question about heavy cover

[evinrude19]

i am wondering what everyone likes to use in the thickest stuff in the lake like heavy weeds or lily pads and reeds and fallen trees or timber. what kind of line also would be helpfull. i am interested in learning new techniques because i usually just fish the edges of this stuff and want to try to get in there this year.

thanks

zach

[goblueM]

I've always been a finesse guy, but the rare times I dive into the thick stuff, I use a MH baitcaster with 20 pound power pro

Generally throw spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, slop frogs, etc. Depending on if its weed or timber, etc. I really like thick bodied cranks like Fat Raps for timber, they are surprisingly snag-free, and if you pause it after you get hung up, they often pop off the wood

[bassNspear]

when it comes to this, im running super braid line. Its a line that you can just rip and you know its going to hold up!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

My heavy cover setup is a heavy action rod and a reel spooled up with 65lb test braid. I use this combo to fish scumfrogs and to pitch plastics and jigs into cover.

[Bassman55]

Same as the other guys. Heavy or MH rod 7 or 7.5ft. 40-60lb test. I like frogs or weedless spoons on top or go through it with a jig or a bigger plastic.

[Deitz Dittrich]

As for lures, My go to is a heavy sinker 1/2 oz or more pegged and a tube. I call it a Deitz Rig, but I peg the sinker with a bobber stop and use glass beads between the bobber stop and sinker, and sinker and lure. Flip or pitch to pockets, if there are no pockets, I make em with the sinker. Sometimes you have to go to a 1.5 oz sinker to get it through the matt... I also use topwater frogs and timberdoodles or jaw breaker spoons.

For poles, 7'2" MH or 7'6" MH a 7' would work as well, 20lb florocarbon(Gamma) or 65lb braid(Power Pro)

[Neighbor_guy]

Jawbreaker spoons an scum frogs for big mats. Another nod to the spoon, jigs with trailers, and slug-go's for timber. The list is long for pads, it all depends on what is under them, and how thick they are.

[Nick Kuhn]

Pads I like to work a Texas rigged senko (just a hook, no other added weight). It allows you to work the pads very slowly. Plus it has a tendency to at times come up, slide over the top of the pad and then plop back in the water on the other side. Drives fish mad at times.

[slipperybob]

There's always a johnson silver minnow in the tackle box