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Slow Day Tips

First, stop and think about what you have been doing. What is the water depth and clarity? What type of cover or structure have you been fishing? What time of year is it? What lures have you been using? After answering this type of question, do something different. You usually need to make a big change, not a little change.

Look around and see what others are doing. Are they catching bass? Ask them, maybe they will tell something close to the truth. Either follow their lead or do the opposite.

  1. If a lizard or worm is not working today, try a reaction lure like a jerk bait. Change your retrieve speed.
  2. Change water depth, water clarity or type of lure.
  3. Use smaller lures with a natural color.
  4. Check very heavy cover where bass may be holding very tight to objects.
  5. Try the shade under boat docks. See the boat dock tips section.
  6. Try the deep end of points, not the bank.
  7. Find a place where pleasure craft do not create a disturbance. Get a map. Try the isolated end of the lake. See the section for hot summer days.
  8. Use the time to explore the lake to find new spots that could work next weekend. Learn new lures or techniques for another day.
  9. See the 25 answers section.

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