ledge fishing

[carman]

I'm a once a week guy. Can't seem to figure out WHERE to fish
after the sun comes up. Do you guys just start fishing and
find a area ? I study maps, ask to many questions, have
decent equipment. HELP a guy that loves to catah fish!

[Rangerman]

Here is a good article Dave Stewart wrote on fishing ledges.

http://www.fishin.com/articles/ledges.htm

[Danny]

Best suggestion I can give you is not only read Dave's article, but also hire him for a day. He taught me more in one day than I could have learned in 6 months... or so I believe.

Danny

[BassBest]

If you are ever out this time of year after say around 9am, do all of your fishing in deep water (deeper than the penetration of the sun at least),
with water this hot O2 starts to drop, some fish will stay shallow but are tidious to catch and not usually very large and almost always in the middle of a brush or grass patch. If the dam is pulling water I fish both main lake points of bays. And don't forget those humps!! Of course as stated before, the best advice here is to book a trip with Dave. Good Luck, if you find them get some pics!

[Dave Stewart]

Thanks for the kind words guys. I would be happy to teach you how to eliminate water not only for ledges but for the other seasonal patterns also...I do these type trips quite often, as a matter of fact I am doing one today with a fellow that is having some difficulty in eliminating water...there is never a guarantee when bass fishing but you can certainly up your chances tremendously of putting fish in the boat if you learn how to eliminate water before you get on it and spend your time fishing "high percentage" areas rather than just running around the lake throwing lures here and there without knowing you have a more than reasonable chance to catch fish on those spots.