Fishing around and in thebottom vegetation and algae.

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Permalink Reply by Taylor Fletcher on May 22, 2011 at 4:02pm

I was dealing with the same thing last night on wilderness. It seems every time I pulled in my bait it grew a green tail. I don't think it really affects the action of the plastics too much though.

Permalink Reply by Spencer Durand on May 22, 2011 at 4:42pm

Run a shallow crank over them....

Permalink Reply by Jordan Doucet on May 24, 2011 at 5:48pm

For shallow water situations where there is alot of vegetation a weightless texas rigged senko is a good call. I typically will fish the fall, then give the bait a good "pop" or two when reeling it in to get the crud off. Sometimes, you'll get a surprise too when a big'un hits your bait during one of those pops. Keep at it, there are some hogs in there...

 

Jordan

 

 

Permalink Reply by Kevin Higgins on May 24, 2011 at 6:11pm

Try throwing a weedless jig with a skirt and a twin tailed grub. it will fall slowly and gets a lot of bites on the fall. once it hits bottom let it sit for 10-15 seconds before working it in. By design it cuts down on the gunk that would build up on your bait. I think having a salad wrapped around your bait is not the best presentation and i try to avoid it. Like Jordan said give it a good pop or two. that will do the trick most of the time.

Permalink Reply by Ronald Hobbs, Jr. on May 24, 2011 at 9:32pm

Texas rigs seem to be the best in that situation, jigs, hook eye and weedguard seems to catch the gunk.  A light punch rig seems to work better if you want the bulk of a jig without so much gunk build up. the pointed sinker seems let some of that stuff flow off your bait.  That stuff is a pain, but you just have to work your way through it to the fish. Try hopping your bait instead of dragging it seems to help as well.