Quote Originally Posted by Moveon View Post
I've decided to finally read this book that my Dad had for years. It's been sitting on my book shelf for ten years or more now and I started reading it last night. The guy is very opinionated but was once considered the father of bass fishing. Long before I heard of Buck Perry of Fishing Facts Magazine. Jason wrote for Sports Afield Magazine for many years.

Hopefully my speed reading class that I took in College as a Freshman can be put to use as this it not a physic or chemistry or math text book but should be some easy reading for me. Most of my reading is technical reading materials or the news paper.

Perhaps after I read this book I can give you some more insight on where the bass are suppose to be. Jason once fished 365 days in a row and 8 hours each day. That guy was a fishing fool or a liar. LOL.


Fish deep and slow and look for deeper holes that may hold larger bass. Don't fish too deep or below the thermocline if there is one. Most thermoclines are around 25 ft deep in the lakes around here in IN. But that can vary to some degree. So fish the 18 to 20 ft depths. If you find an underwater hump that had the top of the hump above the thermocline then I'd check that place out thoroughly. Use a stop and go retrieve. Let the bait hit the bottom and sit there for a while. They flip it up about 4 to 6 ft and let hit settle back down on the bottom. I'm talking about using a 3/8 oz jig and pig with a pork rind on the hook. Dirty brown and white colored jigs work good in the deeper bottom water areas. You can fish plastic worms along the bottom and rig them texas style or Carolina rig style. Both will work good. I like using a "Motor Oil" colored plastic work with BPS keeper hooks. I've caught a lot of Largemouth bass on this worm setup. The key is to find the area where the big bass hang out in the hot summer months.

If you insist on fishing the shoreline then go early in the morning before the sun's up. Or fish at night when the sun's not shining hard on the water's surface. A night with a full moon might be more productive and make it easier to see.

Or you can do like I do and troll cranks though the mid depths during the hottest part of the day when the bass are suspended out over the deeper parts of the lake.