Dog day bass.

[Slyster]

So.. now that we all seem to agree that the bass bite is slow by this time in August (especially with this hot summer!).. what does one do? Fish slower? Fish faster? Deep? Shallow? Weeds? Rocks? Docks?

I am amazed at the change of bite in the last few weeks. What do you more experienced bass anglers do at this time of year?

I have tried super slow plastics and faster spinnerbaits and raps this week.. none of which produced too many bass in my 'hot spots' like they did a month ago (especially plastics!)

Where are they? Are they hanging out shallow under docks? or hiding out deep? I assume the middle depths (5-10 ft) are pretty much NOT the place to fish in August?

Tx! Still learnin'

[delmuts]

crappie tom and others have been doing well with surface poppers for bass( plus some northern in the mix!)[check out the" back waters" in the rochester forum] . you may want to try poppers,buzzbaits etc. around weed edges and even docks.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

Ive been having decent success fishing carolina rigs in deeper water (14-20 feet). Ive been getting bass up to 19", and bonus fish like 8.5 pumpkinseeds and this gator...