Quote Originally Posted by DaveStewart View Post
There are no honey holes...only high percentage spots...LOL. The first thing you have to do to be more consistant whether your are ledge fishing or fishing banks and points...you need to know how to eliminate water to find the highest percentage spots. To write here how to do that would take more time than I have....and besides...I make my living teaching how to do this so I really am not going to write it down here or anywhere else while I am still guiding. There is no secret to catching more big fish other than getting your lure in front of more of them and you do this by only concentrating on the higher percentage spots. I would be more than happy to take you out on one of my teaching trips...or if you would rather...wait until this winter and I will be teaching the class on how to eliminate water again this winter during my off season.

As far as the question about crankbaits vs finesse baits (soft plastics, jigs) on ledges. Early in the ledge season they both work good (May and June)...as the water warms up in July, August, Sept: the crankbaits still work but in my opinion the soft plastics and jigs will be more consistant in catching the ledge fish.

There is a reason Dave doesn't write it down here or anywhere, there is a reason guys who take the teaching classes do not talk about what the learned in detail.. oh you'll get tidbits, but you will never get the little necessary things they have learned from Dave and a lot of it has to do with - that it's almost like being given a key to multiple "honey holes" that you can find on your own and your taught where to look. the one thing that I was told/taught, and I have been concentrating on this year is very simple - yet very hard to change,and most guys won't understand but when you do it will boink you in the head.... "Don't fish what looks fishey - fish where the fish ARE or where they will be", the "high percentage area's"

BUT - that is the little tidbit's you won't hear "where do I find those?", you can do one of two things 1st. pray for an answer to fall from the sky while studying a map for hours/days/weeks and years or 2nd pay someone (a guide) to teach you, and I definately recommend Dave Stewart because I had most of the tools and he filled in the blanks.... the second option pays for itself AND IT DOES PAY FOR ITSELF!!!! You will save hundreds if not thousands of dollars in fuel costs alone - TRUST ME! I live on KY Lake have for 14 years and have burned thousands in fuel cost alone trying to learn "offshore structure" that you see the big boys fish and you hear about in every fishing report about KY/Barkley lakes all spring and summer.

JMHO..... if you need proof PM me I send pics of the fish Ive caught since fishing with Dave!!!!