Re: Deep Water Bass
Good advice here, from all the replied.. Personally, I don't "get " the big dropshot craze.. If the fish will hit a plastic lure on a hook with a sinker bouncing below it, they'll hit the same lure on a jig head.. Drop shotting is just jigging with the hook and the lead weight separated..
I would try plain lead head jigs around 1/4 oz with natural colored worms, minnow shapes, tubes, craws, Sluggo type bodies etc, and see what happens.. better yet, bring two rods, one with a jig head, and another rigged for drop shotting, and see what produces better.. The MAIN thing is fishing productive water.. Some NJ lakes have a problem with oxygen levels below a certain depth,, If you are fishing lets say a rocky area in 40 FOW on a smaller lake, there may be no or little oxygen at that level.. In that case you may need to fish the edge of a weed line in lets say 14 FOW...
If the lake has Lake Trout that are regularly found deep, or is know to have good bass life in lets say 25 + FOW water, it probably has enough dissolved oxygen.. You need to know the lake, so do just a bit of research... Deep water jigging will get you some big fish. If you do this on the big NJ lakes., or the Delaware River at the right time, you may also get yourself some big Smallmouth ,Walleyes, BIG perch, Catfish, Carp, Laker, Brown Trout, and even a Striper hybrid or Pike or Muskie.. I have caught all these species while deep jigging.. The best tool is a good Fish Finder on the boat.. If you see schools of bait, and fish arches with decent consistency, there is food and oxygen down there, and you will be successful if you work the lures correctly.
Ask questions about the areas you want to fish, don't waste time fishing dead water... bob
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