I had the chance to go ride with Nitro Pro James Biggs this past Sunday on Lake Grapevine. My mission, to learn more about Marina fishing, and to get as much info as I could to post for the TFF'ers.

This wasn't a "Day On The Water", we only fished from about Noon till 5 ish and I wanted to stay in the Marinas as much as possible. I will only hit instructional points, so I can save some stuff for his "Day On The Water" later this Summer.

So here goes.....

I called James and told him his name had came up multiple times on being someone to talk to about Marina fishing, and asked if I could go on a trip with him to shoot video's and get some lesson's.

He was generous enough to let me tag along, and man I tell you what, I GOT A GREAT LESSON ON MARINA FISHING.

Take a look at this pick, what do you notice about the way James Started fishing the tires outside the Marinas????



Can you see it now??



OK OK What about now??





Tip
When fishing tires look for and don't be afraid to pitch into the tires with Foam in them, that adds more shade and most of the times less pressured fish.

Tip
Look for tires with spider webs in the middle of the tire, that means that nobody has made cast into them, are not for a long while.

James uses a heavy 3/4 weight and 20 lb XPS Flouro, Don't worry about Breaking off, because it's going to happen at sometime are another, if you put your bait into less pressured areas other anglers don't go into.

OK now when you pull into a Marina what's the first thing you look at???

Can you see what James is telling me to look??





Here is the set of poles James just showed us how to read in the last video...can you see the difference in the poles (The 5 on the Far Right)??



Tip Also remember to look for Spider Webs inside boat slips, as that is a highly unpressured area.

Now lets see how James attacks the inner parts of the marina..



James Catches fish 2:00 into video..


Now Watch this video and remember the slip at the end of the video...He will return to it later..



Remember when I told you all James said you have to put your bait in un pressured areas....








Remember the Video I told you to remember the last slip at the video?? He catches a fish from behind the slip..



James on boat traffic in a marina...and catches 2 fish..


A Easy way to really sling a bait under slips and docks..


OK look at this shadow...James says don't waste cast casting to the shadow, take the time and wait to cast down the shadow.


Now I will tell you that he did get hung up a LOT, but did stick A TON OF FISH....I stopped counting at over 25.

You do need this set up, while fishing like James does..







Just to let you all know, James has a LOT more info, saved for his "Day On The Water", he did spend the last hour Cranking and C-Rigging main lake points and whacking them in deep water.
I don't want to spoil to much before his write up.

Here's my question to you TFF'ers, what lake has a ton of Slips and Docks on you would like to see James attack. Maybe a small lake you call your home lake, you want to see fished. Or maybe a lake that has Slips and Docks, but is known to fish tough. Post and give me some ideas what and where you would like to see him go and maybe open some insight into the lake.

AWESOME....... Thought u guys were going to Palestine tho?

eagle moountain, plenty of marinas and docks, and known as a tough lake.

I had some stuff to help my wife with Sunday morning, so we moved his "Day On The Water" to later this Summer, and just did some fun stuff like this.

That guy can flat out fish, he's nuts when it comes to casting to crazy areas.

Better pay attention. I've seen this guy come in with sacks when no one else could. I made the comment to him a long time ago that I bet he could find fish in a dessert. Probably deosn't remember me from John Doe though.

Good job Casey and look forward to his DOTW!

Lake Leon is a smaller lake with plenty of boat docks. Doesn't have any Marinas though. Great info Casey keep it up.

Good stuff! Many thanks.

Lake Travis

Texoma

I'll second Texoma

cypress springs has all the docks anyone could ask for and fishes tough in the summer....Throw him on an east texas lake!

+1

Brandon it was Great seeing you out there.

Has Austin talked to you about meeting up??

When ever you guys are ready.

X2 on Leon

Lake Ray Hubbard! a lot of people have a tough time on that lake and it has like 6 marinas..

yep

I've been lucky enough to share the boat with James a few times. A nicer guy and a better angler you would be hard pressed to find. I am proud to call him a friend and learn a little every time we fish.

yessir...I am ready anyday I just have to iron out my work schedule.. Hopefully a weekday afternoon next week

Texoma +1

Agreed on Ray Hubbard!

Good stuff,

I would have to vote for Texoma for his day on the water.

Texoma - Ray Hubbard - Joe Pool

Very cool stuff, really liked the quick hit, shorter vids.

Moss in Gainsville tons of docks

Thoroughly enjoyed the post with videos. Great job and thanks to both of you .

Cedar Creek!!

How come we worry about fish seeing our line, but he can catch them with that big arse weight hanging on his crankbait?

Casey,thanks for tagging along with me the other day,I had a blast.

Nice write up! Biggs, you ever fish Worth anymore??

what's the story with the crank bait and large weight? when / where are you using that set up?

Its a plug knocker to free baits when hung up.

its the smart way to do it. reeling a bait to the end of the rod and shaking it loose is damaging to components.

Lake Worth....whats that? No,I have not been there one time in the last year. I have been trying to spend more time on R Hubbard and Lewisville since I grew up on Worth and EM.

Those lakes are easier to fish than EM and LW, I bet you can fish with your cruise control on after cutting your teeth on the west side...
When you get rusty, come on back home and visit... we will keep a slip open for you.....
jk

Excellent write up Mr. Biggs and thanks for sharing the information with all of us.....

Biggs... i usually have a backseat open on tues nights if you ever want to fish without toting your boat over here. i havent fished the last couple, kinda missing it.

Are you talking about EM on tues night?

SkeeterRonnie PM me please. I hope that a few of you guys learned something from these videos. Thanks again to Casey for all the hard work he puts into doing these.

ray hubbard tues nights. too far for me to make EM or I would alternate lakes each week

i need to go back to flippen & pitchen school

Thats awesome Mr.biggs, Thanks for doing that. It puts a whole new perspective on fishing marinas!

Ray Hubbard or Joe Pool. But you can't share your knowledge of Joe Pool with him.

i would like to see how james would do on cypress springs

Great video, enjoyed it. Not to mention learned some things that I never would have thought of. Biggest think I took notice of was how many times he would cast to the same area. I think its something I definitely over look. Thanks James and Casey.

P.S - Great job as usual old man.

Yeah I'm getting OLD, 28 is a hard life. You young Whipper Snapper...LOL

Hey T, Caroline want's to know when you and Lacy are coming over the eat again?

Good stuff Casey, always thought about going and attacking marinas during the dog heat of the day, but never had much success, now I blame you for a trip to Academy for the 3rd day in a row!

Wow thanks for all of the Videos and Tips. These were really great help. As I have been intimidated of fishing Slips as I always get hung up. Thanks Loads.

so do you always fish closer to the surface in marinas no matter what the depth?

I agree with Thomas that the repeated casts is something I don't do enough. I think I tend to get in too much of a hurry. Great videos. Thanks James and Casey!

Very Informative

Good stuff there, lots of info. Need to learn how to fish that fast.

Ray Hubbard!!!!!

cypress would be cool /eagle moutain/ lewisville

What was that dude yelling in the "party" boat when Mr.Biggs caught thos two fish on the RC? ahah

Eagle Mountain and Lewisville are both loaded with boat docks so those would be great

he was fishing floating docks so there's not much underneath them those fish congregate underneath them to get into the shade mainly. But there are forms of structure if you find the pilings, sunken trees, etc that bring them down to certain depths

Good job James!

I'm taking Gary to Fork in the morning at 4 am so I guess I better get to bed...

Call me. We never did get to have lunch.

Ken

I really enjoyed that....ranks right up there with watching basschamps on the boob....I would really like to see him fish CC..a few marinas and a buttt load of docks...I would even furnish the ride.....I would be intrested in the ones he picks to fish and why....

cedar creek is synonymous with docks

Floating Docks - Lavon, Hubbard, Lewisville, Grapevine, Tawakoni (marinas), Ray Roberts, Texoma

Stationary Docks - Cedar Creek, Sandlin, Cypress, Palestine, Pines, Tawakoni, Eagle Mountain, Caddo, Fork, Winnsboro

There's tons more, but that's a start.

How did yall do?

oo, pines would be a good one too

James

You said you were using 20 pound test for the chatter baits. What lenght and weight of rod were you using for this technique?

if i was a betting man a 7foot 6 inch hendrix frog rod 904

I wouldn't bet a 7'6, never seen him throw a rod that long

Cedar creek

Good info for sure. I was also wondering what size rod he was using?

If I could remember how to post pix I would post Robert's fish. He caught a 7.3 on a buzzbait that was the darkest bass I have ever seen. It looked like an Amazon fish.

BTW, you still owe me lunch...

I would love to see on Ray Hubbard!

6'9"MH I like Hendrix rods,but there are other good one out there as well.

limestone

Casey,looks like it will be next summer before we fish again. Let me know how you schedule looks.

Sure thing...hey why not a Winetr Marina fishing article??

good stuff