How to fish for bass on a lake that is like a bowl.

[chippy]

How to fish that lake? It seems just to be one big bowl with no sound structures.

I was able to mark some "baitfish" that also marked was marked with a few "bigger fish" on the deeper 20-25 FOW. There's is a weedline structure that ends @ 15 FOW. The shoreline is covered with lillypads and cattails.

I was having a tough time.. bringing in only 2 fish on a frog by the lillypads.

[shiltsy]

Do you have a map that you can reference? I'm by no means a pro, but outside of those weeds (where I would spend a ton of time), I would look for areas that are steeper than the rest of the bowl. Dropoff's have been good to me in the past.

Is there any submerged vegetation off the shore? Also, are there any rocky/gravel areas or is it all sand/muck?

The only final thought is that I've run frogs and buzzbaits through pads ad-nauseum without many hits. There's been a couple times that I would then switch to a soft plastic and start killing them. Try a few presentations in those pads. It might pay off.

[fishn]

If there isnt structure I would target cover. Look for irregular weeds edges, a change in types of weeds or weeds that grow deeper. With this cold weather the fish should be moving shallow. Hope that helps.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I would look for areas where the bottom composition may change or as stated, sharper weed edges and or Weed transistion.

[Fever]

This time of the year definately fish shallow. Fish around the outside of the lake with quicker moving lures and cover water. It is a no brainer - easy approach that should get you some results. Lures like buzz baits, frogs near pads, spinnerbaits, shallow cranks, lipless cranks would all work. In murkier water use darker lures for a more pronounced profile and in clearer water use white buzz, white spinnerbait, natural crank colors to match sunfish or perch colors. I'd say work deeper weedlines and steeper drops during mid to late summer and at this time of the year move shallow. Look to same places bass were bedding in mid to early May. That's my .02$

[fishuhalik]

Not to through any confusion in the mix, but I'm usually looking deeper this time of year, like weededges or bottom make-up. Sometimes I'll go up shallow, but not normally.

[Nick Kuhn]

I would look for areas where the bottom composition may change or as stated, sharper weed edges and or Weed transistion.

My lake is definitely a bowl, with no weeds whatsoever, and late fall all the fish can be found on muck/gravel or muck/sand transition areas. During the summer there's enough pads up to keep them in there, but early and late that's where to find them. My lake appears be quite a bit shallower than his though as my best luck is around 7-10 feet deep.