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How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
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09/07/16 02:53 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
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Dockskipper
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My local lake is full again, and now we have thousands of green willows in 5-20 FOW. I have never really fished this kind of cover. What should I be doing this time of year? I know there are fish in there; I just need to learn how to get them. I figured maybe some some of you guys who fish Fork could get me on the right path.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11815690
09/07/16 03:07 AM
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Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 1,818
Curtbass
Extreme Angler
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Jig, jig,& jig... Also use a jig. Gets in the brush & comes through it good.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11815774
09/07/16 03:49 AM
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Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 2,063
TroyKing
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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My local lake is full again, and now we have thousands of green willows in 5-20 FOW. I have never really fished this kind of cover. What should I be doing this time of year? I know there are fish in there; I just need to learn how to get them. I figured maybe some some of you guys who fish Fork could get me on the right path. in the shallower water a wacky worm will catch em .
The driving force and secret desire of every bass fisherman, is to one day be a crappie fisherman............Could it be that the good Lord just smilies and looks the other way when a fisherman tells a lie?
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: TroyKing]
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09/07/16 04:01 AM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 165
HOTBAMike
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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My local lake is full again, and now we have thousands of green willows in 5-20 FOW. I have never really fished this kind of cover. What should I be doing this time of year? I know there are fish in there; I just need to learn how to get them. I figured maybe some some of you guys who fish Fork could get me on the right path. in the shallower water a wacky worm will catch em . Was gonna say this, or a belly weighted super fluke will help cut through some leaves on the outskirts of cover.
Last edited by HOTBAMike; 09/07/16 04:01 AM.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11815875
09/07/16 11:16 AM
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 40,971
CCTX
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mapquest
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deeper willows, jig shallower willows, I prefer a trigged paddle tail worm.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11815893
09/07/16 11:48 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 23,404
SteezMacQueen
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Jigs, for me, get hung up in willows easily. I would t rig a smallish plastic (I use Biffle bugs a ton) and peg the sinker so it doesn't wrap over branches as easy. I would pitch, flip, drop, skip, whatever it takes to get the bait back into the thicker green parts. I'd also use a green pumpkin color as it mimics a bluegill color somewhat.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11816105
09/07/16 02:06 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,435
Mike_Soriano™
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It depends on the average size of fish in the body of water. If it's a peanut factory(1-2 lbers)..a small Texas rig watermelon red creature bait with a pegged 3/8 weight. If there's some 4+ lbers in there, get jiggy with it. If you get some wind blowing in on the shallow willows, a spinnerbait.
Also try swimming a zoom ultravibe speed worm.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11817920
09/08/16 04:09 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
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JPost
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Just like anywhere look for patterns. you might find fish mainly half way down the trees. Or they might congregate at the tops of branches or down by the roots. Pay attention to your electronics and where you get bit.
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11818224
09/08/16 06:44 PM
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Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 683
PaPa@fork
Pro Angler
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Pro Angler
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If it was easy, everyone would do it
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Re: How should I fish vertical cover/structure?
[Re: Dockskipper]
#11818351
09/08/16 07:47 PM
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Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 21,108
buda13
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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For the thick stuff I like a to put a punch skirt on my T-rig with a 1/2 - 3/4oz weight pegged. Sweet beaver or craw tube.
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