Well Goober in reality bass are members of the sunfish family. Stripers are true bass.

Where do you find those strippers? In deep water?

Check out John Hopes Tracking Trophies book if you want to learn about bass behavior in Texas. Or check out Ken Smiths recent series on youtube about tracking bass on Toledo bend. What you'll find is that some bass live almost their whole life shallow, some live almost their whole life in the mid range, and some live almost their whole life offshore. The notion that most adult bass live in deep water in simply false. The reality is bass get big wherever they can carve out a successful niche and they prefer to do so with as little movement as possible. Tough to get big and fat if you are expending energy swimming all over the lake morning noon and night.

I have caught them from 18" of water and suspened in 100ft of water. Totally different species then LMB. I doubt you have much experience catching them since you only fish with fairy wonds and light line in creeks though.

Well said J.

I like strippers but don’t fish for stripers! Nope bass are by nature fish and fish live in deep water in schools! Even in a shallow lake like caddo they are not relating to cover but to structure!

Gruber are you ignoring Jpurdue's post that contradicts your beliefs and actually uses scientific process to establish the point?

This is rich.

I don’t have that book! Probably shallow lakes to begin with, no buck Perry is the father of structure fishing and modern bass fishing! Quote “deep water is the home (sanctuary) of the bass, “you cannot Find without structure”!

I still love The Brick

That’s a gadget

Gruber, how do you locate fish in 30-65 fow with no gadgets? And don’t say the countdown technique with a 3/16oz grub.

A depth finder! LCD! A gadget, but they found them back in the day, even covering huge amounts of water like a 2 mile long dam fro 10 to 40 feet deep by trolling, and only in a few hours

I've watched those videos and found them quite interesting. Bass may not have changed much in the past 50 years but technology on how to find and track them sure has. Too bad some people are too ignorant to learn anything that's not in their Encyclopedia Britannica. Don't let technology pass you by

I'm not sure he has ever caught a bass. I've always thought he was a troll but thought maybe he was just stupid. I'm now convinced he is a troll. No one can be as stupid as he makes himself on this thread.