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I fished Lake Oswego this weekend and we got a total of about 30 bass three bass were over 3lbs.
We also got into lots of crappie. We landed over 200 crappie. The bass were very near shore and near docks.
The crappie were in shade in the back of a bay.
Lures that worked best (If you know me you know the lure
We used some senko TYPE lures. The size of the bait was 3 inches. The color that worked best was a chartreuse with some core shot orange (perch imitation). Red bug worked well also. We also had luck with crank baits.
If you have never fished this size of senko, I ask you to consider giving them a try (an honest try). I think you will be shocked at the number of fish you catch! This bait can help you find a pattern FAST. You get more bites and you will understand things like the depth the active fish are holding in. Also with 75% more bites you can dial in presentation and color preferences.
So a good way to start to find fish is using a search bait like a spinner bait or crank bait. And keep moving till you get bit or you figure out they are just not hitting search baits today. If you get a hit or you catch a bass set down the search bait and cover the area with plastics. If you do not get bit in a few minutes switch back to search baits and keep moving. One other thing I do to try to quickly figure out the best depth for the active bass. Is fish piling rows or long docks. This will help you quickly determine a depth to focus on. Then start fishing other cover types till you find a pattern the fish are doing.
One other thing I do that most others do not do is I add a small weight to the line in front of the bait.
Lots of fishermen say fish this bait weightless. But being successful at bass fishing is more that about fishing. A very big part of being a very good bass fishermen is about TIME MANAGMENT! If I add a small weight to my lure it sinks a bit faster and over time I can make double the cast to good targets. and with hitting more targets you will land more bass. And if you land more bass you have better odds of landing more big bass in that time frame. I manage my time in great detail. I have several rods rigged and I am very good at getting my bait unhooked from stuff like brush, bocks, rocks, logs..... If you fish TONS you find ways to save time and that pays BIG dividends!
Let me go into how I fish plastic baits. First understand bass most often feed by sight. and bass can normally see two to 6 feet through the water. I use this site feeding as a big part of color selection of my lures and baits! But there are other things that can get a basses attention like sound. Sound can increase the number of bass that move to your bait. and if you get more fish moving to your bait you will get more bites. So I shake all my plastic lures. So this is how I fish plastics. Cast to good target. Let the bait sink to the bottom with a bow in your line but keep an eye on your line you could get bit on the fall. After the bait hits the bottom I drop the rod tip to just below about 45 degrees. Reel in any slack but do not move the bait with the reel! I start softly shaking the bait. As I shake the bait it starts to move toward me and I start to get a little slack line. I start raising my rod tip to take up the slack. When my rod tip gets near vertical I stop drop the rod tip and reel in the slack and let the bait fall back to the bottom. Fishing slow in the right spots allows big bass time to move on the bait and look it over and hopefully hit it. The bass are on or near the bottom most of the time! I will post a link to my free book.
Below is a copy of my silver lake map: good luck!
We also got into lots of crappie. We landed over 200 crappie. The bass were very near shore and near docks.
The crappie were in shade in the back of a bay.
Lures that worked best (If you know me you know the lure
We used some senko TYPE lures. The size of the bait was 3 inches. The color that worked best was a chartreuse with some core shot orange (perch imitation). Red bug worked well also. We also had luck with crank baits.If you have never fished this size of senko, I ask you to consider giving them a try (an honest try). I think you will be shocked at the number of fish you catch! This bait can help you find a pattern FAST. You get more bites and you will understand things like the depth the active fish are holding in. Also with 75% more bites you can dial in presentation and color preferences.
So a good way to start to find fish is using a search bait like a spinner bait or crank bait. And keep moving till you get bit or you figure out they are just not hitting search baits today. If you get a hit or you catch a bass set down the search bait and cover the area with plastics. If you do not get bit in a few minutes switch back to search baits and keep moving. One other thing I do to try to quickly figure out the best depth for the active bass. Is fish piling rows or long docks. This will help you quickly determine a depth to focus on. Then start fishing other cover types till you find a pattern the fish are doing.
One other thing I do that most others do not do is I add a small weight to the line in front of the bait.
Lots of fishermen say fish this bait weightless. But being successful at bass fishing is more that about fishing. A very big part of being a very good bass fishermen is about TIME MANAGMENT! If I add a small weight to my lure it sinks a bit faster and over time I can make double the cast to good targets. and with hitting more targets you will land more bass. And if you land more bass you have better odds of landing more big bass in that time frame. I manage my time in great detail. I have several rods rigged and I am very good at getting my bait unhooked from stuff like brush, bocks, rocks, logs..... If you fish TONS you find ways to save time and that pays BIG dividends!
Let me go into how I fish plastic baits. First understand bass most often feed by sight. and bass can normally see two to 6 feet through the water. I use this site feeding as a big part of color selection of my lures and baits! But there are other things that can get a basses attention like sound. Sound can increase the number of bass that move to your bait. and if you get more fish moving to your bait you will get more bites. So I shake all my plastic lures. So this is how I fish plastics. Cast to good target. Let the bait sink to the bottom with a bow in your line but keep an eye on your line you could get bit on the fall. After the bait hits the bottom I drop the rod tip to just below about 45 degrees. Reel in any slack but do not move the bait with the reel! I start softly shaking the bait. As I shake the bait it starts to move toward me and I start to get a little slack line. I start raising my rod tip to take up the slack. When my rod tip gets near vertical I stop drop the rod tip and reel in the slack and let the bait fall back to the bottom. Fishing slow in the right spots allows big bass time to move on the bait and look it over and hopefully hit it. The bass are on or near the bottom most of the time! I will post a link to my free book.
Below is a copy of my silver lake map: good luck!
Wouldn't that frost their smug mugs?! :lol:
