It's Time to Fish the Grass Lines
As the grass thickens along the river channel, drops and flats you just about don't have any choice but to join the many fishermen working yourself down the edges of the grass lines! The question is what do you fish with and what can you be successful with working the areas that are common and fished by all?
The baits I like to use while working down a grass lines have a couple of characteristics that help me determine whether the fish are on the edge or up in the grass. The first thing I do is start fishing a Texas Rig big worm, letting it drop along the edges working the first couple of drops as the water gets deeper off the edge. As I am progressing down the grass line I always have a SPRO frog rigged and if I see bait up in the grass then I start fishing the frog over the grass looking for the holes and ripples in the grass. The frog is ideal for catching fish in the grass as it is completely weedless and allows you to work over areas of the grass that no other bait can do. When I am fishing alone or maybe with just one fisherman in the boat with me working a square bill crank bait is a lot of fun, it wobbles and moves so well when you parallel the weed lines and creates a bite better than any bait you can fish along the grass. The SPRO Baby Little John 60 has some great movement and is fun to parallel the weed lines with; it just catches fish and creates some vicious strikes when fishing it.
Another key is to remember that many times the bass are staged at the bottom of the drops off the grass so position your boat in at least 15 ft. of water and maybe deeper to make sure that you have worked the drops as the ledge transitions from shallow water to the deep. Many times the bass are positioned at the edge of these depth changes and not working it down that ledge can cost you some good fish.
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Captain Mike Gerry