| In our search for Bass, submerged distinct weed lines | | | | look for. Areas that are different in any way will hold |
| should not be overlooked in pursuing either the | | | | more potential. |
| Largemouth or the Smallmouth. When I come across | | | | A fast bait approach will take the active Bass. Baits |
| prime weed lines I get excited. My heart starts to | | | | like the crank bait, spinner bait and jerk bait will do |
| race because I know somewhere in that weed | | | | well worked erratically on the outside edge. They |
| growth lurks a dandy Bass! That is how much | | | | should be fished first because I feel that active Bass |
| confidence I have in a good 'distinct' submerged | | | | would no longer be active if spooked by our close |
| weed line. | | | | proximity. They will be the Bass in the open or just |
| There are basically two types of weed lines, above | | | | inside the weeds waiting impatiently for their next |
| the water surface and below. Although weed lines | | | | meal. Fast baits don't give the Bass time to think, |
| above the surface are quite productive, submerged | | | | just react and that is the key! Slow baits such as |
| distinct weed lines have more potential for holding | | | | craws, tubes, worms, or virtually any plastics your |
| good numbers and sizes of Bass. This happens more | | | | fishing heart desires will suffice nicely when worked |
| so in the warmer months of the year. The reason | | | | properly. Soft jerk baits can be finessed on the open |
| for this is because it gets less fishing pressure since | | | | edge by letting them glide slowly down to the |
| it's harder to spot under the waters surface unless | | | | bottom. Other plastics can be tossed into the inside |
| you're right on top of it. To me, the deeper the | | | | pockets or the outer edge or right into the matted |
| water with submerged weeds lines the better | | | | weeds when rigged weed less. They would have to |
| especially when the weeds extend all the way to the | | | | be weighted to get through the weeds to the |
| surface. It is a bonus feature in my books! | | | | bottom, but with just enough weight to do so. Drag |
| Now my interpretation of a prime distinct weed line is | | | | a tube in the clean outer edge creating a debris cloud |
| exactly what it states with the key word being | | | | and that should be all it takes to get a Bass cured of |
| 'distinct'. With the aid of polarized sun glasses you | | | | its 'lock jaw'! |
| should be able distinguish where the weed line | | | | Every lake is different giving us different submerged |
| basically ends and hopefully starts let alone find one. | | | | weed line potential. But not all lakes have good weed |
| A distinct wall of submerged weed growth in 4 to 8 | | | | line distinction so we as Bass anglers must explore |
| feet of water is prime real estate and the more lineal | | | | and find them! And if and when you do find one then |
| footage of it the better! | | | | you too will start to get butterflies in your stomach |
| Any submerged weed line is good fishing, but good | | | | as I do because the harder structure like this is to |
| characteristics like, dense weed growth, inside weed | | | | find the more prone the 'hawgs' are to smacking our |
| pockets, weed free 'travel ways', gravel or boulder | | | | baits! That just makes good Bass sense! |
| infested weed bottoms all are excellent features to | | | | |