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What type of fisherman are you.....?
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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Ahab" data-source="post: 55400" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Regarding FW bass fishing - I wade!</p><p></p><p>I only use a boat to reach inaccessible places or lakes that have too steep a drop off to wade - I catch more, and bigger bass wading then I ever do boat fishing.</p><p></p><p>However, when fishing with others a boat is nice - wading is best done alone in a lake - you need to creep up on the spots.</p><p></p><p>As far as baits - poppers and soft plastics do the trick for me. I rarely throw a crank or spinner bait. I use jerk baits often in cooler water or when fish are chasing, otherwise I am either on the top or touching the bottom with 90% of my lake bass fishing. I tend to intensely fish an area that I feel should hold fish - often using a jig or bullet weight and changing colors, sizes and shapes until I get a bass to come out and play. One of my favorite tactics is to keep a topwater on one rod and a senko or plastic worm type bait on the other. I use the topwater to locate fish and the soft plastic to catch the remainder. Often if I get a bass on a popper there will be a few others in the same area that, for whatever reason, will not take a topwater. They will take a soft plastic on the bottom so I get two or three more fish without ever moving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Ahab, post: 55400, member: 10"] Regarding FW bass fishing - I wade! I only use a boat to reach inaccessible places or lakes that have too steep a drop off to wade - I catch more, and bigger bass wading then I ever do boat fishing. However, when fishing with others a boat is nice - wading is best done alone in a lake - you need to creep up on the spots. As far as baits - poppers and soft plastics do the trick for me. I rarely throw a crank or spinner bait. I use jerk baits often in cooler water or when fish are chasing, otherwise I am either on the top or touching the bottom with 90% of my lake bass fishing. I tend to intensely fish an area that I feel should hold fish - often using a jig or bullet weight and changing colors, sizes and shapes until I get a bass to come out and play. One of my favorite tactics is to keep a topwater on one rod and a senko or plastic worm type bait on the other. I use the topwater to locate fish and the soft plastic to catch the remainder. Often if I get a bass on a popper there will be a few others in the same area that, for whatever reason, will not take a topwater. They will take a soft plastic on the bottom so I get two or three more fish without ever moving. [/QUOTE]
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