someone tell tell the fish for me?..jeez the
poconos must be rubbing off on me I just typed "Dang"

"RichZ" wrote in message
...
Tom Seward, the guy who designed the Timber Tiger is a friend of mine.
There's probably not a better crank bait theorist in the country. The big,
deep diving tiger, fished on heavy mono (like 25 lb big game) is
incredibly
good in nasty laydowns.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

Hmmm.... incredibly good in nasty laydowns. Dang I just know I can catch
fish on crankbaits...can someone tell tell the fish for me?..jeez the
poconos must be rubbing off on me I just typed "Dang"

"RichZ" wrote in message
...
Tom Seward, the guy who designed the Timber Tiger is a friend of mine.
There's probably not a better crank bait theorist in the country. The big,
deep diving tiger, fished on heavy mono (like 25 lb big game) is
incredibly
good in nasty laydowns.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing

"Kevin Hare" wrote in message
om...
I'm planning on trying some of the new "Timber Tiger" crankbaits
around wood and laydowns. They are designed to be somewhat snag free
to be fished in heavy cover. You can check them out at
http://www.yakimabait.com/products.phtml?id=7

I will post how they work as soon as I get a chance to try them.

I've used the Timber Tiger crankbaits and they work pretty good for coming
through branches. How well they catch fish has yet to be determined,
because I've only caught one pike on one, but they look pretty good in the
water and they do come through wood all right.

My favorite baits for working treetops, brushpiles and laydowns is the soft
plastic jerkbaits like Zoom Flukes and FinS minnows and Senkos.

They're dynamite under boat docks too!
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com