LMB Techniques

[Jason]

I used to fish a carolina rig with either a night crawler or plastic worm. Did OK.
Now I've read a little about drop shots, plugs, crave, etc...

What works! What conditions are ideal?

[ZZZZZ]

I use shiners, goldfish, Crawdads or big daddy nightcrawlers fly line on 4#.

Thats all I know.

Iam a sporting LMB fisherman.

Bring your beach gear this week to work.

Come on branman give it up.

[ZZZZZ]

Okay Jason you are ready to give them hell .

We have LMB fisherman here.

I dont think Branman will chime in because you poke fun at him and his freshwater fishing .

[branman]

Depends on time of year

Drop Shot/ Split Shot works year round but isn't much fun in my opionion.

When the fish are staging and moving onto the beds, sight fishing a small tube or lizard can work well. Slow is the key if not sight fishing.

post spawn fish will hit the faster moving baits ie crankbaits spinner baits and top water, aug-oct is topwater time, my favorite is the buzzbait in heavy cover.

If I had to throw 1 bait all year it would be a spinner bait, you can fish them fast,slow, pitch/flip um. I have caught fish year round on spinnerbaits.

More important than the bait you throw is the location you throw it.

Fish will change location on small changes like wind, sun, cloud cover, basic thumb rule is Clear Skies = tight to cover Cloudy/rainy/windy = more in the open

Bass like changes in structure and you will find them on the edges of the change. If you have a whole shore line of tulles I will fish the start and end of the tules and move on. you will find some fish along the tulles but if you are getting them on the ends that is an easy pattern to find on any lake.

If the lake is dropping or in the Deltas case the tide is going out you will find the fish near the "escape" routes and on the edges where they can feed. Remember they ambuse their prey.

A forgotten place to fish is the wind blown shore lines, They are a pain to fish in a boat because of the wind but as the bait gets push into the shore and the surface has a good chop on it the Bass will feel more secure and be more aggressive.

I'm at work and could typr for hours on this but this is the basics

[Pickleboy]

GOOD READ BRANDON :
THANX 4 SHARING THE DOPE
WISH i could tolerate chasing them thing but they never play my way & i just get frustrated ,

not why i go fishing
so i prefer not to target them ( the just piss me off )
sorry dont mean to bash your kind

[ChuyDawg]

Hey Misuse the best place for any LMB info is by far http://www.bassresource.com/fish/tipsindex.html
They have all answers to most questions...
I personally use the drop shot with Aaron's Magic (Roboworm) and a Gamakatsu EWG hook...
I have lots of plastics that you can use if you want them...
Misc brands but all works the same...
I use the dropshot with a liter from weight to hook of about 6 - 8 inches...
Also depends on where they are suspended...
Might have to go upto 24 inches sometimes...
Let me know if you want some plastics...

[Ali]

freshwater=gay

how's that for stirring the pot?

[ChuyDawg]

Originally Posted by Gato Gordo

freshwater=gay

how's that for stirring the pot?

I knew that was coming sooner or later...

Working my way to saltwater...
Give me time, give me time...

[Ali]

Hey Chuy,

Once your other testicle drops, you'll love the Salt.

HAHA.



It's all good.

[Stanley]

Originally Posted by branman

...Drop Shot/ Split Shot works year round but isn't much fun in my opionion.

HA! Not much fun?

1. Stand up in the boat.
2. Drop the drop shot straight down
3. Grab a beer
4. Stare off into space (pretend like you see something far away)
5. Shake the shit out of your rod tip

What could be more fun?

Stupidest way to fish I've ever tried but catches the fish at Barrett.