Creative Ways to Target Bottom Bass

Maybe it’s a goby lake, maybe they’re eating crawfish, or they could simply be pinned to the bottom during a cold front or due to heavy fishing pressure. Sometimes, you’ve just got to keep it in the basement.

Contrasting scenarios of suspended fish of those relating to elevated cover like grass mats, dock floats or the upper reaches of a laydown tree; bottom-oriented bass require you to take the game to their doorstep.

Jigs, including shaky heads may be the first thought, but sometimes, a lateral to partly lateral look will temp them. Whether this presentation resembles a bottom-hugging baitfish or some other vulnerable prey matters less than the fact that...

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