Go DEEP for bass

[Guest]

Hey all, thought I would throw some of you a bone with some hot bass info.

Last weekend we had one of our LETS events on the Le Homme Dieu chain in Alex.

Dennis Steele and I filled out each day on largemouth once we figured out exactly where they were....and they were deep.

I'm not talking 8-12 feet deep, I'm talking 15-25 feet deep.

These fish were definetly post spawn, hanging off the deep weed edges of any mid lake structure. The best fish holding spots were off of mid lake humps surrounded by very deep water and topping off at 9-12 feet.

These fish bit very aggressively hitting 1 oz spinnerbaits that were allowed to fall to the bottom and then slow rolled back to the boat, a technique I use mainly in the late fall, but tried it this weekend because of the cold water temps (60 degrees Friday morning....brrrrrr).

So if you are looking for some good action this weekend, give the mid lake structure a try, although I would concentrate a little shallower since the temps should be climbing.

Good Luck!!

[Dan Wood]

This all sounded believable until the part about Dennis catching a bass... We all know he only catches catfish .. Did you guys get into some big piggys (bass that is )? Did you pick up some decent pike on that same pattern?

[This message has been edited by Dan Wood (edited 06-29-2004).]

[sami0115]

were you fishing cabbage? that seems to work on the lake i fish in Park Rapids, there is a lot of deep cabbage that seems to hold fish...

[Guest]

The other teams had a really hard time finding larger pike. This is where we picked ours up, largest being 4.7, but I did loose one Sunday that broke me off that would have been much larger. I actually had a 26"er get slashed by something BIG on the way up to the boat. Had my line go completely slack and when I got it up, it had been hit by something and was bleeding pretty bad. There are a few ski's in the chain, it could have been one of those.

As for the bass, no really big fish, but all were between 14.5 and 17".

Sami-
No, it was more of a coontail-carrow weed mix.

[This message has been edited by Tom Herman (edited 06-29-2004).]

[BDR]

How you Bass guys find these deep bites really impresses me. I guess I just dont get it.

Good job in the tourny Tom and Dennis!

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Brian Rogers

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[ChuckN]

Just what Tom said, but we caught a majority of the bass deep with Redtail chubs and shiners. Northerns were the same. These fish were not easy to catch as they were nowhere near the structure I would typically find them this time of the year.

I went out to a trusty bass lake last evening in Otter Tail Co. and the bass were deep in the cabbage and were not hungry at all. My largest was 14" which really suprised me, as this lake consistently produces huge fish. It has been a strange year on these bass...