Time for that Deep Edge advice, again

[RandyFish]

It is the time of the year to start looking at fishing deep water.

I know I have asked this before, but I wanted to throw the question out there again since I will be taking advice from the computer to the boat:

What is the best technique for learning to fish deep (meaning outside milfoil edges, etc)?

Should a guy go with a jig/pig, jig worm or t-rigged worm fishing slowly along the clean (meaning limited or no weeds) edge?

What about a fluke on a weighted hook?

I know the value of the carolina rig, but weeds can raise havoc with it.

For a plastics guy, like me, is this really a "slow-it-down, keep it on the bottom" situation?

Also, does this situation mean darker plastic colors -- purple shad, junebug, etc -- instead of natural colors like pumpkin? Same with jigs? Go with Black and blue?

I assume you want a dark form for the fish.

I am really looking for the "I usually start with..." technique for fish deeper.

I really want to get this element of bassin' down this summer.

In return, all I can offer is this: Toad type plastics (Sizmic Toads, etc.) are a blast around docks and you can fish like a top-water or a tube or senko. In other words, burn them across the water first, then go across the same area with a "sink and twitch" approach....an absolute riot for shallow water.

Thanks for the help everyone.

RandyFish

[rangerforme]

All of the above work. The clearer the water the more natural I'd go with colors. Also try and find out what the fish eat in the lake, like on Prior I do well with bluegill colored stuff because that is a big part of their diet. Like a broken record when fishing weed edges look for little turns and points and watch your electronic and keep an eye out for hard bottom transitions. I like to throw a carolina rig straight ahead of the boat and keep my boat right on the weedline, it helps keep the lure right along that weededge. When fishing jigs and jigworms, i like to throw a few yards into the weeds and work it back to the edge. Creature baits like brushhogs, etc. work really well to, just texas rigged with a bullet weight, I like to peg most of my texas rig setups though.