08-17-2014, 11:47 PM
Hey Aaron,
I actually almost prefer bass fishing from the shore at those two lakes. I have a pontoon but don't normally bother with it when I go after the bass at either of them. Only reason I would use it would be to cover more ground and not have to deal with walking on all the rocky ledges.
Anyway as far as resources go youtube is great, I've watched endless videos over the years trying to find new techniques. Another one that I like is bass resource.com, they do some great videos on youtube along with just endless information on their website about different rigs and ways to fish. I'm not expert by any stretch of the imagination but I would say for you to either pick up some tube jigs or learn a dropshot w/senko and start bouncing the bottoms to get started. You WILL get snagged plenty and lose plenty of gear so be prepared to be frustrated at times.
I recently started using a 6'6" light action rod with a small spin reel for bass and it has done wonders. You have to be able to detect those subtle bites and I think that setup is best for it. I do use a bait caster quite a bit too but that's mostly for tossing bigger cranks and topwater stuff.
Anyway, hopefully that helps. I'm more than happy to give you any information you need or if you want to tag along one night I'd be happy to have you.
Side note: Hit Rockport again this morning and ended up with 6 but 4 of them were decent fish. The bite was EXTREMELY subtle, was happy to walk away with any. The pic doesn't look that impressive but they really were some fatty fish this morning.
Thanks,
DD
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I actually almost prefer bass fishing from the shore at those two lakes. I have a pontoon but don't normally bother with it when I go after the bass at either of them. Only reason I would use it would be to cover more ground and not have to deal with walking on all the rocky ledges.
Anyway as far as resources go youtube is great, I've watched endless videos over the years trying to find new techniques. Another one that I like is bass resource.com, they do some great videos on youtube along with just endless information on their website about different rigs and ways to fish. I'm not expert by any stretch of the imagination but I would say for you to either pick up some tube jigs or learn a dropshot w/senko and start bouncing the bottoms to get started. You WILL get snagged plenty and lose plenty of gear so be prepared to be frustrated at times.
I recently started using a 6'6" light action rod with a small spin reel for bass and it has done wonders. You have to be able to detect those subtle bites and I think that setup is best for it. I do use a bait caster quite a bit too but that's mostly for tossing bigger cranks and topwater stuff.
Anyway, hopefully that helps. I'm more than happy to give you any information you need or if you want to tag along one night I'd be happy to have you.
Side note: Hit Rockport again this morning and ended up with 6 but 4 of them were decent fish. The bite was EXTREMELY subtle, was happy to walk away with any. The pic doesn't look that impressive but they really were some fatty fish this morning.
Thanks,
DD
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