Sandy bays on LOW

[Scoot]

I'm still relatively new to the sklunge game, so excuse me for asking what I assume is a pretty basic question.

On LOW I've found most of my sklunges on rocky shorelines and classic looking points and fingers. Cabbage beds on shorelines have also produced lots of lookers and takers. However, I've not been fishing the sandy bays that face West as many people on here talk about. My understanding is that these bays tend to have cabbage growth and therefore often hold fish. Is that right? How deep is the cabbage in these areas? I assume the typical approach to fishing these areas is to get outside the cabbage and fish over and through it. Why haven't I noticed cabbage in several West facing bays on LOW that I can think of? Is it deeper than I'm looking?

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Scoot

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[KING]

Cabbage in the bays will be typically the same feature wise as the cabbage you find on shorelines.

Last year alot of the bays did not get great cabbage growth do to the low water. A lot of normally great spots were completely void of cabbage, bays and saddles.

If you are getting action on shoreline cabbage your presentation will work in bays.

Not all bays for some reason or the other will have cabbage, it is a bit of a hunt to find the good ones. Generally once a good one, always a good one.

The only different cabbage is the red tobacco cabbage. You will find smaller beds here and there. Its worth fishing.

[Scoot]

Another sandy bay question- do these bays produce for as long as the cabbage is good? Or... do they quite producing after the water warms up a little?

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Scoot

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[Big G]

Scoot;

My personal expirience is that these bays warm up faster than the rest of the water. They can gain 10 degrees on a good sunny day.

With that said, they are great "early season" locations..........all the way through mid-July. Kinda pends on each season, whether the weather is warm or cold for the "year"..........get it???

Come mid-July, they will still hold fish. But then I tend to work points and saddles that are adjacent to deep water (20 to 30 feet........if not more). I have found these areas..........which do relate to these west bays.........to hold the super tunas.

Doug Johnson turned me on to this. Then, after working it a bit and putting all the puzzle pieces together, I found myself on one of his top spots..........as he scowled at me with a bit of a grin........uh-oh!!!

Now, any sandy bay won't work. These places have to relate with the fishes habitat, feeding, and spawning. Last week, we fished areas that were no more than 1 mile from spawning areas. Thanks Doug!!! (He was at the same lodge we were and passed on some generic advice that we were able to decipher).

For example.........We fished one island, that had a 100 yard stretch of boulder rocky shoreline. It had some small pocket bays and small points juting out under the water. It all led to a sandy bottom. (Avoid "baldface" or "smooth" rock, Boulders are the ticket). Just out from this stretch was a small reef, about 100 yards from shore. On this west facing sandy bay, with boulders, pocket bays, points, with tons of small cabbage pockets and lots of reeds..........we raised 4 muskies on one pass..........

Now............Again...........Take me there in Mid-July, when the water is alot warmer..........I won't spend a lot of time there.........I will be looking for deeper saddles and points that lead to deeper water........BUT not far from these areas!!!!!!!

Happy Hunting!!!!!!

[KING]

I generally agree with Big G....

There however will always be some fish in the cabbage on LOTW as long as it is green. Weeds produce oxygen...which starts the food chain.

The problem is they can be difficult to fish efficiently as they become very thick on top.

Some of these can be fantasic as the sun goes down and fish have to move back out to the edge as the oxy levels drop. Fish that were very difficult to access are now very accessible. These can also be very good in the morning.