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Finding beds
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03/01/17 06:15 AM
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B-Deuces
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I've spent time searching and also trying to find info online. I see tons of info on catching bass on beds, but not much about locating beds. How do you guys find them? I've had 0 luck
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 07:22 AM
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M. Alexander
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Good polarized sunglasses Sun to your back or off to side Out of the wind Look at a map and go to pockets where contour lines are spaced further apart
Good luck!
Mark
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 08:09 AM
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Bass Tag Roundup
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back of pockets, look around laydowns, stumps, or emergent grass.
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 11:49 AM
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Okie Poke
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Look for cleared out, shiny spots. I would say the average depth for locating beds will be 2.5ft deep.
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 12:15 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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Look for a small mattress and a night stand with a lamp on it close by.  Sorry couldn't help myself. Look for sandy soil or rocks. Never saw a bed on a muddy bottom. Helps to have some wood or vegetation too. On Fork some good areas to look are the back of Glade, Birch, little and big Mustang and Wolfe. Like the other posters mentioned a good pr. of polarized glasses and calm water help. There are bass spawning in deeper water that you will never see and are usually bigger so if you see beds in shallow water near the bank there are probably more beds out deeper.
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 12:17 PM
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Okie Poke
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Nothing better than finding a bed with a female in it, er...I mean, on it!
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 01:39 PM
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Barrett
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I imagine here shortly you will be able to see plenty videos posted.... 
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 02:18 PM
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fouzman
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 06:33 PM
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Legend_Alpha_211
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To start with make sure the lake your fishing is clear enough to see beds. Then it's all about time on the water. Backs of creeks are a good place to start but if it's a feeder creek and you've got rain it can me dirty. Look for the warmest water and most wind protective coves. Great sun glasses are a must. Don't go cheap on sunglasses.
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 06:55 PM
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Wayne P.
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I've spent time searching and also trying to find info online. I see tons of info on catching bass on beds, but not much about locating beds. How do you guys find them? I've had 0 luck I look for them with Side Imaging and 360 and "sight fish" regardless if I can see them visually or not. Water clarity is a non-issue. At heavy pressured waters, they spawn a lot deeper than some realize. I catch lots of bed fish in 5'+ depths. Other species spawn deep also regardless of water clarity. These are shellcrackers in water with maybe 1" visibility. The actual depth is over 7' since I did not have depth offset adjusted for the transducer depth. 
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 09:09 PM
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Douglas J
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I imagine here shortly you will be able to see plenty videos posted....  Sizzle Time!!
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Re: Finding beds
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03/01/17 09:22 PM
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Joe Todd
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I'm not one for big fat bellied females in a bed but they sure are a hoot on a bed 
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Re: Finding beds
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03/02/17 12:12 AM
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pil,b
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Have caught bed fish on Amistad in 15-20 ft of water, have to have sun above and no wind but they can be caught. 
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Re: Finding beds
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03/02/17 12:12 AM
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Neches
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I've spent time searching and also trying to find info online. I see tons of info on catching bass on beds, but not much about locating beds. How do you guys find them? I've had 0 luck I look for them with Side Imaging and 360 and "sight fish" regardless if I can see them visually or not. Water clarity is a non-issue. At heavy pressured waters, they spawn a lot deeper than some realize. I catch lots of bed fish in 5'+ depths. Other species spawn deep also regardless of water clarity. These are shellcrackers in water with maybe 1" visibility. The actual depth is over 7' since I did not have depth offset adjusted for the transducer depth. what the hell is a shell cracker. This is Texas
Last edited by Neches; 03/02/17 12:13 AM.
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Re: Finding beds
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03/02/17 12:30 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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Red ear or shell cracker. I've always heard them called shell crackers
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