What Kind Of Cover Do You Guys Like To Fish? 2024
calibassin reply :
I like fishing rock cover. What about you guys?
Joedodge reply :
I'm in florida I dont have much choice lol...........scum, pads, and grass
Dyerbassman reply :
Love fishing laydowns and weedlines.
Ozark_Basser reply :
Grass
Buzbait88 reply :
Grass mostly for me as well.
Ratherbfishing reply :
submberged cattails
Senko lover reply :
I would love find some ponds with a lot of grass and vegetation, but haven't had too many chances to fish that. I love fishing wood, there's a lot of it around my ponds.
Catt reply :
Oh I don't know!
I fish a lot of vegetation, brush, & timber; like all 3!
Mccallister25 reply :
The ponds I fish unfortunately don't have a lot of visable cover. I'm forced to mainly fish the rocky banks.
Bruce424 reply :
Laydowns.
RanndomUndead reply :
Whichever doesnt eat the crap out of my lures on that particular day
DocNsanE reply :
On 3/30/2015 at 6:03 AM, Dyerbassman said:Love fishing laydowns and weedlines.
x2
long island basser reply :
Laydowns and pads
justhere reply :
Fallen Trees and stumps mostly. It is what I feel most confident around.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
Rock and weedbeds.
moguy1973 reply :
I fish a lot of streams so laydowns, boulders, and current breaks.
Darren. reply :
I'd say laydowns, tree stumps, grass.
deep reply :
On 3/30/2015 at 5:03 AM, calibassin said:I like fishing rock cover. What about you guys?
*Rock* is structure, not cover. Just saying.
geo g reply :
Almost all cover is good for fish. Some cover is harder to fish then others, but almost all hold fish. Our shallow Florida Lakes are all full of cover from native to exotic. If you have seen it in a aquarium, its in our lakes. If your going to fish these lakes you learn to deal with it. Very little 8 pound test down here. If you use light tackle your going to have a very frustrating day. You often have to muscle these fish out of the junk.
BassAddict'18 reply :
For Spotted Bass fishing rocks and docks is the best way to go about it without a doubt. For Largemouth, definitely weeds, brush, logs, docks, anything that will provide them with some good cover. I will usually work those areas for a while until I have confirmed there aren't any there that are going to bite. During the summer and with high temperatures I tend to work those areas slower. During times of the year where they are in aggressive feeding patterns, if i dont get them after the first few casts, i move on to the next area.
papajoe222 reply :
If there is a variety of cover, I like to fish either the least abundant form, or where two types converge or coexist.
papajoe222 reply :
On 3/30/2015 at 8:52 AM, deep said:*Rock* is structure, not cover. Just saying.
It can be both.
everythingthatswims reply :
Laydowns, Pads, Boulders.
matuka reply :
Docks and grasslines. Don't have pads where I fish but it looks fun.
BasshunterJGH reply :
Grass lines and wood.
Bankbeater reply :
I like laydowns, and deep vegetation.
scaleface reply :
Isolated cover .
Matthew2000 reply :
Weeds and wood
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
I don't have a favorite type of cover, but I do like casting to visible targets whether it's a stump, hole in the pads, a turn in the weedline etc. I enjoy surveying the landscape and looking for the fish's hiding spot. That said, I know I miss out to some degree by not focusing on the deeper, less visible cover some days. I'm working on reading electronics, maps etc. and finding some off shore spots.
Mainebass1984 reply :
I prefer to fish wood. In an ideal situation I would be fishing submerged trees a mile off of shore.
J Francho reply :
Rocks aren't typically "cover" but they can used similarly. Boulders come to mind, but generally the immovable bottom is referred to as structure and anything over it is cover.
My favorite cover is fallen trees.
RHuff reply :
Timber and grass without a doubt
A-Jay reply :
I like the cover that No One Else Knows Is There . . .
And it's LOADED.
A-Jay
whitwolf reply :
laydowns, grass, and almost impenetrable.
gulfcaptain reply :
Grass first and foremost. Deep or shallow, emergent or submerged, followed by wood. And I'll include shade into this list as well as sometimes it's the only cover available and can be quickly overlooked by many.
WRB reply :
Rock is structure where I fish. Cover is something that naturally grows or man made things that float.On 3/30/2015 at 5:03 AM, calibassin said:I like fishing rock cover. What about you guys?
We have very few docks except at marinas, good cover. Trees, brush, any wood, weed beds, etc are cover that I fish.
Tom
gr8outdoorz reply :
My favorite cover to fish is cover that holds bass...don't care what it's made of.
5fishlimit reply :
On 3/30/2015 at 6:03 AM, Dyerbassman said:Love fishing laydowns and weedlines.
This.
Grizzn N Bassin reply :
I fish grass a lot.. laydowns and stumps, cattails. Found a few old rock walls at in some big ponds but I consider that structure.
scaleface reply :
What do you guys consider rip rap ?
THE BASS WHISPERER reply :
undercover!
ColdSVT reply :
Wood!
I dont care if its a stump, log, tree, brush pile, beaver hut, a dock or even a wooden boat!
I cant resist it lol
ww2farmer reply :
Grass, and docks/boat hoists with posts. With wood ranking right up there. I hate pads, but love matted milfoil. That said, I'll never bypass a stretch of pads. My least favorite is floating docks/swim platforms. Our lakes are loaded with them, but I can count on one hand the number of decent bass I have caught off them. Part of the problem is they are usually out in no-mans land to get away from the grass, and usually only hold small schooling suspending fish. They are panfish magnets though, so you would figure decent bass would probably not be too far, but I probably just suck at fishing them, and move on pretty quick.
RoLo reply :
What Kind Of Cover?
Heaviest available
Roger
Djman72 reply :
On 3/30/2015 at 6:03 AM, Dyerbassman said:Love fishing laydowns and weedlines.
It's almost time, Mr. DyerBassMan....
I just spooled up my reels this weekend. Might wet a line on Saturday if it's not too windy.
Have you been out yet?
Oh... and Laydowns are my #1 followed by Pads/scum. I'm a sucker for the topwater bite.
RoLo reply :
On 3/31/2015 at 8:25 AM, WRB said:Rock is structure where I fish. Cover is something that naturally grows or man made things that float.
We have very few docks except at marinas, good cover. Trees, brush, any wood, weed beds, etc are cover that I fish.
Tom
I would agree that bedrock and ledgerock are 'structure', but not rocks and stones that can be moved.
Chunk rock, rubble and boulders are typically classified as 'rocky cover',
as distinguished from 'woody cover' and 'weedy cover'.
Roger
Thornback reply :
Dollar weeds, water lettuce, lily pads, and hyacinths.
Sam reply :
Skipping under overhanging bushes and trees.
BooyahMan reply :
Lily pads! Love dragging a frog over them!
Mr Q reply :
Lilly pad beds or bottle brush weed beds
scaleface reply :
On 4/3/2015 at 7:29 AM, RoLo said:I would agree that bedrock and ledgerock are 'structure', but not rocks and stones that can be moved.
Chunk rock, rubble and boulders are typically classified as 'rocky cover',
as distinguished from 'woody cover' and 'weedy cover'.
Roger
Thats how I classify it too.
calibassin reply :
Thanks for making this such a HUGE topic. Thanks guys!
*Hank reply :
Rock cover, There's not much choice in the lakes I fish-
It's either that or a mud flat."
brgbassmaster reply :
Docks, laydowns (any kind of wood actually), stick ups, submerged grass, floating grass mats.
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