Found Weed Beds abbout 5-10 FT out in water..Will they hold fish?so close?
Last Post 29 Jul 2011 09:02 AM by memphisfish. 6 Replies.
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MoFishingUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:45 MoFishing
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25 Jul 2011 04:15 PM
    Will weeds beds that are about 5-10 Ft out in water hold any bass..The water is a little stained and i can only see the bottom about 1 foot out so i think its fairly deep and theres some small tree limps hanging into the water..Could there be fish there if so what kind and when would be best time to fish in and what should i use?
    ILbassinUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:120 ILbassin
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    25 Jul 2011 06:20 PM
    sounds pretty bassy, but in clarity less than foot, i would fish shallower for bass.
    I swear, it was this big (---------------------------------------)
    ouachitabassanglerUser is Offline Advanced Poster Advanced Poster Send Private Message Posts:223 ouachitabassangler
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    25 Jul 2011 09:30 PM
    That's prime bass territory, lately about 6-14' down according to the latest report I could find at http://extra.mdc.mo.gov/fish/fishrt/ When the water is dingy like now you can't see through it well, and standing at that angle light refraction is also reducing your visibility. But the fish are seeing just fine as far out as needed to feed and get around. I see that a week ago a crankbait was recommended, but from shore you'd be hauling weed and losing lures, so I'd go with a heavily weighted plastic worm able to bust through the far edge of weedbeds and sink a dozen feet, no deeper than 15' to bottom, then ripped back up until falling only 6' to bottom on the last hop. Retrieve and recast to the far edge of the weeds again.

    So how to know how deep the worm goes to bottom? If you punch a weedbed and let the worm drop straight down through the entry hole, let out line until it goes slack while counting feet of line stripped off the reel and how long it takes. Then you can figure how many seconds it takes that lure to drop so many feet. From then on count down the desired time interval to reach a desired depth, currently no deeper than 14'. Of course that depth might have changed, something for you to figure out.
    sarmstrong15User is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:3 sarmstrong15
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    28 Jul 2011 08:08 AM
    great tips ouachita, i felt the need to reply to this saying that the 5-10 ft weed beds are absolute goldmines. but your post was far more informative than what I would have came up with. Instead, i decided to commend you on your awesomeness!
    mo65User is Offline Veteran Poster Veteran Poster Send Private Message Posts:1576 mo65
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    28 Jul 2011 02:10 PM
    You said the weed bed was 5-10 feet out in the water, but you didn't say how deep the water was. Or, even more important, how deep the tops of the weeds were from the surface. Once you determine these two things, try draggin' a Carolina rig through there with the leader length set to skim the tops of those weeds. If the weeds are too thick for that, I'd slow roll a spinnerbait across the top of the weeds.
    Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it wasn't for my super smooth carbon drag, my 30 year old Trilene would bust!
    omildUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:17 omild
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    28 Jul 2011 07:44 PM
    I think there could be fish but don't count on my opinoin
    memphisfishUser is Offline New Poster New Poster Send Private Message Posts:46 memphisfish
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    29 Jul 2011 09:02 AM
    I think it would definitely hold Bluegills from my experience and maybe some Bass feeding on them. The problem for me in this scenario (which happens a lot because most of the ponds I fish have the same areas you described) is not spooking the fish because they are so shallow.
    No matter what you say or do, it won't stop me from going fishing!
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