A jig is the best lure that I've found for fishing shallow cold water situations. “It’s good to have a lure retriever, too,” he said.3 ก.พ. Manson often relies on his shallow-water anchors to hold his boat away from pilings or in perfect position to cast his crankbaits, regardless of the wind’s strength or direction. The slow and repetitive nature of cold-water bass fishing makes other gear helpful. 43 ft Ocean Yacht in less than 4 feet of water catching striped bass!!! We start off basically in the breaking waters of Little Egg Inlet, NJ throwing lures. Editor’s Note: Article was originally published in January, 2011. Pick up the big stick, head shallow and thump some bass. Fishing cold, muddy water is not a desirable situation to find yourself in, but it’s no reason to throw in the towel, either.If we go back to the theory that Bass go deep in winter we can see why Creeks would be important, if the flat is an average of 4 to 6 feet a Creek that is 7 to 10. Flats can be any water that is relatively flat over an area from one to hundreds of acres, and it can be deep or shallow it just needs to be fairly stable as to the depth it is in. Gary Dobyns, one of the all-time greatest western bass fishermen of all time, told me once that he starts out fishing shallow no matter what time of year it is. Fish don’t hibernate even in bottomless lakes, the bass are often shallow, even in the dead of winter. Our urban lakes have bass, and the deepest they can go is about five feet.It’s not impossible though, you can still catch them with a variety of techniques. In extremely low temperatures, it’s more challenging to catch bass because their metabolism decreases and they don’t feed as often. So, how cold is too cold for bass fishing? Water below 40☏ (4.4☌) can be too cold for bass fishing.It can make a hot summer day even more enjoyable walking the shallows with the added bonus of some of the tastiest fish on offer if you choose to keep your catch. With any new method it can take time to figure out but with some persistence it’s great fun and very visual fishing that’s addictive. For surface lures a find a walk-the-dog retrieve best, and as before don’t stop moving the lure.Įxpensive outfits aren’t needed but it’s best to have a sensitive light rod that is able to work the lures well, and light braided lines make for easy casting of the small lures used.Īs summer fast approaches hopefully the info above gives some insight into chasing these speedsters of the flats. Don’t ever stop your lure, it must be moving at all times or they will lose interest in it very quickly.įor vibes a slow steady wind is all that’s needed. Lure retrieve I think is the single most important factor when it comes to whiting on lure success. I do tend to use vibes to find fish and then change over to small surface lures like the Infeet Slippery Dog 65F, once again fitted with assist hooks off the back.įor your outfit you don’t need anything fancy and any 7ft rod rated 1-4kg with a 2000 sized reel will do, 6lb line and 6lb leader is more than enough, but I do at times like to run 8-10lb leader as I have got large flathead as bycatch. These small vibes are also a little heavier so make casting easier. While whiting are a smaller species they can be caught on a variety of lures even fairly large offerings, but without a doubt small vibe lures work best, and running assist hooks instead of trebles will improve your catches a lot as they do have small mouths and are great at throwing hooks. I’ve found the warmer the water the more active they will be so sunny hot days with an incoming tide pushing water over the shallows is a good combination to have them in the shallows and feeding well.
Keeping a close eye out for small silver flashes is a good idea as there is a chance it’s a school of whiting rolling as they feed, Polarized sunglasses are a must for this so you can see them before they see you when walking the shallows. Look for clean sandy flats with lots of worm holes and signs of disturbances on the sand.
As water temperature increases as we come into summer you can find them right up in shallow water, even 20cm of water will hold good fish so don’t think you need to be casting into deep water. Yellowfin whiting are the main species I’m talking about and can be found all around Australia so that is what I’ll focus on here. So how do you go about catching them on lure? When the water warms up through spring into summer these fish really do fire up and can be aggressive feeders. While most started out chasing them on bait they can be targeted successfully on lures. I’m sure most of us across the county have a fond memory of catching whiting. Thinking back to some of my earliest angling experiences and the humble whiting was one of the first fish I remember chasing as a kid.
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