When do you fish shallow.? Do you always check shallow First? Or only After not catchng on main lake? Or just on Sunny days? When and Why do you fish Shallow for Bigguns in Winter.?

I like the shallow water fishing. I think there are fish to be had shallow year round to be honest, but I try and let the water temp dictate where I start. The lake I've been on the last 2 weekends has been 56-57 degrees and I've been catching fish up to 20 in less that 2 fow. Once the temp gets in the 40's I'll start looking deep, then move shallower. That said, I see posts from guys, even yourself, catching good fish in the 20-40' range right now.

Yup I usually drift in mid depths to deep. Need to learn shallow water fishing. I�ve tried a few times and skunked.
Trying to figure out when, why (Sunny days or after rain or...) and where to go shallow.

any and all as far as I'm concerned. All shallow water is not created equal either. I find the northern end of most lakes, or where the main creek/river empties in to the lake, normally has good shallow flats near by. Timber on those flats is a bonus. Also, I was once told to go shallow to the point where you see all the "V"'s on the surface of the water from the fish swimming away from you. 12-18 inches of water is not too shallow.

The lake I normally fish, is the upper end creek comes in huge flat to one side, if temp is above 50 I'm fishing the flat if colder I backout to the deeper channel that is adjacent to the flat, Flat is 7 to 15 ft , Channel is 20 to 29 ft. deep

I generally look shallow after we�ve had cold and overcast for several days or a week then you get that one warm sunny day. I believe they move up shallow following bait into the shallow and quickly warming shallow water. Sometime they are there and other times they are out in 40�.
I caught a 29 Blue with a Teal in its belly. Teal were along the bank is 2� of water. Go figure....

Solid advice. If it looks like it would hold bass with timber, submerged grass/bushes nearby and you see the shad flickering in there in the northern part...you are probably in the right spots.

Just like Lewisville Catfishing said. He knows shallow water.

I can tell you I was fishing Tawakoni right before Thanksgiving. It was the day that awful northern came in and fishing conditions were terrible. We pulled up in a cove to get out of the wind for a bit. I noticed big shad swimming away from the shore as we pulled up. While sitting there we saw on of the biggest catfish heads I have ever seen came up just to the side of the boat. We thought it was a big stick until it went back under. That was 3 to 4 fow. Trust me we fished that shallow water but no luck. All fish we caught were in 20 to 30 fow.

I like main lake channels and long underwater points in the winter time. Water depth can vary a lot. My biggest fish this winter came out of 62 fow. Follow your electronics.