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What structure should I target for bass right now?
Based on the video context, when looking for structure to focus on for bass fishing, it's important to find areas near flats where the bass can go to feed and then come back to the structure to feel comfortable. Some examples of structure to look for include humps, points, ridges, channels, and creek channels that come near a flat. Even if you're not marking fish on the structure, it's still worth fishing those areas as you might still catch fish there.
In addition to using a graph or map to locate structure, it's also helpful to look for signs of fish activity, such as bait fish or other fish, on your depth finder. Pay attention to the average depth where you see the most activity and try to find structure that intersects with that depth.
If the video context is unclear or insufficient, please provide more details about your fishing situation, such as the location, time of year, and any specific challenges you're facing, so that I can provide a more tailored answer.
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Summer Bass Fishing Techniques and Tips | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Now one of the key things I like to look for
when I'm looking for structure, I'm looking on a map or graph, or I'm just driving around
the lake and looking. So I like to find structure that's near flats. It's got to have a flat nearby someplace,
where they can go over and feed and then come back to that structure and feel comfortable
in. So a hump or a point or a ridge, channel,
a creek channel that comes in the bend that gets near a flat, that's an ideal place to
look. Even if you're not marking fish on that...on
those pieces or structure, definitely fish and you might catch fish there. But don't just go to any structure and start
fishing, "Hey, it's summertime, I got to fish deep. So I'm gonna go 30 feet deep and start fishing." Chances are you aren't gonna be successful
that day. What I like to do is when I first launch the
boat, I flip on the graph, and I take a look to see if I can find any bait fish or any
fish activity. Typical bait fish, you find a ball of fish
somewhere, you know, bait fish at a certain depth. You don't always get that characteristic,
you know, look on your depth finders. So typically what I do is I just try to find
what's the average depth where I see most, the most activity? Let's just say, 15 feet, just for an example,
the 15-foot mark. Then I'll go try to find structure that intersects
with that depth.
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1973 Bassmaster Classic by Bassmaster → find a good concentration of fish now how do our fish structure well it's really not too hard there's two or three tools of my trade here you need a good locator a good map and a good selection of lures and also remarkably basically the lures I'm using is the number one all-time structure lure that can't be an equal is the plastic worm I'm rigging it up with quarter ounce to half ounce LED according to howdy Co on a fish another hot lure is a vertically jigging a spoon over a good drop-off another very effective way not to be confused at the wheeler spoons or a little George lure again these are heavy metal lures now the key to finding these underwater features is set of underwater eyes in the form of a fish locator this enables me tart to search out the three basic ingredients of structure and that is the depth itself to the structural feature the drop-off and three the brush or cover that forms the ambush point for any one or single bass or possibly a school bass now to find these areas basically I first look at say a good contour map I searched out Creek channels underwater Islands any type of a regular feature on this map in a Clear Lake I'd be looking for deeper water probably 15 to 30 foot however if the waters muddy or dingy the fish can't see
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Top 4 Baits for Spring Structure Fishing | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Hey, guys, I'm Bassmaster Elite Series Pro
Pat Schlapper with bassresource.com. I'm gonna talk about structure fishing in
the springtime and kind of how I approach finding fish. So, in the springtime, it's all about the
spawn and the migration route that them fish are gonna take from the main lake or wherever
they're wintering at as they move up to spawn. So, the first thing I do is I'll look at a
map and I'll look for a likely place where those fish might spawn. You know, it could be the back of a cove,
it could be a marina, you know, anything that's protected where it has the habitat for them
to spawn. So what I look for are secondary primary points
leading back into that pocket. And once I find those points, I wanna find
the structure that they're most likely to hold on. And structure fishing is kind of a loose term,
you know, it could mean a rock pile, it could mean a single rock. It could mean to me a clump of grass on a
flat. It could mean a tree, a log. So every lake and system is a little bit different. So the key thing is, is learning where they
spawn and how they migrate in there. And from there, you'll figure out what type
of structure they're going to use as they move up. So some key baits that I'll use when I'm looking
for that, especially in the spring, you know, pre-spawn, it's gonna be a jerkbait, something
that I can cover water with.
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Tackle Tip Tuesday - Roland Martin on keys to structure fishing (1973) by Bassmaster → for me the key to really first-class bass fishing is fishing structure what's structure structure is fishing any irregular feature out in the lake I'm talking about away from the shoreline I'm not talking about surface plug fishing I'm not talking about spinner bait fishing I'm talking about seeking out those deeper areas irregular features like old underwater islands old Creek channels old house foundations an old weed line any old rock pile an old fence anything it's irregular that's different from the rest of the surrounding bottom and generally something it has a little bit of brush on it a little cover and generally something that's connected with a good drop-off these are the secrets of really find a good concentration of fish now how do our fish structure well it's really not too hard there's two or three tools of my trade here you need a good locator a good map and a good selection of lures and also remarkably basically the lures I'm using is the number one all-time structure lure that can't be an equal is the plastic worm I'm rigging up with quarter ounce to a half ounce LED according to how deep I want to fish another hot lure is a vertically jigging a spoon over a good drop-off another very effective way not to be confused at the wheeler spoons or a little George lure again these are heavy metal lures now the key to finding these underwater
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Fall Structure Bass Fishing | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → Hey guys, I'm Bassmaster Elite Series Pro
Pat Schlapper with BassResource.com. Today, I wanna talk about structure fishing
in the fall, offshore structure fishing. And to me, that time of year, everything revolves
around bait fish migration. You know, those bait fish are really getting
grouped up, getting into tight balls, and most of the time they're either gonna be migrating
into the backs of coves, marinas, creeks, or they're gonna suspend over offshore structure. And I like to target those fish a lot. So a few of the baits that I'm gonna use,
it's gonna be all around the bait fish for the most part. So from the top to the bottom, and the first
one that I'm gonna use most of the time is gonna be a jerk bait. And jerk bait is really effective that time
of year, especially if you're someone that uses forward-facing sonar. So if you go out and you graph around and
you find some structure that has bait on it, most of the time, if you hunt them bait fish
down with your forward-facing sonar, you're going to see those bass suspended under those
bait fish. And to me, there's nothing better to trigger
those fish and trick them into biting than a jerkbait. This is a standard Megabass 110 Vision. I use the plus one a lot too. When this bite's going on, I'll have probably
at least four different jerkbaits out to cover, you know, from four foot of water down to
12 foot of water, depending upon what depth and bait fish are.
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Big Lazy Fat Bass Live Under Docks! CATCH THEM! by The Bass University → the structure marked so side scanning is hugely important those are identifying the best docks to go to because once again if you're fishing unproductive water you're not catching fish the difference between most pros and most joes as i call it is the guys spend too much time fishing unproductive water when i pull up to a spot i'm gonna hit the key spots yeah i might leave a few fish here and there but i'm spending more time casting at the bass than i am fishing unproductive water so once again isolated docks like that one the biggest dock side scanning being able to find structure underneath docks is identifying the best docks that are out there where to start on the dock for me i'm all about meat and potatoes I'm going straight to the heart I'm figuring out the most high percentage spot can anybody tell me where the most high spot on here on this place would be anybody anybody raise a hand you first here I'll let you point point to it yes sir you've got it right what it is is that is once again the biggest structure three people on that side that can't see the biggest structure underneath that provides the most shade connected to the deepest water and so what they're doing is they have an ambush point for the bait fish coming out of the shallows and the bait fish coming out of the deeps and once again
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