How to Find and Catch Bass in Weedy Lakes
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Finding and catching bass in lakes filled with weeks (aka grass) can be challenging, but some basic knowledge with modern fish finders and a weedless Texas rig leads to quick success. Pro bass angler Bob Downey explains how to locate key grass edges and find the best grass using a simple Texas-rigged tube setup.
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• HOOK - VMC Ike Approved Heavy Duty Wide Gap Hook, 4/0: wired2.fish/2VN5ijH
• PLASTIC - Big Bite Baits 4" Craw Tube, color - Black Blue/Electric Blue: wired2.fish/3MhqZDb
• WEIGHT - VMC Tungsten Worm Weight, 1/4-ounce: wired2.fish/3PWZq3N
• ROD - St. Croix Avid Series Casting Rod (AVC70MHF - unavailable)
• ROD (alternative) - St. Croix Victory Casting Rods, 7'1'' Medium-Heavy Fast: wired2.fish/3blBzMo
• REEL - Daiwa Tatula Elite, 8.1:1: wired2.fish/3JrFOSZ
• LINE - Sufix Advance Fluorocarbon, 17- or 20-pound: wired2.fish/3jT4WGh
BOAT & ELECTRONICS
• LIVE SONAR - Humminbird MEGA Live Transducer: wired2.fish/3J4rzlg
• 360 SONAR - Humminbird MEGA 360 Imaging: bit.ly/3zMbDBF
• FISH FINDER - Humminbird HELIX 12 MEGA SI+ G4N: wired2.fish/HELIX12-MEGA-SI-G4N
• BOAT - Bass Cat Eyra: wired2.fish/3PJ95KC
• TROLLING MOTOR - Minn Kota Ultrex MSI+, 52'', 36v (112 lbs): wired2.fish/35duo2X
• MAPPING - Humminbird LakeMaster Plus Digital Chart, Minnesota V4: wired2.fish/2BOHF2f
Downey first stresses that finding fish requires patience and poking around. Most often than not, grass bass bury in the cover where they weight in ambush. They don't usually stand out on forward-facing sonar, so you need to fish around to find them. Modern sonar technologies like 360 Imaging and forward-facing sonar clearly show and define important attributes of grass.
While MEGA 360 paints a clear image of the grass (density, distance, direction), Downey adds extra content by scanning with his MEGA Live transducer, which provides distance to the cover and grass height while revealing pockets. It's your job to break down complex and expansive grass beds fast and pattern what the bass are relating to -- catch a fish, look for similar cover with your eyes and fish finders, and repeat. A pattern can become quickly apparent.
It's hard to beat a light Texas-rigged plastic in heavy grass such as coontail and milfoil, key grass types for bass up north. Downey makes long casts and allows the Texas rig to settle in the weed stalks. He then pulls the bait from the grass and drops it back down into the limbs and stalks. Think of it as stroking a jig, only it's a Texas rig, and your bottom is the plant itself. Bass can't resist a mouthful of tube slithering through the grass in this manner.
Focus your casts around holes, pockets, or points in the grass, as they are prime ambush zones. These are nondescript spots for most anglers, so you usually have the fish to yourself once you locate a school. Downey prefers a medium-heavy power rod equipped with a fast reel and straight fluorocarbon line, as he feels the measured rod coupled with line stretch keeps fish hooked better than a stiff rod or braid setup.
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If I fished tourneys , Id invest in electronics. But I fish about 8 or 9. local lakes ( yes, I AM lucky ) and have spent the time to learn them , instead of "scan " them. Im not saying electronics are bad, they are not, but unless you need to show up to an unfamiliar place & catch fish immediately, its far more satisfying to do the work yourself.
Exactly, a basic fish finder for a weekend warrior will suffice even in an unfamiliar body of water.
the people who complain about guys using electronics are the people that don't have it ... i use to be that guy and it's insane how much time i used to waste on the water fishing dry holes
The classic Daiwa reel scream 😂. Never fails that they sound like a cat dying when you cast them, but they’re the best.
5.59 minutes.
The unique beauty of nature fascinated me. Thanks for sharing
Thank you 🙏
Throw your side imaging transducer on the trolling motor and you can see the weed edge as well. Poor man's 360. I call it 180
This is gold 😂😂
How to catch weed bed fish…..use your thousands of dollars worth of electronics. Why didn’t I think of that!! 😂😂😂
Randy blaukat fan?
You can see the weed edges with your eyeballs, Edgar. Why didn't you think of that? 🙄🤡👶
@@travisbruno1988 exactly what I was thinking!
Your the only one laughing!
@@juststatinfactssv4989 he i loved the vid. Your always gonna have the older generation and new that hate electronics till they can afford to have them. Im an electrician so anything like livescope i love
they must have made a mistake on the title of the video. I think it was supposed to say, "how a below average to average angler can become a good angler by using livescope and 360 imaging" aka "cheat code for bass fishing"
"How to Find and Catch Bass in Weedy Lakes" | "Duh, A Really Expensive Fishfinder"
No electronics are a tool, you choosing not to use a tool is fine but I’m not going to build a house without a hammer
@@TheB3e3 you’d probably still suck with the electronics. So don’t worry about them
New sub ! Liked 🙏🤘👍😆
Thanks for the sub!
Approved.
Is there a reason so many guys use the Helix instead of the Solix?
Thanks for showing ,how you do it . Electronics gets a lot of hate but it’s the future people always fear what they don’t know .
I’ve never owed even a depth finder but still manage to boat double digit bass. They call me Mr. SoreMouth!!!
@@swamp_rat_fla1126 I own a old canoe 🛶 and kayak that’s it, no electronics . I always catch fish too but …. I’d like to catch more . Look at Milliken catching double digits all the time. I live in Rhode Island biggest I’ve caught is 6/9 oz the one in the pic is 5 1/2 whopper plopper fish .
@@swamp_rat_fla1126 also with that technology I could beat our state record .
If u need fancy electronics when u can’t find ur own fish u might need to put some more time on the water an set those electronics to the side because I promise it dosent make u a better angler or teach u a thing if u needed that much help to learn how to fish just go so sum else takin the fun out of it it’s not fishing anymore
@@downsouthfisherman3236 where do you fish ?
The channel is named "Wired"2Fish, so electronics usage makes sense. So tired of seeing all the whining on fishing videos these days. There are still useful tips even if you dislike the electronics component.
Advanced grass tactics= fish the weed lines...
Fishing is like playing the lottery sometimes you play and win and sometimes you lose.
god forbid you use your eyeballs.
for real
This didn't help me as a bank angler in Southern California.
Not all of our vids are relevant to specific fishing situations. An environment-specific video from central northern MN my not be useful content for SoCal.