In West Texas, bass usually stay near the shore due to food and cover. There's only a handful of lakes out here that allow you to offshore fish. There are still a few offshore bass but not a lot. I will say my average catch is greater than the bank fisherman. However, 95% of the tournaments I fish are won by beating the bank. I think salinity levels has something to do with them not going deep as well. What Donald and James said is very true. If there is no current, then the bass will suspend way up in the water column making it hard to catch them. If you are going to try it look for ledges and humps. Bass usually like hanging around the 12-25ft contour but they can be caught deep depending on the lake. I will say if the lake has grass in it, I do not go offshore.

At this time of year 90% of all your Bass are off shore at Irregular Features on deep water contours. Getting them to bit there is the problem. You have to find those spots where the fish can move a short distance to feed with heavy cove. You have to be there at the right time to load the boat.

River fed lakes gives you vertical ledges. Big Bass like to hang on these the best. Finding the right spots is the key. This is where I come in with 50 years of map study, to know which are the best and how to get them to bite. Big fish hang with big fish. Smaller fish follow a different pattern. They are difficult to catch; but when you do it is going to be a big fish. You have to play upon all the senses of a deep water fish. You have to sew up the deal when you come in contact with one. Baits have to be as real as possible. Presentation is so slow it is boring. Patience and confidence in what your are using is on your side.

Creek fed systems are much shallower. Bass are scattered and are less predictable. Weather and lake conditions affects them much more than deep water lakes with ledges making it much more difficult to find the fish except during the most vulnerable times. In these systems you rely on the heavy cover to produce your fish on an early morning and late evening bite with the exception of the spawn. Creek feed reservoirs can be a night mare during the summer months. Fishing at night becomes very productive. You have to find where they live and follow them to the shallows and learn the routes. They are extremely acclimated to the ping of the depth sounder and motors running on the weekends disappearing to deeper water. Your catching is done during the week usually. As you drive the lake fish are suspended all over the lake at the same depth on any given day and that is the depth they will connect to structure to feed. That is the depth you will want to fish for them. Go as far away as you can get. Learn to fish the creek systems and river system form some access road a couple of miles form the lake. This will be one of the best Fall fishing trips you will make.

What's so wrong about it? I find it very credible

What's so wrong about it? I find it very credible