Nine Surefire Spots to Find Big Bass in Vegetation.
The bass could be anywhere.
By casting to these target areas—and skipping the rest—Simonton loads up on the fatties.
A. Chopped-up grass that has formed a mat near cattails creates an ambush spot for a fish.
Dance a weedless frog (see “Green Machines”) in any small grass-patch opening.
C. A small cluster of lily pads in a field of matted grass is always worth a cast.
F. A small patch of milfoil or other matted grass in a lily-pad field is a bass magnet.
In matted grass, concentrate on dark haunts you see under small canopies.
For aggressive bass, he snaps the rod tip down on a tight line to make the bait’s nose slap the water.
He limits his casts to 30 feet so he can pull fish out of the grass.
We all know that trophy bass lurk under fields of lily pads and matted grass. We also know that you can fan-cast over these vegetable mazes for hours with little action. It all looks the same. The bass could be anywhere. Right? Wrong. Pro Michael Simonton says that if you look closer, you’ll find key spots within the vegetation that hold bass. By casting to these target areas—and skipping the rest—Simonton loads up on the fatties. Here’s how.
Key spots to find bass in thick vegetation
A. Chopped-up grass that has formed a mat near cattails creates an ambush spot for a fish.
B. Dance a weedless frog (see “Green Machines”) in any small grass-patch opening.
C. A small cluster of lily pads in a field of matted grass is always worth a cast.
