Hi all. I have figured out how to consistently catch bass at the moment at one of my fishing spots, but I'm not sure how to describe why they are bitting so consistently at this same spot. Or, how to take this pattern and use it to fish other parts of the lake. Would anyone care to explain what is going on?
Bait: Texas Rigged Zoom 6" lizard brown speckled with a watermelon tail.
Location: I am catching the spot within a 100 yard area at the end of a creek. This creek is one of four that flow into a large shallow bay that ultimately narrows for about 300 yards and flows into the main river. The bay is very muddy due to the water being so shallow and its floor being dirt dumped from the creeks. The bay and the creek are filled with stumps from logging pre flooding. Boating toward the creek mouth the bay gets shallower and shallower; ultimately, it is a foot and a half deep before narrowing at the creek mouth. Once at the mouth there is the channel that varies from six to ten foot deep. The channel is roughly 30 yards wide in a 60 yard creek bed. The clarity roughly lightly stained, about 4 feet. The temp is around 44 degrees F. I'm catching the bass in the channel working the lizard. After going up the channel about 100 yards, the depth is the same, but the bite starts trailing off. Also, if I try fishing the channel leading out of the bay to the river, I also do not catch anything. However, staying in the creek channel at its mouth, I can catch about six to eight bass an hour.