Fishing a ledge

[Bassmaster-ND]

Hey I've been seeing a lot about catching bass on a ledge and I'm a little as to what they are and I dont know what I would look for on a contour map to find one.

Here's two of the lakes that I fish. They are contour maps.

[url "http://gf.nd.gov/gnfapps/maps/lakecontours/nelson2.pdf"]http://gf.nd.gov/gnfapps/maps/lakecontours/nelson2.pdf[/url]

[url "http://gf.nd.gov/gnfapps/maps/lakecontours/mcdowell2.pdf"]http://gf.nd.gov/gnfapps/maps/lakecontours/mcdowell2.pdf[/url]

If you could point some out to me that would be great. Maybe circle them or something!

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[Warchild]

First thing fishing ledges is great action for smallies and larger bass.
I like dropshoting down on to the lip and working my way down the ledge. tube jigs are also one of my favs for plastics.
I love throwing deep diving crank baits the most. you can work a ledge straight on or across or work your way up the ledge.
ledges are just drop offs like say the waters 5 feet deep and then it drops to 15 or 20 feet.
I personally like to fish my lures coming out over the drop off.
usually fish hold a few feet below the ledge lying in wait for food.
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[gdn443]

The contour lines that are close together will tell you of a fast drop off. Looks like yours has color coded, so go where the dark blue meets the shore. Dropoffs are my faverite in fall fishing,
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[fsh4fun05]

There are alot of ledges here in Utah waters. Most of them big rocks coupled with small (2') boulders. I always like to swim a crankbait over the top and then a jerkbait. I'f I'm not catching anything a slow falling stickbait always does the trick, weightless Texas rig.
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