Bass Fishing - Best Way to Locate Bass (5/5)

Now we have two hundred feet of shoreline to fish without running the trolling motor or starting the big gas motor. We can sneak up and down the shoreline as many times as we want, fishing water from six inches to sixty feet. We can use live bait, or artificials. We can cast to the shoreline or fish straight up and down , AND DO IT ALL IN STEALTH MODE!!!

Once the anchors are down and the fish come out of their hiding places, we can fish all day in the stealth mode and not scare the fish one time. This works super in early spring when the fish are making their first forays into the shallows in search of crayfish. They are super hungry, and super spooky. Set up on a steep rocky bank, put a small rubber band around the "bug" and put the hook under the band, this way you do not have to put the hook into the bug and it will stay alive all day with no hook through it.

I cast up near the shoreline if the water is stained, or start out in fifteen feet if the water is clear. Cast the bait out and let it sit for thirty seconds then jump it five feet down and repeat or if the fish are really spooky just move them a few inches at a time by turning the reel handle one quarter of a turn at a time. This is slow fishing sometimes but it will catch some of the biggest bass of your life. I always fish the biggest bugs I can find, I want to get the attention of the largest bass in the area! Here in Calif. we have to buy a stamp for our license to fish with two rods, DO IT!!

The bugs fish themselves, let them crawl around and do their own thing while you drop shot a worm straight down into the brush and other hiding holes under the boat. ( don't leave them for too long as they will crawl under a rock or bush and hide ) As soon as you feel a bump set the hook, bass don't fool around they just "eat the bug". This is why I use the largest bugs I can find, It keeps the bluegills and small bass away. If it eats the big bug, its a good fish.