Best Lures to Work an Area with Limited Access ?

[chrisD46]

I have some ponds , small lakes and a stretch or two of riverbanks where you have limited access to the shore thus limited opportunity to cover water . In this type of scenario , what would be your favorite lures to use in order to really work an area of water with ? I'm thinking wacky rigs and T-Rig finesse worms and then maybe a slow surface twitch bait of some sort . I thought about small swim baits or small spinner baits but after 4 or 5 casts - I'm just covering the same water again ... Your suggestions and experiences ?

[big g]

I too fish from the bank almost everyday.  My lakes have thick weed beds surrounding the banks for about 10 yards before a depth change, so any exposed hooks are just out of the question.  I use as light a weight as I can get away with a 1/32 bullet weight most of the time.  This reduces hang ups with both the weeds and the rock walls.

As far as baits I use Zoom Flukes, Zoom trick worms, senkos, U-vibe worms, and creature bait 90% of the time.  Because of the thick lily pads, and hydrilla, I use at least 15 pound Floro, or 30 pound braid to get a decent bass through the thick stuff.  When I do take the boat out in the Everglades I will throw a wacky rig with a trick worm.  Lots of action with this worm.

As far as color, the lower the light conditions the darker the bait, dark blue, black, and junebug.  Sunny day, watermelon red, cotton candy, tekilla sunrise are my favorite color. 

I hope this helps a little, always remember on a tough day, keep it simple, and slow down and let it sit a while.  Most people fish way too fast.

[Princeton_Man]

It's no secret, I love jigs, soft plastics, and Senkos. If the limited access includes difficulty retrieving hung baits, I'd be fishing those three a lot just because they can be fished so many ways.

[chrisD46]

Good suggestions - for water with vegetation keeping a hollow body frog handy would make sense . Also something I have been considering : Where you have pretty dense vegetation hugging the shoreline out about 10 yards or so - why not consider flipping / pitching into the dense vegetation with something like a weighted pegged stick worm or a pegged UV Speed Craw ? ... It's kinda like flipping / pitching in reverse (only doing it from the shore instead of a boat) . Seems like it should produce ?

[big g]

Good suggestions - for water with vegetation keeping a hollow body frog handy would make sense . Also something I have been considering : Where you have pretty dense vegetation hugging the shoreline out about 10 yards or so - why not consider flipping / pitching into the dense vegetation with something like a weighted pegged stick worm or a pegged UV Speed Craw ? ... It's kinda like flipping / pitching in reverse (only doing it from the shore instead of a boat) . Seems like it should produce ?

Although my lakes are surrounded with thick weeds, most of my quality bass 90% are caught not in the surrounding weeds, but in deeper water in bottom grasses outside the thick shoreline.  I will catch smaller bass on the outside weed edge of the pad fields.  The deep bottom has weed beds about a foot tall, and lots of big boulders that the mommas like to hug.  With sensitive line, you can feel what's down there in the 10 to 20 foot depths.  Just work it slow and allow them to see it, move close to investigate, and then make their move.  I'm sure many big ones show up shallow at night, but not when I'm out there fishing.

[chrisD46]

I'm thinking that it would have to be sunny in order for bass to get into thick shoreline weeds so you can flip to them from the shore .

[FlatsNBay]

I'd go with finesse techniques to try to catch as many as you can from a small place. Think drop shot, ned rig, Shakey head etc.

[Hobious]

me.

bottom contact stuff.  ned rigs, tex rig baits, etc.  all in the genre of "jigs" for the most part.