Deep Water Fishing

[DJD]

Had a decent weekend fishing for Bass on several Kentucky lakes. We caught fish up to 30ft deep with the boat sitting in 50ft at times. What's the deepest you guys have caught Bass? We used jigs and spoons.

[mhall]

25 to 30 foot deep but I'm certainly not the best deep water fisherman around. I need to gain confidence in that area and maybe I'd stick with it longer.

[Bonefish]

When the water temperature drops from 50 to 55 degrees, bass will feed on shad in deeper water and this is good time to fish the spoons in silver or white.

[jcb]

Had a decent weekend fishing for Bass on several Kentucky lakes. We caught fish up to 30ft deep with the boat sitting in 50ft at times. What's the deepest you guys have caught Bass? We used jigs and spoons.

Ran into a friend of mine last night who told me his partner caught a 7.25 smallmouth at Cumberland last week while striper fishing in 55 feet of water.

[mhall]

Ran into a friend of mine last night who told me his partner caught a 7.25 smallmouth at Cumberland last week while striper fishing in 55 feet of water.

Surely he has a pic of that fish??? 7 and a quarter that is a fish of a lifetime. Post a pic if you can get one.

[apb]

My biggest smallie (6#) came while downrigging for stripers. Hit a jig at 45 feet.

Andrew

[DJD]

My biggest smallie (6#) came while downrigging for stripers. Hit a jig at 45 feet.

Andrew

Do the Smallmouth have a problem with their bladder when coming out of water that deep? Is it different in the winter time as opposed to the summer because of the water temp?
We had one largemouth die on us this past weekend and it was hooked in the jaw and caught in 20ft of water. The fish had great color and large belly but just looked like it was in shock and died within minutes.

[Moose1am]

I'd recommend eating those fish or stuffing them and putting them on the wall. They may die anyway if you released them. Unless they can swim back down to the deeper water. Releasing them ASAP would help.

Cold water helps too. More oxygen in the water and the COLD flesh of the fish keeps the gases inside the fish in solution thus preventing some gas from outgassing into the bloodstream and killing the fish.

[DJD]

I'd recommend eating those fish or stuffing them and putting them on the wall. They may die anyway if you released them. Unless they can swim back down to the deeper water. Releasing them ASAP would help.

Cold water helps too. More oxygen in the water and the COLD flesh of the fish keeps the gases inside the fish in solution thus preventing some gas from outgassing into the bloodstream and killing the fish.

Yep, that fish was eaten!

[jcb]

Surely he has a pic of that fish??? 7 and a quarter that is a fish of a lifetime. Post a pic if you can get one.

If I know these guys, the fish probably went to the taxidermist. Don't know if there are any pics, I'd love to see one myself.