Favorite Cover/structure To Fish? 2025

MIbassin reply :

What is your favorite cover or structure to fish?

Around here, i have some lakes with giant moss beds mixed with sand bars. The moss sits right on the bottom and only grows a couple of inches. MONSTER bass roam these moss beds and sandbars in the low light hours! I also love to fish the pads.

What about you?

Brian Needham reply :

the ones they're on!!!!!

but mostly ledges with massive shellbeds

Jar11591 reply :

My favorite structure to fish is overhanging limbs and/or downed trees. Can't pass a log or branch without tossing to it a couple times.

Dwight Hottle reply :

Rock reefs.

Catch and Grease reply :

Around here its fun fishing around Cyprus trees and the cyprus knee systems under the water surrounding the trees

long island basser reply :

Here on Long Island with our shallow lakes there's not much structure but plenty of cover.

My two favs are laydowns and lily pads.

Raul reply :

I like wood and rocks.

Big Fish Rice reply :

For cover, flipping/pitching lily pads. For structure, I love fishing jigs around rocks. Big fish baits!

OntarioFishingGuy reply :

Docks with a fluke and rocks with a football jig

BigmouthForever23 reply :

Points + dropoffs (weeds below surface a bonus).

Sam reply :

Wood in the water.

Bruce424 reply :

Lilies. Stumps!! Tullies. And laydowns all I can fish my favorite baits jigs spinnerbaits and squarebills

RoLo reply :

That would depend, firstly on the species sought, secondly on the waterbody in question, and thirdly on the current season.

On balance, I've found that a good rule-of-thumb is what I've dubbed the 'priority of poverty'.

That is to say, if you're on a canyon reservoir, the value of shelf areas goes through the roof.

If you're in a featureless saucer-shaped natural lake, the value of deep water and drop-offs are at a premium.

The fact that there is no structural holy grail only adds to the challenge

Roger

ww2farmer reply :

#1 Grass.....milfoil to be exact

#2 boat docks

#3 lay downs

DILLY07 reply :

Boat docks

Weeds

Stumps

Rocks

Mccallister25 reply :

The few neighborhood ponds I fish dont have a lot of visable structure/cover, so Id have to say maybe rocks for me, and the occasional tree in the water when Im lucky enough to have one in pitching distance.

iabass8 reply :

Shallow brush

papajoe222 reply :

Rocky hump or submerged island or the same structure with grass. If there aren't any, give me a rip-rap shoreline.

Paul s reply :

Pads and grass/the thickest crap I can find, submerged timber, rocky bottoms.

WRB reply :

Whatever the big girls are on or in.

Tom

Bluebasser86 reply :

Rocks are my security blanket, I feel safe when I'm fishing rocks

I love fishing smaller docks too, but hate trying to fish the large, commercial docks, unless that's where the fish are

Balshy Fishing reply :

See, I never think about throwing under these docks when I go to the lakes and what not. Guess that's what happens when ya bank fish all the time; I forget to check things RIGHT along the side.

TrippyJai reply :

Shallow water grass is my favourite. I also enjoy rocks.

boostr reply :

I have had success recently with laydowns and stumps.

nascar2428 reply :

Give me some grass please.

slimshad reply :

I like huge flats with no visible cover. Guntersville in Febuary! Digging a lipless or square bill crankbait. Fun fun....

jigabooyah reply :

Any where the fish are. Although Lilly Pads provide a challenge

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